Drool Gallery: A Pre-Autograph Peek at the 2011 Plates & Patches Football RCs (Part 2)

  There are manifold benefits emanating from Panini America’s effort to acquire more on-card autographs for its roster of 2011 NFL products. First and foremost, obviously, is that collectors want more on-card autographs. But one of the real hidden beauties of the process is that it requires the actual cards being signed be completed way earlier than normal – which…

Before the Signatures: The Gold Rookie Card Parallels from 2011 Gold Standard Football

You'll have to excuse Joe White if he seems especially over-stressed and under-rested these days. It's White, you see, who's responsible for coordinating and executing every one of the seemingly countless signings required to ensure Panini America's 2011 NFL Rookie Card lineup remains as on-card intensive as possible. And right about now, White's in overdrive, absolutely engulfed by the whirlwind of dates and times and shipping information…