Golden Moment: 2010 Playoff Contenders Emmitt Smith Golden Ticket Finds a Home

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKBp6uOP3OI&w=560&h=349] James Smith knew that the new card of his dreams -- the one and only 2010 Playoff Contenders Emmitt Smith Golden Ticket -- was ultimately worth more than $1,550. So he relied on seller's sense of passion and football card justice to do the right thing. Smith's pitch was a convincing one. As one of the country's preeminent Emmitt Smith collectors, James…

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…)

Aaron Rodgers Golden Ticket Surfaces . . . Bidding Already Surpasses $1,400

It's fitting, really, that the first 2010 Playoff Contenders Golden Ticket 1/1 to hit the open market yesterday, just hours after the product released, was that of Green Bay Packers quarterback and Super Bowl XLV MVP Aaron Rodgers. After all, Rodgers was nothing short of solid gold all season long. And judging by the incredibly ascending prices being bid on his winning Golden Ticket…

Texas Collector Michael Keller Strikes First Gold, Claims Mark Sanchez Golden Ticket

Longtime collector Michael Keller became the first person in the country to claim one of the 52 Golden Ticket 14-karat gold trading cards seeded in 2010 Playoff Contenders Football when he visited Panini America headquarters Thursday morning. Keller, who lives in Lewisville, Texas, pulled the Mark Sanchez Golden Ticket redemption card during a group break of Playoff Contenders at SMP Sportscards in Grapevine, Texas,…

Special Guest Judge Robby Tebow Helps Pick Winner of Brother’s Rookie Ticket

We should have known the responses would come flooding in. After all, when the topic turns to Tim Tebow, seemingly everyone -- and we mean everyone -- has a take. But few people have a better take on one of America's most scrutinized athletes than Robby Tebow, Tim's older brother and the Executive Director of The Tim Tebow Foundation. But when the number of…