UPDATE: Panini America Offers Additional Details on 2014 Flawless Football Memorabilia Cards
As part of ongoing research into the processes and procedures that led to 168 cards (56 Patch cards each of Russell Wilson, Colin Kaepernick and Alshon Jeffery) in 2014 Flawless Football that were mistakenly labeled "game-worn" instead of "event-worn," Panini America officials on Thursday discovered the existence of a limited number of additional cards also impacted. The 37 additional cards -- which incorporate event-worn material but are mistakenly…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Peeks Inside Six Briefcases of 2014 Flawless Football
The time for teasers is over. Seemingly everything that can be previewed has been. In less than 24 hours, Panini America's 2014 Flawless Football, one of the most super-premium -- and super-anticipated -- products in football card history will arrive in hobby shops across North America in silver-metal briefcases packing 10 cards, tangible excitement and some simply hair-raising, goose-bump-inducing pulls.…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Open Six Early Boxes of 2014 Playbook Football
In two short days, Panini America's highly anticipated 2014 Playbook Football will arrive in hobby shops across North America, offering a bold, new take on one of the industry's most unique releases. Bolstered this year by the still-spectacular Rookie Booklet Signatures, the return of the Down & Dirty Booklets and the captivating additions of Armory Booklets, Game of Inches Booklets,…
Panini America Offers a Preliminary Peek at 2014 Flawless Football (Must-See Gallery)
Pssst . . . Panini America's fabulously, famously high-end Flawless brand that redefined what a super-premium product could be in basketball is coming to football -- and it's bringing the precious gems, the sickest patches, the on-card opulence and the wow-factor wizardry that made the briefcased brand an instant classic on the hardwood. Due out October 31, 2014 Flawless Football…
KD, Carmelo, Cam and Cordarrelle Headline Newest Panini America Autograph Arrivals
Evan as Panini America's new 2013-14 Immaculate Basketball continues blazing a trail in the collecting community during its second day of release, the full-steam-ahead plans for upcoming products continue unabated inside Panini America HQ. Case in point: Today's mail call that included some downright filthy new on-card autograph arrivals from the likes of Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, Cam Newton and…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Two Early Boxes of 2014 Elite Football
By this time tomorrow, collectors across North America will have started cracking the first boxes of 2014 Elite Football, discovering a wealthy share of the iconic chases that have come to define the brand over the last 15 years or so. Long-adored inserts such as Throwback Threads, Passing the Torch Autographs, Aspirations, Status and Turn of the Century parallels remain…
Filthy Good: Panini America Appreciates the Prime Prowess of 2013 Spectra Football
With the highly anticipated release of Panini America's 2013 Spectra Football today, collectors across North America are on the verge of discovering just how nasty some of the product's memorabilia inclusions can be -- as much because of downright intoxicating Prizm technology as for the grass-stained greatness of many of the swatches. Indeed, for collectors who think the mem-card genre…
Panini America, NFL.com Team Up to Offer Virtual Cards of Top Fantasy Performers
It seems rather implausible that a 30-card Panini America set featuring the best NFL players on the planet and seen by millions of fans throughout the 2013 season could fly under the radar of hardcore collectors. But unless you happen to be a fervent fantasy footballer who frequents NFL.com, you may have missed it. But with the NFL playoffs --…
Panini America Delivers a Stunning Pre-Ink Peek at 2013 Black Football (30 Sweet Pics)
Just last week we brought you the initial PIS glimpses of three upcoming Panini America products, including 2013 Elite Extra Edition Baseball, 2013 Black Football and 2013 Crown Royale Football. Seeing as how PIS previews typically come several weeks, sometimes months, before any cards are ever printed, you can imagine our surprise when we discovered this afternoon that the first…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Early Boxes of the New 2013 Limited Football
As if boxes of 2012-13 Immaculate Basketball weren't enough of a homecoming treat to greet us as we returned to the office this morning after a spectacular weekend at the 2013 Toronto Fall Expo, we also had a few 2013 Limited Football boxes awaiting our arrival, too. Indeed, Release Day Wednesday tomorrow is going to be huge. To help properly prepare…