One pack, one card, one autograph.
That is the theme for 2015 Topps Archives Signature Series baseball, a limited-edition high-end
product that will be released Wednesday, December 9. The checklist has been released by Topps and is below.
It’s a simple concept — each pack of Archives Signatures will have one original Topps or Bowman card autogra
phed by the player.
The signatures will be on the card (no stickers) and will be of former major-league players. Each card also will be encased in a protective holder and sequentially numbered.
Each card will be stamped and carry a serial number.
As one would expect, there are some big name Hall of Famers but also some guys who aren’t exactly in demand. By our count there are about 30 Hall of Famers or players who will likely be elected to the Hall fairly soon. That leaves a little over half of the 67-player checklist who are not. Pulling a Hank Aaron, Sandy Koufax or Ken Griffey Jr. will be nice. Landing Lenny Dykstra, Livan Hernandez or Shawn Green, not so much.
Topps has used buyback and autographed buybacks before, particularly in its Heritage product, but the upcoming product is virtually identical to 2004 Topps Originals. 
The 2006 Bowman Originals was a higher end 
product that had two buyback autos per pack. Those were modern autographs. Topps Archives Signature Series takes the collector back into baseball’s past.
Here’s the full checklist:
Hank Aaron
Jim Abbott
Roberto Alomar
Jeff Bagwell
Johnny Bench
Craig Biggio
Jose Canseco
Steve Carlton
Vinny Castilla
Orlando Cepeda
Roger Clemens
David Cone
Eric Davis
Carlos Delgado
Lenny Dykstra
Rollie Fingers
George Foster
John Franco
Andres Gallaraga
Nomar Garciaparra
Steve Garvey
Tom Glavine
Juan Gonzalez
Luis Gonzalez
Doc Gooden
Mark Grace
Shawn Green
Ken Griffey Jr.
Ken Griffey Sr.
Marquis Grissom
Rickey Henderson
Orlando Hernandez
Livan Hernandez
Reggie Jackson
Bo Jackson
Randy Johnson
Howard Johnson
Chipper Jones
Andruw Jones
Al Kaline
Sandy Koufax
John Kruk
Greg Maddux
Edgar Martinez
Fred McGriff
Mark McGwire
Phil Niekro
John Olerud
Paul O’Neill
Rafael Palmeiro
Mike Piazza
Jim Rice
Cal Ripken Jr.
Mariano Rivera
Frank Robinson
Nolan Ryan
Gary Sheffield
Ozzie Smith
John Smoltz
Darryl Strawberry
Frank Thomas
Fernando Valuenzuela
Omar Vizquel
Bernie Williams
Mookie Wilson
Robin Yount
Ernie Banks
Boxes are available online for $45-55 and it’s likely to be a popular case break product.
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