Base-Set Veteran Variations Add Chase to 2011-12 Gold Standard Basketball

As the golden glow surrounding last week's release of 2011-12 Gold Standard Basketball continues to enchant collectors, astute set-builders and curious player collectors alike by now have discovered the existence of base-set variations for a handful of NBA veterans or retired legends. The six players in question -- Tracy McGrady, Gary Payton, Bill Walton, Shaquille O'Neal, Robert Horry and Dikembe…

Panini America Teases Base-Set Variations for 2011-12 Past & Present Basketball

Add this to the list of throwback thrills slated to permeate 2011-12 Past & Present Basketball when it releases on May 16: Short-printed base-set variations -- sure to be among the most sought after nuances in Panini America's masterful mashup of old-school design elements and modern printing technologies. In all, 50 players on the Past & Present checklist will be…

SP Reveal: 2011 Playoff Contenders Football Rookie Ticket Variations & Rookie Ink

Now that Panini America has lifted some of the mystery surrounding the 2011 Playoff Contenders Football Rookie Ticket Photo Variations, the company can now start the process of revealing just how limited those variations are. What follows is the first of what promises to be many posts detailing the official specifics behind the SP autographs randomly inserted into packs of…

Wrong-Way Rautins? Knicks Rookie Guard Creates Inadvertent Autograph Variations

The bold color combinations gracing Andy Rautins' autographed Rookie Cards in 2010-11 Classics Basketball easily place them among the most aesthetically striking cards on the checklist. But a few of the New York Knicks guard's RCs have no doubt caused many collectors breaking the product this week to do a double take. You're not alone. Many of us inside Panini America HQ had the same reaction when the…
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