Breaking News: Panini America Announces Long-Term Agreement with NFL, NFLPA
Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, announced today that it has reached a long-term agreement with the National Football League and NFL PLAYERS granting the company domestic and international rights for up to 18 product releases annually. “We’re pleased to continue our relationship with the NFL and the NFLPA,” said Panini America CEO Mark Warsop. “The…
The Big Reveal: Panini America Sheds Light on 2011 Prestige Football Rookie Card SPs
Following two weeks of collector speculation, Panini America officials on Wednesday released the official list of Rookie Card short prints found in 2011 Prestige Football. The 10 cards (including a certain Heisman Trophy winner and National Champion from the SEC) are revealed in a gallery after the jump. To be sure, the 10 SPs are considerably shorter than the other RCs in the set. They're…
Panini America Releases Checklist for 2011 Prestige Football; Short Print List to Follow
Panini America officials on Wednesday afternoon unveiled the complete checklist for 2011 Prestige Football, the first fully licensed NFL trading card set of the season that released earlier this week. The product includes a deep checklist of 100 Rookie Cards updated with 2011 NFL Draft information as well as a few short-print and variation surprises. We've already told you about the 18 one-per-box…
Panini Unwrapped: 2011 Prestige Football
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhXkN6xSCEg&w=580&h=360] That faint yet festive celebration you hear right now -- listen carefully, it's there -- is most likely collectors in your neighborhood counting down to the official kickoff of the 2011 NFL collecting season. For the record, it starts in less than 24 hours with the celebrated arrival of 2011 Panini Prestige Football. To ensure that you're properly prepared…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2011 Prestige Football (47 Must-See Images)
You've got to admire the commitment of the Panini America football team. No matter when duty calls, Ben Ecklar and Carlos Torrez are up to the task. Take, for example, this past Saturday. A day typically reserved for leisure took a decided vocational turn when the first few quality control cases of 2011 Panini Prestige Football were in need of some serious…
Packaging Preview: 2011 Prestige Football
I plopped down at the FedEx machine earlier this afternoon to send out a few packages. Luckily for me, the FedEx machine is situated directly in front of the desk belonging to Panini America Production Manager Jeremy Johnson. Johnson, always on the lookout for collector-friendly Knight's Lance content, just so happened to have in his possession final samples of the overwrap and box configurations…
Drool Gallery: 2011 Panini Prestige Football Rookie Card Variation Short Prints
Collectors have come to embrace the short-printed splendor surrounding Rookie Card variations randomly tucked into Prestige Football every year. For the 2011 edition, due out everywhere May 25, the company delivers the goods again on some of the most collectible rookies selected in the 2011 NFL Draft. (more…)
First Look: 2011 Panini Prestige NFL Draft Helmet Cards Featuring On-Card Autos
Last night, Panini America’s Tracy Hackler gave collectors an unprecedented first look at some sweet-looking cardboard. Just moments after NFL commission Roger Goodell announced to the world where these young men would be playing, Hackler unveiled images of the first official NFL Rookie Cards of guys slated to appear in 2011 Prestige Football. On May 18, Panini America will release…
A 2011 Panini Prestige Football Exclusive: NFL Draft Real-Time Rookie Card Reveal
Thirty-two different times tonight during the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft, league commissioner Roger Goodell will call out a name and make a dream come true for one of the most talented young football players on the planet. On May 18, Panini America will fulfill some dreams of its own by releasing the first officially licensed NFL Rookie Cards…
Feeling the Draft: Panini America’s Monday Mail Day Full of On-Card Greatness (Video)
The must-see experience that is the 2011 NFL Draft officially kicks off in primetime Thursday evening, which means we're now one week closer to another rookie-filled event that football collectors refuse to miss: The arrival of 2011 Panini Prestige Football. Slated for a May 18 release, 2011's first fully licensed NFL trading card set will deliver the market's first true Rookie Cards…