Brilliance Auto Contest Winner Announced

Congrats to Kevin on being the lucky winner of the Anthony Morrow 12-13 Panini Brilliance – Marks of Brilliance Auto #’ed/199.  Once Kevin sends me his mailing address, I will ship this card ASAP.  Thanks!

Brilliance Auto Contest! – NOW CLOSED

This contest is for a Anthony Morrow 2012-13 Panini Brilliance – Marks of Brilliance Auto #’ed/199.  Good luck!!!

Contest Details:

• This contest will end Friday, January 10, 2014 @ 8:00 p.m. EST.
• To enter, please leave a comment in this post.
• You can enter once per day.
• The winner will be selected at random.
• Please provide a valid e-mail address when entering.
• The winner will receive an e-mail when the contest is over.
• The winner has one week to send me their contact information or the contest will be held again.
• Once the contest is over, I will need the winner’s mailing address so I can ship them this card for FREE!!!

Brilliant Lowry Jersey Contest! – NOW CLOSED

This contest is for a Kyle Lowry 12-13 Brilliance – City To City Jersey.  Good luck!

Contest Details:

• This contest will end Friday, June 21, 2013 @ 8:00 p.m. EST
• To enter, please leave a comment in this post
• You can enter once per day
• The winner will be selected at random
• Please provide a valid e-mail address when entering
• The winner will receive an e-mail when the contest is over
• The winner has one week to send me their contact information or the contest will be held again
• Once the contest is over, I will need the winner’s mailing address so I can ship them this card for FREE!!!

2012-2013 Panini Brilliance Basketball Box Break & Review

Design: 

One thing is for certain, Panini wanted you to know that this product is called Brilliance.  The 300-card base set has the word “Brilliance” embossed onto each fun filled foil card.  Its not small either.  Its right in your face.  Just like with many Panini products, the white box autographs are clearly seen throughout the set.  The Marks of Brilliance autographs at least have photos that slowly fade into a white area.  Aside from the autographs and relics, Brilliance has a nice selection of inserts.  Yes they’re covered in foil from head to toe, but I think they look good.  Collectors seem to have taken an interest in them, although its nothing like the parallels from Totally Certified.

Price: 

Boxes are currently selling for $77.00.

“Hit” Quality: 

Each box should contain at least (2) autographs and (1) relic.  You should also find (2) Starburst parallels and (13) other inserts.

I pulled the following:

Autos

• Magic Johnson Marks of Brilliance Auto #’ed/199
• Anthony Morrow Marks of Brilliance Auto #’ed/199

Relic

• Kyle Lowry City To City Jersey

Parallels

• Brandon Rush Starburst #69
• Matt Barnes Starburst #92

Notable Cards

• Kevin Garnett Accolades #4
• Paul Pierce Accolades #2
• Dirk Nowitzki Accolades #3
• Dwight Howard Spellbound #51 – R
• Kyrie Irving Spellbound #70 – N
• Anthony Davis Spellbound #27 – A
• James Harden Scorers Inc. #8
• Kobe Bryant Scorers Inc. #6
• Kevin Durant Scorers Inc. #7
• Patrick Ewing Springfield Basketball Hall Of Fame #10
• Magic Johnson Springfield Basketball Hall Of Fame #8
• Pete Maravich Springfield Basketball Hall Of Fame #9
• Nikola Vucevic Team Tomorrow #20
• Thomas Robinson Team Tomorrow #18
• Anthony Davis Team Tomorrow #19
• Kobe Bryant Magic Numbers #1
• Blake Griffin Magic Numbers #2
• Damian Lillard RC #283
• Anthony Davis RC #234

Overall: 

Overall, I give 2012-2013 Brilliance an average 3 basketballs out of 5 (1=poor & 5=perfect).  Its far from a perfect product, but I do enjoy the various inserts Panini gave collectors to look for.  Basketball collectors really enjoy rare parallels and inserts.  Lots and lots of foil!