Super Premium 2017-18 Basketball Production Estimates:
CASES BOXES BOX PRICE
National Treasures 3,500 14,000 $1800
Flawless 2,050 4,100 $2100
Opulence 1,333 4,000 $999.95
This Friday marks the debut of 2017-18 Panini Opulence Basketball, the next in a great line of Panini America super-premium products. And, Sports Cards Plus, a.k.a. The Super Hit Factory will kick things off with a 10-Spot ($99.95 per spot) Box Group Break this Friday at 6:15. Every Spot gets one random card from a factory sealed box. Call 210-524-2337 to pay and guarantee your spot at $99.95. The set takes elements from a couple of other basketball lines but kicks things up several notches.
Each ten-card box has six autographs and an additional signed or memorabilia card. All autographs in Opulence are on-card. Boxes are $999.95.
“Opulence is a much higher-level product that combines some popular components from Gold Standard Basketball and Preferred Basketball with a few new twists,” said Lucas Kinser, Basketball Brand Manager at Panini.
2017-18 Panini Opulence Basketball Overview
A gold theme runs throughout much of the Opulence checklist, both in design and themes. A couple of places where this is apparent is in the Golden Autographed Memorabilia, which come with premium swatches, and Gold Records Signatures inserts.
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There’s also Gold Metal Autographs, which center on players who have suited up for the USA Basketball team. Not only do these come signed but they have a 14K gold disc embedded in them.
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Other autograph inserts include Championship Hall Signatures and Opulent Autographs.
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Precious Swatch Signatures add another level of autographed memorabilia.
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Premium booklet cards are also present in 2017-18 Panini Opulence Basketball, taking the form of both autographs and memorabilia cards.
NBA Finals Booklets come with pieces of gear worn in Game 2 of the 2017 NBA Finals. Not only do these trace back to a specific moment in basketball’s history but some bring distinct patches like logomen.
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On the first-year player side, book cards include Rookie Patch Autographs with huge pieces and Rookie Octo, which come with on-card autographs from eight players.
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2017-18 Panini Opulence Basketball Base Set
Base cards in Opulence are all numbered to 79. The first 100 cards are traditional base cards and have Silver (/25), Holo Gold (/10), Emerald (/5) and Platinum (1/1) parallels.
Another 50 cards are split evenly between Rookie Autographs and Rookie Patch Autographs. Base versions also have 79 copies with Silver (/25), Holo Gold (/10) and Platinum (1/1) versions joining them on the checklist.
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