It's been a busy start to August for fans of fresh baseball card releases. The National Sports Collectors Convention brought Topps Chrome, a special set of Bowman wrapper redemption cards and that Gary V boxed set. Tribute arrived last week, National Baseball Card Day took place Saturday and the next week and a half will bring three more new issues to the … [Read more...]
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2019 Panini Spectra Football Preview
The week after the NFL kicks off its regular season, 2019 Panini Spectra football will arrive, bringing its chrome look, a limited base set and some cards honoring last season's champs. 2019 Panini Spectra Configuration Spectra is a hit-oriented product with four packs per box, each holding four cards. Of those 16 cards, ten will feature either an autograph or … [Read more...]
What’s Hot: Catering to a New Generation of Collectors
So it's been an interesting time at the shop (when is it not?) with new products arriving, nice collections coming in, finding restocks whenever possible and signing up 100 younger collectors into my new Kid's Club in about a month’s time. You may have heard “kids aren’t interested in collecting anymore.” I beg to differ. Starting in May, we invited kids to sign up for … [Read more...]
2019 Panini XR Football Preview
August and September promise to be busy times for those who like to rip football cards. Several products are in the pipeline for the start of a new season including 2019 Panini XR. Back for a third straight year, XR’s content is pretty straight forward. Each box (around $100) has two packs of seven cards. On average, each box should have two … [Read more...]
2019 Donruss Football Preview
What's become the flagship NFL trading card product returns during training camp. 2019 Donruss football leans on a sizeable base set, plenty of rookie cards and a boatload of inserts and parallels. 2019 Donruss Football Release Date, Configuration and Base Set With a release date of August 7, Panini will put ten cards in each pack and 18 packs in each Donruss box. … [Read more...]
2019 Panini Certified Football Preview
2019 Panini Certified football marks the return of a familiar name to collectors. This year’s edition is scheduled to arrive July 24. Each box will have ten packs with five cards in each. A box break should yield one Freshman Fabric plus one additional autograph, two memorabilia cards, two rookie cards/parallels and three other parallels along with a mix of other … [Read more...]
2019 Panini Gold Standard Football Preview
Panini America’s 2019 Gold Standard football makes its return just prior to the start of NFL training camps, once again with plenty of gold to go around. The product, which hits hobby shops and online dealers the week of July 11, consists of one pack per box. The emphasis, as usual, is on big hits, as Panini is promising that five of those cards will either be autographs … [Read more...]
Rookie List at 2019 NFL Rookie Premiere Still Offense Oriented
Forty rookies from the 2019 NFL Draft class will sign thousands of autographs and get their football card photos taken later this week at the annual NFLPA Rookie Premiere. Set for May 16-19 and sponsored by Panini America, the annual event is also aimed at jumpstarting the players’ endorsement careers and helping teach them the business of football. Hosted by the NFLPA and … [Read more...]
2019 Panini Legacy Football Preview
Set for its maiden launch on May 22, Panini’s new Legacy Football stands among the earliest 2019 NFL releases. Legacy will mix a healthy dose of newly drafted rookies with some current and former players with a shiny parallel set along for the ride. Each box will hold two autographs, 32 rookies (two per pack), ten inserts and ten parallels, on average. Hot Boxes will … [Read more...]
2019 Panini Luminance Preview
After making its debut last year, Panini Luminance football is set to return in 2019, putting some of the season’s earliest rookie cards in the market. 2019 Panini Luminance Basics A full-bleed design that mixes black and white with color makes Luminance easy to spot. This year’s design uses a large cursive-style font for player names which are etched across the … [Read more...]
