A Panini America 2013 Father’s Day Update: More Prizms, More Pylons, More Pigskin
Never underestimate the overwhelmingly collectible byproducts that can arise from a good, old-fashioned R&D session. After all, it was nothing more than pointed experimentation with how different finishes affect Panini America's Prizm technology that generated many of the limited-edition cards coming to next month's 2013 Father's Day set. Some of them you've already seen in a previous gallery. Today, we're…
Panini America Black Friday Checklist: 2011 Pro Bowl Materials and Autographs
As the phenomenon known as Panini America Black Friday comes to an end, we will be updating the checklist here on the blog to show collectors what they got. Stay tuned . . . (more…)
Panini America PC Spotlight: A Winning Tribute to Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers
I stumbled upon Thomas Wisniewski's impressive array of Aaron Rodgers autographed cards earlier this summer and just knew his collection and the story behind it would be welcomed attractions on The Knight's Lance. Rodgers -- the Green Bay Packers superstar QB and the Super Bowl XLV MVP -- seems to be the collecting target of quite a few collectors these days. But Wisniewski has been cheering ever…
Panini America Delivers Charles Woodson’s First Certified Autograph Cards Since 1998
Nine years. That’s how long Joe White has doggedly pursued Green Bay Packers superstar cornerback Charles Woodson to sign autographs for Panini America’s NFL trading card products. For nine years, White, the company’s football acquisitions specialist, has never received so much as a counter offer from Woodson or his representatives. So you can imagine White’s utter shock late last month when Woodson…
Pylon Pile-On: A Collector Imagines an Aaron Rodgers Super Bowl Masterpiece
Turns out our post last week highlighting the recent arrivals at Panini America headquarters -- most notably those nifty, neon-orange end zone pylons used during Super Bowl XLV -- sparked an idea from Sergio Dubois, major-domo of the cool football collecting blog Busting Packs. As you can see from the visually stunning Aaron Rodgers creation above, Dubois, a creative dude whose collecting interests are focused intently on…
Picture This: Random Images from Panini America’s Frenzied Last Few Weeks
It's been a busy few weeks for us here at Panini America. So busy, in fact, that I thumbed across a few photos on my trusty iPhone today that I somehow forgot to share with the loyal readers of The Knight's Lance. That's simply unacceptable. (more…)
Aaron Rodgers Golden Ticket Surfaces . . . Bidding Already Surpasses $1,400
It's fitting, really, that the first 2010 Playoff Contenders Golden Ticket 1/1 to hit the open market yesterday, just hours after the product released, was that of Green Bay Packers quarterback and Super Bowl XLV MVP Aaron Rodgers. After all, Rodgers was nothing short of solid gold all season long. And judging by the incredibly ascending prices being bid on his winning Golden Ticket…
‘Championship Card’ Winners Announced
To help get us all in the spirit of Super Bowl XLV late last week, The Knight's Lance asked its loyal readers to share the stories behind their own championship cards; those special personal collection gems that, like the Lombardi Trophy itself, have come to symbolize football greatness. True to form, you did not disappoint. (more…)
Panini America On Location: That’s a Wrap from the Super Bowl XLV NFL Experience
DALLAS -- While the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers were battling it out on the field during Super Bowl XLV, workers were busy tearing down an impressive display of football magic. More than 800,000 square feet of the Dallas Convention Center played home to the NFL for two weeks and fans saw some impressive interactive components. If you made it out (and…
National Signing Days, Panini America Style
In a whirlwind week earmarked by massive marketing activation at some of the most prestigious sporting events in the world, the Panini America team managed to conduct two successful show appearances simultaneously (the 2011 NHL All-Star Game in Raleigh, N.C., and Super Bowl XLV) and more player autographs than National Signing Day, which, coincidentally, took place Wednesday. Indeed, from NHL…