Saturday, April 7, 2012

TOPPS TIER ONE BASEBALL TO FEATURE EXTENSIVE BAT KNOB COLLECTION



2012 Topps Tier One Baseball, which is set to release in June, not only has a whole new look and configuration, but will feature one of the most significant memorabilia inserts ever offered in a product.

Inserted into packs of Topps Tier One will be 100 one-of-a-kind Bat Knob cards from the some of the most legendary names to ever step on the diamond. With stars such as Ty Cobb, Hank Aaron, Joe DiMaggio and Babe Ruth highlighting the subject list, these amazing 1 of 1 cards will be the centerpiece of many collections. (image attached).

Following is the list of 1 of 1 Bat Knob cards that will appear in 2012 Topps Tier One Baseball:







Hank
Aaron
Atlanta Braves™

Dustin
Ackley
Seattle Mariners™

Luis
Aparicio
Chicago White Sox®

Ernie
Banks
Chicago Cubs®

Jose
Bautista
Toronto Blue Jays®

Carlos
Beltran
San Francisco Giants®

Johnny
Bench
Cincinnati Reds®

Wade
Boggs
Boston Red Sox®

George
Brett
Kansas City Royals®

Jay
Bruce
Cincinnati Reds®

Miguel
Cabrera
Detroit Tigers®

Robinson
Cano
New York Yankees®

Rod
Carew
California Angels™

Steve
Carlton
Philadelphia Phillies®

Gary
Carter
New York Mets®

Starlin
Castro
Chicago Cubs®

Shin-Soo
Choo
Cleveland Indians®

Roberto
Clemente
Pittsburgh Pirates®

Ty
Cobb
Detroit Tigers®

Carl
Crawford
Boston Red Sox®

Andre
Dawson
Chicago Cubs®

Joe
DiMaggio
New York Yankees®

Jacoby
Ellsbury
Boston Red Sox®

Cecil
Fielder
Detroit Tigers®

Carlton
Fisk
Chicago White Sox®

Freddie
Freeman
Atlanta Braves™

Lou
Gehrig
New York Yankees®

Bob
Gibson
St. Louis Cardinals®

Carlos
Gonzalez
Colorado Rockies™

Curtis
Granderson
New York Yankees®

Josh
Hamilton
Texas Rangers®

Todd
Helton
Colorado Rockies™

Rickey
Henderson
Oakland Athletics™

Jason
Heyward
Atlanta Braves™

Matt
Holliday
St. Louis Cardinals®

Ryan
Howard
Philadelphia Phillies®

Catfish
Hunter
Oakland Athletics™

Monte
Irvin
New York Giants™

Reggie
Jackson
New York Yankees®

Fergie
Jenkins
Chicago Cubs®

Andruw
Jones
New York Yankees®

Chipper
Jones
Atlanta Braves™

Al
Kaline
Detroit Tigers®

Matt
Kemp
Los Angeles Dodgers®

Harmon
Killebrew
Minnesota Twins®

Ralph
Kiner
Pittsburgh Pirates®

Ian
Kinsler
Texas Rangers®

Paul
Konerko
Chicago White Sox®

Carlos
Lee
Houston Astros®

Tim
Lincecum
San Francisco Giants®

Evan
Longoria
Tampa Bay Rays™

Mickey
Mantle
New York Yankees®

Roger
Maris
New York Yankees®

Victor
Martinez
Detroit Tigers®

Eddie
Mathews
Milwaukee Braves™

Don
Mattingly
New York Yankees®

Joe
Mauer
Minnesota Twins®

Bill
Mazeroski
Pittsburgh Pirates®

Willie
McCovey
San Francisco Giants®

Andrew
McCutchen
Pittsburgh Pirates®

Paul
Molitor
Milwaukee Brewers™

Joe
Morgan
Cincinnati Reds®

Eddie
Murray
Baltimore Orioles®

Stan
Musial
St. Louis Cardinals®

David
Ortiz
Boston Red Sox®

Jim
Palmer
Baltimore Orioles®

Dustin
Pedroia
Boston Red Sox®

Tony
PĂ©rez
Cincinnati Reds®

Buster
Posey
San Francisco Giants®

Albert
Pujols
St. Louis Cardinals®

Lance
Berkman
St. Louis Cardinals®

Aramis
Ramirez
Chicago Cubs®

Hanley
Ramirez
Miami Marlins™

Jose
Reyes
New York Mets®

Jim
Rice
Boston Red Sox®

Cal
Ripken Jr.
Baltimore Orioles®

Brooks
Robinson
Baltimore Orioles®

Frank
Robinson
Cincinnati Reds®

Alex
Rodriguez
New York Yankees®

Ivan
Rodriguez
Washington Nationals®

Jimmy
Rollins
Philadelphia Phillies®

Babe
Ruth
New York Yankees®

Ryne
Sandberg
Chicago Cubs®

Pablo
Sandoval
San Francisco Giants®

Mike
Schmidt
Philadelphia Phillies®

Tom
Seaver
New York Mets®

Gary
Sheffield
Florida Marlins®

Enos
Slaughter
St. Louis Cardinals®

Ozzie
Smith
San Diego Padres™

Duke
Snider
Los Angeles Dodgers®

Darryl
Strawberry
New York Yankees®

Nick
Swisher
New York Yankees®

Mark
Teixeira
New York Yankees®

Jim
Thome
Cleveland Indians®

Jim
Thome
Cleveland Indians®

Troy
Tulowitzki
Colorado Rockies™

Justin
Upton
Arizona Diamondbacks®

Dave
Winfield
San Diego Padres™

Carl
Yastrzemski
Boston Red Sox®

Robin
Yount
Milwaukee Brewers™

2012 Bowman Baseball, Loaded with Talented Signers!



With the highly-anticipated 2012 Bowman Baseball hitting hobby shelves in about a month, Topps is pleased to announce the final Bowman Chrome Prospect Autograph Checklist.

Year after year of delivering some of the most sought after Autographed cards in the hobby, the 2012 lineup is good reason for collectors to be excited! From Anthony Rendon, Danny Hultzen, Gerrit Cole Josh Bell to Matt Purke this year’s list is loaded with talent.(image attached)



Andrelton Simmons
Braves

Andrew Susac
Giants

Anthony Rendon
Nationals

Austin Hedges
Padres

Brandon Drury
Atlanta Braves™

Brandon Jacobs
Red Sox

Bryan Brickhouse
Royals

Carlos Martinez
Cardinals

Charlie Tilson
Cardinals

Cheslor Cuthbert
Royals

Clay Holmes
Pirates

Daniel Norris
Blue Jays

Danny Hultzen
Mariners

Dante Bichette Jr.
New York Yankees®

Dean Green
Detroit Tigers®

Dillon Howard
Indians

Dillon Maples
Cubs

Drew Hutchison
Blue Jays

Eddie Rosario
Minnesota Twins®

Eric Arce
Blue Jays

Gerrit Cole
Pirates

Greg Bird
Yankees

Jackie Bradley Jr.
Red Sox

Jacob Anderson
Blue Jays

Jeimer Candelario
Chicago Cubs®

Joc Pederson
Los Angeles Dodgers®

Joe Ross
San Diego Padres®

Josh Bell
Pirates

Julio Rodriguez
Phillies

Kes Carter
Tampa Bay Rays™

Matt Purke
Nationals

Nick Delmonico
Orioles

Nick Maronde
Angels®

Oscar Taveras
Cardinals

Rookie Davis
New York Yankees®

Tommy Joseph
Giants

Tyler Collins
Detroit Tigers®

Xander Bogaerts
Red Sox

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Panini America Inks Trading Card Deal with Projected No. 1 NFL Draft Pick Andrew Luck


Panini America Inks Trading Card Deal with Projected No. 1 NFL Draft Pick Andrew Luck

Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, announced today that it has reached a trading card agreement with former Stanford University superstar quarterback Andrew Luck for the 2012 season.

The deal is Luck’s first officially licensed NFL and NFL PLAYERS trading card deal and will include Luck’s first licensed autographed trading cards.


“Andrew Luck is poised to become one of the next great NFL quarterbacks, and football fans and collectors are eagerly anticipating his first NFL and NFL PLAYERS licensed trading cards,” said Panini America CEO Mark Warsop. “This partnership will help us deliver what absolutely will be the most coveted collectibles of the 2012 NFL season. We’re happy to welcome Andrew to the Panini America family.”

Luck was awarded the Walter Camp Award as National Player of the Year, Maxwell Award and First Team All-American honors last season on the strength of 3,517 passing yards and 39 total touchdowns. Luck also holds Pac-12/Pac-10 records for highest completion percentage in both a sing season (2011) and career, as well as the record for passer efficiency rating in a career.

Luck’s first officially licensed trading cards will appear in Panini America’s 2012 Prestige Football product that is slated to release in early June. In addition to traditional trading cards, Luck also will be featured exclusively on the company’s pioneering HRX Video Trading Card technology, product packaging and in social media initiatives throughout the length of the agreement.

“I’m truly impressed with the creativity and innovation that Panini America delivers to the sports collectibles industry,” said Andrew Luck. “To be part of such an exciting rookie class that will be featured in Panini trading card products in 2012 is something I’m looking forward to.”