If you like your cards shiny but with a decidedly non-silver look to them, 2020-21 Panini Obsidian Basketball might be on your radar. Currently set for a September 10 release date, Obsidian is a mid-range product that always provides a darker colored contrast to brands like Prizm and Optic. The one-pack boxes will carry seven cards including two autographs and two … [Read more...] about 2020-21 Panini Obsidian Basketball Preview
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Sports Card Release Calendar: 8/3/21- 8/19/21
Pre-season football, post-season hockey and basketball and a baseball release or two are on the way. Here's a quick roundup of what's coming, what it costs and more. 8/14 2021 Panini Gold Standard Football Housed in a box designed like a gold bar, this one offers seven cards per box with five hits along with two base or base parallels. New in 2021 are Hallmarks … [Read more...] about Sports Card Release Calendar: 8/3/21- 8/19/21
2020-21 Panini National Treasures Basketball Preview
Typically a post-season release, 2020-21 Panini National Treasures Basketball will arrive in mid-summer thanks to the delayed start to the season. The annual high-end cornucopia of autographs and patches will return, albeit well after the Milwaukee Bucks brought home the championship. 2020-21 National Treasures Basketball Configuration & Basics National … [Read more...] about 2020-21 Panini National Treasures Basketball Preview
2020-21 Panini Spectra Basketball Preview
The season is over, but the new NBA trading card releases continue to trickle out. Among those set for release this fall is 2020-21 Panini Spectra, a colorful, Opti-Chrome release that houses the popular Color Blast case hits. Spectra packs four packs per hobby box with four cards per pack and eight boxes per case. Each box will hold four autographs and four … [Read more...] about 2020-21 Panini Spectra Basketball Preview
Bucks NBA Championship Trading Card Set in the Works
Thanks to a performance for the ages by their superstar, the Milwaukee Bucks have won their first NBA title since 1971 and collectors will be able to latch on to more Giannis Antetokounmpo trading cards thanks to a boxed set that will be produced by Panini America. As the company typically does following a championship season by an NBA, NFL or NHL team, Panini is offering … [Read more...] about Bucks NBA Championship Trading Card Set in the Works
Sports Card Release Calendar Through 7/31/21
From single card autograph products to long-running brands and multiple late season basketball, the sports card release calendar that leads up to the National Sports Collectors Convention is a fairly busy one. Here's a look at what's just arrived or is on the way: 7/14 2021 Topps Museum Baseball Off the truck as of Wednesday along with Archives Retired Player … [Read more...] about Sports Card Release Calendar Through 7/31/21
2020-21 Clearly Donruss Basketball Preview
Set for release just prior to the start of the National Sports Collectors Convention, 2020-21 Clearly Donruss Basketball returns after making its debut last season. This product is all about the acetate-style card stock that makes the cards a bit transparent. The cards will include images from previously released Donruss and Donruss Optic. Panini says each box … [Read more...] about 2020-21 Clearly Donruss Basketball Preview
2020-21 Panini Impeccable Basketball Preview
Only the cream of the crop among NBA teams are left in the playoffs and some of the season's high-end basketball products will start to arrive with 2020-21 Panini Impeccable Basketball dropping in hobby shops this week. Impeccable is all about the fancy, with gold and silver bars, on-card autographs and shiny-looking accents. A full checklist is at the bottom of this … [Read more...] about 2020-21 Panini Impeccable Basketball Preview
Sports Card Release Calendar: 5/26/21 – 6/8/21
Every major sport is in action so it's fitting that new releases from all of them will arrive as spring pushes toward its final weeks. Shop owners, online retailers and breakers will be busy on the Wednesday before Memorial Day. It's subject to change as always, but no fewer than four products are set to arrive as of now on May 26. Here's a quick roundup of what you can … [Read more...] about Sports Card Release Calendar: 5/26/21 – 6/8/21
2020-21 Panini Select Basketball Preview
Set to arrive a day after the start of the pandemic-delayed season, 2020-21 Panini Select Basketball will bring its usual array of splashy colors on shiny stock. 2020-21 Select Basketball Configuration and Base Set Select hobby boxes offer 12 packs with five cards per pack. Cases hold 12 boxes. Each box should hold three autographs or memorabilia cards and 12 … [Read more...] about 2020-21 Panini Select Basketball Preview