2012 Panini Elite Extra Edition Baseball Checklist

2012 Panini Elite Extra Edition Baseball: the first Elite Extra Edition under the Panini Elite name, built around 2012 draft picks and on-card prospect autographs

2012 Panini Elite Extra Edition Baseball was released the week of January 21, 2013. Hobby boxes held 20 packs of five cards and were expected to yield six autographs, with randomly seeded hot boxes holding ten. After fifteen years as Donruss Elite, the brand took the Panini Elite name. The product does not feature active Major League players.

What's in the checklist

• Base: 100 draft picks and prospects plus 10 variations, with Aspirations /200 and Status die-cuts from Blue /100 down to Gold /5, and signed die-cuts down to Black Status Signatures 1/1
• Autographed Prospects: cards 101-200, serial-numbered from /299 to /799, with Red Ink /25 and Green Ink /10 parallels. Their unsigned die-cut parallels are the only versions of these cards without an autograph.
• Autographs: Franchise Futures Signatures, Elite Series Signatures, Back to the Future Signatures, Building Blocks Dual and Trio Signatures, and Pick 6 Signatures with six autographs on one card
• USA Baseball: Collegiate National Team Inscriptions /10, 15U Signatures /125 and 18U Signatures /299. The 15U and 18U sets each have a Game Jersey Signatures parallel.
• Inserts: Elite Series, Yearbook, Diamond Kings, Team Panini, Panini High School All-Stars, Building Blocks Dual and Trio, and the Carlos Correa First Overall Pick Jersey /999

Key subjects

Autograph subjects include Carlos Correa, Byron Buxton, Corey Seager, Max Fried, Lucas Giolito, Joey Gallo and Matt Olson. The Collegiate National Team Inscriptions include Kris Bryant, Michael Conforto, Carlos Rodon and Trea Turner.

Grading considerations

The low-numbered signed Status die-cuts and the Carlos Correa, Byron Buxton and Corey Seager autographs are the cards most worth grading. Die-cut edges chip and dent easily, so check them closely before you submit.