Collectibility Main Factor as Panini America Presents its 2013 NFL Mock Draft
Mel Kiper Jr. has nothing on Jason Howarth, Panini America's Boston-bred Vice President of Marketing. For Howarth, next week's 2013 NFL Draft is something akin to Christmas. Howarth is an unabashed NFL draftnik. He loves the stuff. So when he proposed the idea of conducting the inaugural Panini America mock draft a few weeks ago, we jumped at the opportunity (partially…
Panini America Taking 2013 Score Football Big Time with 25th Anniversary Edition
It's safe to say that Panini America has big, big plans -- jumbo, even -- to celebrate the first release of the 2013 NFL season. 2013 Score Football, the landmark 25th anniversary of the collecting staple, will deliver massive 50-card Hobby Jumbo Packs and three autograph or memorabilia cards per hobby box (with at least two autographs guaranteed) when it releases…
Panini America Provides the First Glimpses of 2013 Prestige Football (Gallery)
Change is coming. For the first time in a long, long time, Prestige Football will not mark the official kickoff to a new NFL trading card season. For 2013, Panini America is giving that honor to the landmark 25th edition of Score Football (which we'll preview in great detail right here on The Knight's Lance in the coming days). But…