If you like your cards with as little clutter as possible, Topps has a little something for you this year. 2024 Series 1 Baseball (and presumably Series 2 and Update) will have a design variation that offers a borderless design with none of the usual graphics on the front: no team name, player position or even the player's name--just the Topps logo in the upper … [Read more...] about 2024 Topps Series 1 Baseball Preview
2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball
2023 Topps Chrome Sapphire Released
The shiny blue is back. 2023 Topps Chrome Sapphire was released to the general public Wednesday via Topps’ website. The annual release is one of the few products where the focus remains on the base cards, with no autographs, memorabilia cards or other distractions. There’s no doubt Chrome Sapphire cards are pretty. The blue hues definitely stand out in a … [Read more...] about 2023 Topps Chrome Sapphire Released
Josh Jung Prospect, Rookie Cards: Top Picks, Hottest Auctions
It's taken a few years since they first appeared in draft oriented products but after waiting through a lost season due to COVID and battling through two straight years of injuries, Josh Jung baseball cards are back on collectors' radar. Jung, the Texas native who seems to have cemented himself as the starting third baseman for the Rangers, is making up for lost time. Voted … [Read more...] about Josh Jung Prospect, Rookie Cards: Top Picks, Hottest Auctions
2023 Topps Chrome Baseball Preview
Topps Chrome Baseball returns for 2023, with an expected release date the week of July 26. The release date coincides with the National Sports Collectors Convention. Collectors who go all in can once again choose from hobby boxes or jumbos. A hobby box of '23 Topps Chrome will feature 24 packs, with four cards per pack. Jumbos will have 12 packs and 13 cards per pack; one of … [Read more...] about 2023 Topps Chrome Baseball Preview
5 Corbin Carroll Prospect and Rookie Card Picks and Most Watched Auctions
Corbin Carroll, the 22-year old rookie sensation for the Diamondbacks, has had the attention of card collectors since his call up late last season. Carroll backed up his cup of coffee last season with a campaign that could net him a Rookie of the Year award, if not a National League MVP. His odds of winning the latter went from +20000 to +2500 between June 8a and June 12. If he … [Read more...] about 5 Corbin Carroll Prospect and Rookie Card Picks and Most Watched Auctions
2023 Topps Series 2 Preview, Checklist
Topps continues to use the same formula it has for years in its flagship baseball set. 2023 Series 2 Baseball will be a continuation of what collectors found in Series 1, with some new rookies and inserts thrown into the mix. The product is scheduled to go live the week of June 7. A hobby box will feature 24 packs, with 14 cards to a pack. Every hobby box will also contain a … [Read more...] about 2023 Topps Series 2 Preview, Checklist
These Guys Broke 300 Topps Cases in Search of Golden Mirror Parallels, $250K Bounty
When Blowout Cards put out a $250k bounty for the complete set of the 2023 Topps Baseball 330-card Golden Mirror Image SSP, it landed right at the feet of Minnesota-based card company Real Sportscards. Voted Breaker of the Year at the Beckett Industry Summit from 2019-21, Real Breaks, the breaking division of Real Sportscards, had been developing its new … [Read more...] about These Guys Broke 300 Topps Cases in Search of Golden Mirror Parallels, $250K Bounty
Notes: Home Burglar Steals from Collector; Topps’ Markets via J-Rod and Strikes Deal for 24 Hours of LeMans, Burdick Cards on Exhibit
A collector in Minnesota is hoping to recover dozens of cards stolen in a home burglary Tuesday afternoon. Brent Moos, who works at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, says someone broken down his front door and stole a variety of rookie cards and other items valued at around $10,000. "I had slowly accrued these cards over the past 15-20 years and was hoping to give them to my … [Read more...] about Notes: Home Burglar Steals from Collector; Topps’ Markets via J-Rod and Strikes Deal for 24 Hours of LeMans, Burdick Cards on Exhibit
First Look: 2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball
They haven’t come with gum for more than 30 years now, but if you’re of a certain age, you’ll still feel the urge to blow a bubble or two at this time every year. Arriving like clockwork for longer than the majority of us have been alive, Topps Baseball is back for another season. You can find an overview of the packaging, parallels, insert and autograph subsets and … [Read more...] about First Look: 2023 Topps Series 1 Baseball
2023 Topps Series 1 Checklist Released
The information for 2023 Topps baseball cards has arrived-- several months later than normal-- but that doesn't mean wholesale changes are coming to Series 1. Even with Fanatics fully in charge, it'll be similar in content to what collectors have come to expect. The release date for Series 1 is set for Feb. 15, just as spring training camps are opening in Florida and … [Read more...] about 2023 Topps Series 1 Checklist Released