Video: Dallas-Area Collector Claims World's Longest Trading Card at Panini America HQ

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaMEw1cprs&w=600&h=335] When Dallas-area collector Craig Nelson first pulled the redemption card from his box of 2011 National Treasures Football Tuesday at SMP Sports Cards in Grapevine, Texas, he breathed a frustrating sigh and tossed it on the counter toward store manager Chad Brooks. Brooks picked it up, read it and immediately went nuts. This was no ordinary redemption card.…

Panini America Unveils the World's Longest Football Card in 2011 National Treasures

Congratulations. You're about to witness trading card history. What follows is the exclusive world premiere of the world's longest trading card, a 36-player record-breaker from Panini America that includes 36 autographs, 36 pieces of oversized prime memorabilia and, when fully unfurled, stands more than 8 feet tall. Five of these behemoths -- including one with inscriptions on every autograph --…

Andy Dalton, Clyde Gates Visit Panini HQ to Sign Their 2011 Playbook Football Cards

Next month Panini America's 2011 NFL product calendar will conclude with the highly anticipated release of 2011 Panini Playbook Football. One of the highlights of the striking collection is the hard-signed RPS Rookie Booklet subset, seeded one per box. As luck would have it, two of the featured subjects from the 2011 NFL Draft Class stopped by the Panini America offices…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2011 Totally Certified Football (52 Images)

From mesmerizing effects of the microetching to sweet on-card autographs from 36 top rookies to a unique memorabilia-card mix, 2011 Totally Certified Football has a lot to offer collectors who still aren't ready to say "goodbye" to the memorable 2011 NFL season. I should know. I just spent the better part of my morning poring over the contents of one…

Panini America Unveils the Remaining 2011 Playoff Contenders Football RC Variations

By now, you've likely heard about the collectible commotion we created yesterday with the revelation that photo variations exist for each of the 36 RPS Rookie Tickets subjects dotting the 2011 Playoff Contenders Football checklist. In addition to spicing up a slow-moving Monday afternoon, our post brought collectors who hadn't yet picked up on the discrepancies up to speed on the…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2011 Playoff Contenders Football

Spoiler alert for all of us card collectors: Tuesday is Valentine's Day. But it's the following day, February 15, when we'll likely fall in love all over again. That's when 2011 Playoff Contenders Football hits hobby shops nationwide. There's certainly much about the product to be enamored with, not the least of which are landmark Rookie Ticket autographed Rookie Cards…
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