Stephen Strasburg, Panini America Present Golden Glimpse at 2012 Prizm Baseball
While many Panini America officials were putting the finishing touches on another show-stealing appearance at the 2013 Industry Summit in Las Vegas on Wednesday, the company's Baseball Acquisitions specialist, Tone Stakes, was busy in Arizona meeting with Panini America's newest exclusive athlete: Washington Nationals superstar Stephen Strasburg. On this particular day, Strasburg and Stakes were putting the finishing touches on…
Panini America Offers a Deeper Look Inside the Upcoming 2012 Prizm Baseball
Some 24 hours later, it's still hard to decipher which created bigger reverberations yesterday: Panini America's 2012 National Treasures Baseball going live or Panini America announcing that it would be releasing 2012 Prizm Baseball in a few short months. Regardless of which development you appreciated most, there's no denying that both were headline grabbers in the trading card industry. But…
Peeking Some of the Modern Marvels Found in 2012 National Treasures Baseball
Over the last week or so, The Knight's Lance has delivered some devastating early looks at the myriad vintage memorabilia masterpieces permeating next week's highly anticipated release of 2012 National Treasures Baseball. From a spectacular assortment of unique button cards to the breathtaking booklets, there's an awe-inspiring assortment of baseball history awaiting collectors next week. But National Treasures is more…
Panini Peek: 2013 Triple Play Baseball
It's no stretch to say that Panini America's 2012 Triple Play Baseball was one of the most enjoyable, affordable, fun-for-all-ages trading card releases of the year. With its entertaining mix of colorful illustrations, wearable Eye Blacks, temporary tattoos and stickers, Triple Play reemerged this season with a frolicking, fervent flair all its own. That's the good news. The better news?…
Panini America Presents: A Complete Visual Guide to the 2012 Black Friday Insert Sets
With the exception of yesterday's massive card-by-card breakdown of the captivating base set, most of what we've previewed so far of Panini America's highly anticipated and exclusive 2012 Black Friday release have been special insert cards including either player-worn and game-used memorabilia, autographs or both. But today, we're previewing another as-yet-unseen part of 2012 Black Friday, the base insert lineup…
Panini America Presents: A Complete Visual Guide to the 2012 Black Friday Base Set
Day by day and preview by preview, collectors from coast to coast seem to be growing noticeably more excited for Panini America's 2012 Black Friday promotion. Hopefully, The Knight's Lance has helped fan the flames of anticipation this week with a plethora of previews intent on showing you everything this special initiative has to offer. To date, we've teased the…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012 Signature Series Baseball (56 Images)
If Tom Hanks taught us anything about America's pastime, it's that there's no crying in baseball. Of course, there's no real off-season in baseball, either -- which is why Panini America is making plans for a banner week on the diamond. The collecting schedule this week boasts an absolutely dynamic double header of heavy-hitting baseball products from Panini America. 2012…
Up Close & Personal: Panini America Leaks 2012 Signature Series Baseball Images
Boasting a bold, in-their-face design that hearkens back to the halcyon days of beloved-but-bygone Studio releases, Panini America's upcoming 2012 Signature Series Baseball aims to provide collectors with an intimate look at the biggest stars of the Major League Baseball Players Association. As you can see in the preview gallery that follows, the new Signature Series will signal a refreshing departure…
Video: Panini America Offers a Sneak Peek Inside 2012 National Redemption Packs
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfDlktusJe0&w=600&h=338] In this special and revealing episode of Panini Unwrapped, Tracy Hackler and Scott Prusha preview the greatness that awaits inside Panini America's 2012 National Sports Collectors Convention wrapper-redemption packs, including behind-the-scenes scoop on how the set came about. Also included in this video: Essential information on the mysterious Peyton Manning and Tim Tebow cards from 2012 Prestige Football and…
Panini America Unveils Complete Details of Its 2012 National Wrapper Redemption Set
Following a few solid weeks of collector speculation and buzz-generating buildup, Panini America finally is ready to announce complete details surrounding the showstopping wrapper-redemption program it has planned for next month's 2012 National Sports Collectors Convention in Baltimore. Over the weekend we showcased many of the inserts we have planned for the show, including first looks at the Cracked Ice…