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…