2012 Panini Golden Age Baseball Cards
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Set Checklist
2012 Panini Golden Age Baseball Set Checklist
Base Set Checklist
2 Ty Cobb
3 Jack Johnson
4 Theodore Roosevelt
5 Sam Crawford
6 Battling Nelson
7 Titanic
8 W.K. Kellogg
9 Joe Jackson
10 Lefty Williams
11 Buck Weaver
12 Happy Felsch
13 Eddie Cicotte
14 Swede Risberg
15 Chick Gandil
16 Fred McMullin
17 Eddie Collins
18 Buster Keaton
19 Burleigh Grimes
20 Man o' War
21 Bobby Jones
22 John Heisman
23 Rudolph Valentino
24 Dizzy Dean
25 Walter Hagen
26 Jack Dempsey
27 Johnny Weissmuller
28 Spirit of St. Louis
29 Rogers Hornsby
30 Charlie Chaplin
31 Loch Ness Monster
32 Franklin D. Roosevelt
33 Red Grange
34 Jimmie Foxx
35 Arky Vaughan
36 Hindenburg
37 Citation
38 Eddie Arcaro
39 Charlie Gehringer
40 Ted Williams
41 Jackie Robinson
42 Joe DiMaggio
43 Early Wynn
44 Buck Leonard
45 Byron Nelson
46 Ralph Kiner
47 Bill Dickey
48 Eddie Mathews
49 Joe Garagiola
50 Babe Didrikson Zaharias
51 Hal Newhouser
52 Stan Musial
53 Harry Truman
54 Moe Howard
55 Larry Fine
56 Curly Howard
57 The Three Stooges
58 Duke Ellington
59 Bobby Thomson
60 Phil Rizzuto
61 Dwight D. Eisenhower
62 Ben Hogan
63 Ava Gardner
64 Bob Feller
65 Whitey Ford
66 Red Schoendienst
67 Al Kaline
68 Duke Snider
69 Pee Wee Reese
70 Don Larsen
71 Minnie Minoso
72 Jayne Mansfield
73 Tony Kubek
75 Jim Ryun
76 Bill Mazeroski
77 John F. Kennedy
78 Willie McCovey
79 Warren Spahn
80 Dick Fosbury
81 Elizabeth Montgomery
82 Jim Bunning
83 Nancy Lopez
84 Frank Robinson
85 Carl Yastrzemski
86 Denny McLain
87 Bill Russell
88 Luis Aparicio
89 Frank Howard
90 Rusty Staub
91 Earl Weaver
92 Joe Namath
93 Richard Petty
94 Meadowlark Lemon
95 Maureen McCormick
96 Sam Snead
97 Harmon Killebrew
98 Vida Blue
99 Billy Martin
100 Gene Tenace
101 Ron Blomberg
102 Bob Gibson
103 Tom Seaver
104 Barbara Eden
105 John Dean
106 Frankie Frisch
107 Penny Chenery
108 Secretariat
109 Ron Turcotte
110 Catfish Hunter
111 Rollie Fingers
112 Bobby Allison
113 Grace Kelly
114 Seattle Slew
115 Jean Cruguet
116 Mark Spitz
117 Johnny Bench
118 Pete Rose
119 Tony Perez
120 Frank Tanana
121 Bill Walton
122 Al Unser
123 Joe Torre
124 Affirmed
125 Steve Cauthen
126 Nolan Ryan
127 Fred Lynn
128 John Blue Moon Odom
129 Reggie Jackson
130 Lou Piniella
131 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
132 Mickey Lolich
133 Bobby Fischer
134 Thurman Munson
135 Boog Powell
136 Bob Woodward
137 Carl Bernstein
138 Richard Nixon
139 Steve Garvey
140 Maury Wills
141 Nate Colbert
142 Jerry West
143 Gordie Howe
144 Cleon Jones
145 Russell Johnson
146 Dawn Wells
Base SP Variation Set Checklist
2 Jack Johnson
3 Man o' War
4 Bobby Jones
5 Loch Ness Monster
6 Red Grange
7 Citation
8 Joe DiMaggio
9 Babe Didrikson Zaharias
10 Stan Musial
11 Harry Truman
12 Ben Hogan
13 Jayne Mansfield
15 Bill Russell
16 Barbara Eden
17 Secretariat
18 John Dean
19 Ron Turcotte
20 Bobby Allison
21 Seattle Slew
22 Jean Cruguet
23 Affirmed
24 Steve Cauthen
25 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Base Mini Tobacco Parallel Set Checklist
2 Ty Cobb
3 Jack Johnson
4 Theodore Roosevelt
5 Sam Crawford
6 Battling Nelson
7 Titanic
8 W.K. Kellogg
9 Joe Jackson
10 Lefty Williams
11 Buck Weaver
12 Happy Felsch
13 Eddie Cicotte
14 Swede Risberg
15 Chick Gandil
16 Fred McMullin
17 Eddie Collins
18 Buster Keaton
19 Burleigh Grimes
20 Man o' War
21 Bobby Jones
22 John Heisman
23 Rudolph Valentino
24 Dizzy Dean
25 Walter Hagen
26 Jack Dempsey
27 Johnny Weissmuller
28 Spirit of St. Louis
29 Rogers Hornsby
30 Charlie Chaplin
31 Loch Ness Monster
32 Franklin D. Roosevelt
33 Red Grange
34 Jimmie Foxx
35 Arky Vaughan
36 Hindenburg
37 Citation
38 Eddie Arcaro
39 Charlie Gehringer
40 Ted Williams
41 Jackie Robinson
42 Joe DiMaggio
43 Early Wynn
44 Buck Leonard
45 Byron Nelson
46 Ralph Kiner
47 Bill Dickey
48 Eddie Mathews
49 Joe Garagiola
50 Babe Didrikson Zaharias
51 Hal Newhouser
52 Stan Musial
53 Harry Truman
54 Moe Howard
55 Larry Fine
56 Curly Howard
57 The Three Stooges
58 Duke Ellington
59 Bobby Thomson
60 Phil Rizzuto
61 Dwight D. Eisenhower
62 Ben Hogan
63 Ava Gardner
64 Bob Feller
65 Whitey Ford
66 Red Schoendienst
67 Al Kaline
68 Duke Snider
69 Pee Wee Reese
70 Don Larsen
71 Minnie Minoso
72 Jayne Mansfield
73 Tony Kubek
75 Jim Ryun
76 Bill Mazeroski
77 John F. Kennedy
78 Willie McCovey
79 Warren Spahn
80 Dick Fosbury
81 Elizabeth Montgomery
82 Jim Bunning
83 Nancy Lopez
84 Frank Robinson
85 Carl Yastrzemski
86 Denny McLain
87 Bill Russell
88 Luis Aparicio
89 Frank Howard
90 Rusty Staub
91 Earl Weaver
92 Joe Namath
93 Richard Petty
94 Meadowlark Lemon
95 Maureen McCormick
96 Sam Snead
97 Harmon Killebrew
98 Vida Blue
99 Billy Martin
100 Gene Tenace
101 Ron Blomberg
102 Bob Gibson
103 Tom Seaver
104 Barbara Eden
105 John Dean
106 Frankie Frisch
107 Penny Chenery
108 Secretariat
109 Ron Turcotte
110 Catfish Hunter
111 Rollie Fingers
112 Bobby Allison
113 Grace Kelly
114 Seattle Slew
115 Jean Cruguet
116 Mark Spitz
117 Johnny Bench
118 Pete Rose
119 Tony Perez
120 Frank Tanana
121 Bill Walton
122 Al Unser
123 Joe Torre
124 Affirmed
125 Steve Cauthen
126 Nolan Ryan
127 Fred Lynn
128 John Blue Moon Odom
129 Reggie Jackson
130 Lou Piniella
131 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
132 Mickey Lolich
133 Bobby Fischer
134 Thurman Munson
135 Boog Powell
136 Bob Woodward
137 Carl Bernstein
138 Richard Nixon
139 Steve Garvey
140 Maury Wills
141 Nate Colbert
142 Jerry West
143 Gordie Howe
144 Cleon Jones
145 Russell Johnson
146 Dawn Wells
Batter-Up Set Checklist
2 Whitey Ford
3 Man o' War
4 Buck Weaver
5 Harmon Killebrew
6 Jack Johnson
7 Bobby Jones
8 Red Grange
9 Early Wynn
10 Al Kaline
11 Babe Didrikson Zaharias
12 Ben Hogan
13 Jayne Mansfield
15 Walter Hagen
16 Luis Aparicio
17 Billy Williams
18 Ava Gardner
19 Brooks Robinson
20 Eddie Mathews
21 Seattle Slew
22 Jack Dempsey
23 Yogi Berra
24 Nolan Ryan
25 Swede Risberg
Ferguson Bakery Pennant Blue Set Checklist
2 Bobby Allison
3 Joe Jackson
4 Buck Weaver
5 Battling Nelson
6 Man o' War
7 Bobby Jones
8 Spirit of St. Louis
9 Frankie Frisch
10 Dawn Wells
11 Russell Johnson
12 Walter Hagen
13 Harry Truman
14 Red Grange
15 Harry Heilmann
16 Citation
17 Eddie Arcaro
18 Jimmie Foxx
19 Joe Namath
20 Bill Dickey
21 Ted Williams
22 Vida Blue
23 Jackie Robinson
24 Stan Musial
26 Byron Nelson
27 Ben Hogan
28 Ty Cobb
29 The Three Stooges
30 Ava Gardner
31 Sam Snead
32 Babe Didrikson Zaharias
33 Jayne Mansfield
34 Nap Lajoie
35 Frank Robinson
36 Pete Rose
37 Al Kaline
38 Richard Nixon
39 Secretariat
40 Ron Turcotte
41 Richard Petty
42 Seattle Slew
43 Jean Cruguet
44 Affirmed
45 Steve Cauthen
46 Al Unser
47 Johnny Bench
48 Sam Crawford
Ferguson Bakery Pennant Yellow Set Checklist
2 Bobby Allison
3 Joe Jackson
4 Buck Weaver
5 Battling Nelson
6 Man o' War
7 Bobby Jones
8 Spirit of St. Louis
9 Frankie Frisch
10 Dawn Wells
11 Russell Johnson
12 Walter Hagen
13 Harry Truman
14 Red Grange
15 Harry Heilmann
16 Citation
17 Eddie Arcaro
18 Jimmie Foxx
19 Joe Namath
20 Bill Dickey
21 Ted Williams
22 Vida Blue
23 Jackie Robinson
24 Stan Musial
26 Byron Nelson
27 Ben Hogan
28 Ty Cobb
29 The Three Stooges
30 Ava Gardner
31 Sam Snead
32 Babe Didrikson Zaharias
33 Jayne Mansfield
34 Nap Lajoie
35 Frank Robinson
36 Pete Rose
37 Al Kaline
38 Richard Nixon
39 Secretariat
40 Ron Turcotte
41 Richard Petty
42 Seattle Slew
43 Jean Cruguet
44 Affirmed
45 Steve Cauthen
46 Al Unser
47 Johnny Bench
48 Sam Crawford
Headlines Set Checklist
2 Titanic
3 Franklin D. Roosevelt
4 V-J Day
5 Harry Truman
6 Martin Luther King
7 Tom Seaver
8 Apollo 11
9 Bobby Fischer
10 Secretariat
11 Eddie Arcaro
12 Richard Nixon
13 Wall Street
14 Joe Namath
15 Jackie Robinson
Historic Signatures Set Checklist
2 Ron LeFlore
3 Don Larsen
4 Denny McLain
5 Rusty Staub
6 Fred Lynn
7 Ron Turcotte
8 Jean Cruguet
9 Steve Cauthen
10 Lou Piniella
11 Jim Palmer
12 Mickey Lolich
13 Bill Madlock
14 Penny Chenery
15 Vida Blue
16 Jim Ryun
17 Ron Blomberg
18 Nancy Lopez
19 Al Kaline
21 Barbara Eden
22 Bill Walton
23 Ralph Branca
24 Nolan Ryan
25 Frank Tanana
27 Boog Powell
28 Bob Woodward
29 Carl Bernstein
30 John Dean
31 Meadowlark Lemon
33 Joe Torre
36 Mark Spitz
37 Al Unser
38 Gordie Howe
39 Maureen McCormick
40 Bobby Allison
41 Rollie Fingers
42 John Blue Moon Odom
43 Russell Johnson
44 Dawn Wells
46 Maury Wills
47 Steve Garvey
48 Cleon Jones
49 Richard Petty
50 Gene Tenace
Historic Cut Signatures Set Checklist
2 Eddie Arcaro #/ 3
3 Harmon Killebrew #/ 3
4 Richard Nixon #/ 1
5 Moe Howard #/ 1
6 Ben Hogan #/ 1
7 Ted Williams #/ 2
8 Duke Snider #/ 3
9 Bob Feller #/ 3
10 George Burns #/ 3
Museum Age Memorabilia Set Checklist
2 Burleigh Grimes
3 Dizzy Dean
4 Eddie Collins
5 Charlie Chaplin
6 Arky Vaughan
7 Johnny Weissmuller
8 Vida Blue
9 Lou Piniella
10 Ava Gardner
11 Rusty Staub
12 Sam Snead
13 Grace Kelly
14 Minnie Minoso
15 Mary Pickford
16 Ken Boyer
17 Rod Carew
18 Richard Petty
19 Bobby Allison
20 Secretariat
22 Dave Parker
23 Reggie Jackson
24 Maureen McCormick
25 Ted Williams
26 Jayne Mansfield
27 Ron Turcotte
28 Nap Lajoie
29 Carole Lombard
30 Bill Madlock
31 Dawn Wells
32 Russell Johnson
33 Duke Ellington
34 Luis Aparicio
35 Gary Carter
36 Joe Torre
37 Rudolph Valentino
38 Thurman Munson
39 Nellie Fox
40 Pee Wee Reese
Newark Evening World Supplement Set Checklist
2 Nancy Lopez
3 Johnny Bench
4 Citation
5 Man o' War
6 Red Grange
7 Joe Jackson
8 Bob Feller
9 Buck Leonard
10 Buck Weaver
11 Juan Marichal
12 Gary Carter
13 Jayne Mansfield
15 Ron Turcotte
16 Ron LeFlore
17 Bobby Doerr
18 Joe Garagiola
19 Affirmed
20 Bill Russell
21 Jim Ryun
22 Jerry West
23 Jean Cruguet
24 Steve Cauthen
25 Thurman Munson
Triple Crown Winners Tribute Autograph Set Checklist
Jean Cruguet
Steve Cauthen
Movie Poster Box Topper Set Checklist
2 Gary Cooper
3 Humphrey Bogart
4 Marilyn Monroe
5 Marlon Brando
6 Cary Grant
7 Humphrey Bogart
8 Gary Cooper
9 Burt Lancaster
10 Humphrey Bogart
11 John Wayne
12 Gregory Peck
Movie Poster Memorabilia Box Topper Set Checklist
1 Orson Welles
2 Gary Cooper
2 Teresa Wright
3 Mary Astor
3 Humphrey Bogart
4 Marilyn Monroe
4 Jane Russell
5 Vivien Leigh
5 Marlon Brando
6 Cary Grant
6 James Mason
7 Katharine Hepburn
8 Gary Cooper
8 Grace Kelly
9 Donna Reed
9 Burt Lancaster
10 Lauren Bacall
10 Humphrey Bogart
11 John Wayne
12 Gregory Peck
Original Buybacks Set Checklist
Product Details
2012 Panini Golden Age Baseball sees the card maker hop in their proverbial DeLorean and head back to a time when everything cost a nickel and people walked 10 miles to school each day, uphill both ways. It's a trip to the past, combining baseball, history, entertainment and pop culture.
Sound familiar? Perhaps. But it's one of the hobby's most popular formats. There's also a ton of material to cull content from.
The 2012 Panini Golden Age Baseball base set has 150 cards. Twenty-five short print variations fall two per case. Inserted one per pack, mini tobacco cards parallel the set. Different color backs add to the chase.
Historic Signatures include a wide variety of autographs. Confirmed for the 50-card checklist is Bob Woodward, one of the journalists who uncovered the Watergate scandal. Historic Signatures are included one per box. A separate Triple Crown Winners Autograph is signed by Steve Cauthen, Ron Turcotte and Jean Cruguet, the three living jockeys who captured racing's elusive achievement.
Forty Museum Age memorabilia cards dig through history to highlight some of the most significant moments of the 20th Century. Relics include "Shoeless" Joe Jackson bat cards explaining his place in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. A Titanic card comes with pieces of pine from the doomed ocean liner.
Every box of 2012 Panini Golden Age Baseball comes with one of two different box toppers. The first is a set of mini pennants based on the 1916 BF2 Ferguson Bakery Felt Pennants. The second set of box toppers are a series of 5" x 7" movie poster reprints. Random movie poster reprints have memorabilia swatches embedded in them.
Other inserts include Headlines (two per box), Batter-Up (two per box) and cards based on the 1907 Newark Evening News Supplements set (one per box). Every case 2012 Panini Golden Age Baseball has a buyback from the 1930s or 1940s.
Product Configuration: 24 packs per box, 6 cards per pack
Price Point: Mid-End Baseball Card
Target Audience: Old-Time Baseball Fans, Set Builders, Mini Card Collectors, Autograph Collectors, History Buffs
2012 Panini Golden Age Baseball Box Break
- 1 Historic Signatures Autograph
- 1 Museum Age Memorabilia Card
- 2 Headlines Cards
- 2 Batter-Up Cards
- 1 Newark Evening World Supplement
- 1 Box Topper
- 144 Total Cards
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Product Review
2012 Panini Golden Age Baseball Product Review
Reviewed by Jeff Woodward
Good: Solid mix of athletes and historical figures. Nice insert card designs. Mini tobacco cards. Some big-name autographs from all aspects of pop culture. Memorabilia cards including the Titanic and Secretariat.
Bad: Only two guaranteed hits per box. Product is not advertised well as box promotes it as a baseball product, which might steer some people in the wrong direction.
The Bottom Line: 2012 Panini Golden Age Baseball is a decent release for some and not so good for others. If you are into collecting historical cards from a baseball product, this is the perfect box for you. It might rival others like Allen & Ginter, but none of those are my favorites. I would prefer companies put out products under different categories when there is so much variation in it. Case in point, this was a baseball box and I received an autograph from a golfer and a memorabilia card from an actress. That's not my idea of fun if I am going to open a box of baseball cards.
Card Design: 3.0/5.0
For me, this is the highlight of the product. The cards combine the feel and look of Allen & Ginter and Americana. They are well designed with a nice vintage feel. They have a light color border with a classy name plate and product name near the bottom of the card. The pictures in the product are pretty well done. They are all touched up, similar to other products. The black an white photography in the product is nice. Some still look as though they have been colorized. They would have been better off sticking with the black and white for those.
Mini cards have very similar designs to the base cards.The Headlines insert are designed as black and white newspaper headlines. I'm not a fan of the black and white Newark Evening World Supplement inserts as they are bland. Batter Up inserts are cutout stand-up cards of an old-time baseball players and pop culture figures that takes collects back to the old days of card collecting. I'm not overly crazy about the pennant cards. It is inserted as a box topper and seems a bit odd to even have a pennant card of an actress, when those were typically a staple of baseball collecting.
Overall a pretty decent variation in the design of the cards and inserts. The memorabilia cards have a jersey swatch, piece of clothing, wooden planks, and more. The autographs are on-card, which is a plus.
Checklist: 2.5/5.0
The checklist for this product is pretty good. There is a wide variety of everything in here: baseball, basketball, football, hockey, racing, golf, boxing, other sports, presidents, celebrities, actors, and more. There are some good names in the autograph list, but nothing that is going to make me go out and buy a ton of this stuff. Again, that is personal preference when it comes to these mixed sport/historical products. There will be a lot of people that will like the low-end cut signatures from the likes of Richard Nixon and George Burns, and the Triple Crown Winner Tribute autographs, but they're not really my cup of tea. The tobacco minis and the pennant cards give the product something else to look forward to, but these are things I am seeing in other similar products.
Value: 2.5/5.0
There is more potential here than value. I always look at the cards pulled and see what could have been pulled. For a baseball product to produce a golf autograph and an actress memorabilia card makes me not want to call this a baseball product at all. I know the majority of the overall cards are baseball I'd prefer that everything were baseball. While there is the potential to pull something like a Ted Williams, Duke Snider or Bob Feller cut autograph, the low print runs make it tough. For my money, if I buy a baseball product, I want more baseball cards in it.
The Fun Factor: 2.5/5.0
For the right collector, there is some fun to be had with 2012 Panini Golden Age Baseball. The cards have a decent design. But the risk of getting no baseball hits brings the fun factor down quite a bit. I would much prefer that I had more potential for a hit in a sport that I actually collect. This product absolutely has its place in the hobby, and there are collectors that will love busting boxes. I just not one of them as I prefer products that focus on a single sport.
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