Panini Jabbing at Topps Over "First Living President Auto"

[Card Magnet]

George H made his autograph available on a sheet of stickers. George W's are actually on cards.

If Panini really wants to get into it, Topps had cut autographs of George W years before Americana was even a brand. Essentially, a cut and a sticker are of the same category; something not a card incorporated into a card.

http://paniniamerica.wordpress.com/2011 ... ment-10831

Some revisionist historians near Wall Street are receiving some ill-gotten gains this week by wrongly touting their new George W. Bush autographed card as “the first time ever that a living President has made their autographs available in a trading card product.”

Never let the facts get in the way of a good story, right?

Clearly, that company overlooked, ignored or simply didn’t know about the pioneering autographed trading cards from George H. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, that appeared in Panini America’s popular 2008 Donruss Threads Baseball release, a point not lost on the folks over at Beckett Media. Panini America also produced poignant cards signed by the elder Bush and his wife Barbara that were inserted into 2008 Donruss Americana II.

“Obviously, we were thrilled to deliver the history-making first autographed trading cards of George H. Bush and the former First Lady three years ago,” says Ben Ecklar, Panini America’s Director of Product Development. “That was quite an accomplishment for the entire trading card industry and those cards remain popular with collectors and history buffs all these years later. We’re proud to have played a leadership role in that endeavor that has paved the way for other manufacturers.”

 

[TBTwinsFan]

They have Obama cuts too. I don't think it counts because they were in pre-election products, but one could use such information as an arguement.

 

[hoopster3977]

Hackler must have removed my comment from this twipic. I was the first to repond saying it was a sticker auto, and GHB never touched the card unlike GWB's Ginter.
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My twitter ID is BeertownMania, 3 hours ago.

 

[RITM]

Good to know that Panini has nothing else to be focusing on.

 

[clarkfan]

They must have forgotten about TK Legacy as well:

ON CARD AUTOGRAPHS OF GERALD FORD inserted into packs, not a major market release, but still a great product with on card signatures of a living former president

Here's an example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/TK-LEGACY-MICHI...=US_College_Trading_Cards&hash=item588600de07

 

[A_Pharis]

Maybe Panini can get to getting Machado base out instead of getting into a Twitter pissing contest.

 

[Card Magnet]

They must have forgotten about TK Legacy as well:

ON CARD AUTOGRAPHS OF GERALD FORD inserted into packs, not a major market release, but still a great product with on card signatures of a living former president

Here's an example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/TK-LEGACY-MICHI...=US_College_Trading_Cards&hash=item588600de07

Wow, dropping some heavy knowledge there.

 

[cgilmo]

I would like to remind everyone, including the topps company that we had Dirk Hayhurst first....

suck it topps

 

[metallicalex777]

They must have forgotten about TK Legacy as well:

ON CARD AUTOGRAPHS OF GERALD FORD inserted into packs, not a major market release, but still a great product with on card signatures of a living former president

Here's an example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/TK-LEGACY-MICHI...=US_College_Trading_Cards&hash=item588600de07

Wow, dropping some heavy knowledge there.

Agreed on the knowledge! I would like to point out how funny the serial numbering on that is though: 008/50

 

[brouthercard]

I'm at least glad they aren't bragging about having the first "deceased" president on-card autograph, obtained in person.

 

[vwnut13]

Junichi Tazawa

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[zep33]

There some Tazawa news?

 

[matchpenalty]

No question the Topps A and G Bush is the best looking one. The red ink inscriptions are gonna sell for a mint.

 

[tikitomoka]

The twitter bickering is stupid here just as it was when panini went at UD over the video cards. You'd think they would all have something more important to do than have social networking fights.

 

[RITM]

I see nobody from Panini is rushing to respond to the point about the Legacy card on their comments section.

 

[schmidtfan20]

wait, this was in 2008...was that even Panini or was it still playoff?

 

[tikitomoka]

wait, this was in 2008...was that even Panini or was it still playoff?

fairly sure it was still playoff.

EDIT: http://www.beckett.com/news/2009/03/the ... layoff-lp/

not relevant to their side of the story, though.