Panini Announces Plans for Outstanding Kobe Bryant Autograph Redemptions
Kobe Bryant’s sudden passing in January created a lot of holes. While most are emotional, there are some more practical things to be taken care of. To that end, Panini has announced plans for the remaining Kobe Bryant autograph redemptions.
Depending on the card, it involves a couple of different things.
Some autographs are available that, wherever possible, collectors will receive. Panini said they will do what they can to match up the exact card from the redemption, however this won’t be the case for all. In those where it can’t be done, they said they’ll do their best to do something comparable.
2020 Panini Kobe Bryant Redemption Packs
In the instances where no autographs are available, the card maker is creating special 2020 Panini Kobe Bryant Redemption packs. Six exclusive cards are in each pack.
The first five are an assortment of 2019-20 Panini Mosaic Basketball parallels befitting Black Mamba:
- Purple Snakeskin – /24
- Purple and Gold Snakeskin – /20
- Gold Snakeskin – /8
- Black Snakeskin – 1/1
The final card comes from a new Kobe Career Highlights set only available here. The checklist has 48 cards, each looking at one of Bryant’s many accomplishments. Done on chrome stock similar to Prizm. Base Purple versions have 24 copies each. Additional parallels include:
- Purple and Gold – /20
- Gold Snakeskin – /10
- Gold – /8
- Black – 1/1
Panini plans to start shipping Kobe Bryant Redemption packs in December.
why is my kobe #50 from the Mosaic Snakeskin? if only 1-48
@Jason – Not knowing the card, but it’s possible Panini expanded the checklist from the originally announced 48 cards. They haven’t released a checklist yet and people are only just starting to receive their cards.
WHAT A JOKE GIVE ME 6 CARDS INSTEAD OF MYN KOBE AUTO BAD DECISION ALL THE WAY AROUND SEND ME A LEBRON AUTO SOMETHING BETTER THAN THIS VERY UPSET
@Adam – LeBron has had an exclusive autograph deal with Upper Deck since his rookie season.
Which boxes can you get the Kobe redemptions from reg 2019-20 select box, fotl or both
Does anyone know if there’s been an update on these? I pulled a premium blue shimmer auto redemption after being out of the hobby for a decade and have since been reading horror stories of redemptions not being honored for several years with no response from Panini. Makes me leery about buying more Panini products, but unfortunately they’re the only game in town for NBA…
@Nathan – Panini has sent out their remaining Kobe Bryant autographs I believe.
How many collectors have experienced a 3+ year wait for a Kobe Bryant autograph only to falsely raised hopes when this announcement broke from Panini? I am still waiting for a replacement. At this point, 9 months since the announcement and 4 years since my redemption, will I ever get anything from Panini? So far no response from emails, phone messages, and haven’t actually spoken with a Panini representative going on two years now when calling every few months.
Still waiting on my auto redemption to be fulfilled with something…don’t know what at this point and it’s been more than a year