LICENSED AUTOS Thread

[AbraCalabro]

Post your favorite licensed autographed cards here.

1997_SPx ProMotion_4_x/100

9899_SP Authentic_Sign of the Times_SH

1617_Panini Preferred_Unparalleled_261_x50

2223_Panini Immaculate_Shadowbox Signatures_SBS-SKE

[Hondo]

Love that SPX ProMotion & Sign of the Times but that Preferred Unparalleled Looks Sooooooooo damn nice! Such a great action shot!

[Deadshot]

[darz90scardz]

My auto collection has been really selective. These are my only Penny autos, but they’re all from favorite sets. The only others I want that are still attainable are his SOTT Silver and 1996 SPx Tribute auto.

Here’s some other favorites that I’ve picked up.

[ZSCollects]

Personally I'm a huge fan and chasing the multi year Spectra Hall of Fame signatures, 45 card set of blue ink on card shiny stock prizm autos.
Also can't beat 90s Autographics, and these 05-06 Trilogy Auto Focus with their "glass stock" are beautiful, especially in a nice one touch (the scan from TCDB does not do the Frye justice)

[darz90scardz]

^ that’s crazy, I only have about 10 more autos in my collection and that same Frye/Houston are 2 of them.

[ZSCollects]

^ that’s crazy, I only have about 10 more autos in my collection and that same Frye/Houston are 2 of them.

That's amazing! You have great taste in autos!

[FrankAZHP]

I've got a ton of autos I need to photograph. Here's what I found of what I did snap photos of:

Underrated embossed gold foil set full of pack pulled HoF autos:


Reprint autos are great:


I've got a few Amen and Ausar Chrome autos from the first two years of OTE Chrome. This only one with a photo:


Traded for this back in 2002 or 2003 so from a friend:


My favorite one of the bunch. "Fan Favorite Autos" of my all time fave player in the 1993 Football/Baseball design.
I wish this had been signed in silver ink instead of blue so I could see it a bit better but oh well nothing's perfect.

[darz90scardz]

^ that Action Packed Barry is amazing.

[AbraCalabro]

Sweet autos guys,

deadshot, that Marquee Marks is a real gem!

duron, Sick Pennies, the SPx is an icon and SOTT. I used to have a Dice way back.

FrankAZHP, great selection, I don't think I've seen that first Barry before, that's super unique. What year was it released?

Love that SPX ProMotion & Sign of the Times but that Preferred Unparalleled Looks Sooooooooo damn nice! Such a great action shot!

Thanks dude, I know you've got that fire in your collection, only a matter of time before the thread heats up!

[FrankAZHP]

FrankAZHP, great selection, I don't think I've seen that first Barry before, that's super unique. What year was it released?

In 1995 Action Packed (whom I loved for their Football cards) did a "Hall of Fame" set similar to the Hall of Fame set they made from 1993 but the 1995 set had redemption/signature autographs inserted though and had some big names including guys who didn't sign often like Bill Russell and coaches like Bob Knight and John Wooden.

The major difference between the signed and the base, is the base has a gold facsimile signature on it, and the signed ones don't have that facsimile on it at all but are signed in silver ink. Card numbers are the same. The base also was a 38 card set and didn't have cards 39 (Cousy) and 40 (Russell) like the autos did.

There's 39 total autos (was supposed to be 40 but Pete Maravich didn't sign) and has some great names.
Link to checklist on TCDB

Some of them aren't the cleanest autos, as Action Packed cards were heavily embossed. Still super cool, and often overlooked and underappreciated.

I've got a few others besides the Barry. The Connie Hawkins is particularly cool because he often shortened his signature with something with "Hawk" and on these he signed in full.

Base / Auto:





Also these are super tough to photograph because of the embossed nature and the gold foil. I did a bang up job on my photos lol

[Hondo]

UD Legendary Signatures. 7 down, 2 more to go. Hoping to pick-up the Bird & Russell in the future to complete this Celtics set.
Gonna be tough though, both those cards are Short Printed and go for a high price. Someday.



UD Black Ticket Autos. The gold holofoil, the gold etching and gold auto. It's so pretty!


I mean look at the shine on this thing.


And my favorite KG auto. So sharp & clean and i Love KG with the no.1 hand sign.

[AbraCalabro]

FrankAZHP, great selection, I don't think I've seen that first Barry before, that's super unique. What year was it released?

In 1995 Action Packed (whom I loved for their Football cards) did a "Hall of Fame" set similar to the Hall of Fame set they made from 1993 but the 1995 set had redemption/signature autographs inserted though and had some big names including guys who didn't sign often like Bill Russell and coaches like Bob Knight and John Wooden.

The major difference between the signed and the base, is the base has a gold facsimile signature on it, and the signed ones don't have that facsimile on it at all but are signed in silver ink. Card numbers are the same. The base also was a 38 card set and didn't have cards 39 (Cousy) and 40 (Russell) like the autos did.

There's 39 total autos (was supposed to be 40 but Pete Maravich didn't sign) and has some great names.
Link to checklist on TCDB

Some of them aren't the cleanest autos, as Action Packed cards were heavily embossed. Still super cool, and often overlooked and underappreciated.

I've got a few others besides the Barry. The Connie Hawkins is particularly cool because he often shortened his signature with something with "Hawk" and on these he signed in full.

Base / Auto:





Also these are super tough to photograph because of the embossed nature and the gold foil. I did a bang up job on my photos lol

Great write-up and thanks for sharing your knowledge. I like to learn about obscure stuff like this that is seldom seen.

Your photos are actually great, I thought they came out very nicely.

[vintagepacers]

This set has never gotten a ton of attention but I have always really liked the design. The backboard in the design is clear acetate to simulate an actual backboard. They're fairly rare too being /25, with no parallels.


2006-07 Sweet Shot Signature Shots Acetate #DG Danny Granger /25 by SMosley21x, on Flickr


And then here are a few others that I love as well


2005-06 Ultimate Collection Rookie Autographs Redemption #158 Danny Granger /5 by SMosley21x, on Flickr


2007-08 Chronology Through the Years #TESP Sam Perkins /50 by SMosley21x, on Flickr

One of my favorite sticker auto sets

2008-09 Topps Treasury Mini Exclusives Autographs #JB Jerryd Bayless SP by SMosley21x, on Flickr

Slick's only licensed auto card ever. No idea the print run but it can't be very high

2014 Panini National Convention VIP Gold Basketball Hall of Fame Autographs #BL Bob Leonard by SMosley21x, on Flickr

Here's another fairly rare one that Panini gave out at one of their industry exclusive parties. I've seen a sizzle reel from the party where Nembhard is signing a pretty small stack of them. I'd estimate 30-50 cards. I've only seen like 4 of these pop up on ebay.

2022-23 Panini Prizm Lounge VIP Rated Rookie Autographs #AN Andrew Nembhard SP by SMosley21x, on Flickr

[AbraCalabro]

SICK cards dudes. Some great variety in here.

I'll share some more soon.

[AbraCalabro]

2004 Hardcourt_Hardwood Commemoratives_HC-KG

1995_Upper Deck Authentic_Buyback Auto 222 x/500

[AbraCalabro]

1996_Upper Deck_Autographs_Antonio McDyess_A3_x500

1996_Upper Deck Autographs_A2_x500

[SacKingsCards]

Man, LOVE those UD autos. It is so cool to see autos on cards with full bleed action shots. How unique that would be now, and it wouldn't be that hard for Panini to have 20 or 30 players sign like 25(?) copies of their Hoops, Donruss, Prizm or Photogenic base cards before pack insertion. I know Hoops and Prizm aren't full bleed action shots, but it's close enough to satisfy that same itch.

[AbraCalabro]

Man, LOVE those UD autos. It is so cool to see autos on cards with full bleed action shots. How unique that would be now, and it wouldn't be that hard for Panini to have 20 or 30 players sign like 25(?) copies of their Hoops, Donruss, Prizm or Photogenic base cards before pack insertion. I know Hoops and Prizm aren't full bleed action shots, but it's close enough to satisfy that same itch.

Thanks bro. You're right, it wouldn't be hard for Panini to do this sort of thing. I've seen some really desirable designs from them, but man, they just kill it with sticker autos sometimes lol.

Remember Panini Complete? I think it was basically a Collector's Choice clone, but they just had the base, silver border and gold border if I remember correctly, those would also look great in addition to the lines that you mentioned. It's possible they did autos in Complete also, but I think they were stickers lol.