The 2013 Topps Rookie Finest Redemption bonus hits were announced on Wednesday. The 20th anniversary edition of one of Topps' most successful brands has one on-card Autographed Rookie Refractor and one Autographed Rookie Jumbo Relic in each mini box and they’ll also offer a crack at one of three younger stars who’ve signed special auto redemption cards. The checklist for … [Read more...]
Topps Scolds Hobby Shops for Selling Cards from 2012 Kickoff Packs
[View the story "Topps Scolds Hobby Shops for Selling Kickoff Cards" on Storify]Topps Scolds Hobby Shops for Selling Kickoff CardsThe Topps Company sent promotional packs to hobby shops for a kickoff week giveaway but a few opened them and put the cards on eBay. When the company found out, they took to Twitter to express frustration.Storified by Sports Collector · Wed, … [Read more...]
Three Names Now on Topps’ PRIME 9 List
Topps has announced that the PRIME 9 subject redeemable for week 2 (Redemption card # 2) was superstar first baseman Albert Pujols. And week 3’s subject is Jackie Robinson. On a weekly basis, the company is designating a “Prime 9 Player of the Week”. Collectors holding the corresponding Prime 9 Redemption card for that week can bring the card to their participating … [Read more...]
2011 Topps Heritage National Wrapper Redemption Cards Announced
Topps announces it will issue 5 rookie cards (via wrapper redemption) at this year’s National Collector’s Convention that were not included in 2011 Topps Heritage Baseball. Each card will be sequentially numbered to just 299 copies and one subject will be given out per day. To obtain any one of these cards, collectors must open 5 packs of 2011 Topps/Bowman branded … [Read more...]
2011 Topps Prime 9 Redemption Card #1 Announced
Topps 2011 Prime 9 program is underway with the company announcing that Hall of Famer Johnny Bench is the first redemption card in the promotion. The Bench Chrome Refractor is the first of nine cards that can be collected by those holding the corresponding Prime 9 Redemption card for that week. Collectors can bring the card to their participating local HTA store and … [Read more...]
Guest Columnist: Tired of Sports Card Company Promises
Guest column by Jamie Kennedy Ah, the biggest pull in this week’s monster release, 2011 Bowman Baseball, is not a six-colored patch, nor a nor a beautiful on-card auto of one of the biggest prospects in the last 20 years. No, the biggest pull...is an IOU. A Bryce Harper auto IOU currently at $800 with less than two days to go nonetheless. Yep, just like the ones we … [Read more...]
Blog: Expired Redemption Bummer, Rings Found, Draft Contest
Topps giving away vintage cards inside it's unopened packs isn't a new idea. Long-time collectors will recall the company's 1991 50th anniversary celebration, which included redemption cards. There are a lot of those boxes still in various unopened states. One collector recently decided to bust one open and won a huge prize. Or would have if it were still … [Read more...]
2011 Topps Wrapper Redemption Autos Unveiled
Are you saving your wrappers? You should. We're getting our first look at some of the randomly seeded autographed cards that are one of the highlights of the 2011 Topps Series One Wrapper Redemption program. The bonus redemption idea has been fairly popular for Topps, which has had some sort of offer going for its lower-end baseball products on a regular basis lately. For … [Read more...]
Strasburg’s Topps Million Redemption Cards Averaging $345
Topps capitalized on Stephen Strasburg mania by getting a photo of his first big league pitch and putting it on a baseball card, available during the rookie's winning performance against the Pirates June 8. Now, those cards are popping up on eBay. Collectors who unlocked their Series One or Two "Topps Million Card Giveaway" code on winning game cards had a shot at winning … [Read more...]
Cubs’ Castro Tabbed as Finest Redemption #3
Topps has picked recently called up Chicago Cubs' shortstop Starlin Castro as the #3 card in the Finest Rookie Redemption series. The young prospect joins Justin Heyward and Ike Davis on the list thus far. The other seven players will be released over the next few weeks. Each Master Box of Topps Finest includes one Rookie Redemption. In addition, collectors can … [Read more...]