Hot Off the Presses: Panini America Sneaks a Peek at This Week’s Redemption Update

While it's become our custom over the last two years here at Panini America to deliver an update every Friday on the complete list of redemption cards being fulfilled that week, sometimes you get a shipment of hot-off-the-presses cards that simply just can't wait until Friday to be shared. Today, Panini America Customer Service Manager David Sharp received one of…

Panini America Video Diary & Gallery: Ohio Collector Nick Gauder Meets Kobe Bryant

LOS ANGELES -- Ohio collector Nick Gauder inadvertently created a firestorm of controversy last week when he admitted to Beckett.com that he passed on an offer of $20,000 for the Golden Ticket he pulled from 2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball. That once-in-a-lifetime pull guaranteed Gauder the opportunity to meet Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant. But as it turns out, it…

Golden Touch: Ohio Collector Strikes It Rich with 2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball

Editor's Note: Ohio collector Nick Gauder enjoyed an extraordinarily run of good fortune with 2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball recently. This is his story. I really love 2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball and think it’s one of the nicest and most beautifully designed products Panini America has ever put out. And I would think that even if I hadn’t pulled what I…

Eureka! Panini America Updates the 2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball Solid Gold Tracker

More than a month since the product released, 2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball continues to leave its precious-metal mark all over the world. The first buzz was created in Taiwan with the uncovering of the product’s first Golden Ticket. In the weeks since, the product’s 14-karat gold Solid Gold insert cards -- popping up in places as far away as Paris, France and Victoria,…

Gold Mettle: Even Before Release, 2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball Rose in Value

The price of gold reached a record high of more than $1,600 an ounce earlier this week. Good news for investors. Better news for collectors. 2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball, the newest NBA trading card product from Panini America, released on Wednesday blinging with 50 special cards made with 11 grams of real 14-karat gold -- marking perhaps the first time in the history of the sports collectibles…

Golden Moment: Gawking at One Brilliant Pallet of 2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball

As one of the top vote-getters in our Knight’s Lance Readers Choice Weekend poll, this story is being brought to you by . . . well . . . you. Stay tuned throughout the weekend for the additional content that you voted for, including your top two choices: More first looks at 2010-11 National Treasures Basketball and a gallery of some of our redemption…

Gold Rush: The Breathtaking First Glimpses of 2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball

Some might say I missed a golden opportunity yesterday morning by not taking in the packout and quality-control processes for 2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball. I would normally tend to agree with that assessment, but there's something to be said for the mandatory 80-minute marketing meeting I attended instead. Besides, when you've got fellow card-loving comrades (and Panini America product development professionals) Mike Payne,…

There’s Gold in Them Thar Cards! Seriously. More News on 2010-11 Panini Gold Standard

There's an unmistakable aurulent aura -- a gilded glimmer if you will -- surrounding the impending arrival of 2010-11 Panini Gold Standard Basketball, the super-premium product with the precious-metal motif that promises a truly unique collecting experience. So regardless of when you think the golden age of basketball was, the golden age of basketball cards -- quite literally -- begins in June. (more…)

More Precious Metal Previews from 2010-11 Panini Gold Standard Basketball

Even as collector anticipation continues to swell for the late-May release of 2010-11 Panini Gold Standard Basketball, we wouldn't be doing our jobs correctly if we didn't do everything in our might to heighten those golden hopes. Perhaps these new pre-production images -- courtesy of the Panini America Routing Table -- will do just that. (more…)
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