2021 Topps Tribute will arrive with the start of the new season.
This time Topps will be paying tribute to itself—and a certain baseball stadium’s most iconic feature.
Due to be released on April 7, it’s once again a higher end product with six hits per box.
A full checklist is available for download below.
2021 Topps Tribute Configuration and Base Set
There’s no real change from a content perspective compared to the 2020 edition. Tribute hobby boxes will carry six packs with 12 base cards and six others from a mix of autographs, autographed relic cards and regular relics.
Look for 100 cards on the Tribute base set checklist when it arrives just prior to release. Topps says there will be 90 active veterans and former greats, along with ten 2021 rookies.
Base card parallels will include:
- Green (# to 99)
- Purple (# to 50)
- Red (# to 10)
- Black (1/1)
Autographed Relic Cards
Certain to be the most talked about feature of 2021 Topps Tribute are the new Green Monster Wall Graphs which will include a tiny piece of the famous left field wall at Fenway Park, with each card also carrying an autograph some “some of the most iconic names to have played in its shadow,” according to Topps. They’ll be serial numbered to 25 with Red parallel versions numbered to 10 and Black parallels that will be 1/1.
Other auto relics include the more standard Autographed Patches that will be numbered to 50, 10 (Red) or 1 (Black) with Prime Patch Autograph Relics and Milestone Relics Black Jumbo Autographs that will both be 1/1.
Autographs
Among the autograph themes are the new Tribute to Topps Autographs, which will feature some classic Topps designs. Serial numbers will vary but parallels include:.
- Purple – #’d to 50
- Orange – #’d to 25
- Red – #’d to 10
- Black – #’d 1-of-1
The standard Tribute Autographs will be the most common signed cards in the product. Serial numbers will vary but there will be plenty of known parallels including:
- Blue – #’d to 150
- Green – #’d to 99
- Purple – #’d to 50
- Orange – #’d to 25
- Red – #’d to 10
- Black – #’d 1-of-1
- Printing Plates – #’d 1-of-1
Engraved Greats Autographs is new for 2021 and will feature award winners from the past.
More elusive will be the parallel versions which include:
- Orange – #’d to 25
- Red – #’d to 10
- Black – #’d 1-of-1
Iconic Perspectives Autographs and League Inauguration will be other autograph subsets, each with three numbered parallels planned including:
- Orange – #’d to 25
- Red – #’d to 10
- Black – #’d 1-of-1
Tribute Tandem Book Cards will pair two players and be numbered to 25 except for Red (# to 10) and 1/1 Black parallels.
Derek Jeter’s partnership with Topps will bring more signed cards of the Hall of Famer in the form of Tribute Career Achievement Award Continuity Autographs that will be 1/1.
Relic Cards
Among the memorabilia cards in 2021 Topps Tribute are Stamp of Approval, Dual and Triple Relics. Each will have these parallel versions:
- Green – #’d to 99
- Purple – #’d to 50
- Orange – #’d to 25
- Red – #’d to 10
- Black – #’d 1-of-1
Milestone Relics will honor some of the career achievements of certain players. They’ll be relatively tough, numbered to just 10.
Box Toppers
Some of those who open Tribute boxes will find Tribute to 1952 buybacks, which will feature original 1952 Topps cards inserted in a 2021 Tribute frame.
You can check current box prices for 2021 Topps Tribute here.
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