Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Early Boxes of 2014 National Treasures Football
You can feel the excitement in the air; the mounting anticipation that accompanies the release of any National Treasures release. As you read this, the entire collecting world is eagerly anticipating the arrival of the already-shipped 2014 National Treasures Football. As is always the case, one of Panini America's flagship products is poised to close the NFL collecting season with…
Panini America Inks Marcus Mariota to First Licensed NFL Trading Card Agreement
Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, announced today that it has signed former Oregon Ducks quarterback and 2014 Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota to a trading card and autograph agreement for the 2015 season that will include Mariota’s first licensed NFL and collegiate trading cards and autographed trading cards. As part of the agreement, Mariota will…
Panini America Delivers Sunday Sneak Peek Inside 2014 National Treasures Football
As you read this, Panini America's grand finale to the 2014 NFL trading card season -- the juggernaut that is 2014 National Treasures Football -- is making its way to hobby shop shelves across North America. This year's installment of National Treasures -- like all of those that have come before -- is rich with collection-making cornerstones and rife with…
Panini America Cracks the Book on Peeking 2014 National Treasures Football (Gallery)
The home stretch is upon us. Panini America's riveting 2014 NFL trading card season will reach its dramatic conclusion with the highly anticipated 2014 National Treasures Football, shipping later this month. The football card market has received a considerable boost over the last two months, bolstered significantly by the releases of 2014 Contenders Football, 2014 Immaculate Football and 2014 Black…
“Where Is It? Wednesday” Offers the Chance to Win 10 Sweet Panini America Prizes
Panini America scavenger hunts are nothing new for loyal readers of The Knight's Lance. Scavenger hunts starting on a Wednesday? Well, that's a new twist. But since we're all looking for a way to speed through hump day and into the latter part of the work week, we figured we'd offer a new wrinkle on our semi-regular hide-and-seek searches that reward…
Autos Correct: Hot New Ink from Rice, Shaq, Brady, More Arrives at Panini America HQ
When it comes to new trading card products, they simply get no hotter -- regardless of sport -- than yesterday's release of 2014 Black Gold Football. After weeks of gradual buildup and intense anticipation, Panini's America's newest NFL creation enjoyed a banner introduction to the collecting masses on Friday. Company officials confirmed it as a sell-out by the early afternoon and…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Open Two Early Boxes of 2014 Black Gold Football
As the well-documented countdown to Panini America's 2014 Black Gold Football enters its final tantalizing hours, leave it to The Knight's Lance to provide one more revealing look at the product. Earlier this afternoon, we grabbed the first two finished boxes we could get our hands on for the following Teaser Gallery that takes you card by card through the…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2014 Black Gold Football (93 Sweet Pics)
After all of the previews, packout peeks and on-card-arrival updates, it's almost time for Panini America's highly anticipated 2014 Black Gold Football to release. Many collectors got an extended sneak peek in the last few days during special group breaks conducted live from the floor of the 2015 Industry Summit. Today, we're offering one more pre-release peek -- this time…
2015 Contenders Draft Picks Football Takes Top NFL Stars Back to School (Gallery)
LAS VEGAS -- Yesterday at the 2015 Industry Summit, Panini America's upcoming 2015 Contenders Draft Picks Football was a primary topic of conversation. Jason Howarth, the company's Vice President of Marketing, talked about it with ESPN's Prim Siripipat for an upcoming Mint Condition segment. A few hours later, Senior Director of Product Development Jim Stefano touched on the upcoming product…
Cleveland-Area Collector Earns Grand Prize in 2014 Panini NFL Player of the Day
Tom Pavich, a trading card collector from the Cleveland suburb of Fairview Park, Ohio, turned a pack of officially licensed Panini America NFL trading cards into the rare opportunity to spend a day with an NFL player. As the grand prize winner of the 2014 Panini NFL Player of the Day hobby shop promotion, Pavich will spend the day with…