By Susan Lulgjuraj | Contributing Editor The sophomore campaign of Prime Signatures Football is getting a few upgrades from Panini America. The configuration will remain the same with one autograph in every four-card pack, and just one pack per box. Panini has added new elements to 2012 Prime Signatures, including rare jumbo prime materials rookie-signed…
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Football Editor Panini’s first release of the 2013 football season will be Score. But this isn’t just the start of the collecting season for Panini, this is Score’s 25th anniversary. For the anniversary, Panini is getting a bit nostalgic using the 1989 design for rookies. Players such as Geno Smith…
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Football Editor Topps intends to make Platinum football cards shine this year with all its chrome. The company announced 2013 Topps Platinum Football will be released in early September, with 20 packs per box with five cards in each pack. The 150-card base set will feature 50 Rookie Cards. The…
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Football Editor NEW YORK CITY — There were several exhibitions and displays throughout New York and New Jersey celebrating the Super Bowl, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The museum’s exhibition was especially appealing to card collectors. For roughly two weeks, more than 100 vintage football cards from Jefferson R. Burdick’s…
By Stephen Laroche | Beckett Media There are many qualities that make an NFL player a star or legend as their contributions on the field, in the locker room, or to their fans sets them apart from the crowd. Words such as speed, strength, discipline, courage, glory, valor, and heart are used to describe these…
By Stephen Laroche | Beckett Media Football collectors are bidding a fond farewell to Topps this season, but that does not mean that the company is holding back by any stretch a special edition of their ever-popular Chrome product — 2015 Topps Mini Chrome Football. The company is looking to end the brand’s run in…
By a lot of measures, 2019 was a big year for sports cards. All of the major sports had the usual rookie standouts and phenoms that helped drive things, but they weren’t the only ones. Here’s a look at 20 sports cards that made an impact in their respective sports and the hobby as a…
By Ryan Cracknell | Hobby Editor I’m not a fantasy football expert. I’m a relative newbie to all of this. How can I expect to find greatness without a little bit of help from those that do know? From an early age, that’s what we do. We go to school and learn from teachers who…
By Ryan Cracknell | Hobby Editor The 2015 Topps Definitive Collection Football checklist is all autographs, memorabilia and autographed relics. The product has the distinction of being the most expensive gridiron product for the company out of the gate. It’s also one of Topps’ last football sets. One-upping Topps Five Star, each 2015 Topps Definitive…
2016 Donruss Signature Series Football takes a bulk approach to autographs. Every card in the product comes signed, including all 300 cards in the base set. Boxes have four autographed cards, one of which is a parallel numbered to 50 or less. Base Set The 2016 Donruss Signature Series Football base set is no easy…