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When it comes to international summer blockbusters, last week’s release of Jurassic World will be hard to beat at the box office with an estimated global take of more than $524 million during its record-shattering opening weekend. But if you’re talking about international collecting blockbusters, well, Panini America’s upcoming 2014-15 Gala Basketball just might make trading-card history.
Panini America’s first high-end NBA release made exclusively for international distribution, 2014-15 Gala Basketball is a big-budget thriller packed with big-screen qualities, marquee-ready names, great special effects and an out-of-this-country scarcity that will have domestic collectors scrambling to get so much as a glimpse.
Due to arrive only in international locations later this summer, each five-card box of 2014-15 Gala Basketball will deliver three on-card autographs, one memorabilia card and one base card — and every card in the set is numbered to 99 or less. Other highlights of the product include . . .
- Rising stars take center stage on Rookie Cards sequentially numbered to just eight.
- Gala features five on-card autograph sets and three memorabilia inserts, all featuring designs fit for the big screen.
- Find the NBA’s headliners and up-and-coming stars in Cinematic Signatures and Cinematic Rookie Signatures, two innovative new sets showcasing on-card signatures of the game’s best and brightest with a wide-angle action shot printed on a holographic/acetate combo card.
- Panini America’s star-studded stable of exclusive athletes headlines Gala’s Award Winning Autographs, Silver Screen Signatures and Starring Role Signatures inserts; every autograph in Gala is numbered to 60 or less.
- A 100-card base set featuring 83 veterans (numbered to 99) and 17 rookies (numbered to eight).
We’ll have plenty more to preview on 2014-15 Gala Basketball in the coming days right here on The Knight’s Lance. But for now, consider the following gallery — including world-premiere reveals of the first returned autographs — your official Gala trailer. Enjoy.
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