It'll be a return to 1971 when 2020 Topps Heritage arrives just as spring training camps are opening. The long-running tribute line that traces Topps' history year-by-year will be celebrating its 20th season. Yes, Heritage now has its own heritage. 2020 Topps Heritage Configuration and Base Set Each pack of Heritage will once again have nine cards with 24 packs … [Read more...]
Topps Rolls out Heritage Mega Boxes with Chrome, Relic Exclusives
Topps Heritage Chrome Mega Boxes are on the market, giving a shiny look to the newly-released product-- but there’s only one place to get them. The 2019 Mega Boxes are being sold at Walmart.com and in stores. They include 15 regular 2019 Heritage packs plus a three-card bonus pack featuring the new Heritage Chrome cards. In all, there are 100 new players not … [Read more...]
2019 Topps Heritage Baseball Preview and Checklist
The clock turns back --or should we say forward-- when 2019 Topps Heritage Baseball once again pays tribute to one of its vintage sets. An annual late winter staple, the next edition of Heritage is all about 1970. A checklist at the bottom of this post. Set for release the week of February 27, Heritage hobby boxes will have 24 packs and again offer one autograph … [Read more...]
2018 Topps Heritage Minors Baseball Preview
Minor League Baseball gets the throwback treatment once again with 2018 Topps Heritage Minors set to return early this fall. Like the big league set that was released over the winter, Heritage Minors will carry a 1969 Topps theme. Each box will have 18 eight card packs that will include one autograph and one memorabilia card. There will also be a three-card box topper … [Read more...]
2018 Topps Heritage High Number Preview
Five months after the launch of the first series, 2018 Topps Heritage High Number baseball will put a wrap on thethrowback product for this season. Picking up where 2018 Heritage left off and numbered 501-725, the base card checklist will consist of rookie call-ups and traded veteran players. Shohei Ohtani will have a base card in the set. The last 25 cards are short-printed … [Read more...]
What’s Hot: The ‘There is No Off-Season Anymore’ Edition
It’s never a boring time at the shop these days which means that we are still in the middle of perhaps the most insane time I have ever seen. I am still seeing unparalleled anticipation for new products and this week might have been the perfect example of what I am talking about. I am sure it will not surprise you to see 2018 Topps Gypsy Queen and 2017 Panini … [Read more...]
What’s Hot: Industry Events X 3 and a Market When Product Trumps Cash
Hello again, fellow card maniacs. I know it has been a bit since we chatted (granted it is really a one-sided conversation) but the last several weeks have been a whirlwind. I recently came back from a trip to Dallas where I attended the third and final industry event of the first quarter. First there was Upper Deck in Orlando, Topps in Phoenix and most recently … [Read more...]
Baseball Card Sorting Robot Could Be Wave of the Future
Fifteen years after giving up baseball card collecting, Jim Parker caught the Topps Heritage baseball card bug in the early 2000s when he saw Kerry Wood, a pitcher for his beloved Chicago Cubs, pictured on a 1953-style card. He has since amassed about a quarter million Heritage cards through buying collections and direct purchase of cases. Over the last decade, he has dealt … [Read more...]
Notes: Heritage Nicknames, Bullpen Agent Dies; Junior Autographs for $3
2018 Topps Heritage boxes have been popping up at retail outlets just ahead of Wednesday’s official hobby shop and online release date. Among the early pulls was one of the short-printed Shohei Ohtani autographs, which was quickly placed on eBay for a hefty price. There are nickname variations, too, with a few already pulled such as “Thor” for Noah Syndergaard, “Mr. … [Read more...]
Topps Heritage 2018 Baseball Preview, Checklist
It was the last year that baseball card packs sold for a nickel. Man walked on the moon. There were four MLB divisions instead of two. And the tumultuous 1960s were about to slide into history. 2018 Topps Heritage Baseball will harken back to a monumental year when the annual throwback product arrives as the calendar turns from February to March. It's all about … [Read more...]