The Meteoric Rise of Matthew Dellavedova’s Top Rookie Card . . . from $26 to $255
You can learn a lot about a guy by watching him play a few games on basketball's biggest stage. One week ago today, on the eve of Game 1 of the 2015 NBA Finals, Matthew Dellavedova was a relatively obscure presence tucked away harmlessly on the Cleveland Cavaliers' bench. But that changed in a huge, global kind of way during Games…
Inside NT: Panini America Opens Two Boxes of 2013-14 National Treasures Basketball
National Treasures release day, in any sport, has become something of a national hobby holiday in recent years as the entire collecting community it seems fixes its gaze on the many breaks offered by one of the industry's favorite high-end brands. Today, that is a decided hoops holiday as hobby shop owners, collectors and breakers across the globe have welcomed…
Inside NT: Eyeing the Autograph Excellence of 2013-14 National Treasures Basketball
Tomorrow, at long last, Panini America's 2013-14 National Treasures Basketball will arrive in hobby shops across North America, offering countless breathtaking reasons as to why it's still one of the most important high-end brands in hobby history. We've brought you many of those reasons in recent days right here on The Knight's Lance with a slew of saliva-starting galleries. Today,…
Inside NT: Legendary Logomen Add Luster to 2013-14 National Treasures Basketball
Logoman. Three syllables. One word. And the mere mention of it conjures up visions of collecting royalty. It's arguably the most in-demand prime piece in memorabilia card history, a most patriotic patch with a red, white and blue silhouetted player (Jerry West, of course) that commands instant attention, big bucks and the respect and every collector who sees it. Today,…
Inside NT: International Treasures, Notable Nicknames, Prime Memorabilia and More
Think you've seen just about everything Panini America has in store for next week's release of 2013-14 National Treasures Basketball? Not quite. Although we're now exactly seven days away from the product going live, we still have more goodies to reveal. Sure, we've shown you Treasured Tags, Sneaker Swatches, Springfield Swatches and more -- yet more wonders await. Like the product's…
Inside NT: Sneaker Swatches Add Kick(s) to 2013-14 National Treasures Basketball
Since the dawn of the game-worn memorabilia era in modern trading cards roughly 20 years ago, just about everything that can be worn or used in a professional game has been cut up and incorporated into trading cards. Jerseys. Pants. Gloves. Helmets. Face masks. Skates. Sticks. Balls. Pucks. Cleats. Bats. Bases. Towels. But for any number of valid reasons, the…
Inside NT: Panini America Adds Springfield Swatches, X Factor to Memorabilia Lineup
The Knight's Lance tipped off Panini America's official countdown to the August 20 release of 2013-14 National Treasures Basketball yesterday with a revealing look at the highly anticipated product's new Treasured Tags insert. Today, our countdown continues with a captivating examination of the all-new Springfield Swatches and X Factor game-worn memorabilia inserts and the new-look Timelines memorabilia insert. On this particular weekend…
Inside NT: Panini America Begins Exploring 2013-14 National Treasures Basketball
If you thought last week's one-case preview break of 2013-14 National Treasures Basketball with Layton Sports Cards live from the floor of the 2014 National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland was spectacular, well, you'd be right. But just wait until you see what kind of sneak-peek pyrotechnics we have in store for you here on The Knight's Lance in the coming days.…
Panini America Offers Special Sneak Peek at 2013-14 National Treasures Basketball
CLEVELAND -- Saturday afternoon, live from the floor of the 2014 National Sports Convention, Panini America and Layton Sports Cards will team up to unveil one special preview case of the highly anticipated 2013-14 National Treasures Basketball. But since we know not every collector can make it to Cleveland this week, we're going to give those of you at home…
Immaculate Connection: Kobe Bryant Joins Panini America for Key Signing Session
After what seemed like an eternity on the road, Panini Authentic's Brian Bayne arrived back at Panini America HQ this morning lugging a surprisingly sturdy two-handle fabric bag that rivaled Bayne himself in terms of weight. While the precious cargo safely secured inside that bag was the real reason for me crashing Bayne's office first thing this morning, I at…