‘El Samba’ World Cup Prizm 1/1s Launching on Panini America’s New eBay Platform
To coincide with today’s opening of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Panini America has created a one-of-a-kind “El Samba” parallel version of its internationally popular 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Prizm trading card set that will be available exclusively on the company’s new eBay platform beginning today. Inspired by the yellow-and-green colorway of the host country, the “El Samba” 1/1 parallels feature both a color scheme and printing pattern that were not utilized in the original Prizm product.
Panini America will launch 10 new three-day auctions each day throughout the World Cup, beginning with today’s first lot, which includes stars from Brazil, Croatia, Chile and Australia. As the World Cup progresses, Panini America will also add 1/1 “El Samba” parallel autographs to the auction roster.
Stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance for additional details on the exclusive “El Samba” auction. For now, here’s the tentative auction schedule for the first week:
| June 12, 2014 | |||
| 104 | Julio Cesar | Brazil | Goalkeeper |
| 105 | Dani Alves | Brazil | Defender |
| 116 | Stipe Pletikosa | Croatia | Goalkeeper |
| 117 | Darijo Srna | Croatia | Defender |
| 106 | David Luiz | Brazil | Defender |
| 118 | Luka Modric | Croatia | Midfielder |
| 41 | Claudio Bravo | Chile | Goalkeeper |
| 42 | Mauricio Isla | Chile | Defender |
| 14 | Mathew Ryan | Australia | Goalkeeper |
| 15 | Lucas Neill | Australia | Defender |
| June 13, 2014 | |||
| 36 | Charles Itandje | Cameroon | Goalkeeper |
| 37 | Nicolas Nkoulou | Cameroon | Defender |
| 143 | Guillermo Ochoa | Mexico | Goalkeeper |
| 144 | Miguel Layun | Mexico | Midfielder |
| 145 | Rafael Marquez | Mexico | Defender |
| 173 | Xabi Alonso | Spain | Midfielder |
| 174 | Sergio Busquets | Spain | Midfielder |
| 175 | David Silva | Spain | Midfielder |
| 27 | Jasper Cillessen | Netherlands | Goalkeeper |
| 28 | Bruno Martins Indi | Netherlands | Defender |
| June 14, 2014 | |||
| 47 | David Ospina | Colombia | Goalkeeper |
| 48 | Cristian Zapata | Colombia | Defender |
| 99 | Orestis Karnezis | Greece | Goalkeeper |
| 100 | Sokratis Papastathopoulos | Greece | Defender |
| 189 | Fernando Muslera | Uruguay | Goalkeeper |
| 56 | Bryan Ruiz | Costa Rica | Forward |
| 124 | Leonardo Bonucci | Italy | Defender |
| 125 | Giorgio Chiellini | Italy | Defender |
| 134 | Joe Hart | England | Goalkeeper |
| 135 | Ashley Cole | England | Defender |
| June 15, 2014 | |||
| 57 | Boubacar Barry | Ivory Coast | Goalkeeper |
| 58 | Didier Zokora | Ivory Coast | Midfielder |
| 195 | Atsuto Uchida | Japan | Defender |
| 196 | Yuto Nagatomo | Japan | Defender |
| 181 | Diego Benaglio | Switzerland | Goalkeeper |
| 182 | Stephan Lichtsteiner | Switzerland | Defender |
| 63 | Alexander Dominguez | Ecuador | Goalkeeper |
| 64 | Antonio Valencia | Ecuador | Midfielder |
| 76 | Eric Abidal | France | Defender |
| 114 | Maynor Figueroa | Honduras | Defender |
| June 16, 2014 | |||
| 83 | Manuel Neuer | Germany | Goalkeeper |
| 157 | Fabio Coentrao | Portugal | Defender |
| 121 | Rahman Ahmadi | Iran | Goalkeeper |
| 122 | Javad Nekounam | Iran | Midfielder |
| 151 | Victor Moses | Nigeria | Midfielder |
| 96 | Sulley Muntari | Ghana | Midfielder |
| 97 | Kevin-Prince Boateng | Ghana | Forward |
| 70 | Landon Donovan | United States | Forward |
| 71 | Jozy Altidore | United States | Forward |
| 150 | Vincent Enyeama | Nigeria | Goalkeeper |
| June 17, 2014 | |||
| 19 | Vincent Kompany | Belgium | Defender |
| 20 | Axel Witsel | Belgium | Midfielder |
| 1 | Rais M’Bolhi | Algeria | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Madjid Bougherra | Algeria | Defender |
| 147 | Giovani Dos Santos | Mexico | Forward |
| 148 | Javier Hernandez | Mexico | Forward |
| 111 | Hulk | Brazil | Forward |
| 110 | Paulinho | Brazil | Midfielder |
| 163 | Dmitri Kombarov | Russia | Defender |
| 73 | Lee Chung-Yong | Korea Republic | Midfielder |
| June 18, 2014 | |||
| 29 | Arjen Robben | Netherlands | Midfielder |
| 30 | Kevin Strootman | Netherlands | Midfielder |
| 16 | Luke Wilkshire | Australia | Midfielder |
| 17 | Tim Cahill | Australia | Midfielder |
| 43 | Arturo Vidal | Chile | Midfielder |
| 44 | David Pizarro | Chile | Midfielder |
| 176 | Cesc Fabregas | Spain | Midfielder |
| 177 | Andres Iniesta | Spain | Midfielder |
| 40 | Samuel Eto’o | Cameroon | Forward |
| 119 | Eduardo | Croatia | Forward |
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Those look tremendous!
I bought 12 packs of World Cup Europe computer code version today at Dollar Tree. I was so happy I saw them and they had them.
I can’t. find any of these. Panini are hard to find at retail stores and no hobby stores around area
It would be a neat contest for people to guess whose card will sell for the most out of all these, maybe bring some interest to the individual players to those like me who know very little about the sport. Thanks Tracy!
I didn’t like the Prizm Football Pylon Auction, and I don’t like this. I might give it a pass if this was some kind of charity event, but doesn’t look like it. Straight Cash Grab.
why are the cards for the world cup are only available to the US?
They’re available for international shipping. We had a mistake on the listing of the initial lot of 10 cards. That option has been corrected going forward.
Why does Panini not offer combine shipping for these cards? I won 5 cards and really don’t want to pay over $50 to ship them within the United States.
We will combine shipping. Our folks will be in touch soon.
Thanks for the update.
when will the next list go up for the upcoming cards