Inside the Panini Roundtable October Store of the Month: Legacy Sports Cards

In a relatively short amount of time, hobby shop owners across North America have discovered that there are many significant advantages to being an approved member of the new Panini Roundtable program. Just since its inception in late August, the Panini Roundtable has delivered a program-exclusive wrapper-redemption initiative for 2013-14 Prizm Hockey, conducted the first of many conference calls with…
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Panini America Examines the First Frenzied Days of 2012-13 Flawless Basketball

The sheer excitement and stunning pulls-of-a-lifetime that marked #FlawlessFriday yesterday have given way today to some of the craziest secondary-market sales the sports card industry has seen in many years. No matter how you look at it, Panini America's 2012-13 Flawless Basketball -- one of the most scrutinized high-end products in hobby history -- is delivering huge numbers. Earlier today,…
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A Kobe Bryant Immaculate Primer: Peeking the Superstar’s Stunning New Arrivals

As the collecting world anxiously awaits the arrival of Panini America's powder-keg conclusion to the 2012-13 NBA collecting season (first with the release of Flawless Basketball next Friday followed a few weeks later by Immaculate Basketball), the product developments for those two releases keep getting better and better. Late last week, Panini Authentic's Brian Bayne traveled to Las Vegas for…
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Late Arrivals from Blake Griffin, Dr. J Bring 2012-13 Flawless Basketball into Form

Admittedly, the full-court press on the burgeoning pre-release buzz for 2012-13 Flawless Basketball hit a bit of a delay in the last few weeks as Panini America officials temporarily put packout on hold while waiting for a few key signers to return their autographs. Headlining the list of late-arrivals? None other than Blake Griffin and Julius Erving. Their breathtaking submissions…
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Inside Flawless: Signed-Patch Masterpieces Dazzle in 2012-13 Flawless Basketball

Two weeks from today, one of the most anticipated basketball releases in trading-card history will finally arrive to anxious collectors. Indeed, although 2012-13 Flawless Basketball has been delayed slightly to allow time for the final remaining on-card autographs to be returned for packout, the wait promises to be well worth it. We've shown many of the reasons in a series…
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Inside Flawless: The Spectacular Autograph Lineup for 2012-13 Flawless Basketball

There's no denying that we've delivered some monumental looks inside Panini America's upcoming 2012-13 Flawless Basketball already this week. But we're about to inject your Friday afternoon with another dose of Flawlessness. From coast to coast and from message board to message board, the most expensive product in Panini America history has the collectibles industry buzzing. That buzz is about to…
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Inside Flawless: Jumbo Patches Pack ‘Wow!’ Factor for 2012-13 Flawless Basketball

The trailer has been criticized, panned, applauded, scrutinized, laughed at and picked up by the mainstream media. The diamonds and emeralds have been previewed. Indeed, yesterday was a busy day for screening various aspects of Panini America's 2012-13 Flawless Basketball. And now that yesterday is over, we can get down to peeking the myriad other pieces of flawlessness hand-placed into…
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Genuine Diamonds, Emeralds Add Luster to 2012-13 Flawless Basketball Base Set

If you missed our world-premiere unveiling of the 2012-13 Flawless Basketball trailer earlier today, do yourself a favor and watch it -- either now or after you've checked out the first of our must-see preview galleries below. To be sure, there's an air of mystery surrounding the exact makeup of the most expensive trading card product in Panini America history and…
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