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Some of the hottest basketball cards on the market have nothing to do with Michael Jordan. 2010-11 Panini Totally Certified Green parallels are going for huge sums in recent weeks. We look at the top sales as well as the affect they've had on box prices.
With the NBA season finally set to start, Panini has announced their overhauled lineup of 2011-12 basketball cards, with just two brands returning from last year.
Want certified on-card autographs from Hall of Famers for $10 or less? Look no further than 1994 Signature Rookies Gold Standard Hall of Fame.
When David Stern announced the first two weeks of the NBA season had been cancelled, the labor dispute got serious. With the status of the season in limbo, what does it mean for basketball card collectors?
An Australian man is behind bars for selling more than $500,000 worth of stolen coins to fund his Michael Jordan collection.
Few have been lucky enough to pull one of Panini's HRX video cards. With the release of the footage from their John Wall card, Panini offers collectors a firsthand look at what to expect.
Panini was recently featured on Fox News in a segment on their HRX video trading cards.
One man's tale of a $3 pack of cards that yielded, possibly, the biggest hit of his collecting life.
Just in time for the 2011 National, Panini has announced details on how collectors can get wrapper redemption packs featuring exclusive cards and prizes.
Panini has released their tracker for the 50 solid gold 2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball cards that were seeded in packs of the recently released basketball card product.
Panini gives details on the Golden Ticket prizes available to be won in 2010-11 Panini Gold Standard Basketball, as well as a preview of the solid gold cards included with the product.
Upper Deck's plans for the 2011 National include several exclusive card sets, giveaways, prizes and card displays. They will also give you incentive to embrace their controversial Certified Diamond Dealer program.
Video may have killed the radio star, but the jury's still out on its affect on sports cards. Panini has released a look at the autographed versions of their debut HRX video cards, inserted in 2010-11 Totally Certified Basketball.
Chinese basketball superstar Yao Ming is set to retire. We recap his career and offer our picks for the center's top rookie cards.
We rank the top 10 rookies for the 2011 season based on their hobby potential.
With a lot of cards selling at less than ten percent of their book value, it’s nice to come across a set that has held its value and even exceeds published values regularly. My undervalued set of the month is 1995 Action Packed Hall of Fame Basketball Autographs. Originally available through redemption, this set consists [...]
Kyrie Irving signs deal with Panini that gives the basketball card manufacturer exclusive trading cards rights to Irving's autograph and memorabilia.
Fans of Derrick Williams now have two things to celebrate. He was already expected to go in the top three in the NBA Draft on Thursday night. Now he has signed an exclusive deal with Panini, joining other exclusive NBA players like Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin and John Wall. Griffin and Wall were [...]
