Panini America Sheds Light on Short Prints within 2012 Golden Age Baseball Release
Panini America officials on Monday provided some key insight into the many short prints and variations randomly seeded into 2012 Golden Age Baseball, including information on the set's mysterious "white-border" inclusions. The product, live now for roughly two weeks, has resonated with several types of collectors thanks to an eclectic checklist and a unique makeup that includes baseball legends, pop-culture…
Midas Touch: Collector Doug Felber Strikes Vintage Gold in 2012 Golden Age Baseball
Nebraska collector Doug Felber turned 62 yesterday. But his birthday card -- hand-picked by Felber himself -- actually arrived days before, on Christmas eve inside Sports Center Cards & Collectibles in Omaha. That's when Felber experienced nothing less than the pull of a lifetime from a box of Panini America's 2012 Golden Age Baseball. Admittedly, Felber nearly fell off his…
Panini Unwrapped Scavenger Hunt Contest: 2012 Golden Age Baseball (Checklist)
Panini America's Tracy Hackler and Mike Payne sat down with one extremely entertaining (and high-yielding) box of the new 2012 Golden Age Baseball for this special edition of Panini Unwrapped. In addition to pulling cards honoring some of the most beloved figures in sports, entertainment, politics and so much more, the duo also discovered an 80-year-old gem. But you'll have to…
A Panini America Teaser Gallery: One Early Box of 2012 Golden Age Baseball
Some people would have you believe that today marks the end of the world. We're not those people. On the contrary, all of us here at Panini America would have you believe that today marks the beginning of the Golden Age. At the very least, it marks the day that 2012 Golden Age Baseball goes live. Indeed, following weeks of…
Pop-Up Home Run: Throwback Insert Adds Power to 2012 Golden Age Baseball
There are days inside Panini America HQ when I tend to forget that I have a job to do and I spend way too much time wandering around the office in amazement, a still-awestruck collector basking in the brilliance of the day-to-day business that engulfs me. Yesterday was one of those days. I was back in the Product Development area…
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…
Panini America to Roll Out Live Redemption Trade-Up Program at the 2012 National
Panini America officials on Tuesday announced that the company will introduce a groundbreaking Live Redemption Trade-Up program during next month's 2012 National Sports Collectors Convention in Baltimore. The unique initiative will be conducted live at the Panini America booth and will afford those collectors in attendance holding multiple outstanding redemption cards four months or older the opportunity to trade them…
April Drools: A Panini America Video Recap of April's Best Pulls in Local Hobby Shops
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8HirqlIQXE&w=600&h=335] April provided another must-see month of drool-inducing hits from Panini America products in local hobby shops across the country. The hit-producing products on the break list last month included, among others, 2011 Prime Cuts Baseball, 2011-12 Preferred Basketball, 2011 National Treasures Football, 2011 Playbook Football and 2011 Prime Signatures Football. Vaunted video man Tom "The Ripper" Key scoured…
Panini Unwrapped: Three Riveting Boxes of 2011 Donruss Elite Extra Edition Baseball
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k1n0uOjm9k&w=585&h=327] Panini America marketing mavens Tracy Hackler and Scott Prusha are joined by Brand Manager Mike Payne for a must-see, three-box thrill ride through the highly anticipated 2011 Donruss Elite Extra Edition Baseball. You'd need almost four hands to count the number of autographs they pulled. But the real question: Did they uncover any 10-autograph Hot Boxes? Watch and…