Harry Potter Trading Cards

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Autographs Gallery and Guide

March 25, 2015

Throughout its runs with the Harry Potter trading cards license, Artbox did an excellent job of landing nearly all of the big names to sign cards. Things got off to a bang with the 2004 Artbox Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Autographs. Both the main set and the Update have some heavy hitters including the best card the movies ever produced.

The first Prisoner of Azkaban set was also the first Artbox did for Harry Potter. Autographs land 1:48 packs, which works out to every other box. Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) and Gary Oldman (Sirius Black) are the top signers, although there are plenty of other notable names and important characters.

Because of the first set’s success, Artbox upped the print run for their Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Update set. As a result, autographs are tougher, falling 1:110 hobby packs. But the checklist is nothing short of amazing, even compared to the strong first set.

All three of the main characters, Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Watson and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) signed cards. There’s also a triple autograph that has all three of their signatures. Needless to say, it’s one of the most desirable modern trading cards.

A couple of cards can’t be found in Update packs. One of Warwick Davis’ two cards was included in special tins made for the 2004 UK Memorabilia Show. The tin had a production run of 400. The Peter Best Executioner was given to dealers as an incentive after the release of the Update set.