Panini America Identifies Short Prints, SSPs in 2015 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball
Seeing as how Panini America’s 2015 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball has enjoyed more than two months on the market, now’s probably a good time to pull the curtain back on the bevy of Short Prints and Super Short Prints permeating the set’s various autograph checklists. As you’ll see in the attachment below, we’ve kept it simple by breaking things down into…
Panini America Identifies Short Prints, SSPs within 2015 Contenders Baseball Release
Seeing as how Panini America’s 2015 Contenders Baseball has enjoyed almost two months on the market, now’s probably a good time to pull the curtain back on the bevy of Short Prints and Super Short Prints permeating the set’s various inserts and subsets. As you’ll see in the attachment below, we’ve kept it simple by breaking things down into two separate two…
Rare Collegiate Variations Add Tough Chase to 2015 Gridiron Kings Football Base Set
As you've no doubt seen by now, tomorrow's release of Panini America's 2015 Gridiron Kings Football has plenty to offer fans and collectors who've been without the product for more than 10 years. Most of the brand staples that collectors coveted before and have come to expect -- such as colorful cards that look more like works of art, Framed…
Panini America Delivers the Complete List of 2015 Contenders Draft Picks Football SPs
Seeing as how Panini America's 2015 Contenders Draft Picks Football has enjoyed almost two blistering weeks on the market, now's probably a good time to start pulling the curtain back on the bevy of Short Prints and Super Short Prints permeating the set's various autograph inserts and subsets. In fact, one of the first things Product Development Director Ben Ecklar…
Base Variations Continue Fanning Flames of 2014-15 Gold Standard Basketball
One of the most interesting — but perhaps less-heralded — aspects of Panini America’s Gold Standard Basketball brand during its first four years in existence has been the inclusion of veteran base-set variations that have created feeding frenzies for the rarest versions among impacted player collectors. The phenomenon began with that inaugural 2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball release and featured Pete Maravich,…
Short Report: Panini America Identifies SPs, SSPs within 2014 Contenders Football
When it comes to The Knight's Lance coverage of 2014 Contenders Football's more detailed product information, we've so far brought you the breakdown of RPS Rookie Ticket Variations and the extensive list of retail-exclusive autographs. Today, we're providing the complete breakdown of Short Prints and Super Short Prints in the product. For many hardcore Contenders collectors, much of the information…
Panini America Sheds Light on Rookie Card Variations in 2014 Rookies & Stars Football
High-volume breakers of 2014 Rookies & Stars Football have no doubt already discovered them in the two weeks since the product went live. Casual collectors, however, may have flipped right past them without even noticing. Indeed, there are short-print photo variations for 25 top rookies in 2014 Rookies & Stars Football that fall roughly three per hobby box on average.…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2014 Rookies & Stars Football (Gallery)
Next week in cities across America, NFL teams will open their bid for the Super Bowl XLIX title when training camps open league wide, officially launching the countdown to the start 2014 NFL season. But in the football collecting arena, the season already is in full swing. Panini America has released three products so far this season -- 2014 Score Football,…
Photo Variations Add Rare Rookie Chase to Panini America’s 2014 Prestige Football
Panini America's 2014 Prestige Football has been live for all of six days now -- but that's more than enough time for astute collectors to discover the existence of rare photo-variation SSPs of 10 top rookies in the set: Blake Bortles, Derek Carr, Eric Ebron, Jadeveon Clowney, Johnny Manziel, Marqise Lee, Mike Evans, Sammy Watkins, Teddy Bridgewater and Tre Mason.…
Panini America Releases Variation, SP Lists for the New 2013-14 Contenders Hockey
Judging by the Panini America Twitter feed and general email inbox, inquiring, hockey-collecting minds want to know: What short prints and variations exist within the vast array of autographs available in the new 2013-14 Contenders Hockey release. Well, stick around for a minute; we're about to let you know. Panini America Hockey Brand Manager Chris Barr turned the official lists…