2017-18 Essentials · parallel
Gold
- Print run
- not documented
- Serial numbered
- not documented
- Family
- other
Where it was sold
not documented
Applies to
the Called to Excellence set
Notes
tcdb sid 176260, heading "2017-18 Panini Essentials - Called to Excellence Gold", "Total Cards: 30". PER-CARD VARIABLE RUN - THE DISTINCT SERIAL-TOKEN SET IS {SN22, SN35}, ENUMERATED OVER ALL 30 ROWS AND NOT SAMPLED, and CONFIRMED ON A SECOND ENDPOINT: https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/176260/2017-18-Panini-Essentials-Called-to-Excellence-Gold renders AU on all 30, SN35 on 29 and SN22 on exactly one (CE-AMG, Alonzo Mourning), and https://www.tcdb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid/176260/essentials-cte-gold-second-probe (a deliberately wrong slug, which ViewSet.cfm does not validate) reproduces both CE-AMG = "AU, SN22" and CE-KBR = "AU, SN35, EXCH". CHECKLISTCENTER'S FLAT FIGURE IS REFUTED: it states "Called to Excellence Autos Set - 30 Cards - Serial Numbered #/49 (Gold #/35, Silver #/25, Platinum #/10, Purple 1/1)" at https://www.checklistcenter.com/2017-18-panini-essentials/, i.e. an unhedged Gold #/35, which is false on CE-AMG. print_run and serial_numbered are therefore UNKNOWN/UNKNOWN - the tier is PROVABLY serial numbered with a variable run and EXTRACTION_SPEC 2.3 says the schema cannot express that state - and the full census is carried in gaps G-008. value_contested=yes. It is the only variable tier on the three ladders: every Silver, Platinum and Purple is uniform, and variability sits in the MIDDLE of the ladder, not at the 1/1 end. CHANNEL NOT ASSIGNED. The only channel evidence for this product anywhere is PRODUCT-level (cardboardconnection's "with an average of two autographs per Hobby box" and its "6 cards per pack, 10 packs per box, 12 boxes per case" at https://www.cardboardconnection.com/2017-18-panini-essentials-basketball-nba-cards), which says nothing about this tier and asserts no exclusivity, so channel is UNKNOWN with an EMPTY channel_basis per EXTRACTION_SPEC 2.3. See gaps G-001.
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