Updated 2010 Playoff Contenders Golden Ticket Tracker: Tim Tebow, Jimmy Clausen
It’s no secret by now that the pioneering Golden Ticket redemption treasures buried randomly in packs of 2010 Playoff Contenders Football have created a frenzied collecting buzz across America since they first hit the market more than a week ago. Every card pulled is nothing short of an industry-wide event, complete with the staggering auction prices to prove it. The Golden Ticket for Aaron Rodgers sold…
Striking Gold . . . Again: Second 2010 Playoff Contenders Golden Ticket Claimed
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r6AMmUAPhU&w=480&h=390] 2010 Playoff Contenders' frenzied first week on the market has been bolstered by an industry-wide phenomenon surrounding the product's pioneering Golden Ticket redemption cards. Last week, collector Michael Keller became the first to possess a live Golden Ticket card. In this exclusive video, watch as longtime Dallas-area shop owner Gil Montalvo -- of Gil's Infield in Duncanville, Texas -- becomes…
Midas Touch: Playoff Contenders Golden Tickets Generating Big Buzz, Bigger Sales
It's been one week since 2010 Playoff Contenders Football hit the streets packing more product-of-the-year potential than any sports trading card release in recent memory. Despite the considerable buzz generated by Contenders' ballyhooed Rookie Ticket variations and the mystery surrounding their respective quantities, the real shining element in the product has been, well, the ultimate shining element: Redemptions good for…
Updated 2010 Playoff Contenders Golden Ticket Tracker: Who, Where & How Much
It’s no secret by now that the pioneering Golden Ticket redemption treasures buried randomly in packs of 2010 Playoff Contenders Football have created a frenzied collecting buzz across America since the first one hit the market Wednesday night. Every card pulled is nothing short of an industry-wide event, complete with the staggering auction prices to prove it. (more…)
Gold Rush: Dallas Collector Becomes First to Claim Playoff Contenders Golden Ticket
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksmdbGeU048&w=480&h=390] Dallas-area collector Michael Keller struck gold Wednesday night, literally, when he pulled a Golden Ticket solid-gold redemption card from a pack of 2010 Playoff Contenders Football. First thing Thursday morning, Keller made the 20-mile trek to Panini America corporate headquarters to become the first collector in the world to take possession of his solid-gold gem featuring New York Jets…
Panini Unwrapped: 2010 Playoff Contenders Football (with the Golden Ticket Reveal!)
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc2PuL--jf0&w=480&h=390] Join Panini America's Ben Ecklar, Tracy Hackler and Carlos Torrez as they bust one of the first boxes of 2010 Playoff Contenders Football. In addition to addressing the thorny issue of whether or not there are Rookie Card variations in the product, this revealing video provides the exclusive first look at the history-making Golden Ticket solid-gold trading cards. (more…)
2010 Playoff Contenders Rookie Ticket Autograph Variations Revealed!
Early last week, The Knight's Lance provided a captivating world premiere gallery showcasing the 33 young stars from the 2010 NFL PLAYERS Rookie Premiere whose cornerstone Rookie Ticket Autographed RCs are signed on-card and are live in the product. While filming the Panini America quality control process for the product in the days that followed, this intrepid -- or is it inept? -- blogger unwittingly…
Win Tim Tebow’s Historic 2010 Playoff Contenders Autographed Rookie Ticket!
Whether you love him or loathe him, there's no denying that Tim Tebow -- arguably the greatest college quarterback of all time -- is one of the most polarizing personalities in the NFL. Why, exactly, remains a mystery to me. For the record, I happen to love the guy -- unconditionally so. (Don't worry, my wife knows.) I love his…
Quality Controlling 2010 Playoff Contenders Football (Gallery & Controverisal Video)
With the official release date of the highly anticipated 2010 Playoff Contenders Football now just a week away, members of the Panini America football team have spent the last two days conducting the product's two-tiered quality control process, first on location at the printing and packing facility, and yesterday at corporate headquarters in Arlington, Texas. I was able to compile a comprehensive…
World Premiere Gallery: 2010 Playoff Contenders Rookie Ticket Autographs
Playoff Contenders Football -- like the EA Sports Madden franchise, Christmas or Eminem's next album -- is one of those wildly anticipated "events" whose every arrival generates considerable buzz and bona fide cause for celebration. That should make next Wednesday, the official release date for 2010 Playoff Contenders Football, at least a red-letter day and absolutely a national collecting holiday. As I type this, Ben Ecklar…