2014 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions :
First look: 2014 Upper Deck’s Goodwin Champions trading cards
http://www.beckett.com/news/first-look- ... ing-cards/.When Upper Deck first announced they would be including one-of-one hand painted tributes to classical artwork in Goodwin Champions, collectors
were hesitant. Could an artist really deliver a quality painting of a masterpiece on a canvas just 2 ½” x 3 ½” in size?
As collectors soon discovered when opening up packs of 2013 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions, these artists were certainly up to the challenge
and had created some beautiful works of art. The “Art of the Ages” cards became extremely popular regularly selling
for hundreds of dollars as reported by Beckett Media.
The cards are a part of a three year plan in Goodwin Champions and we created the checklist in advance to make sure each year
had some pieces that were widely known not just in the art community, but to the layperson as well. Work from renowned artists featured in the checklist
for the “Art of the Ages” set includes Monet, Raphael, Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Picasso, Renoir and many more.
Recently we started to get in some of the completed cards
and we had to pause to admire their beauty. The artists we commission are getting better at recreating this classical art
and the miniature masterpieces they are bringing to life are amazing to behold.
The level of detail they are able to add to these tiny canvases is extraordinary. Just take a look at some of the images!
Each box of 2014 Goodwin Champions will come with 20 packs and five cards in each pack.
There will be three hits per box that range from a number of different elements such as autographs, memorabilia cards, manufactured patch cards,
Museum Relics and Goodwin Masterpieces.
Each box will contain 10 mini cards with the chance at getting Magician Back or Presidential Back parallels.
Each pack will have a mini, short-print or insert.
On the case level, collectors will find five Origin of Species Patch cards, four Monster 3-D cards, one dual-swatch memorabilia short-print
and one Sport Royalty memorabilia card.
Some of the hits are new to Goodwin Champions.
The manufactured patch cards are Origin of Species, and start a new three-year program for Upper Deck.
The 2014 set will begin with The Dawn of Complex Life with six tiers
of collectability : Reptiles, Fish, Cambrian Explosion, Arthropods, Tetrapods and Cephalopods.
The checklist will include 100 cards of different degrees of rarity.
The 3-D Monster cards are a new addition to Goodwin Champions, and will be tough pulls.
There are four subsets within the 3-D Monster cards : Bizarre Beasts (1 in 120 packs), Classic Creatures (1:360),
The Giants (1:870) and Alien Menaces (1:4,160).
Goodwin Masterpieces Art of the Ages continues with 300 new paintings.
Some of the additions include Vincent Van Gogh’s Café Terrace at Night, Picasso’s Old Guitarist and Cezanne’s The Card Players.
There are also Museum Relics from World War I, which Upper Deck recently displayed at the 2014 Industry Summit.
When it comes to autographs, Upper Deck has added some new, recognizable names such as Joe Montana, Peyton Manning,
Lindsey Vonn, Ken Griffey Jr., Eric Dickerson, LaDainian Tomlinson and Byron Buxton. It also added a number of Winter Olympians including
Shani Davis, Ashley Caldwell, Steve Holcomb, Julie Chu and Hayley Wickenheiser.
Goodwin Champions is set to come out in July.
2014 Goodwin Champions ‘Art of the Ages’ Painted Art Cards Came Out AMAZING!
http://upperdeckblog.com/2014/03/brag-p ... t-amazing/Sports of all sorts, monsters, the start of life are all part of 2014 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions,
a product few will argue is nothing short of eclectic.
Hobby boxes come with the promise of three hits that are either autographs, memorabilia cards,
manufactured patch cards, original art cards or World War I relics.
The 2014 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions base set has 130 total cards.
On top of this there are 25 short prints and 25 super short prints.
Mini Cards return at a rate of 1:2 packs. They come in five different styles.
There are basic minis, Lady Luck Back, Canvas, Magician Back (#/4) and Presidential Back (1/1).
All autographs in 2014 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions come with on-card signatures.
More common cards fall under the Goodwin Autographs (1:36 packs)
and Baseball Prospect Signatures (1:60 packs) banners. Sport Royalty Autographs (1:600 packs)
and Goudey Autographs (1:400 packs) are among the tougher signatures to find.
Goodwin Memorabilia cards come with both single- (1:14 packs) and dual-swatches (1:320 packs).
Rarer Sport Royalty follow a similar pattern. Single-swatch cards land 1:320 packs while dual-swatch cards fall 1:2,560 packs.
Museum Collection Relics return in 2014 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions, this time featuring memorabilia pieces from World War I.
Among the items being embedded into cards are pieces of U.S. Army trousers, barbed wire,
an Imperial German spiked helmet cover, a British Commonwealth Officer's cap and a gas mask lens.
After concluding the Animal Kingdom patch series, a new set launches with 2014 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions.
Origin of Species Patch Cards has a three-year plan. It kicks off with The Dawn of Complex Life. In 2015 it carries on to Age of Dinosaurs
and Age of Mammals in 2016. Patches come in five tiers,
each with different rarities: Reptiles, Fish, Cambrian Explosion, Anthropods, Tetrapods and Cephalopods.
Art of the Ages returns with original art cards that recreate classic paintings
from the like of Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci.
Monsters is a set of 3-D inserts that delve deep into creepy characters dating all the way back to ancient times.
These feature painted images and come in four tiers: Bizarre Beasts (1:120 packs), Classic Creatures (1:360 packs),
The Giants (1:870 packs) and Alien Menaces (1:4,160 packs). Inserted 1:80 packs, there are four Monster cards per case.
http://www.cardboardconnection.com/othe ... ding-cards http://www.sportscardradio.com/sports-c ... -checklistEstimated Release Date :
16 July 2014Product Configuration :20 packs per box, 5 cards per pack
Price Point : Mid-End Multi-Sport Card
Target Audience Collectors with Eclectic Tastes, Autograph Collectors, Memorabilia Card Collectors, Set Builders
2014 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Box Break :
3 Total Autographs, Memorabilia, Manufactured Patch, Masterpieces or Museum Relics
10 Mini Cards
100 Total Cards
