Topps has released details for 2018 Transcendent Baseball, the ultra-limited annual release that comes with a party invitation and a colossal price tag. 2018 Topps Transcendent Basics Launched three years ago, Transcendent returns with a print run of just 83 boxed sets and a price that's usually around $25,000. The number 83 is a shout out to the 35th anniversary … [Read more...]
Topps Transcendent Will Be Most Expensive Baseball Cards Ever Made
Talk about exclusive. 2016 Topps Transcendent Baseball is definitely the priciest item the company has ever put out. And a collector is going to need lottery-like money to afford it. How expensive? Try somewhere around $25,000. Every box of this premium — no, super premium product — comes in its own polished aluminum briefcase, limited to 65 total (to honor Topps’ 65 … [Read more...]
2016 Topps “The Mint” is for High Rollers
If you drive a Benz, never have dinner without fine wine and your furniture is made of rich Mahogany, you’ll appreciate the marketing push behind 2016 Topps ‘The Mint’ Baseball, which released this week. The company went the ‘luxury’ route in introducing the new product, one it teased during last spring's Industry Summit in Hawaii. Pre-order pricing is currently running … [Read more...]
Upper Deck’s New $15,000 Box of Cards
With the release of its 2015 All-Time Greats Master Collection, Upper Deck admits to “blurring the boundary between trading cards and artistic collectibles”. Set for release Friday, it’s not for your average collector—unless he’s won the Powerball. Limited to 200, Master Collection is actually housed inside a large, numbered African Ribbon Mahogany box and contains over … [Read more...]
Topps Tier One Arrives
2015 Topps Tier One is out, with the high-end product offering two autographs or auto relics and one relic card per pack. Topps says it will be packaging “a percentage” of the product for sale in Japan. It's the latest in the annual line of products from the New York-based company that began in the winter with their flagship 2015 Topps Series 1 issue. Single and dual … [Read more...]
What’s Hot? NT is IT
Hello fellow card maniacs! (that’s how I start my weekly email to customers that’s been going out for 10+ years). It was a banner week for high-end collectors last week with Panini National Treasures NFL, Upper Deck Exquisite NFL, Topps Five Star NFL and Topps Museum Collection MLB hitting in a three-day span. While I did not break my UPS carrier’s back, my credit card got … [Read more...]
What’s Hot in the Shop: Dynasty Delivers
Earlier this summer when Topps approached hobby shops with the opportunity to order one five-box case of 2014 Topps Dynasty baseball, I have to admit part of me was wondering what I was doing when I clicked in my order on the Topps dealer website. There would be just one card in each pack at a hefty price point. One. With Topps Sterling a few years back, there were at least … [Read more...]
2014 Topps Tier One Box Break/Review
We started our Topps Tier One break knowing the big selling points were the on card autographs and the bat knob cards. Collectors love the former and the secondary market for the bat knob cards continues to be pretty strong. The clear acetate cards with Hall of Famer autographs on them have also been well received. At a price point that’s within reach of most (but not all) … [Read more...]
Topps Offers Sneak Peek of 2014 Triple Threads
2014 Topps Triple Threads Baseball will pack the usual two packs per box when the higher end product arrives the week of September 10. Each master box will have an Autographed Triple Relic card, numbered to 99 or less, a non-signed Triple Relic card numbered to 36 or less, a Unity Autographed Jumbo Relic card numbered to 99 or less and a Unity Jumbo Relic numbered to 36 or … [Read more...]