Panini America Inks Dez Bryant to Exclusive Agreement for Autographs, Memorabilia
Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, the exclusive game-worn memorabilia partner of the Dallas Cowboys and an official licensee of the NFL and NFL Players Inc., announced today that it has reached an exclusive multiyear trading card, autograph and memorabilia agreement with Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowl wide receiver Dez Bryant. Bryant’s autographed memorabilia will be featured…
Panini America Offers One More Peek Inside 2015 Industry Summit Black Boxes (Gallery)
The 2015 Industry Summit is set to officially kick off tomorrow in Las Vegas as registered guests -- retailers, distributors, card manufacturers, league officials -- settle in for three straight days of meaningful meetings, round table discussions, new product reveals and spirited interaction that aims to have a positive industry impact in the coming year. As has become its custom, Panini…
A Week Away: Panini America Gazes Deeper into 2014 Black Gold Football (Gallery)
As the monumental buzz surrounding Panini America's upcoming 2014 Black Gold Football continues to build, it's worth noting that we are exactly one week away from release. But if you're as excited about this product as we are, the next seven days can seem more like seven years. But The Knight's Lance is here to make the wait at least…
Panini America Initiates Packout Process for 2014 Black Gold Football (Must-See Gallery)
If you missed the Panini America Twitter feed this morning, well, you missed a lot. Panini America Football Brand Manager Chris Barr took control of our account to bring you firsthand looks of the packout process for the highly anticipated 2014 Black Gold Football live from the production facility floor. Not to worry, though. A quick scroll down our timeline…
Black Box Confidential: Panini America Eyes Initial Wave of 2015 Industry Summit Gems
With the 2015 Industry Summit set to begin on Sunday, Panini America officials have steadfastly been putting the finishing touches on the legendary Black Boxes that have come to virtually define one of the sports collectibles industry’s most important events. The showstopping Black Boxes provide an explosive conclusion to Panini America’s Tuesday corporate address every year; so expect the hobby to be gripped by some…
Panini America Presents a Pre-Packout Peek at 2014 Black Gold Football (Gallery)
In the next few days, Panini America's highly anticipated 2014 Black Gold Football will begin packing out in the company's production facility across town. If you haven't picked up on it yet from the previews we've delivered to you so far, know this: Black Gold might just be the most unique product of the 2014 NFL product season. Certainly it's…
Panini America’s Newest Autograph Arrivals Tease Black Gold, NT, Immaculate, More
While the weather across seemingly most of North America continues to grow more frigid, Panini America continues doing its part to heat things up -- not just with new releases blazing a trail in their own right (such as 2014 Immaculate Football and 2014 Contenders Football), but also with a furious amount of activity to prepare similarly scorching releases such as…
Prime Examples: The Memorabilia Stunners of Panini America’s 2014 Spectra Football
Panini America's 2014 Spectra Football released in hobby shops across North America yesterday packing that intoxicating mix of Optichrome Prizm technology, colorfully in-demand parallels, and rich autograph and memorabilia-card rosters that made last season's debut edition of the product so . . . inviting. Collectors who got their first crack at the product Wednesday have discovered that winning recipe has remained…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2014 Spectra Football (90 Must-See Pics)
Last week here on The Knight's Lance we brought you a pre-packout peek at Panini America's 2014 Spectra Football, the hit-filled, Optichrome-enhanced thrill ride that arrives in hobby shops across North America on Wednesday. Today, we're going to bring you a more extended preview of the product by showcasing more of the gems that surfaced during the Quality Control process.…
Panini America ‘Where Is It? Weekend’ Back with a Chance to Win 10 Great Prizes
As hard as it seems to believe, it's been three long weeks since our last installment of Panini America's popular "Where Is It? Weekend" Scavenger Hunt. Of course, that's too long. So we're going to rectify the situation by presenting another one today. For this exciting installment of “Where Is It? Weekend,” we’ve hidden four (sometimes smaller, sometimes perhaps-somewhat-manipulated) versions…