Flawless Friday: Panini America Provides a Revealing Glance at 2014 Flawless Football
You want to know how I know this was a productive work week for me? I got to go over to the Panini America production facility twice in a span of four days. I ventured over Monday afternoon to catch members of the Panini America Product Development team packing out the highly anticipated 2014 Flawless Football. I had the opportunity…
The Panini America 2014 National Wrapper Redemption Set: The Autograph Cards
At 4 p.m. today, Cleveland's sprawling, Ferris-wheel-enhanced I-X Center will open its doors for a special Sneak Peek opening of the 35th National Sports Collectors Convention. At approximately 4:02 p.m., the Panini America booth will start to become crowded for the first time. Sometime late Sunday afternoon, the crowds will finally start to subside. Indeed, activity at the Panini America…
The Nastiest Treasures: NFL Legends, Stars Bring Bang to 2013 National Treasures
Filthy. #Wow. Nasty. #NoWords. Spectacularly insane. #TheBarHasBeenRaised. Insanely spectacular. Greatest . . . Autograph . . . Ever. #Awesome. Clearly, there are many ways to sum up what you're about to see, whether you're talking on Twitter, on Instagram, to your friends in the hobby shop or to no one in particular. However you choose to describe it, Panini America's…
Holiday Treasures: Panini America Explores the Gifted 2013 National Treasures Football
As collectors across the globe celebrate Christmas today with family, friends and -- if they've been especially good this year -- their favorite Panini America trading card products, we thought we'd take this opportunity to offer an extended pre-ink peek at 2013 National Treasures Football, which promises to be, simply, one of the most gifted football products of this or…
Panini America Documents the ‘Memory of a Lifetime’ at Pro Football Hall of Fame
In the span of 14 days and five different cities, the Panini America team pulled off nothing short of a miracle in what will go down as one of busiest and most talked about stretches in company history. With teams and events in Toronto, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Canton and New Jersey, the Panini America family was everywhere, doing what it does…
NFL Hall of Famers, Retired Legends Ignite 2012 National Treasures Football (Gallery)
For 2012 National Treasures Football to truly be considered the most spectacular release in the brand's proud, super-premium history (as we've said all along that it will be), Panini America Product Developers realized that they needed more than just collection-making Rookie Cards honoring the lights-out 2012 NFL Draft Class. They realized they needed to raise the bar. Well, consider the…
On Location: Panini America Starts Packout for 2012 National Treasures Football
Earlier this week, during another riveting and revealing trip to the Panini America production facility, I saw sides of the upcoming 2012 National Treasures Football that I hadn't been exposed to before -- and I'm a better man for it. Indeed, most of what we see and preview from the cozy confines of Panini America HQ revolves around the on-card…
On-Card, Incomparable: Newest Autos Keep Bolstering 2012 National Treasures Football
While many of the football-first freaks inside Panini America HQ (me included) wait on the edge of our collective seat for Friday's packout of 2012 Totally Certified Football to begin, I've found a fantastic way to pass the time: Gawking at the steady stream of incoming on-card autographs that will be featured in 2012 National Treasures Football just a few weeks…
Panini America Provides a Pre-Ink Preview of 2012 National Treasures Football
Panini America's National Treasures Football is a product that needs no introduction. Year in and year out, it's the football category's most anticipated, most coveted and most valuable super-premium release. In fact, perhaps the only thing that could make the National Treasures Football franchise even stronger is the one thing collectors have been asking for: More on-card autographs of the…
Panini America Leaks Tantalizing First Look at 2012 National Treasures Football
National. Treasures. Two words. One product. Unlimited potential -- and absolutely no introduction needed. Indeed, the crown jewel of the football collecting season every season is preparing for a record-breaking return when the 2012 edition arrives in late March. Wielding a list of improvements and additions seemingly as sizable as the world's longest trading card that appeared in last year's release,…