Gold and Silver Tickets Bring Precious-Metal Might to 2014 Contenders Football (Gallery)

Today's highly anticipated hobby arrival of Panini America's 2014 Contenders Football marked the welcome return -- after a long season away -- of the many landmark staples that have made Contenders one of the most-beloved brands in the modern sports-card arena: Rookie Ticket Autographs. Variations. Short-print mysteries. And . . . gold. For the fifth consecutive season, Panini America officials have…

The UPDATED Debut of the 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Hockey Golden Ticket Tracker

First things first: We offer our sincere apologies for just now bringing you this first installment of the eagerly awaited 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Hockey Golden Ticket Tracker. It's been a wild few months around these parts but we've finally devoted our full attention to chronicling the 20 pieces of precious 14-karat gold metal randomly buried inside packs of 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Hockey. To…

Updated Playoff Contenders Golden Ticket Tracker: Big Pulls at Home and Abroad

It’s no secret by now that the pioneering Golden Ticket redemption treasures buried randomly inside packs of 2010 Playoff Contenders Football have created a frenzied collecting buzz across America since they first hit the market more than two weeks 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…

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…