2017 Topps Heritage Baseball Checklist Released

Collectors will flip their clocks back to burlap border time when 2017 Topps Heritage Baseball arrives on March 1. Due out one month after the release of 2017 Series One Baseball, Heritage will continue the ongoing annual salute to baseball card sets of the past, with 1968 Topps next on the agenda.

The 2017 Heritage set will again include 24 packs per box with retail cost expected to land at $60-65.  Each box promises one autograph or relic card and one box loader insert.  A gallery and full 2017 Topps Heritage Baseball checklist are at the bottom of the page.

2017 Topps Heritage Base Set

Topps plans a 500-card base set with 100 of those single printed high numbers.  Base card parallels will include:

• Gray Back # to 10
• Bright Yellow # to 25
• Blue Border # to 50 (hobby only)
• Flip Stock  # to 5 (hobby only)

One hundred cards will have Chrome variations and these parallels:

• Chrome Technology Refractors # to 568
• Blue Border # to 68
• Gold Border # to 5 (hobby only)
• Superfractor  1/1
• Hot Box Refractor (hobby only)

2017 Topps Heritage Autographed Relic Cards

• Clubhouse Collection – Single uniform and bat relic cards to be signed on-card  by active players. Hand-numbered to low quantities.
• Autograph Patch Parallel – Hand-numbered 1/1 (hobby only).
• Clubhouse Collection Dual Auto Relics – A mixture of retired and  active players featuring a relic piece and an on-card autograph. Hand-numbered (hobby only).
• Autograph Patch Parallel – Hand-numbered 1/1 (hobby only)
• Flashbacks Auto Relics – Retired subjects will sign on-card autographs. Card will feature a  highlight from their 1968 season. Hand-numbered.
• Autograph Patch Parallel – Hand-numbered 1/1 (hobby only).

2017 Topps Heritage Autographed Cards

• Real One Autographs – Retired and active players sign on-card autographs in blue ink. Select cards will  feature players that appeared for the last time on a Topps card in 1968.  Nolan Ryan and Johnny Bench, both rookies in the original set, will be prominently featured.  A special dual autograph card numbered to 25, recaptures their original rookie card photos with autographs.
• Real One Special Edition – Hand #’d to 68. Signed in red ink
• Real One Dual Autos – A mixture of retired & active players sign on-card autographs in blue ink.  Hand-numbered (hobby only).
• Real One Triple Autos – A mixture of retired & active players sign on-card autographs in blue ink.  Hand-numbered (hobby only)
• 1968 Topps Posters Box Loader Autos – Styled after the oversized 1968 Topps Posters, featuring  an on-card autograph. Subjects will feature active MLB players. Hand-numbered (hobby only).

2017 Topps Heritage Relic Cards

• Clubhouse Collection –  Single uniform and bat relic cards of active stars.    Gold Color Parallel – #’d to 99   Patch Parallel – Hand-numbered 1/1 (hobby only).
• Clubhouse Collection Dual Relics – Dual uniform and/or bat relic cards featuring  a player from 1968 matched with a current player from the same franchise. Hand-numbered to 68.  Patch Parallel – Hand-numbered 1/1 (hobby only).
• Clubhouse Collection Triple Relic – Triple uniform and/or bat relic cards featuring  players from 1968 matched with current players from the same franchise. Hand-numbered to 25.  Patch Parallel – Hand-numbered 1/1 (hobby only).
• Clubhouse Collection Quad Relic – Quad uniform and bat relic cards featuring players from 1968  matched with a current player from the same franchise. Hand-numbered to 10.  Patch Parallel – Hand-numbered 1/1 (hobby only).

2017 Topps Heritage Coin, Stamp and Cut Signature Cards

• 1968 Mint– Relic cards featuring retired stars from 1968 and current stars along with a coin minted in that year.   Nickel – #’d to 15  Dime – #’d to 10 Quarter – #’d to 5  JFK Silver Half Dollar – #’d 1 of 1.
• 1968 U.S. Postage Stamp Relics – Featuring a vintage photo of an event or player matched with a stamp from 1968. #’d to 50.
• 1968 Baseball Cut Signatures – Featuring players from the 1968 set. #’d 1/1.
• 1968 Celebrity Cut Signatures – Featuring musicians and celebrities that were popular in 1968. #’d 1/1.

2017 Topps Heritage Box Loaders

• 1968 Advertising Panel – 3-card strip (hobby only).
• 1968 Topps Posters – Styled after the oversized 1968 Topps Posters. Limited to 50 (hobby only).
• 1968 Topps 3D – Based on the 1968 Topps 3D set featuring today’s best stars (hobby only).
• 1968 Topps Originals – Original cards from 1968 foil-stamped (hobby only).

2017 Topps Heritage Insert Cards

• New Age Performers – Top current players whose performances have eclipsed the giants of the past. (1:12 packs)
• Then & Now– Statistical comparisons of a 1968 player to a 2016 player (1:20 packs)
• Baseball Flashbacks – Highlights from the 1968 season (1:20 packs)
• News Flashbacks – World news moments from 1968 (1:20 packs)
• 1968 Topps Game – A recreation of the only insert in the  1968 Topps Baseball Set (1:10 packs).  The rookie cards will only be placed in boxes and packs sold at Target stores.

There will no doubt be some unannounced variations that try to mirror some of those in the 1968 Topps set.  

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2017 Topps Heritage Baseball Checklist

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