Originally scheduled for an October 9 release, 2019 Topps High Tek baseball arrives Wednesday with a new look. Near the tail end of the 40-plus baseball products to release this year, High Tek is offering more autographs but fewer cards.
A full checklist is at the bottom of the page.
2019 Topps High Tek Configuration
Last year’s product offered a single, 40-card pack with two autographs. This year, you’ll find three packs per box with six cards in each. Base cards and parallels are still a big part of the mix but all three packs should contain an on-card autograph.
Base Set
High Tek’s base set is 112 cards. You won’t find many hot rookies here, but you will find them on the autograph portion of the checklist. As usual with Tek, there are several chase elements in the base set including three different card designs with mutiple pattern variations and these color parallels:
• White Parallel: 1 per pack
• Blue Parallel: 1 per pack
• Green Parallel: Sequentially numbered to 150.
• Purple Parallel: Sequentially numbered to 99.
• Pink Parallel: Sequentially numbered to 75.
• Black Parallel: Sequentially numbered to 50.
• Orange Parallel: Sequentially numbered to 25.
• Red Parallel: Sequentially numbered to 10.
• Gold Parallel: Numbered 1-of-1.
Inserts
There are some new look inserts including ReflecTEK, a salute to retired greats that offers a look back at their careers. Each is numbered to 50 with 1/1 SpecTEKular Diffractor parallels. CelebraTEK is also new this year, with a checklist of current players and a “celebratory theme” according to Topps. They’ll be numbered to 99 with Orange parallels numbered to 25 and also a 1/1 Diffractor possibility. Future TEK is the third newcomer with rookies and future stars featured. Each is numbered to 99 but again there are Orange and Diffractor versions. PortraiTEK offers a frame-style design that “puts a TEK spin on classic portraits.” They’ll be numbered to 50 with Orange and Diffractor parallels.
Autographs
High Tek Autographs will be the most common with these parallels part of the mix:
• Purple Parallel: Sequentially numbered to 99.
• Pink Parallel: Sequentially numbered to 75.
• Black Parallel: Sequentially numbered to 50.
• Orange Parallel: Sequentially numbered to 25.
• Red Parallel: Sequentially numbered to 10.
• Gold Parallel: Numbered 1-of-1.
ReflecTEK Autographs are signed versions of the insert. All will be numbered. CelebraTEK, PortraiTEK and FutureTEK inserts also have signed versions with PortraiTEK being a case hit. PortraiTEK and Future will be numbered to only 50 with 1/1 versions.
TEK Buyback Autographs will feature cards from the original Topps TEK products with a 10-player checklist that showcases 1990s stars including Derek Jeter, Vladimir Guerrero, Frank Thomas, Jeff Bagwell, Randy Johnson and Cal Ripken. They’ll be numbered to 10.
2019 Topps High Tek boxes are on eBay right now for $130-$135.
2019 Topps High Tek Baseball checklist
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