‘Where Is It? Weekend’ Back with Chance to Win National Treasures and Court Kings
Another weekend here on The Knight’s Lance brings with it another chance for loyal Panini America collectors to win some sweet cards. For this exciting installment of “Where Is It? Weekend,” we’ve hidden three smaller, perhaps-somewhat-manipulated versions of the Panini America knight that appears at the top of this post — and we’re giving you all weekend to find them and submit your answers. To be…
Appreciating the Patchtastic Splendor of Art Nouveau in 2013-14 Court Kings Basketball
Aside from my wife and kids, there's not much I love more in this world than 1980s R&B music and plague-level sick prime memorabilia cards (I'm not quite sure what that says about me, exactly, but it is what it is). Given that background, though, it's pretty easy to understand why I find something profusely sublime about the Art Nouveau…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Early Boxes of 2013-14 Court Kings Basketball
Tomorrow's highly anticipated release of 2013-14 Court Kings Basketball represents the closest thing the hoops hobby has to a bona fide art exhibit, which makes the following three-box Teaser Gallery something of a night-before-the-big-premiere VIP shindig. Pre-release buzz on 2013-14 Court Kings Basketball has been strong so far -- in part because longtime collectors have been waiting for another standalone…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013-14 Court Kings Basketball (150 Pics)
There are some trading card products that aren't so much trading card products at all, but rather miniature works of art that seem to command more appreciation, more attention, more color and more critique. The regal 2013-14 Court Kings Basketball is one of those products -- and the first standalone release of the impressive, art-inspired brand since the 2009-10 season is…
Panini America Sits Down with Kyrie Irving for Super Sunday Signing Session (Gallery)
On Sunday night in a suite near the top of a downtown Dallas hotel, one of the best players in the NBA watched Seattle's Super Bowl XLVIII demolition of the Denver Broncos. But for Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving, the game served as little more than ambient noise for his substantial signing session with Panini America's Ivory Tabb. On this night,…
Art Appreciation: Peeking Panini America’s 2013-14 Court Kings Basketball (Gallery)
Late last week we brought you the splendid first look at Panini America's upcoming 2013-14 Court Kings Basketball, the first standalone release of the impressive, art-inspired brand since the 2009-10 season. The overwhelmingly positive response to that post in the last four days has served to raise the pre-release expectations for Court Kings. The following pre-ink preview should send those…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2013-14 Court Kings Basketball (Gallery)
In late March, the artistic side of NBA trading cards will be on full exhibition for the first time in four seasons when Panini America triumphantly returns the popular Court Kings franchise to the hardwood with 2013-14 Court Kings Basketball. Many of the most colorful elements that made 2009-10 Court Kings Basketball an instant classic return, including rare, autographed 5…