A number of eBay auctions containing what are being called proof cards or test cards of Panini America's Prizm cards aren't what they are being presented to be.

Panini released a statement on Friday noting that these cards were not made -- at least in this fashion -- by the company.

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What: 2016 Panini Preferred football cards
Arrives: Dec. 7
Box basics: Four autographs and one booklet memorabilia card per box (10 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Preferred takes a turn on the gridiron with a new wave of memorabilia and on-card autos in a hits-only brand that packs stars from the past and present.

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What's Buzzing Today: BlowoutTV's big Flawless pull, other big breaks & even more breaks.

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What: 2016 Panini National Treasures Collegiate football cards
Arrives: Nov. 30
Box basics: Six autographs or memorabilia cards per eight-card box (four boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: "The ultra high-end National Treasures Collegiate football returns in 2016 featuring short-printed, serial-numbered cards of rookies, superstars and legends from their college days with a vast array of premium memorabilia," according to Panini. Overall, it doesn't look like the formula has changed much though there are some new features.

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What: 2016 Panini Playoff football cards
Arrives: Nov. 16
Box basics: One autograph and one memorabilia card per 12-pack box (20 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: The Playoff brand returns after a few years on the bench as a sub-$6-per-pack product that still delivers a pair of hits and more than 20 insert cards per box.

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What's Buzzing Today: Big breaks and chasing ink ... and the start of Flawless to come.

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College basketball's biggest stars of the recent past and beyond are all set to roll out their school colors once again tomorrow in the newest basketball card release from Panini America.

It's 2016 Panini Contenders Draft Picks, and it arrives with five autographs and plenty more in every box.

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but impressive and oldschool breaks.

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What's Buzzing Today: Big breaks from Triple Threads, Immaculate, Star Wars, SP Authentic and more.

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What's Buzzing Today: Ben Simmons' injury, big breaks, Heritage High Number and Heritage Minors and ... what about David Ortiz's past PED allegations?

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It's almost time to open up the Playbook this season.

Panini America's book-based football brand arrives once again on Wednesday and the company took the time to release a number of preview images for 2016 Panini Playbook football cards this afternoon.

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The clock is ticking down to the arrival of from 2015-16 Panini Flawless, which will pack plenty of high-end material into its pricey briefcases.

Just how much? Well, Panini America offered us a glimpse at what's possible today.

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It's time for some gems.

Panini America's latest lineup in its high-end real-time cardboard program and the 2016-17 Panini Eternal set arrived Monday with something different for the line but one of the newest members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

They're gem cards of Green Bay Packers great Brett Favre.

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Six catches, 205 yards and two touchdowns. That was the stat line for Detroit Lions receiver Marvin Jones Jr. on Sunday during a 34-27 loss to the Green Bay Packers.

How good was that career night? As a rookie with the Bengals in 2012, it took him 11 games and 18 catches to total 201 yards -- and he only had one touchdown back then. Even last season he had just 816 yards receiving on 65 catches. (Welcome to Detroit.)

Seemingly out of nowhere, he has back-to-back 100-yard games -- that should be good for his cardboard, which is pretty plentiful from that rookie season.

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Philadelphia Eagles QB Carson Wentz is among the hottest rookies on cardboard today -- if not the hottest -- but how do you see him faring on the field?

His first two opponents -- the Browns and the Bears -- may not have been as stout as people expected, but in the first half of play on Sunday against the Steelers, he was 18-for-25 for 183 yards and a touchdown. And, just now, he just added a 73-yard touchdown early in the third quarter, making a good start look even better.

And that means we have a couple questions for you collectors out there ...

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but breaks.

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It's a Panini Eternal tribute.

Panini America's high-end real-time cardboard program has added a twist today with the start of a 20-week 2016-17 Panini Eternal Kobe Bryant tribute set.

"Each card will honor one season from Bryant’s decorated two-decade career and many will feature game-worn material, precious gems or autographs," read a statement from the company. A new card will launch every Friday.

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NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup is here -- and so are its trading cards.

Panini America launched the 2016 Panini Instant NASCAR set on Friday afternoon with a card for the winner of the first chase in the postseason, Martin Truex Jr.

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It turned out to be a pretty good box of 2015-16 Panini Immaculate Collection.

Why?

It included a 1/1 Kristaps Porzingis logoman patch auto ... from 2015-16 Panini Flawless, which is not even out yet.  The find was reportedly found in a box from a collector in Taiwan.

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What's Buzzing Today: Big MLB arrivals, big NBA news & finds, NFL breaks & AP news.

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What: 2016 Elite Extra Edition baseball cards
Arrives: Dec. 7
Box basics: One autographed Silhouette, six-to-eight autographs and two-to-four memorabilia cards and four parallel inserts per five-pack box (20 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Elite gets a revamp on the packaging side to bring this year's latest crop of draft picks and prospects with a $20 per pack suggested retail price that Panini says is "streamlined for collectability."

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What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but impressive rips in today's edition.

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What: 2016-17 Totally Certified basketball cards
Arrives: Dec. 7
Box basics: One autograph and two memorabilia cards per eight-pack box (16 boxes per case via two inners)

What's buzz-worthy: One of Panini's more colorful foil-board creations returns for another year on the hardcourt with on-card autos of top rookies and top players of the past and present in its Signed, Sealed and Delivered insert set.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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A new brand of football cards arrives on Wednesday with a new look from Panini America.

It's 2016 Panini Infinity and it looks to include a mix of foilboard, acetate and more with a look that starts with its unusual box.

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What: 2016 Donruss Signature Series football cards
Arrives: Nov. 23
Box basics: Four autographs per box (16 boxes per case via two inners)

What's buzz-worthy: Signature Series returns with nothing but ink with one of the four autographs in every box being a parallel limited to no more than 50 copies from a mix of past and present stars as well as this year's top rookies.

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