The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015 Luxe Football (36 Must-See Pics)
With its metal-framed borders, prime memorabilia selections and unique die-cuts, Panini America's 2014-15 Luxe Basketball provided a rousing introduction to the Luxe concept late last season and provided a compelling "What If?" scenario for its presence in other sports. This time next week, "What If?" becomes "What Is" with the arrival of 2015 Luxe Football. Set to arrive in hobby shops…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015 Score Football (105 Must-See Pics)
While the 2015 NFL season might still be more than 87 days away, impatient fans and collectors can take solace in one glorious fact: The 2015 NFL Collecting season arrives on Wednesday. That's when Panini America's landmark Score Football product arrives for the 2015 season as nothing less than the quintessential season-opening release packing the first officially licensed NFL Rookie Cards…
Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2015 Clear Vision Football (Gallery)
In late July, Panini America will unveil an all-new NFL product that promises to be clearly different than anything else on the market -- and it's a difference collectors will be able to see through. Featuring acetate technology on every card, 2015 Clear Vision Football will deliver the first trading cards of the top 2015 rookies in their NFL uniforms,…
Panini America Cracks the Book on Peeking 2014 National Treasures Football (Gallery)
The home stretch is upon us. Panini America's riveting 2014 NFL trading card season will reach its dramatic conclusion with the highly anticipated 2014 National Treasures Football, shipping later this month. The football card market has received a considerable boost over the last two months, bolstered significantly by the releases of 2014 Contenders Football, 2014 Immaculate Football and 2014 Black…
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 Offers a Deeper Look Inside 2014 Immaculate Football, Scavenger Hunt
The countdown to the release of Panini America's 2014 Immaculate Football began in earnest earlier this week when we started an all-out assault here on The Knight's Lance previewing the diverse array of game-worn and player-worn memorabilia cards produced for the premiere Immaculate Football release. In fact, today's preview gallery featured below is the third one we've provided since Tuesday.…
Panini America Initiates Packout Process for 2014 Immaculate Football (Gallery)
Early this morning at the Panini America production facility across town, company officials began packing out the highly anticipated premiere edition of Immaculate Football, a unique trading-card experience inspired by similar memorabilia-card masterpieces that have received rave reviews in both basketball and baseball. 2014 Immaculate Football arrives in hobby shops across North America on February 18 and will deliver an…
Divisional Playoff Weekend Features Cream of the NFL Crop at Quarterback Position
There is not a more exciting weekend in the NFL than the divisional playoff round. With back-to-back games on Saturday and Sunday featuring eight elite teams, football fans will certainly be glued to their television sets all weekend long. It’s even better when quarterbacks named Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Andrew Luck, Aaron Rodgers, Tony Romo, Russell Wilson, Cam Newton and…
Gold and Silver Tickets Bring Precious-Metal Might to 2014 Contenders Football (Gallery)
Today's highly anticipated hobby arrival of Panini America's 2014 Contenders Football marked the welcome return -- after a long season away -- of the many landmark staples that have made Contenders one of the most-beloved brands in the modern sports-card arena: Rookie Ticket Autographs. Variations. Short-print mysteries. And . . . gold. For the fifth consecutive season, Panini America officials have…
Panini America Showcases New Autographs Coming to 2014 Immaculate Football
The road to Super Bowl XLIX starts today as the NFL officially opens the playoffs with 2014 NFL Wild Card Weekend. Later today, the Arizona Cardinals battle the Carolina Panthers and the Baltimore Ravens take on the AFC North rival Pittsburgh Steelers. Tomorrow, the Cincinnati Bengals play the Indianapolis Colts and the Detroit Lions travel to Big D to take…