Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2014-15 Gold Standard Basketball

There’s gold in them thar cards! At least there will be — once again — when Panini America’s Gold Standard Basketball releases for a new season in late January equipped with all the gilded glory of past iterations and a few new twists worth treasuring.

Every 10-card box of 2014-15 Gold Standard Basketball will deliver at least one Rookie Jersey Autograph among its five autograph or memorabilia cards (boxes will include at least four autographs). Speaking of the set’s popular Rookie Jersey Autographs, company officials have sweetened the collectible pot by creating Single-, Double- and Triple-Swatch versions, with Prime variations numbered to just 25.

The product’s additional highlights include . . .

• The striking new AU on-card autograph insert featuring an etched-foil design and numbering to just 79.
• For the first time ever, every card in Gold Standard will be numbered.
• More variations as the set’s popular Team Variations have been joined by Photo Variations.
• The inclusion of more prime memorabilia pieces than ever before.
• New autograph and memorabilia inserts highlighted by Good as Gold (autograph memorabilia cards featuring Prime and Platinum parallels), and Newly Minted Memorabilia Duals featuring the NBA’s top rookies.
• The return of real gold with the landmark Solid Gold 1/1s and Freshly Minted gold-disc cards numbered to just 20.

We’ll have plenty more to preview as it relates to 2014-15 Gold Standard Basketball in the coming weeks right here on The Knight’s Lance. Today, though, we’re providing an extended sneak peek at the product that includes some of the earliest on-card autograph returns, some of the as-yet-unsigned Rookie Jersey Autographs and some preliminary design mock-ups. Enjoy.

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