Tracker & Gallery: 2011 Playoff Contenders Football Black Golden Tickets (32 images)
It's hard to believe more than a year has passed since Panini America ignited the "Great Gold Rush of 2010" with the release of the groundbreaking Golden Tickets 14kt gold trading cards that were inserted into 2010 Playoff Contenders Football. That product launched a still-ongoing international mining expedition that carried over into hockey (2010-11 Playoff Contenders) and basketball (2010-11 Gold…
Must-See Video: Panini America's Hit-Filled Last Two Months in Local Hobby Shops
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CcSIMvc9g0&w=590&h=330] It's been a hectic last few months at Panini America HQ. So busy, in fact, that we inadvertently forgot to post the February video recapping all of the big hits that surfaced from our products inside local hobby shops across the country. Not to worry. Video man extraordinaire Tom "The Ripper" Key has us covered with the following…
SP Reveal: 2011 Playoff Contenders Football Signs of Greatness Autographs
The great print-run reveal for 2011 Playoff Contenders Football has run the gamut in recent weeks. We've shared information on variations and short-print lists for the product's Rookie Tickets . . . and Rookie Inks . . . and Super Bowl Tickets . . . and Legendary Contenders. In fact, about the only thing we haven't shared yet are the…
SP Reveal: 2011 Playoff Contenders Football Legendary Contenders Autographs
Over the last few weeks, we here at The Knight's Lance have been gradually letting the cat out of the bag regarding print runs for the various Rookie Card subsets and inserts randomly inserted into 2011 Playoff Contenders Football. Today, the SP train keeps chugging with a look at the print-run numbers for the popular Legendary Contenders insert, including card…
Panini America Reveals Quantities for 2011 Playoff Contenders Super Bowl Ticket Autos
Panini America blew the lid off much of the mystery surrounding the various short prints in 2011 Playoff Contenders Football last week, revealing essential information on Rookie Ticket photo variations and autograph short prints for Rookie Tickets and Rookie Ink. Today, the revelations continue, this time focusing on the popular Super Bowl Tickets Autographs, featuring a bevy of the greatest big-stage performers…
Short Story: Panini America Releases Final 2011 Playoff Contenders Football RC SPs
Quick: When's the last time a Rookie Card of an offensive lineman sold for more than $450? That's a rhetorical question, of course, but chances are it's never happened. Welcome to the wonderful world of 2011 Playoff Contenders Football Rookie Tickets Short Prints. To be sure, there's likely not a more astute collection of collectors on the planet than the…
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…
Panini America Unveils the Remaining 2011 Playoff Contenders Football RC Variations
By now, you've likely heard about the collectible commotion we created yesterday with the revelation that photo variations exist for each of the 36 RPS Rookie Tickets subjects dotting the 2011 Playoff Contenders Football checklist. In addition to spicing up a slow-moving Monday afternoon, our post brought collectors who hadn't yet picked up on the discrepancies up to speed on the…
Panini America Asks: What’s the Difference Between these 2011 Playoff Contenders RCs?
In some cases, the differences are more recognizable. In others, they're seemingly undetectable. In every case, though, this much is certain: There are short-printed photo variations for each of the 36 RPS Rookie Tickets Rookie Cards inside 2011 Playoff Contenders Football -- and we're about to shed some light on them. A missing arm band. A removed logo. An altered…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2011 Playoff Contenders Football
Spoiler alert for all of us card collectors: Tuesday is Valentine's Day. But it's the following day, February 15, when we'll likely fall in love all over again. That's when 2011 Playoff Contenders Football hits hobby shops nationwide. There's certainly much about the product to be enamored with, not the least of which are landmark Rookie Ticket autographed Rookie Cards…