What's the story behind this Kobe auto?

johnyensmith123 · 10-14-2022, 01:56 PM

Came across a buyback Kobe auto on eBay yesterday that I found interesting. It says Paramount Flashback 4/4 auto. Is that some kind of special buyback program that Panini ran a few years ago? It does have the Mamba 24 sticker on the back that they have for all Kobe autos and a faint stamp on the front on the top-right. Looks nice, but haven't seen these buybacks before. Anyone know the story behind these?

Laurent · 10-14-2022, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by johnyensmith123

Came across a buyback Kobe auto on eBay yesterday that I found interesting. It says Paramount Flashback 4/4 auto. Is that some kind of special buyback program that Panini ran a few years ago? It does have the Mamba 24 sticker on the back that they have for all Kobe autos and a faint stamp on the front on the top-right. Looks nice, but haven't seen these buybacks before. Anyone know the story behind these?

Nope, there are buyback cards inserted into the panini paramount collection, an official product....i got one from John Wall also...

2014-15 Paramount Buyback Autographs 1of1 #24 John Wall (on 2013-14 Court Kings Squires #4 John Wall/175) (Wizards)

kingofsnake · 10-14-2022, 02:23 PM

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Nope, there are buyback cards inserted into the panini paramount collection, an official product....i got one from John Wall also...

I agree with Laurent. Paramount had roughly one buyback per case - pretty cool cards, I thought.

johnyensmith123 · 10-14-2022, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Laurent

Nope, there are buyback cards inserted into the panini paramount collection, an official product....i got one from John Wall also...

2014-15 Paramount Buyback Autographs 1of1 #24 John Wall (on 2013-14 Court Kings Squires #4 John Wall/175) (Wizards)

Ah okay that makes sense, that's a very nice Wall

Yeah I really like the cards they chose, the Wall and Kobe cards look nice to begin with

Frog · 10-15-2022, 12:41 AM

Is it Panini that handwrites the serial numbers on these? I always wondered and figured they did and not the players.

PSA2Pac · 10-15-2022, 12:58 AM

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Is it Panini that handwrites the serial numbers on these? I always wondered and figured they did and not the players.

Always been curious about this too, but guessing the players aren’t numbering em.

kingofsnake · 10-15-2022, 01:20 AM

Am pretty sure Panini writes the numbers on them.

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johnyensmith123 Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 1,749	What's the story behind this Kobe auto? Came across a buyback Kobe auto on eBay yesterday that I found interesting. It says Paramount Flashback 4/4 auto. Is that some kind of special buyback program that Panini ran a few years ago? It does have the Mamba 24 sticker on the back that they have for all Kobe autos and a faint stamp on the front on the top-right. Looks nice, but haven't seen these buybacks before. Anyone know the story behind these? Last edited by johnyensmith123; 10-14-2022 at 04:10 PM.

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