PPI Special Report: Early Earnings Strong for 2011-12 Limited Basketball (Gallery)
To say the Panini America NBA Product Development team has been busy is an understatement. NBA Brand Managers David Porter and Keith Hower have put together a downright stellar run of NBA releases through the first half of 2012. Earlier this year, we brought you a PPI Special Report on 2011-12 Panini Preferred Basketball and the enormous dollars its cards…
PPI Special Report: NBA Hoops Autograph SPs Set Off Post-Fourth Fireworks
It's been awhile since the Panini Price Index has made an appearance. Since our last report, there has been considerable buzz surrounding the announcement of short print autographs in 2011-12 NBA Hoops Basketball. In fact, some of the SP Autos are fetching considerable dollars on the secondary market prompting a very special edition of the PPI. Along with a list…
The Knick of Time: First Jeremy Lin Knicks Cards Coming in 2011-12 Hoops Basketball
For all of the throwback brilliance permeating the upcoming release of Panini America's 2011-12 Hoops Basketball, there is at least one very new inclusion sure to resonate with basketball card collectors around the globe: Jeremy Lin's first trading card featuring him as a member of the New York Knicks. To date, all of Lin's 2010-11 rookie-season cards -- seemingly every one…
Hoop Dreams: Peeking Two Weeks Worth of Panini America Basketball Auto Arrivals
Man, you miss two weeks in the office around Panini America and you miss a lot. After being on the road for 10 straight days at the 2012 NHL All-Star Game in Ottawa and Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, I returned to HQ this morning to find a waiting treasure trove of jaw-dropping autographs recently returned for upcoming Panini America…
2011-12 NBA Hoops Collector Insert Run-Off Vote: Four Choices, One Day to Decide
Panini America's unprecedented move to let collectors have complete authority to design an insert set in 2011-12 Hoops Basketball was overwhelmingly well received by collectors, who voted early and often in the original poll to determine the set's theme. Ultimately, collectors narrowed down a wealth of worthy potential candidates down to four. (more…)
Collectors’ Choice: You Make the Call for a Special Insert in 2011-12 Hoops Basketball
How's this for an idea: We here at Panini America are turning the product development reigns over to our loyal collectors. Yes, that would be you. Over the course of the next month, The Knight's Lance will be your personal drawing board as you determine the theme, name, checklist and design for a special 20-card insert that will appear in the triumphant late-September return of 2011-12 Hoops…