2012-13 SP Authentic Hockey Cards

Sign of the Times on card autograph set has returned to this year’s SP Authentic. This year the design has a golden background that makes it look more classed up than usual. Not only is the design fantastic, but the checklist is simply amazing, especially with the Team Canada autos. The best SOTT set that SPA has ever done. It also helps that the cards from groups A and B are much more scarce than the usual volume because of the labor dispute.

Really enjoyed opening packs of this set. Lots of inserts and nice looking autographs. I really enjoyed the die cut autographs and authentic moments/team Canada gold autos. The base set seamed really easy to get. I pulled the bobby Orr authentic moments “the goal” gold auto. Anyone know how rate it really is? I realize it says 1:1,755 packs but I have been checking all over the internet (ebay, amazon, google) since I pulled it last years and I still have not seen another one. Any information would be appreciated, thank you !
-Leopold

I bought one of these boxes the other day and not only did I get the BONUS SPx Pack, but I also got 9 Autographs. 4 Future Watch cards, 3 Sign of Times, 1 Retro Die cut and in the bonus pack I got a Chet Pickard Jersey card Auto # 5/25. I lucked out on my box, best card I got was the SPx.

SPA is my favorite hockey set. I bought a box this past Friday for $110 and the box states “3 autos including 1 Future Watch auto per box on average”, well I must have hit a “hot box” because not only did Iget a bonus SPx pack with a quad patch rookie auto #/175 but i pulled a SP Chirography Auto #/35 and FOUR Future Watch rookie autos #/999! That’s SIX #’d autos (5 rookies) in one SPA box. I’m happy.

average product, however the on card auto’s look SICK..there is far too much base in a hobby box those ..it seems that any hit that isn’t an auto is kinda just worthless…at least the base cards look great as usual…i’d recommend this product to a collector just getting started.

As the same with all years SPA, if you hit something good you get paid. Although lacking a great crop of rookie hype, there is time for them to come around.Upper Deck makes up for it with tons of Auto content,the authentic moments autos will be extremely sought after,as goes to show I sold a dual auto for $900.00 within hours of pulling it.

Very mediocre product. Cards lack pop. The limited auto set is not numbered despite the worst autos falling 1:325 packs. Most of my base in the packs were already in order, meaning when I opened a pack cards 45, 46 and 47 were in perfect order. I received more than the ratio of autographs, pulling four, but again, Upper Deck includes too many no-name players. Milan Michalek should not be in the set. Louis LeBlanc, although a Team Canada player, is a career minor leaguer and shouldn’t be in the set. I paid $111, and got about $10 worth of movable product. Extremely disappointing. I am learning that the only way to get ahead is to buy high-end product. If I could have given half a star, I would have. It is that poor. This was a huge miss on Upper Deck’s part.

overall i really like everything about this product with the exception no currant rc’s. nice auto patches and my 2 dual autos are just the best you can get, orr/gretzky price/subban. overall sweet product. looking forward to next years.

looks and has nothing decent
has all the same crap in it~