The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2019 Elite Football (80+ Images)
Panini America's iconic, early-season staple known as Elite Football arrives for the 2019 season on Wednesday freshly dressed with the first trading cards of this season's newest rookies in their NFL uniforms . . . lots of ink . . . lots of tried-and-true inserts and parallels . . . and lots of potential. 2019 Elite Football, like all of…
The Print-Run Mysteries of Panini America’s Pen Pals Autographs in 2018 Elite Football
Panini America's 2018 Elite Football released just more than one week ago and has spent the nine or so days since absolutely blazing on the secondary market. One of the primary drivers of the heatwave? The chase-inducing Pen Pals Autographs insert featuring a rainbow array of ink-color variations, each with their own level scarcity. To help bring some clarity to…
Gallery: Panini America Continues Gawking at the New 2016 Donruss Elite Football
Yes, we've shared with you the Quality Control Gallery . . . and the Teaser Gallery . . . and the Panini Unwrapped video and checklist. And yet, even after all of that, we still can't get enough of the completely overhauled 2016 Donruss Elite Football. The product released earlier this week, returning to the market after a long one-year…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016 Donruss Elite Football (100+ Pics)
For the better part of its proud, almost-two-decade existence, Panini America's venerable Donruss Elite Football franchise has thrived with a largely unchanged blueprint, relying heavily on popular brand tenets such as foilboard card stock, Aspirations and Status parallels, key inserts such as Passing the Torch autographs and Throwback Threads, and strong rookie content. But Panini America's NFL Product Development team gave…
Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2016 Donruss Elite Football (Gallery)
After a year away from the gridiron, one of the most established brands in the sports cards universe -- Panini America's fabled Donruss Elite -- is gearing up for a highly anticipated return to the NFL with a dramatic new look, new card stock and some of the brand's most storied inserts. Set to arrive in hobby shops across North…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Two Boxes of 2013 National Treasures Football
For many hardcore football hobbyists, tomorrow is no mere Wednesday. It's National Treasures Football Release Day, a national collecting holiday of sorts when collectors across North America celebrate the return of one of the most storied high-end products in all of sports cards. After weeks of building anticipation (through galleries and a special sneak peek event in conjunction with the…
Panini America Previews the Pen Pals Insert Coming in 2012 Prime Signatures Football
Fifteen cards. Fifty-one autographs. That's the quick math at work in the ink-addled gallery that follows previewing the vaunted Pen Pals insert coming later this season to 2012 Prime Signatures Football. The incredible display of ink was collected by Panini America at last May's 2012 NFLPA Rookie Premiere and includes on-card signatures from more than 25 of the top rookies…
The Sights & Sounds: Panini America’s First Day at the 2011 NHLPA Rookie Showcase
TORONTO, Ontario -- Reason No. 6,347 to love the annual hockey-card extravaganza known as the NHLPA Rookie Showcase? Stories like this right here: Ryan Strome, the fifth overall pick of the New York Islanders in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, is busy signing a healthy batch of the Pen Pals duals that he shares with new superstar teammate John Tavares. Strome pauses briefly…
Panini Peek: 2010 National Treasures Football Pen Pals Autographs
Say this about the 2010 National Treasures Football Pen Pals Autographs: They are on-card and they are spectacular. (And if you're patient, you'll be able to see for yourself soon enough.) To be sure, the cards -- signed in May at the 2010 NFL Players Rookie Premiere by some of the most collectible rookies in the league -- will be…