Back for another year as one of the year’s high-end brands, 2021 Topps Icons Baseball is set for release on July 7, with its all-hits format intact. A full checklist is available at the bottom of this story.
2021 Topps Diamond Icons Configuration
Diamond Icons is for those who are willing to pony up some serious cash, knowing they’ll be pulling a bunch of autographs. Nothing’s different from last year in terms of what’s inside a box. Eschewing base cards, Icons packs seven regular signed cards, two autographed relic cards and one unsigned relic into a 10-card, single pack box. Cases will hold four boxes.
Topps promises that all autographs will be signed on-card–no stickers.
The cost you can expect to pay is hard to know in the current market, but expect at least a low four-figure price for a box.
Autographs
All standard autographs will be numbered to 25 or less, with Red and Silver ink versions possible. Parallels include: Purple (# to 10); Red (# to 5) and Gold (1/1).
Cut Signature cards will be numbered to 4 with 1/1 Gold parallels. Immortal Cut Signatures, featuring some all-time baseball greats will be 1/1.
Autographed Relics
Autographed Jumbo Patches will be numbered to 25 or less with Purple (# to 10); Red (# to 5) and 1/1 Gold parallels.
Single and Dual-Player Autographed Relics will be numbered to 10 or less with Red and Gold parallels.
Single-Player, Dual Team Autographed Relics and Autographed Dual Relics will feature game-used memorabilia from two different MLB teams with Red and Gold parallels.
New this year are Autographed Diamond in the Rough Relics, which feature an autograph alongside a single uncut diamond. They’ll be numbered to 5 with 1/1 Gold parallels.
Standard Autographed Diamond Relics will be numbered to 10 or less with 1/1 Golds.
Dual Autographed Diamond Relic Book Cards and Autographed Preeminent Pieces Relics (game-used cleats with player autographs on them) will both be limited to three copies along with 1/1 Gold parallels.
Relic Cards
The big hits here will include MLB Logo Patch cards that are 1/1.
Diamond in the Rough relics will carry a single diamond and be numbered to 5 or 1.
Diamond Relics carry four diamond pieces and will be numbered to 5 or 1.
Single-Player Relics fall one per box and will include Red (# to 5) and 1/1 Golds versions.
Dual-Player Dual Relic Book Cards and Preeminent Pieces Relics will be numbered to 10 with the dual books having Red and Gold parallels and the Preeminent Pieces having 1/1 Spikes parallels.
2021 Topps Diamond Icons Baseball Checklist
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