Ryan Cracknell

Nanaimo

Writer at Freelance

Friendly sports cards collector and stuff. '80s child, grew up in the '90s. Sorry, I don't know what it's worth.

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2025 Panini Boys of Summer Baseball Checklist Details, Box Info

1 month ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

2025 Panini Boys of Summer Baseball delivers a heavy concentration of autographs from the game’s up and comers as well as retired favorites. The checklist includes a variety of themes as well as clean and classy designs that tap into the sport’s romanticism. Hobby boxes are single-pack affairs with each delivering eight cards. Three of those have signatures with another being a memorabilia card. Among the highlights is Jumbo Material Signatures.
2025 Panini Luminance Football Checklist Details, Box Info

1 month ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

Slick designs and photography are focal points once again in 2025 Panini Luminance Football. The early-season release delivers a total of four hits per hobby box — three autographs and one memorabilia card. The base set goes full-bleed, leaving out borders so that the action images can be the star. Both vertical and horizontal designs are integrated into the main set, which features both established stars and rookies. Standard parallels combine to land five per box.
2025-26 Upper Deck Series 1 Hockey Checklist, Box Info, Details

1 month ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

2025-26 Upper Deck Series 1 Hockey is the start of the season’s flagship line. Two more installments will eventually follow (Series 2 and Extended Series), but this is where things begin. This includes Young Guns Rookie Cards as well as some familiar inserts like UD Canvas and UD Portraits. While some things change from year to year, Upper Deck Hockey has its traditions. This starts with the base set, which is another 250-card affair.
2024-25 Panini Select Basketball Checklist, Box Info, Release Date

1 month ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

2024-25 Panini Select Basketball has no shortage of color. The chrome release goes all-in with both its tiered base set and parallel rainbow. Factor in the checklist’s autographs, memorabilia cards and other inserts and you’ve got an abundance to chase no matter which direction you come at it. Available in several configurations, standard hobby boxes have three total autographs and memorabilia cards as well as a dozen parallels and three other inserts.
2024 Topps Royalty Tennis Checklist

1 month ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

2024 Topps Royalty Tennis takes things to places seldom seen for the sport when it comes to sports cards. The luxury-level release is big on autographs but it also folds in memorabilia in some unique ways. Hobby boxes come with 10 total cards. Of those, six have signatures and another two are relics. The base set consists of 100 cards. It’s a blend of current stars, young up-and-comers and legends from the past. Standard versions are numbered to 99.
2024-25 Topps Chrome Basketball Checklist

1 month ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

2024-25 Topps Chrome Basketball marks the company’s first pro hoops set of the season. Moving on from Victor Wembanyama, the checklist highlights members of the 2024 draft class as well as plenty of star veterans and some retired greats. Hobby boxes include a pair of autographs. The 2024-25 Topps Chrome Basketball base set has 200 cards. Active veterans take up the majority of spots, however there are nearly 50 rookies. A smattering of Hall of Famers are also part of the product’s foundation.
2024-25 Bowman Chrome Sapphire University Basketball Checklist

1 month ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

2024-25 Bowman Chrome Sapphire University Basketball leaves Cooper Flagg, Sarah Strong, Dylan Harper and dozens of other collegiate standouts looking blue. A souped up and slimmed down version of the main Bowman Chrome University set, the checklist includes exclusive parallels and limited edition inserts. Hobby boxes, which have just 32 total cards spread across eight packs, deliver one autograph. The Sapphire base set is the same as Bowman Chrome.
2025 Panini Contenders PFL Checklist, Box Info, Release Date

1 month ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

2025 Panini Contenders PFL takes the longstanding card brand into a new place. But there’s still some familiarity, both in its structure and some of the fighters on the checklist. Like Contenders releases in other sports, autographs are a major focus. Hobby boxes have four signed cards, which averages out to one per pack. One of the hallmarks of Contenders is its inspiration — tickets. This is clear in the base set, which uses the Season Ticket name.
2024-25 Panini Prizm EuroLeague Basketball Checklist

1 month ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

2024-25 Panini Prizm EuroLeague Basketball takes a familiar formula and applies it to part of the sport’s global reach. From rainbows to autographs to premier chase inserts, all the Prizm cornerstones are covered on the checklist. Hobby boxes promise one autograph. There are also a handful of inserts and more than a dozen Prizms parallels. The 200-card base set includes both current and past EuroLeague players.
2025 Topps Decades 1990s UEFA Club Competitions Checklist

1 month ago | beckett.com | Ryan Cracknell

2025 Topps Decades 1990s UEFA Club Competitions channels the colorful trends and players that helped shaped the century’s end. Each six-pack box includes an autograph and three parallels numbered to 99 or fewer copies. Topps is big on diving into their vault and bringing out old designs with current players. 2025 Topps Decades 1990s isn’t such a release. The designs are all new, inspired by bright colors and bold lines. As for players, they’re throwbacks as well.