Panini America Goes Back to Cali, Catches Up with Kobe Bryant and His Autographs

blowoutcards · 10-10-2011, 01:41 PM

Panini America Goes Back to Cali, Catches Up with Kobe Bryant and His Autographs

October 10, 2011 at 2:39 PM

Good things tend to happen for collectors when Panini America Memorabilia Business Manager Brian Bayne takes a trip. And Bayne just returned this morning from a whirlwind weekend in Los Angeles.

While there, Bayne rubbed elbows with superstar company spokesman Kobe Bryant and then took in last night’s stirring Drew League-Goodman League basketball game featuring fellow Panini America exclusive athletes Kevin Durant, John Wall and Derrick Williams.

Later this week we’ll profile a few huge breaking Panini Authentic developments stemming from the basketball game, during which Wall and Durant combined for 105 points. But for now, we’ll focus on the quality time Bayne spent with Kobe over the weekend.

You can see the fruits of Bayne’s and Kobe’s work in the gallery below, which details just some of the cards Kobe signed. The session turned out to be rather historic, as Kobe signed every last one of his outstanding autographs. All that remains now are three cards from 2009-10 Donruss Elite Basketball and one from 2010-11 National Treasures — all four of which are in the process of being remade as we speak.

Once those are completed, Bayne will likely be on another plane headed for California. But like we said, good things happen for collectors when Bayne travels.

Panini America Goes Back to Cali, Catches Up with Kobe Bryant and His Autographs The Official Panini America Blog

Onlythefinest · 10-10-2011, 01:52 PM

Awesome I'm waiting on 4 kobes from nt. One of the patches in gold standard looks to be from the finals logo....

rice71 · 10-10-2011, 02:01 PM

Man, I hope its not the century sig from NT that has to be remade.

10-10-2011, 01:41 PM	#1
blowoutcards Administrator Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 9,049 blowoutcards	Panini America Goes Back to Cali, Catches Up with Kobe Bryant and His Autographs Panini America Goes Back to Cali, Catches Up with Kobe Bryant and His Autographs October 10, 2011 at 2:39 PM Good things tend to happen for collectors when Panini America Memorabilia Business Manager Brian Bayne takes a trip. And Bayne just returned this morning from a whirlwind weekend in Los Angeles. While there, Bayne rubbed elbows with superstar company spokesman Kobe Bryant and then took in last night’s stirring Drew League-Goodman League basketball game featuring fellow Panini America exclusive athletes Kevin Durant, John Wall and Derrick Williams. Later this week we’ll profile a few huge breaking Panini Authentic developments stemming from the basketball game, during which Wall and Durant combined for 105 points. But for now, we’ll focus on the quality time Bayne spent with Kobe over the weekend. You can see the fruits of Bayne’s and Kobe’s work in the gallery below, which details just some of the cards Kobe signed. The session turned out to be rather historic, as Kobe signed every last one of his outstanding autographs. All that remains now are three cards from 2009-10 Donruss Elite Basketball and one from 2010-11 National Treasures — all four of which are in the process of being remade as we speak. Once those are completed, Bayne will likely be on another plane headed for California. But like we said, good things happen for collectors when Bayne travels. Panini America Goes Back to Cali, Catches Up with Kobe Bryant and His Autographs The Official Panini America Blog __________________ Sign Up For Blowout Emails To Get The Latest Hobby Info And Exclusive Savings!

10-10-2011, 01:52 PM	#2
Onlythefinest Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 185	Awesome I'm waiting on 4 kobes from nt. One of the patches in gold standard looks to be from the finals logo....

10-10-2011, 02:01 PM	#3
rice71 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bay Area, Ca Posts: 1,835 aznb71	Man, I hope its not the century sig from NT that has to be remade.