Topps released information today that their upcoming 2012 Topps Chrome Football release would have some redemptions in it. However, Topps decided to sweeten the deal by adding a pack of Blue Wave Refractors with each redemption card that is redeemed from the product. Their release states 9 of the cards in the set will be in redemption format. Hopefully this addition helps sooth the sting for the collectors who don’t get live hits in their boxes.
One of the most anticipated products of the year, 2012 Topps Chrome Football, is set to hit shelves next Friday November 9th! This years hobby product promises to be one of the best ever, loaded with on-card autographs, autographed patch cards, dual autographe and triple autographed cards! In addition the uber popular ’65 Tall Boys, the iconic ’84 design and classic 1957 card have all been chromed and signed on card! Topps Chrome is driven by rookies and this years rookie class have been outstanding, this products subject list is loaded and top rookies including RG3, Andrew Luck, Ryan Tannehill, Trent Richardson, Doug Martin, Brandon Weeden, Justin Blackmon, Kendall Wright and many others have all already hard signed their Chrome cards and they look great!
We are on the heels of one of the most anticipated Football releases each year. 2012 Topps Chrome Football appears as if will it not disappoint, like many of its previous years releases.
The 2012 rookie class is off to a red-hot start in this young NFL season, which is helping amplify the release of this product that appears to feature 45 different rookie card autographs. To date, Topps has confirmed 35 of those rookie autographs for the set. They include:
In the 2012 Topps Football release, Topps has inserted some alternative photos for some of the veteran cards in the set. The short print variations (SP) are seen on the left in each of the photos below.
In the 2012 Topps Football release, Topps has inserted some alternative photos for some of the rookie cards in the set. The short print variations (SP) are seen on the left in each of the photos below.
Here is a look at a cumulative look at all of the 2012 Bowman Baseball Rookie and Prospect Autograph sales through the first month of release. There has been 2100+ sales since its release a few weeks back, and I have accumulated each of the sales via eBay and put them together for you to get an idea on which Autographs are selling the best, at product release.
I have seen a number of debates on various message boards regarding if people preferred the 2012 Bowman Chrome Blue Wave Autos over the Gold Refractor Autos. Both of the cards are numbered to 50, and the Blue Wave Autos have definite appeal over the Gold refractors, but do the consumers like them better? Check out the sales data compiled from eBay over the last couple weeks. The prices seem pretty similar, however with a much smaller Blue Wave sample size, it looks as if the Gold Refractors are edging them out in sales prices.
What started out as a fantastic good will gesture by the Topps Company by offering collectors the opportunity to turn-in their wrappers from 2012 Bowman Baseball in exchange for some pretty neat looking Blue and Red Wave refractors. What an amazing concept and great promotion to help push sales of one of their flagship lines.
After months of hype and anticipation for the product, a number of collectors were able to get the product up to 2-full days ahead of it’s scheduled release. With a limited number of packs (10,000) being available to the public, these collectors who received their orders early obviously had the advantage of getting their wrapper redemption fulfilled.
Panini announced today that they have inserted so super short print variations in their 2011 Contenders Football release. These variations are only on the on-card Rookie Photo Shoot cards, but each one has a small and unique twist to find the variation. Unlike last years, where it was a simple variation in the pose, this year – you have to work for it to find the differences. Early indications also are looking like these variations have a very limited printed run.
The 2011 Contenders Football product released one week ago today, so I decided to take a look at what some of the most popular selling cards were from the set, so far.
The table below shows a comprehensive list of total amount of Contenders autos sold, the high, the low, and the average price. 12 of the 135 rookie autographs have not surfaced on eBay as of today. 22 of the 135 are currently selling for more than $50 on average, and 41 of the 135 are selling for more than $20 on average.
