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		<title>Pittsburgh card shop pulls Topps Football Golden Kickoff Ticket</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Lulgjuraj</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2012 Topps Football]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The owners of Sports Card Junction in the North Hills area of Pittsburgh pulled a special giveaway card out for 2012 Topps Football.]]></description>
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<p>By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Football Editor</p>
<p><strong>Chuck Weldon</strong> never wins anything. He isn&#8217;t taking credit for this one either since his son opened the package from <strong>Topps</strong>.</p>
<p>The owners of <strong>Sports Card Junction</strong> in the North Hills area of Pittsburgh pulled a special giveaway card out for <em>2012 Topps Football.</em></p>
<p>A “Golden Kickoff Ticket Winner” card to be precise.</p>
<p><span id="more-48429"></span>The card is good for a full set of autographs, but Weldon doesn&#8217;t know what cards he and his son Chad are getting yet.</p>
<p>“Some of them are going to be rookies, some of them are going to be legends,” Weldon said. “We just don&#8217;t know yet.”</p>
<p>Weldon didn&#8217;t sell the ticket. He&#8217;s already sent it in for redemption to Topps. Then, Weldon, whose had the shop for 18 years, will decide what to do with his winnings.</p>
<p>“I can&#8217;t believe it,” Weldon said. “I never win anything. Golf outings, you name it. I actually didn&#8217;t win this either because it was my son that opened it.”</p>
<p>However, Chad didn&#8217;t know what he got right away. He opened the package, sorted through it and didn&#8217;t pay too much attention to the giveaway card. Later that day, one of the part-time employees noticed it and immediately recognized the card.</p>
<p>“He said, &#8216;Do you know what this is?&#8217;” Chuck Weldon said. “This is a golden ticket. There are only five of them.”</p>
<p>This means there are four more out there for collectors to find.</p>
<p>These aren&#8217;t to be confused with the <a href="http://www.beckett.com/news/2012/08/golden-tickets-pop-up-in-2012-topps-football/">Topps Golden Draft Ticket</a>, which can be redeemed for an <strong>Andrew</strong> <strong>Luck</strong> or <strong>Robert Griffin III</strong> signed football from the <strong>NFLPA Rookie Premiere</strong>.</p>
<p>But one of Weldon&#8217;s best customers pulled a Golden Draft Ticket too. At most, there are eight of these left. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Backstop</strong> in Toms River, N.J., had a customer snag one today.</p>
<p><em>Susan Lulgjuraj is the editor of Beckett Football magazine. You can email Susan <a href="mailto:susanl@beckett.com">here</a> with ideas, comments and questions. Follow her on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/yanxchick" target="_blank">here</a>.</em></p>
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