Tua, Tatum, Edwards and More Headline Week 8 of Panini America’s 2021 National Treasures Blockchain Initiative
Panini America today releases the next 10 cards available in the blockbuster 2021 National Treasures Blockchain set featuring legends, stars and future stars from the world of sports with unique autograph, memorabilia and autograph memorabilia trading cards. Just as with the recently completed 2020 Prizm Blockchain and 2020 Triforce Blockchain offerings, purchasing the 2021 National Treasures Blockchain digital card on the Panini Blockchain site entitles the buyer to receive…
Houston Rockets No. 5 in Ongoing 30 Weeks| 30 Teams NBA Countdown
The expression, “lightning never strikes twice in the same location” doesn’t apply to Houston. Some of the game’s greatest pillars have donned the Rockets’ logo (in San Diego in 1967-71 before moving to south Texas). It started with Hall of Fame center Elvin Hayes, whom the franchise drafted in 1968 while still based in San Diego. In 1984, Houston won…
Panini America Set to Launch 2018-19 Donruss Optic White Sparkle Prizm Basketball Packs Exclusively at Panini Rewards
Panini America’s Panini Rewards platform is once again about to get a whole lot more rewarding. Beginning Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. CST, the Panini Rewards website will launch site-exclusive 2018-19 Donruss Optic White Sparkle Prizm Basketball packs that will be available only while supplies last. Featuring the game's top superstars and standout rookies, the White Sparkle set will be distributed in random three-card…
Thunder Rolls In At No. 12 In Ongoing 30 Weeks| 30 Teams NBA Countdown
The Oklahoma City Thunder spent over 40 years as the Seattle Supersonics before relocating to OKC in 2008. The Thunder have been a key part of a makeover of Oklahoma City. Russell Westbrook and the Thunder have generated excitement in the city for over a decade. He was the 4th overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft and has played…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Early Boxes of 2017-18 Cornerstones Basketball
It’s another certifiably scorching new-release week for Panini America products as both 2018 Certified Football and 2017-18 Cornerstones Basketball arrive in hobby shops across North America tomorrow. We spent most of yesterday extensively previewing both products with revealing Quality Control Gallery posts. Earlier today we transitioned directly to the ripping stage with a Teaser Gallery post featuring several boxes of 2018 Certified Football. Now, it's 2017-18 Cornerstones Basketball's turn. On average, each six-card hobby…
International Intrigue: Panini America Eyes the “Chinese Red” Revolution Parallel
Bolstered by its many flashy parallels, Panini America's 2017-18 Revolution Basketball has enjoyed a torrid turn on the domestic market since releasing earlier this month. But amid Revolution's rainbow array of defining parallels, there's one in particular that U.S. collectors likely haven't seen: The international-only "Chinese New Year Red" variation. Made available exclusively to Panini America's international distributors, this version…
Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2017-18 Ascension Basketball (Preview)
Panini America is aiming to deliver a technicolor twist to the world of basketball cards later this fall with the all-new 2017-18 Ascension Basketball, easily one of the most vivid, striking product releases you'll see all season long. The product delivers a colorful collecting experience equipped with autographs of the scintillating 2017 NBA Draft class and the game's top veterans. 2017-18…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2016-17 Flawless Basketball (Gallery)
As has become customary, another NBA collecting season will realize a heated, high-end finish soon enough with the late-October arrival of Panini America's 2016-17 Flawless Basketball, the grand-finale juggernaut of a program that will receive yet another upgrade for the new season: This year, every jewel card in the product will be either a Single, Double, Triple or Jumbo Diamond.…
James Harden Performs Masterfully During Key Panini America Signing Session
You could tell by the look on his famously bearded face that Houston Rockets superstar James Harden was locked in, ready to put in work with that lethal left hand of his that's virtually unstoppable when Harden gets on a roll. And during a recent signing session with Panini America, Harden got on a serious roll. He scored all afternoon…
Panini America Eyes the Unparalleled Pop of 2016-17 Donruss Optic Basketball (Gallery)
In today's collecting marketplace, the value of any particular trading card is too often tied almost exclusively to the quality of the autograph on it or how many colors its memorabilia piece has. But that's not always the case. Sometimes, a product like Panini America's 2016-17 Donruss Optic Basketball comes along to knock conventional value wisdom on its ear. Indeed,…