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…
Inkling Suspicion: Panini America’s Popular Guess the Autograph Contest Returns
In the almost 10 months since we launched The Knight’s Lance, we’ve produced several posts that have been popular with the blog’s loyal readers. From behind-the-scenes looks at the trading card process that you just won’t get anywhere else to exclusive first looks at Panini America’s best products, we seem to have struck a chord with today’s collectors. But some of the most popular…
The Quality Control Gallery: 40 Must-See Images from 2011 Panini Americana
You can add the 2011 Panini Americana quality-control process to the list of things I missed the most while attending the 32nd Annual National Sports Collectors Convention last week. (Not that I'm complaining, mind you.) I'm happy to report that the show went on here at Panini America HQ while that other show was going on in Rosemont, Ill. I only know this, of…
Panini America On Location: The Curtain Closes on the 2011 National Convention
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Sundays at the National Sports Collectors Convention are historically light on foot traffic and heavy on exhibitors packing up in advance of an early exit. But in a fitting finale to the 32nd edition, the Panini America booth remained jam-packed until the exhilarating end, filled with loyal collectors and crazy excitement until the doors closed at 5 p.m. local time. (more…)
Drool Gallery: The Panini America Box War Prizes for the 2011 National Convention
While the collecting world awaits tomorrow's Sneak Peek extravaganza at the 32nd National Sports Collectors Convention, the Panini America marketing team -- but especially Scott Prusha -- is hard at work feverishly buttoning up our grand plans for the industry's marquee event. Earlier today, Prusha handed me a handsome, just-embossed batch of 1/1 autograph and memorabilia cards, a show-stopping assortment of prizes…
At the Movies with 2011 Panini Americana
Some of the most memorable motion pictures of all time -- and memorabilia worn by the stars who made them -- highlight the 50-card Movie Posters insert set in the upcoming 2011 Panini Americana trading card set, live everywhere August 17. The original movie poster artwork gracing every card front will send cinema buffs on a vivid stroll down memory lane. The swatch of memorabilia adorning every…
Knight’s Lance Readers Choice Weekend: You Make the Call on What We Post
OK, here's the deal: We have so much juicy Panini America sports card content built up here at The Knight's Lance that we literally don't know what to post next. As a result, we're doing what we so often do in times of monumental indecision -- we're coming to our loyal readers for guidance. Ultimately, what we post during the next two…
King’s Ransom: Historic Michael Jackson Trading Cards Commanding Big Bucks
Perhaps lost amid the heated hullabaloo and grandiose grandstanding from passionate detractors of Panini America’s pioneering Michael Jackson memorabilia cards is one unmistakable point: The cards, like so many of Jackson’s career-defining singles, are chart-topping sensations. In the weeks since they released in late June, copies of the history-making first Jackson memorabilia cards have generated eye-popping numbers on the secondary market.…
The Routing Table Revisited: Continuing our Examination of 2011 Panini Americana
In the interest of complete transparency, know that it was our intention to show more Routing Table images of the upcoming 2011 Panini Americana set than the eight we posted on Sunday morning. But here's the deal: The Internet signal at my father-in-law's lake house is virtually nonexistent. So I ducked out undetected early Sunday morning and ventured 10 miles or so into the tiny North…
On the Routing Table: An Independence Day Peek at More from 2011 Panini Americana
Yesterday we ignited a few early fireworks on this Fourth of July weekend by showcasing some of the bombshell beauties in store for 2010-11 Dominion Hockey and 2010-11 National Treasures Basketball. Today, we offer more visual explosives with these early looks at 2011 Panini Americana from the vaunted Panini America Routing Table. After all, you can't spell "Americana" without "America"…