Blake Griffin Gets the Preferred Treatment in Weekend Panini America Signing
January 16, 2012
While Panini America acquisitions specialist Ivory Tabb kicked off her cross-country 2011 Preferred Basketball signing spree right here in Dallas, Panini Authentic’s Brian Bayne headed west to Los Angeles for some superstar signing sessions on his own.
First on his guest list: The incomparable Blake Griffin, a Panini America-exclusive athlete, and teammate Eric Bledsoe. We’ve heard rumors that Bayne might just sit down with Kobe Bryant on this West Coast swing, too. Stay tuned for details there. But until then, enjoy these exclusive images featuring some of the first hard-signed 2011 Preferred Basketball cards on the planet.
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Some really great looking cards there, Blake was a good sport in those videos. Did he comment on his new teammate CP3?
Loving the Silhouette piece and the fact that Griffin actually signs his name! After seeing several of Derrick Favors’s sigs’, the labor-intensive “DF” he scrawls on his issues, I refused to purchase his cards. Being able to actually make out a letter or 3 is a must for me.
Put a few of those beautiful Griffin autographs in the case on the way to Valley Sports Cards in Tarzana! Can’t wait for the 11/12 lineup from Panini.
Wow!! Blake Griffin rocks. Even though technically I am a Knicks fan, he has brought excitment back to basketball and has raised my interest a little again in collecting basketball cards. Sweet looking stuff Panini!
You guys have the SWEETEST job!!!!! I would love to go around and accuire autographs from the games best players from present and past. These crown royale silhouttes cards keep getting better and better with every new release! I would love to work for Panini but i would probably drool all over the cards and that would be bad for buisness- ha ha. Keep up the GREAT work Panini and keep the pics coming!!
Some nice signatures from a superstar, love his nice neat signature and the way he puts the number on cards as well
i pulled a redemption from black box basketball for a blake griffin,couisns and wall triple auto/49 wondering if its live yet.