Video: 2013-14 Preferred Basketball Stars in Sunday Edition of Panini Unwrapped
While the hoops collecting world anxiously awaits the arrival of Panini America's 2013-14 National Treasures Basketball on August 20, many collectors have taken advantage of the wait to explore the late-season hits hidden within 2013-14 Spectra Basketball and 2013-14 Preferred Basketball. Over the weekend, Panini America's Tracy Hackler and Keith Hower gave Preferred the preferential treatment with a quick two-box…
Book . . . Keepers: The Prime Possibilities of 2013-14 Preferred Basketball (Gallery)
Rookie rivalries. Sibling rivalries. Conference rivalries. NBA Finals rivalries. Dynasties. Decades. Nasty jumbo patches of game-worn memorabilia. Unique 360-degree photography. Clearly, there's a lot you can showcase in booklet-card format that might not translate quite the same on a standard 2 1/12 by 3 1/2-inch trading card format. That's certainly been the case with Panini America's Preferred Basketball. The product's…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013-14 Preferred Basketball (129 Pics)
They say you can't judge a book by its cover. Sometimes, though, you can judge a booklet by the coverage its given here on The Knight's Lance. That's certainly the case with Panini America's 2013-14 Preferred Basketball, which received rave reviews last week based on a jaw-dropping booklet preview gallery. Today we're bringing you a more complete look at 2013-14…
Panini America ‘Hide & Seek Sunday’ Offers Boxes of Elite Football, Preferred Hoops
It’s been three weeks since our last installment of Panini America’s vaunted “Where Is It? Weekend,” and that can mean only one thing: It’s time to do it again and give Panini America collectors and avid readers of The Knight’s Lance another chance to win some sweet cards. This time around, we’ve hidden three smaller, perhaps-somewhat-manipulated version of the Panini America knight’s helmet that appears at the top…
Panini America Offers a Scintillating Peek at 2013-14 Preferred Basketball Booklets
While many passionate collectors continue basking in the Optichrome-candied radiance of Panini America's 2013-14 Spectra Basketball two days after its release, many others are anxiously awaiting what's next -- 2013-14 Preferred Basketball -- with a giddy, night-before-Christmas-in-July sense of excitement. One look at some of the booklets and you'll start to understand why. Last week, Panini America Basketball Brand Manager…
Panini America Drops First Stunning Pics of 2013-14 Preferred Basketball Autographs
With Game 1 of the 2014 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs set to tip off later tonight, this is understandably a big day for the NBA. So it's more than mere coincidence that it's also a huge NBA day for Panini America. It started early this morning when iCollectPanini.com launched its captivating 2014 NBA Finals…
Preferential Peek: Panini America Previews 2013-14 Preferred Basketball Silhouettes
A lot has changed for Panini America's now-legendary Silhouettes subset since it burst onto the collecting scene with a stunning, starring turn as the Rookie Die Cut Material Autographs insert in 2010 Crown Royale Football. The instant-classic design was majestic in its presentation and raised the bar in terms of just how beautiful autographed memorabilia cards could be. In the years since,…