UD 2014-15 SP Authentic Basketball

UD 2014-15 SP Authentic Basketball

With Upper Deck‘s agreement with the Collegiate Licensing Company coming to a close, the company is looking to go out in a strong fashion with a 2014-15 SP Authentic Basketball.

Expected to arrive on card shop shelves on March 31, the main focus of this release will be all about prospects and autographs. Among the confirmed signers are Upper Deck mainstays Michael Jordan and LeBron James along with active talents like Stephen Curry, legendary stars such as Julius Erving and Shaquille O’Neal, and rookie sensations Nikola Mirotic and Aaron Gordon.

What else can collectors find in packs of 2014-15 SP Authentic Basketball? Find out after the jump.

Each box of 2014-15 SP Authentic Basketball will contain three autograph cards on average and there is a wide variety of sets to collect. One of those three hits will be a Future Watch Rookie Autograph numbered to 475 copies or less. The freshman content is bolstered by the presence of Limited Rookie Autograph Patch cards (#’d to 50 or less) that could be heavy hitters on the secondary market.

As most collectors would expect, there will be Sign of the Times autographs to collect and they come in single versions (1:40 packs) in addition to Duals (1:280) and Triples (#’d to 20 or less). More favorites are also available, including SP Chirography (#’d to 75 or less) and Rookie Chirography (#’d to 99 or less). The design of Marks of Distinction (#’d to 50 or less) is sharp and Immortal Ink will be epic pulls since they are numbered out of three.

Upper Deck also dug into their own design archives and has created LeBron James 2003-04 SPA Tribute Autographs that features athletes from other sports on the card design from that season. Numbered to just 10 copies, the roster of signers includes Danica Patrick, Georges St-Pierre, Maria Sharapova and Johnny Manziel.

The SP Authentic base set will be made up of 50 regular cards along with 20 Authentic Moments which look back on memorable events in NCAA basketball history. There will also be five Authentic Moments Dual that depict two players that share a legendary accomplishment together. Some of the regular cards are expected to have an Emerald (#’d to 75) or Red (#’d to 3) Autograph parallel and the Limited Authentics Gold Autographs (1:253) and Dual Gold Autographs (1:3,360) will be tough to pull.

Perhaps the base cards that collectors will appreciate most are from the Rookie Extended Series with a lineup of 25 players. Falling eight times per box, finding them all will not be extremely difficult. The Red and Emerald Autograph parallels for these cards are limited to 225 copies or less and are split up into three tiers of scarcity.

UD14-15 SP Authentic Basketball

包裝:每包4張/每盒20包/每箱12盒上市日:04/14/15

2014-15Upper Deck SP Authentic Basketball每可以得到3張Autograph Cards親筆簽名卡和8張RookieExtened Series新人延展系列卡，有機會得到傳奇球星和新人的親筆簽名卡包括:
Michael Jordan、LeBron James、Magic Johnson、Aaron Gordon、Mitch McGary和其他更多球星!同時有機會得到NikolaMirotic的RC Autographs新人簽名卡。

★每盒有機會得到3張Autograph Cards親筆簽名卡
￭包括1張Future Watch RookieAutograph未來展望新人簽名卡限量475或更少

★ 2張其他簽名卡來自:
￭ Rookie extended Series Autographs新人延展系列簽名卡限量225或更少
￭ Limited Autograph Patches限量簽名Patch卡限量50或更少
￭ Limited Autograph限量簽名卡限量75或更少
￭ Limited Authentic Moments Gold Autographs限量真實時刻金簽簽名卡比例 1:252
￭ Limited Authentic Moments Dual Autographs限量真實時刻雙星簽名卡比例 1:3360
￭ Chirography Autographs球星親筆簽名卡限量99或更少
￭ Immortal Ink不朽傳奇簽名卡限量3
￭ Marks of Distinction卓越標記簽名卡限量50或更少
￭ LeBron James 03-04 SPA Tribute Autographs向LBJ致敬簽名卡限量10
￭ Sign of the Times時刻簽名卡-單星、雙星和三星簽名

★每盒會有8張RookieExtended Series Cards(XRC’s)新人延展系列卡

★ Base Set(50)基本卡組 50張

★ Authentic Moments真實時刻卡20張

★ Authentic Moments Dual雙星真實時刻卡5張

★ Rookie Extended Series新人延展系列卡-25張

The Collegiate Licensing Company era for Upper Deck comes to a close today with the arrival of 2014-15 SP Authentic Basketball, but the manufacturer is ending things in a manner that should please many collectors.

Hobbyists and dealers were expecting to see plenty of strong content coming out of packs, but Upper Deck may exceed those expectations with the addition of unannounced Fleer Showcase cards that include the always-popular Jambalaya inserts and plenty of autographs.

Earlier today, the company’s Facebook page provided the public with a look at what they could potentially pull. Check out a gallery after the jump.