Short Notice: Panini America Identifies SPs in 2017 Contenders Optic Football
Panini America's 2017 Contenders Optic Football wasted precious little time in making its mark on the collectibles landscape when it arrived with considerable pomp and circumstance earlier this month. The Optichrome-enhanced sibling of 2017 Contenders Football has spent the three weeks since carving its own niche in the football category. It's also created its fair share of SP curiosities. That's…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Early Boxes of 2017 Contenders Optic Football
Tomorrow, Panini America's burgeoning Optichrome revolution continues in a major way when the popular Optic technology meets the fabled Contenders Football brand for the all-new 2017 Contenders Optic Football. Boasting a bevy of hard-signed gems from the 2017 rookie class and a rainbow array of Prizm parallels, the product provides a powerful addition to the company's late-season football roster. Yesterday…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2017 Contenders Optic Football (66 Images)
No matter how long you've been collecting Panini America's fabled Contenders Football franchise, you've never seen a Contenders quite like this. That's because there's never been a Contenders quite like this. From the moment Pittsburgh Steelers rookie receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster teased the existence of 2017 Contenders Optic Football in an early January Instagram Story, the buzz has been building. In…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2017 Contenders Optic Football (Gallery)
Leave it to Pittsburgh Steelers standout rookie JuJu Smith-Schuster to make an impact even during a bye week. Certainly the talented receiver put collectors on notice early last week with a seemingly innocuous post on his Instagram Story featuring something that looked an awfully lot like Contenders Optic Football. Astute collectors picked up on the image instantly. Considerable collecting buzz ensued.…