Panini America Making New Damian Lillard Rookie Cards Using Top 2012-13 Designs
Hardcore hoops collectors who thought they missed out on collecting Damian Lillard autograph memorabilia Rookie Cards from Panini America's hottest 2012-13 brands may want to take a seat before they read what's next: As it turns out, the 2013 NBA Rookie of the Year will, in fact, be featured on coveted RPAs using last season's National Treasures, Preferred Silhouettes, Gold Standard…
2012-13 Signatures Basketball Shines in this Panini Unwrapped Double Feature
In this special episode of Panini Unwrapped, filmed on location at the Panini America production facility, Tracy Hackler and Keith Hower bust two boxes of the releasing-tomorrow 2012-13 Signatures Basketball. But before they get to that, the duo also plays catch up by ripping through two boxes of 2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball, too. Oh, and if that wasn't enough ammunition to…
Base-Set Variations Bring Chase, Intrigue to 2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball
One of the most interesting -- but perhaps less-heralded -- aspects of Panini America's Gold Standard Basketball brand during its first three years in existence has been the inclusion of veteran base-set variations that have created feeding frenzies for the rarest versions among impacted player collectors. The phenomenon began with that inaugural 2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball release and featured Pete Maravich,…
A History-Making Maravich: Panini America Documents Production of Rare Jersey Card
Today's release of 2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball is a celebrated event for any number of reasons, most of which we've shared right here on The Knight's Lance in the last month or so. But it's the ones we haven't shown yet that might be the most exciting. Amid the myriad spectacular specimens randomly inserted into Gold Standard's gold-brick boxes are 12…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Two Boxes of 2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball
The collecting world gets an opportunity to strike gold tomorrow when Panini America's 2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball releases in hobby outlets across the country. The absolutely stacked 2012-13 edition promises to raise the bar in the product's third year, delivering at least four autographs, one memorabilia card and one Metal card in every 12-card pack. We've been teasing the product…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball (111 Pics)
There's an old saying that goes a little something like "all that glitters is not gold." It's not true -- at least not as it relates to the gallery you're about to lay eyes on. Everything you see glittering below absolutely is gold, or at least emanates from the decadent 2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball, which arrives in hobby shops everywhere…
Panini America Provides a Visual Update on 2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball (Gallery)
As we sit here on the cusp of Sunday's pivotal Game 5 in the 2013 NBA Finals, with the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs deadlocked at two games apiece in their quest for the gold, now seemed like an appropriate time to show off some of the most recent arrivals planned for Panini America's upcoming 2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball.…
Catching Up with Kobe: Panini America Sits with Bryant for Intense Signing Session
During a strict business trip to Southern California this week, Panini America's Brian Bayne has spent parts of two days -- and is about to spend part of a third -- meeting with Los Angeles Lakers superstar (and Panini exclusive athlete) Kobe Bryant for a series of intense but profusely productive signing sessions. Bayne departed for LA with a priority list big…
Golden Glimpse: Panini America Peeks New Ink in 2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball
When it comes to the heart of the 2012-13 NBA collecting season, well, we're smack dab in the middle of it right now. Past & Present released last week, with both Momentum and Brilliance coming hot on its heels. After that? None other than perennial product-of-the-year front-runner Gold Standard. Over the next several days, we'll share several captivating looks at…
Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball
This 362nd day of 2012 is proving to pack quite a golden punch. This morning, we shared the first gilded glimpses of the 2012 Draft Class Redemption cards from 2011-12 Gold Standard Basketball. Now, we're providing a precious-metal peek at 2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball. Due out in late April, 2012-13 Gold Standard Basketball (10 cards per box) marks the polished…