The Drool Gallery: 2010 Panini Plates & Patches Football (Part 1 of 2)
Judging by the buzz reverberating about the collecting community these days, I'm not the only one harboring high hopes for 2010 Panini Plates & Patches Football, the brand new high-end hit parade due out everywhere next week. To be sure, there are reasons aplenty to believe this product will be a monster. The poignant, head-turning new product will strive to deliver significant value in…
The Winner of Panini’s ‘Whose Autograph Is This?’ Contest for January Is . . .
Either this month's batch of random signatures was easier to identify, the members of the guessing community made it a point to help each other out or perhaps the monthly contest is beginning to pick up a little mainstream steam. Whatever the reason, we had a record number of correct entries for January's "Whose Autograph Is This?" contest. So we…
Panini America PC Spotlight: Collecting Tyreke Evans in the Homeland
I got a Tweet earlier this week from Twitter account "RealYohann" asking me whether Panini America would be interested in showcasing a website devoted to collecting Sacramento Kings superstar Tyreke Evans. My response: "Heck, yes!" After all, it's not every day you stumble across a website dubbed TyrekeEvansCollector.com. (more…)
The Routing Table This Week: Contenders Hockey, National Treasures Football
I began trembling at my desk in the middle of the afternoon on Thursday. For the life of me, I couldn't understand why. In fact, it wasn't until I walked to the far end of the building later that evening that I figured out what was causing my sweaty tremors. A serious case of Routing Table withdrawal. (more…)
The Routing Table This Week: Contenders Hockey, National Treasures Football
I began trembling at my desk in the middle of the afternoon on Thursday. For the life of me, I couldn't understand why. In fact, it wasn't until I walked to the far end of the building later that evening that I figured out what was causing my sweaty tremors. A serious case of Routing Table withdrawal. (more…)
Panini NHL December Rookie of the Month
Jeff Skinner, CAR – 14 Goals & 18 Assists for 32 Points, One Game Winning and Three Power Play Goals Other Rookie Highlights & Top Performances (more…)
Panini Peek: 2010-11 Contenders Hockey
In this history-making season of hockey firsts for Panini America, perhaps no other product on the release calendar has received as much pre-release anticipation as 2010-11 Contenders. It's a product with a proud, universally embraced lineage in the other sports that most hockey collectors hoped -- with crossed fingers -- would make its way to the ice. In late March, it will. (more…)
Denver Nugget Chris ‘Birdman’ Andersen Touches Down in Colorado Card Shop
When Mike Fruitman, owner of Mike’s Stadium Sportscards in Aurora, Colo., contacted Panini America in late November to tell us he was conducting a signing with Colorado cult hero Chris “Birdman” Andersen of the Denver Nuggets, we were only too happy to help. Come on, Andersen stands 6-10, weighs 228 pounds and sports more colorful tattoos than a whole season’s…
Panini America On Location Video: The Taylor Hall Signing Session
Taylor Hall, the Edmonton Oilers' sensational rookie winger, came through town earlier this week for Tuesday's game against the Dallas Stars, providing Panini America with a can't-miss Monday night meeting with the first overall pick of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Equipped with a Flip camera and some of the sweetest hockey cards you've ever seen, Panini America acquisitions specialist Alex Carbajal ventured downtown to the posh team hotel for a quick…
Panini Peek: 2010-11 Classics Basketball
A nifty everything-old-is-new-again design and the presence of autographs from some of the greatest hoops heroes of all time -- both retired legends and active superstars -- should serve 2010-11 Classics Basketball extremely well when it returns to enchant the collecting masses in late March. This season's installment of Classics carries a $6 pack price and delivers two autographs (including at least one…