Product Rewind: 2013 Panini USA Baseball Champions – Talk about a product that flew under the radar at the time of its release. 2013 Panini USA Baseball Champions is still often mistakenly overlooked by collectors. The fact of the matter is this product delivers some of the highest odds of pulling an autographed card of the Chicago Cubs’ rising star, Kris Bryant. Yes,they are sticker autos but at this point beggars can’t be choosers the way his prices have escalated for on-card signatures. Here is a rundown of Bryant’s cards to look for in the product:
National Team Certified Signatures #’d to 299
- Mirror Red #’d to 49
- Red Ink #’d to 25
- Mirror Blue #’d to 25
- Mirror Gold #’d to 10
- Green Ink #’d to 2
- Mirror Black #’d 1/1
- Kris Bryant secondary market sales on eBay
However, Bryant is not the only draw to this product. 2016 MLB rookie of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Corey Seager, also has autographed cards in the set.
Stars and Stripes Signatures #’d to 250
- Red Ink #’d to 25
- Green Ink #’d to 2
- Corey Seager secondary market sales on eBay
Product Rewind: 2013 Panini USA Baseball Champions – Product Highlights
2013 Panini USA Baseball Champions features the first-ever USA Baseball cards on Certified technology. The product also boasts the first-ever USA Baseball Bat Knob cards! Other highlights of 2013 Panini USA Baseball Champions include:
Signatures of USA Baseball Alumni over the last 35 years including: Jim Abbott, Frank Thomas, Robin Ventura, Barry Larkin and many others!
A base set checklist of MLB fan favorites that got their start with USA Baseball, including: Ozzie Smith, Frank Thomas, Robin Ventura, Will Clark and others. See what they looked like “way back when!”
OVER 1,500 Prime Patches cards, many of them 1/1 flags from jersey sleeves, including those from players: Gerrit Cole, Matthew Purke, Michael Choice and several others!
2013 Panini USA Baseball Champions – Box Break
Every Box of 2013 Panini USA Baseball Champions delivers:
- (2) Autographs
- (3) Game Gear Memorabilia Cards
- (3) Mirror Parallels,
- (1) USA Baseball Legends Die-Cut
- (1) National Team Mirror Red
- (7) Additional Inserts
2013 Panini USA Baseball Champions – Product Details
Configuration: 24 Packs Per Box, 8 Cards Per Pack
2013 Panini USA Baseball Champions Checklist
Base Set – 187-card base set features retired USA Baseball Alumni, top prospects and the current USA Baseball National Team players.
Prime Patches – These large patches contain material directly off the players’ game-worn jerseys, and include 1/1 flag patches and other commemorative patches.
Triple Play Materials – Three game-used elements, one card! Each subject in this memorabilia-laden insert is recognized with a jersey swatch, a prime jersey swatch and game-used bat swatch!
Stars and Stripes – Look for autographs from the best to wear the red, white and blue.
Game Gear Bat Knobs – Find the first-ever USA Baseball Bat Knob cards, each #’d as a 1/1
Certified Mirror Signatures – 2012 National Team Mirror Gold Signatures are #’d to just 10. Also look for Mirror Black 1/1’s!
Product Rewind: 2013 Panini USA Baseball Champions – Image Gallery
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