2010 SP Authentic

This article is about a set that is scheduled to be released in the near-future.
Some information may change as more facts become known.

Description

The 2010 SP Authentic Baseball set was originally scheduled for release in April, 2010; however, on March 3, 2010, as part of a settlement with Major League Baseball Properties, Upper Deck agreed not to release any baseball card products "in the pipeline" -- to include 2010 SP Authentic.

The "new" 2010 SP Authentic set is tentatively scheduled for release the week of November 16, 2010. This will be Upper Deck's first baseball set after losing their MLB license and their first with the Collegiate Licensing Corporation (CLC). It is unclear if this will be a prospect heavy set with players depicted in their college uniforms, or a set of current Major League players depicted out of uniform (UD still has a license with the MLB Players Association) as Upper Deck has yet to supply a checklist.

The structure of the "new" 2010 SPA is similar to the canceled product UD was to have released in April. Each Hobby should yield three autographs, two of which will be signed By the Letter manufactured patch cards; two Holoview F/X insert cards; four serial-numbered cards; twelve short printed base set cards including Faces of the Game and Horizontal SP’s. Case hits include: one Exquisite Card; either a Chirography hard-signed card, or a Sign of the Times dual, triple, quad, six, seven, or eight signed card; and two Mystery Rookie Redemption serial-numbered autograph cards.

It should be noted that one of Upper Deck's main selling points for the canceled April SP Authentic release was the return of Holoview cards.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	322	-
short set	200	-	?
Horizontal Short-Prints	40	-	?
Future Watch Rookie Cards	10	Variable Numbering	?
Faces of the Game	20	?	?
Future Watch Flashbacks	12	Variable Numbering	?
Future Watch Autographs	30	Variable Numbering	?
Future Watch Mystery Rookie Redemptions	10	Variable Numbering	?
2000 SP Authentic 10th Anniversary Update	?	350	?
Lithogram Holoview F/X cards	?	?	Two Per Hobby Box
Lithogram Holoview F/X cards Red Die-Cut	?	?	One Per Hobby Case
Platinum Power	?	649	?
Sign of the Times	?	?	?
Chirography	?	Variable Numbering	?
By the Letter Patch Autographs	?	Varied Numbering	?
By the Letter Rookie Patch Autographs	?	Varied Numbering	?
Exquisite	?	?	One per hobby case!

Checklist

Inserts

Lithogram Holoview F/X

Also available as a Red Die-Cut