Hot Off the Presses: Panini America Sneaks a Peek at This Week’s Redemption Update
While it's become our custom over the last two years here at Panini America to deliver an update every Friday on the complete list of redemption cards being fulfilled that week, sometimes you get a shipment of hot-off-the-presses cards that simply just can't wait until Friday to be shared. Today, Panini America Customer Service Manager David Sharp received one of…
The 10 Kevin Durant Cards Guaranteed to Leave You Feeling . . . Thunderstruck
Denotatively speaking, the word "thunderstruck" means to be astonished or dumbfounded. It's that jaw-dropping feeling you got when you first heard, for example, that NBA superstar Kevin Durant dropped 66 points in a game at Harlem's historic Rucker Park last summer. Or when you watched him lead the NBA in scoring -- thrice. Or when you watched him score 39 points against Memphis in Game…
Panini Unwrapped on the Road: September’s Big Pulls from Florida’s Big League Cards
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TQYdfg_nFw&w=585&h=327] The guys at Big League Cards in Casselberry, Fla., were at it again in September, busting copious amounts of new Panini America product and sharing their hits with on-the-scene videographer and narrator Tom "The Ripper" Key. In this monthly video recap, we see some stunning pulls from 2010-11 Elite Black Box Basketball, 2011 Threads Football, 2011 Panini Americana and more. And…
The Panini QC Gallery: 34 Must-See Images from 2010-11 Elite Black Box Basketball
All this well-earned, high-end hullabaloo surrounding the September 14 release of 2010-11 Dominion Hockey has shifted many hobby eyes away from the fact that Panini America has another super-premium product primed for release next week: 2010-11 Elite Black Box Basketball. Indeed, the Panini America printing facility is a hotbed of activity this week with both products packing out simultaneously. (more…)
Hits Keep Coming: More On-Card Deliveries Arrive for 2010-11 Elite Black Box Basketball
Larry Bird. Kobe Bryant. Blake Griffin. Derrick Rose. And that's just the list of hoops headliners whose autographed cards have arrived at Panini America headquarters in the last two days. It's enough to make even collecting's most hardened observers get weak in the knees (I know, I've seen it). It's also two more days worth of positive signs -- pun intended -- for the…
Panini America on Location: Spending Some Quality Signing Time with Kobe Bryant
Outside of perhaps Kobe Bryant's own family and closest business associates, there's likely not a person on the planet who spends more time with the "Black Mamba" than Panini America's Brian Bayne. Bayne, the company's Memorabilia Business Manager who runs Panini Authentic, is the go-to guy when it comes to autograph acquisition for Panini America's top-notch exclusive NBA spokesmen: Kobe Bryant, Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant and…
Thursday’s New Batch of On-Card Arrivals for 2010-11 Elite Black Box Basketball
Building a brand new trading card product from the ground up is a daunting task. Doing so in a condensed timeframe only compounds the complexities. But judging by the frenetic pace at which the on-card autographs for 2010-11 Elite Black Box Basketball are being returned, this new launch is in good hands with the Panini America Product Development and Acquisitions teams. Yesterday we…
The Newest On-Card Arrivals for Elite Black Box Basketball, Dominion Hockey & More
From the pristine extravagance of 2010-11 Dominion Hockey and 2010-11 Elite Black Box Basketball to the old-school brilliance of the 2000 Certified Certified Gold Team inserts, the Panini America acquisitions team has been privy to some absolutely jaw-dropping on-card autograph arrivals in recent days. As much as I'd like to wax poetic prose all over the images below, the fact is that…
Panini Peek: 2010-11 Elite Black Box
The newest NBA release from the folks at Panini America promises to create a high bar for expectations at the mere mention of a name that needs no introduction among hardcore collectors: 2010-11 Elite Black Box Basketball. It's a name rich with high-end connotations of super-premium content for a product filled with it. (more…)