The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013-14 Totally Certified Basketball
This time next week, the newest iteration of one of hoops collecting's favorite products returns with the release of Panini America's 2013-14 Totally Certified Basketball, giving collectors across the country one more thing for which they can be thankful for. The mere mention of "Totally Certified" instantly conjures up images of multicolored, microetched marvels; the Blues, the Reds, the Greens,…
The NHL Network, Panini America Team Up for Captivating ‘Making Of’ Video Segment
A few weeks back, our friends from the NHL Network visited Panini America HQ, camera in tow and curious to find out exactly how we go about making some of the industry's best hockey cards, including one particular Nail Yakupov Rookie Card from the new 2013-14 Select Hockey. To that end, the NHL Network crew spent most of the day here…
Panini America Unveils Double Rookie Class Logo in Advance of 2013 NHL Entry Draft
Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company and an official licensee of the NHL and NHLPA, unveiled today a special 2013-14 Double Rookie Class logo in advance of Sunday’s 2013 NHL Entry Draft. The Panini Double Rookie Class logo will appear on all Panini 2013-14 NHL trading card product packaging, serve as a key identifier on Rookie…
PPI Special Report: Panini America Father’s Day Promotion Enjoys Continued Success
For the second year in a row, Marketing Manager Scott Prusha has created what can only be described as an industry showstopper in the way of the Panini America Father's Day Promotion. Born out of the idea to bring sports, trading cards, fathers, sons, daughters and families all together for what can only be described as a truly monumental pack-busting experience. In this…
Market Analysis: 2012-13 Rookie Anthology Hockey Delivering Big for Collectors
With tonight's pivotal Game 4 of the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Finals top of mind inside Panini America HQ and across North America, it seemed appropriate that Karvin Cheung's early secondary market analysis on 2012-13 Rookie Anthology Hockey hit my email inbox earlier this afternoon. After scouring the first few weeks of eBay activity, Cheung, Panini America's NHL Product Development…
Absolutely Floored: Panini America Offers a New Glimpse Inside the Production Facility
It never, ever, ever gets old. Ever. I could walk the Panini America printing facility floor every day for the rest of my career and likely not grow tired of its bountiful sights and its tangible buzz. In fact, I had the distinct pleasure of doing that again yesterday, primarily to document the production of two truly spectacular memorabilia cards.…
Crusade Uncut: Panini America Investigates 2012-13 Crusade Basketball Sheets
The Crusade is coming -- and if a serendipitous spin between the uncut sheets of Panini America's upcoming NBA release is any indication, it's a Crusade everyone will want to be a part of. 2012-13 Crusade Basketball instantly became one of the most anticipated and buzz-generating releases of the sports card season the day it was announced in late February.…
Panini America Plans Prizm Hockey Release for 2012-13 Rookie Anthology (Gallery)
LAS VEGAS -- Hockey collectors were treated to some exciting discussions at this week's 2013 Industry Summit as news focused on the 2013-14 double rookie crop, which left everyone looking forward to collecting some stick-and-puck next season. Before we jump too far ahead and start looking toward next year, there was one interesting Panini America development revealed during the Summit that had…
A Panini America Special Report: Wild Sales from 2012 National Treasures Baseball
In this special edition of the Panini America Price Index, we turn the lights down low and put a very bright spotlight on 2012 Panini National Treasures Baseball. Since the product’s official release one week ago today, the hallowed trading card set has flown off hobby-shop shelves at an amazing clip. In fact, Panini America VP of Sales D.J. Kazmierczak…
Case in Point: Panini America Breaks a Case of 2012 National Treasures Baseball
Call it a case of national intrigue. On this, the eve of Panini America's ballyhooed 2012 National Treasures Baseball product releasing tomorrow, the suspense has reached its crescendo and the anticipation is palpable. With thoughts of bat knobs and booklets and buttons bouncing around baseball collecting's collective conscious, we thought now would be the perfect time to take you card-by-card…