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…

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…

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…