Topps and FOX Sports are collaborating with some of the artists who’ve contributed cards for Project 70 and Project 2020 to produce some original artwork and short-form content that will be highlighted during baseball broadcasts this season. The work will be seen during Baseball Night in America, the upcoming All-Star Game and related programming throughout the … [Read more...]
Editor’s Blog: Topps Breaks Down Finances; Looks to Future
When Topps announced its decision to combine forces with an acquisition company on Tuesday, the company offered some interesting details on its finances and future plans. In touting the initiatives that led to its current valuation, Topps revealed it make a $92 million profit in 2020—a strange and unexpected time in which the sports card market exploded in the midst of a … [Read more...]
Topps Launches Project70 with Betts, Tatis, Ruth
Topps has launched its Project70 series with the first three cards including a baseball icon and two active stars. The initiative is part of Topps' 70th anniversary, but also similar to last year's Project2020 on-demand program. Project70 will utilize 51 different artists and creatives to create the cards. Nineteen of the 20 artists who worked on last year's … [Read more...]
Topps “Project 70” Coming Soon
If you thought Topps Project 2020 was a one-and-done deal, think again. The company has a new twist in the works for this year, but the "artists recreating old cards" concept is returning within days. They haven't announced anything to the public yet but 2021 Topps Project 70 is definitely in the works. The company has given the go-ahead to let several of … [Read more...]
Notes: Kid’s 2004 LeBron Pull Now Worth a Small Fortune; New ’51 Topps-Style Set; Uzit Cobb a Hit
A Christmas gift from 16 years ago is about to turn into a seven-figure windfall for one sports memorabilia auction consignor. “Chris” pulled the LeBron James 1/1 Rookie Logoman card from 2003-04 Upper Deck SP Game Used Basketball on Christmas morning 2004. Not long after, he took it to a local card show where someone offered him $1,700 for it. He turned it down and stuck … [Read more...]
That’s a Wrap: Topps Project 2020 Series Closes with Final 3 Cards
Ten months and 400 cards later, Topps Project 2020 has come to a close. The final three cards in the artist-driven series were released Wednesday morning and will close on Christmas Day. The last card in the series, #400, is Mister Cartoon's take on the 2011 Topps Update Mike Trout. The ambitious undertaking featured 20 different artists, each creating their own … [Read more...]
Topps Project 2020 Fine Art Prints Supersize Fresh Card Takes
Topps is turning its Project 2020 cards into art you can hang on the wall. With with more than 80% of its 400-card run issued since it began in March, the ambitious effort by 20 commissioned popular artists to re-imagine 20 familiar baseball cards from the past 70 years, moves to a new phase with the introduction of Fine Art Prints. Topps will issue one work from each … [Read more...]
Ben Baller Designed Dodgers World Series Champs Set Released
It’s a California look by a California guy for a California team. The 2020 Topps X Ben Baller Los Angeles Dodgers World Series Championship set has been released as on online exclusive commemorating the team’s seventh World Series title. A jewelry designer to the stars and actor who has been one of the artists in the Topps Project 2020 set, Baller (real name: Ben … [Read more...]
More Signed Mattingly Project 2020 Cards Benefit Kids
Sporting News Manager of the Year Don Mattingly is spending part of his off-season signing more Topps Project 2020 cards that are being sold online to raise money for youth programs in his hometown. Mattingly Charities, based in Evansville, IN, released a group of signed cards from Project 2020 artist Oldmanalan on its eBay page Tuesday. The cards are priced at … [Read more...]
Topps Keeps Online Products Flowing in Unique 2020 Baseball Season
In the eight months that have passed since Topps named Patrick O’Sullivan brand manager of Topps’ e-commerce, he’s had to endure a lifetime of changes in baseball. You know things are different when there are cards featuring an infectious disease specialist and others of players wearing masks on the field. These days when his wife asks him why he’s watching so much … [Read more...]