Dealers and a few collectors are uncovering rare “Diamond Sparkle Variation” cards in 2011 Topps Baseball Series One.
Topps isn’t saying much about the variation, a digital sparkle it added to some cards as part of its 60th anniversary or “diamond” celebration.
The cards are tough to find, according to Beckett which reported they were falling on average of about one per case. However, retail customers have reported pulling them from packs as well.
On the Jeter card at left, the sparkle is on his left elbow.
Over 200 of the variations have already shown up on eBay.
Topps did release the list of cards which have a “diamond sparkle variation”.
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1 |
Ryan |
Braun |
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3 |
Jon |
Lester |
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5 |
Joey |
Votto |
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15 |
David |
Wright |
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20 |
Hanley |
Ramirez |
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23 |
Jaime |
Garcia |
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25 |
Carl |
Crawford |
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35 |
Shin-Soo |
Choo |
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40 |
Justin |
Upton |
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42 |
Mariano |
Rivera |
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44 |
Martin |
Prado |
|
50 |
Alex |
Rodriguez |
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60 |
Andrew |
McCutchen |
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61 |
David |
Price |
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67 |
Vladimir |
Guerrero |
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70 |
Kyle |
Drabek |
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75 |
Jered |
Weaver |
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78 |
Mike |
Stanton |
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80 |
Desmond |
Jennings |
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100 |
Albert |
Pujols |
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102 |
CC |
Sabathia |
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108 |
Zack |
Greinke |
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110 |
Aroldis |
Chapman |
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120 |
Mat |
Latos |
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128 |
Manny |
Ramirez |
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140 |
Brett |
Anderson |
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150 |
Miguel |
Cabrera |
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165 |
Jeremy |
Hellickson |
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166 |
Josh |
Johnson |
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169 |
Chipper |
Jones |
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174 |
Roy |
Oswalt |
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177 |
Brian |
Matusz |
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195 |
Nick |
Markakis |
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200 |
Ichiro |
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|
208 |
Clay |
Buchholz |
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209 |
Carlos |
Santana |
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210 |
Brian |
Wilson |
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214 |
Chase |
Utley |
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216 |
Jose |
Bautista |
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218 |
Victor |
Martinez |
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236 |
Nelson |
Cruz |
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240 |
Andre |
Ethier |
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241 |
Wandy |
Rodriguez |
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247 |
Starlin |
Castro |
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250 |
Carlos |
Gonzalez |
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255 |
Torii |
Hunter |
|
269 |
Stephen |
Drew |
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270 |
Ubaldo |
Jimenez |
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271 |
Adam |
Dunn |
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275 |
Clayton |
Kershaw |
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290 |
Ike |
Davis |
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293 |
Justin |
Morneau |
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294 |
Luke |
Scott |
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299 |
Chris |
Carpenter |
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300 |
Roy |
Halladay |
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307 |
Alex |
Rios |
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315 |
David |
Ortiz |
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320 |
Michael |
Young |
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322 |
Brent |
Morel |
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330 |
Derek |
Jeter |
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