Base-Set Variations Bring Chase, Intrigue to 2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball
One of the most interesting -- but perhaps less-heralded -- aspects of Panini America's Gold Standard Basketball brand during its first three 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,…
A Difference You Can See Through: Peeking 2013 Elite Football’s Laser-Cut “Portraits”
Are you ready to see the likes of Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers and Adrian Peterson in a whole new light? Or through a whole new light? If so, then Panini America's 2013 Elite Football, due out everywhere next Wednesday, has a nifty new insert set for you. After a few solid months of research and development, the intricately…
Panini America Shares Complete List of SPs for 2012-13 Rookie Anthology Hockey
The demand, buzz and big hits are still following Panini America's 2012-13 Rookie Anthology Hockey after its first three weeks on the market. Once again this seson, collectors seem taken by Rookie Anthology's catchall configuration that puts some of the company's most coveted inserts and subsets front and center. By now, many astute collectors have determined for themselves which of…
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…
Panini Peek: 2013 Cooperstown Baseball
You just knew that Panini America's 2012 Cooperstown Baseball, one of last season's most history-steeped baseball releases, would raise the bar with its highly anticipated encore. 2013 Cooperstown Baseball is slated to go live in mid August and once again this season will pay homage to the greatest baseball players of all time with another legendary assortment of on-card autographs,…
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…
Panini America Releases Final SP, Variation Quantities for 2012 Contenders Football
To date, Panini America officials have released two different lists sharing some of the Rookie Ticket SP and Rookie Ticket Variation quantities found within 2012 Contenders Football. This evening, Panini America Product Development officials have finally shared the last list, which details the remaining cards considered to be SPs. Included in this final list are product juggernauts such as Andrew Luck, Doug Martin, Russell Wilson…
Panini America Releases More SP, Variation Quantities for 2012 Contenders Football
On the heels of last weekend's preliminary unveiling of some of the Rookie Ticket SP and Rookie Ticket Variation quantities within 2012 Contenders Football, Panini America Product Development officials on Tuesday released a follow-up list detailing the print-run specifics of additional cards not included on that original post. We've included this new batch of cards in the list below. In…
Short Story: Panini America Begins Leaking 2012 Contenders Football SP Quantities
Almost immediately following the celebrated release of 2012 Contenders Football earlier this week, the annual frenzy commenced as collectors across North America began scrambling to determine the relative scarcity of the set's ample selection of Rookie Ticket SPs and variations. It's a captivating phenomenon that takes place every year and explains, for instance, how a base Rookie Ticket of New…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012 Contenders Football (86 Images)
The home of the autographed Rookie Card is on the verge of adding a spectacular new wing. Indeed, when Panini America's 2012 Contenders Football releases to the hobby just two short days from now, the brand's landmark 20th edition will include many of the familiar niceties that have made it -- for the last two decades straight -- one of the…