2012 Panini Golden Age Baseball Hobby Box

Honoring more than 100 years of Baseball and American history, Golden Age delivers a timeless collectible tribute featuring:

• Mini parallels with card-back variations.
• Unique box-toppers including Mini pennants fashioned after the 1916 Ferguson Bakery pennants and 5x7 movie poster reprints.
• Buybacks of original classic cards from the 1930's and 1940's.
• Cards containing actual wreckwood believed to be from the deck area of the Titanic.

The Golden Age of Americana is different time periods for different people, and 2012 Golden Age mixes the best of Baseball's past with great athletes from other sports and personalities from other professions.

Find one Historic Signatures per box, and look for at least one Museum Age memorabilia card per box.

Product Highlights

• Autographs and memorabilia pieces from some of the legendary personalities of the past 100-plus years.
• Headlines Cards offer a snapshot of major events in history.
• Box toppers include mini pennants fashioned after the 1916 Ferguson Bakery pennants, or 5x7 movie poster reprints from the Golden Age of cinema (including a very limited number with memorabilia from the actors or actresses).
• Look for Batter-Up cards similar in design to the 1934-1936 originals.
• Mini parallels with card-back variations.

Collection Breakdown

• 150 Commons.
• 25 Shorts Print Variations - Just two per case.
• 150 mini tobacco card parallels - with different collectible backs.
• 50 Historic Signatures.
• 40 Museum Age memorabilia subjects.
• 1 Triple Crown Winners Signature Card.

Museum Age
The sinking of the Titanic remains one of the great tragedies of modern times. Several items from the Titanic were recovered floating at the site, by rescue ships dispatched to the area in search of survivors, including pieces of pine wreckwood believed to be from the deck.

Black Sox Bats
The legend exists that Joe Jackson once played without shoes, thus earning the nickname "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, but he never was without one of this potent bats, some of which earned the name "Black Betsy".

Historic Signatures
Lots of signatures from personalities covering all fields of the Gold Age of America, including Baseball and other sports, entertainment and the political arena.