With the promise of more on card autographs than in past years, 2013 Topps Finest Football is now on the drawing board. The product, set to be released in August, is an annual tradition dating back to the 1990s and the general concept remains: Refractors, autographed relic cards, plenty of rookie cards and a few surprises.
Featuring 12 packs spaced out over two mini boxes for a little over $100, you can expect Finest to yield a total of 60 cards, with the focus pressed firmly on this year’s rookie class.
Every master box of Finest Football will include:
•1 Rookie Autograph Patch Card
•1 Autograph Jumbo Relic Card
•2 Die-Cut Finest Atomic Refractor Rookie Cards
•2 Finest Moments Insert Cards
The Rookie Refractor Autographed Patch Cards checklist will include up to 40 NFL rookies featured with a multi-color patch and signature on Finest refractor technology.
Also expect to see these randomly inserted:
• Blue Refractor Parallel: Sequentially numbered to 99
• Red Refractor Parallel: Sequentially numbered to 75
• Gold Refractor Parallel: Sequentially numbered to 50
• BCA Refractor Parallel – JUMBO PATCH: Sequentially numbered to 10
• Military Refractor Parallel – JUMBO PATCH: Sequentially numbered to 10
• Black Refractor Pigskin N FL Shield Parallel: Featuring the NFL shield from an NFLPA Rookie Premiere football. Numbered 1/1
• Black Refractor N FL Shield Logo Parallel: Numbered 1/1
• SuperFractor Jumbo Patch Parallel: Numbered 1/1
There will be up to 50 rookie and veteran NFL players featured on autographed cards with a jumbo jersey relic swatch in the Autographed Jumbo Relic Refractor group. Look for:
• Blue Refractor Parallel: Sequentially numbered to 99
• Red Refractor Parallel: Sequentially numbered to 75
• Gold Refractor Parallel: Sequentially numbered to 50
• Prism Refractor PATCH Parallel: Sequentially numbered to 25
• X-Fractor PATCH Parallel: Sequentially numbered to 15
• Black Refractor Swoosh PATCH Parallel: Numbered 1/1
• SuperFractor TEAM PATCH Parallel: Numbered 1/1
Among those relics will be some premium content including:
- Dual Autograph Dual Relic: Up to 20 cards feature two collectible players with a jersey relic swatch and an autograph from each. Sequentially numbered to 10
- Dual Autograph Dual Patch SuperFractor – Numbered 1/1
- Triple Autograph Triple Relic: Up to 10 cards featuring three collectible players with a jersey relic swatch and an autograph from each. Sequentially numbered to 1 0
- Triple Autograph Triple Patch SuperFractor – Numbered 1/1
- Rookie Refractor Quad Autograph Patch Book Card: Up to 5 cards featuring four rookie autographs and multi-color patch swatches from each on a Finest refractor book card. Numbered 1/1
The base set will include 100 veterans and 50 rookie cards.
Among the bonus hits this year will be Uncut Sheet Redemptions featuring uncut sheets of veteran and rookie base forms including Refractor and X-Fractor parallels.
There will be a Mystery Rookie Autograph Redemption that will include an autographed rookie card of a player to be announced during the 2013 season. Check out the sell sheet, 2013 Topps Finest Football checklist (preliminary) and sample images below.
Sell Sheet for 2013 Topps Finest Football
2013 Topps Finest Football Checklist
