Panini America Sheds Light on Short Prints within 2012 Golden Age Baseball Release

Panini America officials on Monday provided some key insight into the many short prints and variations randomly seeded into 2012 Golden Age Baseball, including information on the set's mysterious "white-border" inclusions. The product, live now for roughly two weeks, has resonated with several types of collectors thanks to an eclectic checklist and a unique makeup that includes baseball legends, pop-culture…

Midas Touch: Collector Doug Felber Strikes Vintage Gold in 2012 Golden Age Baseball

Nebraska collector Doug Felber turned 62 yesterday. But his birthday card -- hand-picked by Felber himself -- actually arrived days before, on Christmas eve inside Sports Center Cards & Collectibles in Omaha. That's when Felber experienced nothing less than the pull of a lifetime from a box of Panini America's 2012 Golden Age Baseball. Admittedly, Felber nearly fell off his…

Panini Unwrapped Scavenger Hunt Contest: 2012 Golden Age Baseball (Checklist)

Panini America's Tracy Hackler and Mike Payne sat down with one extremely entertaining (and high-yielding) box of the new 2012 Golden Age Baseball for this special edition of Panini Unwrapped. In addition to pulling cards honoring some of the most beloved figures in sports, entertainment, politics and so much more, the duo also discovered an 80-year-old gem. But you'll have to…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012 Golden Age Baseball (106 Sweet Pics)

What, exactly, is 2012 Golden Age Baseball? That's clearly a rhetorical question, but a good one. 2012 Golden Age Baseball is . . . Marcia Brady and Man o' War and Meadowlark Lemon and minis and massive, movie-poster box-toppers including some embedded with memorabilia. It's Pop-Ups and pop culture and pennants, America's pastime and its presidents. It's what happens when the…

Panini Peek: 2012 Golden Age Baseball

The future of Panini America Baseball is about to embark on a glorious trip back in time, to the golden age of baseball collecting and a checklist that includes the likes of the Loch Ness Monster, Watergate journalist Bob Woodward, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Ty Cobb and cards embedded with wood salvaged from the Titanic. Panini America's 2012 Golden Age Baseball, slated…