The brand that birthed Tom Brady's most expensive rookie card 21 years ago makes its annual return just after Super Bowl 56. 2021 Panini Contenders Football will again offer a small stack of autographs and a larger stack of inserts as part of its hobby box configuration. 2021 Panini Contenders Configuration and Base Set Each Hobby box of 2021 Contenders NFL includes … [Read more...] about 2021 Panini Contenders Football Preview
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2020 Panini Contenders Football Preview
One of the hobby’s longest running 21st century products is set to return for another season. 2020 Panini Contenders Football will arrive at the tail end of the NFL season, with its familiar ticket-style look. The content remains consistent from year to year and 2020 is no different with 18 packs per box, six cards per pack and 12 boxes per case. Most boxes … [Read more...] about 2020 Panini Contenders Football Preview
Sam Darnold Rookie Card Tracker as Jets “Kid” Grows into Role
For a championship-starved franchise, finding a reliable quarterback is a big step. Even having a high draft pick or two isn't always a guarantee. The league's history is littered with busts. If the interest in Sam Darnold rookie cards is any indication, there's still a strong belief that the third pick in the 2018 NFL Draft might be the guy to push the New … [Read more...] about Sam Darnold Rookie Card Tracker as Jets “Kid” Grows into Role
2019 Topps Factory Sets Top Sports Mem’s List of Best Sellers
If you think set collecting is dead, think again. Judging by the list of best sports card sellers at the largest online retailer in July, it's still a big deal for a lot of collectors. SportsMemorabilia.com reports that the retail version of the 2019 Topps baseball factory sets outsold the other 14 best selling items combined. While the company's clientele … [Read more...] about 2019 Topps Factory Sets Top Sports Mem’s List of Best Sellers
Notes: Post Cereal’s 1961 Newspaper Apology for “Goof” on Baseball Card Set
If you've ever collected 1961 Post Cereal baseball cards, you know there's a curious error/variation across the set. When the Washington Senators moved to Minnesota, it sent Post into a bit of a scramble. Someone thought they'd be called the "Minneapolis Senators" and so cards found on millions of boxes of cereal that spring and summer carried "Minneapolis" on the front … [Read more...] about Notes: Post Cereal’s 1961 Newspaper Apology for “Goof” on Baseball Card Set
2018 Panini Contenders SP SSP Population Revealed
We now have some numbers to go by when totaling up the number of key rookie autograph cards in one of the year’s most popular annual football products. Panini America has released the list of short printed and super short printed cards in its 2018 Contenders Rookie Tickets and Rookie Ticket variations. The list is below. An SP indicated cards that had a print run of … [Read more...] about 2018 Panini Contenders SP SSP Population Revealed
What’s Hot: Big Deals and Hot Cardboard
I'm sitting here at Casa De Fruitman just chilling out after sadly watching the Nuggets lose to the Jazz on the road. While winter may keep us all inside a little more, that means there is often some closet-cleaning going on and more proof that card shops aren’t just about new products. It was an interesting day at the shop as I shipped off my first pallet of cards … [Read more...] about What’s Hot: Big Deals and Hot Cardboard
New Sports Card Releases: 1/9/19 – 1/29/19
After a quiet period during and after the holidays, sports card manufacturers will get back in gear this month with several new releases on the calendar. Here's a look at what's ahead courtesy of The Break Exchange. 2018-19 Upper Deck Trilogy Hockey (1/9) There will be three hits in each box of Trilogy including at least one rookie autograph or other higher-end … [Read more...] about New Sports Card Releases: 1/9/19 – 1/29/19
Panini Contenders Football SP Production Runs 2015-2018
Collectors who own certain unnumbered Panini Contenders football autographed cards from the last few seasons but want to know just exactly how many were issued will soon know the answer. The company has acknowledged which cards may be short prints or super short prints following each release of the product, but this is the first time actual numbers have been … [Read more...] about Panini Contenders Football SP Production Runs 2015-2018
2018 Panini Contenders Football Adds Some Fresh Tickets
2018 Panini Contenders NFL will return January 11 with the usual elements that collectors have come to expect and a few newly designed cards Panini hopes will be just the “ticket.” Contenders boxes will carry 18 six-card packs. Each box should have five autographs, one of which will be on-card, 18 inserts and one parallel. Expect the cost of a box to be around $200 … [Read more...] about 2018 Panini Contenders Football Adds Some Fresh Tickets