Beckett Football‘s Andrew Tolentino took a break from holiday decorating only to find a box of 2011 Panini Gold Standard Football underneath the company Christmas tree. Watch to find what presents were waiting inside the gold brick on the day of its release.

News-related trading card of the week

MEGA-HUGE, IMPORTANT thing to know of the week

• July is customer appreciation month on Beckett.com (Hint, IT’S JULY.)

This week in lawsuits and other prickly things

• Knock, knock. Who’s There? Wildcat suing. Wildcat suing who? Well, lots of folks.
• What better way to commemorate the MLB All-Star game than with a cactus figurine

First looks and sneak peeks of the week

• 2010-11 National Treasures Basketball
• Upper Deck’s 2010-11 The Cup
• Topps  unveils new names in the Allen & Ginter autograph checklist
• A peep at Panini’s brand new 2011 Gold Standard Football
• 2011 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects Baseball
• Yo, Adrian! It’s Ringside Boxing Round Two!
• 2011 Topps Tier One Baseball
• 2011 Main Event NASCAR cards
• We’ll tell you the odds, anyway: 2011 Goodwin Champions autographs & memorabilia

Box Busters

• 2010-11 Luxury Suite Hockey

Auction Action

• Signed Black & White Babe Ruth photo (Current bid: $1,999)
• 2010 Topps Sterling Honus Wagner cut auto Relic 1/1 (Starting at: $2,999.99)
• 2008-09 UD Black Michael Jordan Trophy patch auto 1/1 (Current bid: $2,461)
• 1887-90 Old Judge Goodwin & Co Connie Mack (Starting at: $2,500)
• 1980s Star BGS Basketball (Jordan, Bird and more)
• 1970s Wrigley-Field-flown flag (Price: $459.99)

Tweeting tidbits of the week

• Which professional athletes do you follow?
• If you know what #planking is, tweet @tolentinotweets with a hobby plank for a prize
• @darrenrovell knows what we’re talking about (when it comes to planking and cards)

National Sports Collectors Convention news of the week

• Lou Gehrig’s Japan tour jersey and more up for grabs at The National
• Leaf readies promo cards for this year’s NSCC
• Topps announces subjects for 1961 Heritage cards for VIP attendees

This week in mythical hockey players, contests, superheroes and more

• Who in the H-E-double hockey sticks up is Taro Tsujimoto?
• Panini adds Dirk Nowitzki to Panini Authentic autographed memorabilia roster
• Upper Deck to send one lucky collector to the MLS All-Star game
• PSA 10 1956 Mickey Mantle sells for $115,000
• The Dallas Cowboys draft a few from the Marvel Universe

Just for fun (From FunnyorDie.com)