Panini America Becomes First to Launch Officially Licensed Trading Cards Featuring Blockchain Technology
Panini America, the world’s largest licensed sports and entertainment collectibles company and the exclusive trading card manufacturer of the NFL, NFLPA, NBA, NBPA, College athletics and NASCAR, announced today that it will introduce the first officially licensed trading cards featuring blockchain technology. The release of the blockchain trading cards will incorporate Panini’s popular National Treasures design and will feature 100…
Yogi Mania Hits: Collectors Flocking to First Autographs of Mavericks Sudden Star
Ninety-nine cents. That's it. That's all you would've needed back in late December to pick up one of Yogi Ferrell's 2016 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball autograph cards. Heck, you would've had to spend three times that just to have the card shipped to you. Back then, of course, Ferrell was an undrafted project with seemingly no clear path to the…
Absolutely Floored: Panini America Offers a New Glimpse Inside the Production Facility
It never, ever, ever gets old. Ever. I could walk the Panini America printing facility floor every day for the rest of my career and likely not grow tired of its bountiful sights and its tangible buzz. In fact, I had the distinct pleasure of doing that again yesterday, primarily to document the production of two truly spectacular memorabilia cards.…
Panini America, GTS Distribution Ready for 2013 Industry Summit Ultimate Case Break
LAS VEGAS -- Tomorrow afternoon in Las Vegas, Panini America and GTS Distribution will join forces for one of the most anticipated single events of the entire 2013 Industry Summit: The Ultimate Case Break. Beginning at 3 p.m. (PST) Wednesday afternoon, two cases each of 2012-13 Limited Hockey (3 p.m.), 2012-13 Limited Basketball (3:30 p.m.), 2012 Limited Football (4 p.m.)…
Panini America on Location: Spending Some Quality Signing Time with Kobe Bryant
Outside of perhaps Kobe Bryant's own family and closest business associates, there's likely not a person on the planet who spends more time with the "Black Mamba" than Panini America's Brian Bayne. Bayne, the company's Memorabilia Business Manager who runs Panini Authentic, is the go-to guy when it comes to autograph acquisition for Panini America's top-notch exclusive NBA spokesmen: Kobe Bryant, Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant and…
Panini America PC Spotlight: Collecting Tyreke Evans in the Homeland
I got a Tweet earlier this week from Twitter account "RealYohann" asking me whether Panini America would be interested in showcasing a website devoted to collecting Sacramento Kings superstar Tyreke Evans. My response: "Heck, yes!" After all, it's not every day you stumble across a website dubbed TyrekeEvansCollector.com. (more…)