Summit Signatures: Panini America Peeks 2013 Industry Summit Black Box Autos
Yesterday, we began lifting the lid on building anticipatory buzz for next week's 2013 Industry Summit by revealing just a taste of the prime memorabilia cards (each a 1/1) that will headline many of Panini America's fabled Black Boxes. Today, we turn up the heat with an exhaustive preview of the 1/1 autograph cards randomly inserted into the company's 2013…
Rare Air: First Amelia Earhart Memorabilia Trading Card Drawing Big Bucks, Curiosity
Simply stated, last week's celebrated release of 2012 National Treasures Baseball included some of the most historically significant trading cards ever produced, including bat knobs, buttons, booklets and cut signatures honoring the greatest baseball players to all time. But National Treasures has always been about much more than just legends and current superstars from the world of sports. It's also…
2012 Pepsi Max NFL Rookie of the Week Set Hits Target in Contenders Football Retail
Two of the most-asked questions regarding the recently completed 2012 Pepsi Max NFL Rookie of the Week program revolved around the unique Panini America virtual trading cards created to honor each of the 17 weekly winners. They're questions we got seemingly every week during the 2012 NFL season and questions we still get today. Those questions: Would the virtual trading…
Panini America Honors Alabama (Again) By Revisiting Classic Houndstooth Hat Trick
Call it the "Houndstooth Hat Trick." For the third time in the last four seasons, the Alabama Crimson Tide is the BCS national champion, a rare feat that came to fruition Monday night during the Tide's impressive 42-14 dismantling of previously unbeaten and No. 1-ranked Notre Dame in a game Alabama led in the third quarter, 35-0. Against a Fighting…
Midas Touch: Collector Doug Felber Strikes Vintage Gold in 2012 Golden Age Baseball
Nebraska collector Doug Felber turned 62 yesterday. But his birthday card -- hand-picked by Felber himself -- actually arrived days before, on Christmas eve inside Sports Center Cards & Collectibles in Omaha. That's when Felber experienced nothing less than the pull of a lifetime from a box of Panini America's 2012 Golden Age Baseball. Admittedly, Felber nearly fell off his…
A Panini America Teaser Gallery: One Early Box of 2012 Golden Age Baseball
Some people would have you believe that today marks the end of the world. We're not those people. On the contrary, all of us here at Panini America would have you believe that today marks the beginning of the Golden Age. At the very least, it marks the day that 2012 Golden Age Baseball goes live. Indeed, following weeks of…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012 Golden Age Baseball (106 Sweet Pics)
What, exactly, is 2012 Golden Age Baseball? That's clearly a rhetorical question, but a good one. 2012 Golden Age Baseball is . . . Marcia Brady and Man o' War and Meadowlark Lemon and minis and massive, movie-poster box-toppers including some embedded with memorabilia. It's Pop-Ups and pop culture and pennants, America's pastime and its presidents. It's what happens when the…
Pop-Up Home Run: Throwback Insert Adds Power to 2012 Golden Age Baseball
There are days inside Panini America HQ when I tend to forget that I have a job to do and I spend way too much time wandering around the office in amazement, a still-awestruck collector basking in the brilliance of the day-to-day business that engulfs me. Yesterday was one of those days. I was back in the Product Development area…
Gilded Glimpse: Panini America Peeks First Autos from 2012 Golden Age Baseball
If you really want a poignant visual summation of what Panini America's upcoming 2012 Golden Age Baseball is all about, look no further than the 12 images below showcasing the first on-card autographs that have been returned so far. Let's see, there's one of the greatest hockey players of all time (Gordie Howe) . . . a pair of principals from…
Are the Legendary Three Stooges Coming to 2012 Golden Age Baseball? Soitenly!
When it comes to the timeless brilliance of The Three Stooges®, their Golden Age knows no bounds. The lovable, slap-happy trio's brand of slapstick humor and sight gags are just as relevant and humorous today as they were back in the 1930s. And thanks to a special partnership between Panini America and C3 Entertainment, The Three Stooges brand owner, the…