Ten Rookie Cards are Short Prints in Panini America’s 2020 Prestige Football. Here’s the Complete List . . .

Panini America's retail-exclusive 2020 Prestige Football has been live in most locations for the better part of two weeks now, and as longtime collectors might expect, the product has been well received. Once again this year, Prestige Football includes several Rookie Card short prints in the base set that have created an air of mystery among set-builders. Today, we're officially…

Panini America Provides a Quick Guide to Short-Printed Base Variations in 2019-20 Spectra Basketball

The highly anticipated hobby edition of Panini America's new 2019-20 Spectra Basketball released today and astute collectors already have discovered one simple truth about the product's base set: There are short-printed variations for several key veterans and rookies. In fact, there are 25 cards on the checklist with variations -- 13 veterans and 12 rookies. Perhaps the most important question…

The Short Report: Panini America Reveals SPs and SSPs in 2019 Contenders Football (Part 2)

Panini America’s ballyhooed 2019 Contenders Football arrived in hobby shops across North America earlier this month to a ready-and-waiting collector base that has spent the better part of January in a wrapper-ripping, Rookie Ticket-revealing frenzy. That’s certain to continue in the weeks ahead as the many Contenders completists work on building their sets, with one eye always on the set’s various variations and short…

The Short Report: Panini America Reveals SPs and SSPs in 2019 Contenders Football (Part 1)

Panini America’s ballyhooed 2019 Contenders Football arrived in hobby shops across North America earlier this month to a ready-and-waiting collector base that has spent the last 19 days or so in a wrapper-ripping, Rookie Ticket-revealing frenzy. That’s certain to continue in the weeks ahead as the many Contenders completists work on building their sets, with one eye always on the set’s various variations and…

Short Report: Panini America Reveals More SPs, SSPs in 2018 Contenders Football

Panini America’s ballyhooed 2018 Contenders Football arrived in hobby shops across North America roughly six weeks ago to a ready-and-waiting collector base that has spent the weeks since in a wrapper-ripping, Rookie Ticket-revealing frenzy. That’s certain to continue in the weeks ahead as the many Contenders completists work on building their sets, with one eye always on the set’s various…