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2012 Topps Finest Baseball Rookie Autographs Visual Guide

2012 Topps Finest Baseball Rookie Autographs Visual Guide

Since Topps debuted the Finest brand back in 1993, Refractors have been a huge part of every release. Over the years, the Refractor rainbows have grown but the same basic principle of shiny goodness remains. Adding ink and low serial numbers to the mix, 2012 Topps Finest Baseball Rookie Autographs bring together a lot of the hallmarks of the modern hobby.

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Including all the different parallels, 2012 Topps Finest Baseball Rookie Autographs fall one per 12-pack master box. Numbered to 198, all are printed on Refractor stock. Oddly, a couple of the parallel sets are numbered higher than the regular versions. X-Fractors are numbered to 299 and Green Refractors are numbered to 199. Yes, the base versions are tougher to find than some of the parallels.

Other parallels for the 2012 Topps Finest Baseball Rookie Autographs include Orange Refractors (#/99), Gold Refractors (#/50), Red Refractors (#/25), Atomic Refractors (#/5), Printing Plates (1/1), and SuperFractors (1/1).

According to the final checklist released by Topps, there are 21 cards in the 2012 Topps Finest Baseball Rookie Autographs set. However, as of this post, to our knowledge not a single signed card of Hisashi Iwakuma has surfaced.

The big draws in the set are Bryce Harper and Yu Darvish. Other highlights include Jesus Montero and Matt Moore.

It's also worth noting that all of these cards are in packs, meaning there are no redemptions to deal with.

2012 Topps Finest Baseball Rookie Autographs Visual Checklist

AR-AR Addison Reed, Chicago White Sox

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AR-ARO Austin Romine, New York Yankees

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AR-BD Brian Dozier, Minnesota Twins

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AR-BH Bryce Harper, Washington Nationals

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AR-DB Dellin Betances, New York Yankees

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AR-DM Devin Mesoraco, Cincinnati Reds

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AR-DH Drew Hutchison, Toronto Blue Jays

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AR-DS Drew Smyly, Detroit Tigers

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AR-HI Hisashi Iwakuma, Seattle Mariners

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AR-JT Jacob Turner, Detroit Tigers

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AR-JPA Jarrod Parker, Oakland Athletics

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AR-JM Jesus Montero, Seattle Mariners

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AR-JP Jordan Pacheco, Colorado Rockies

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AR-KS Kirk Nieuwenhuis, New York Mets

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AR-LH Liam Hendriks, Minnesota Twins

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AR-MM Matt Moore, Tampa Bay Rays

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AR-RL Ryan Lavarnway, Boston Red Sox

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AR-TM Tom Milone, Oakland Athletics

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AR-TW Tsuyoshi Wada, Baltimore Orioles

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AR-WP Wily Peralta, Milwaukee Brewers

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AR-YD Yu Darvish, Texas Rangers

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2012 Topps Finest Baseball Rookie Autographs Visual Guide 21Making purchases through affiliate links can earn the site a commission
Ryan is a former member of The Cardboard Connection Writing Staff.   His collecting origins began with winter bike rides to the corner store, tossing a couple of quarters onto the counter and peddling home with a couple packs of O-Pee-Chee hockey in his pocket. Today, he continues to build sets, go after inserts with cool technologies, chase Montreal Expos and finish off his John Jaha master collection.

User Comments

austin
austin

why is betances and romaine rookies? romaine is in single a tampa and betances is in AA trenton??

Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell

Betances played in two games last year and Romaine was in 9. That makes both eligible for rookie cards in 2012.

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