Topps will roll out one final set as its NFL and NFLPA licenses expire at the end of the month. 2015 Topps Diamond Football will offer three cards per pack, all autographed, on refractor foil technology. The company released the checklist for the product on Wednesday. Release day for Diamond Football is Thursday, March 31. Boxes are running $250-300 online.
2015 Topps Diamond Football: The Basics
Each pack/box will contain one Diamond Autograph card numbered to 10 or less, one Diamond or Rookie Autograph Patch card and one additional Diamond Autograph, Diamond Autograph Patch or Rookie Autograph Patch.
Topps promises all autographs and autographed patch cards will be sequentially numbered and all autographs will be on card. The product will include oversized multi-color patch relics, various low numbered metallic ink parallels and 1/1 autograph inscriptions.
Autographed content:
Diamond Autograph Cards will have what Topps says will be “top tier” rookies, veterans and retired players. Autographs will be signed directly on-card using metallic silver ink. The base version will be numbered to 10 but also include:
- Blue Diamond Parallel: Seq. #’d to 5 – Metallic blue ink
- Gold Diamond Parallel: Seq. #’d. 1/1 – Metallic gold ink
- Gold Inscription Parallel: Seq. #’d. 1/1 – Metallic gold ink
Diamond Dual Autographs will have a base version, numbered to 10 along with Gold Diamond Parallels that are 1/1 and signed in metallic gold ink.
Diamond Autograph Patch cards will feature veteran players with a multi-colored jumbo jersey patch swatch and an on-card metallic silver ink signature.
- Blue Diamond Parallel: Seq. #’d – metallic ink.
- Violet Diamond Parallel: Seq. #’d. to 25 – metallic ink.
- Green Diamond Parallel: Seq. #’d to 10 – metallic ink.
- Gold Diamond Parallel: Seq. #’d 1/1 – metallic ink.
- Gold Inscription Parallel: Seq. #’d 1/1 – metallic ink.
Rookie Autograph Jumbo Patch cards will feature players who were at the NFLPA Rookie Premiere.
- Blue Diamond Parallel: Seq. #’d.
- Violet Diamond Parallel: Seq. #’d. to 25.
- Green Diamond Parallel: Seq. #’d to 10.
- Gold Nike Swoosh Parallel: Seq. #’d 1/1.
- Gold Diamond Parallel: Seq. #’d 1/1.
- Gold Inscription Parallel: Seq. #’d 1/1.
Dual Rookie Autograph Jumbo Patch Book cards will be major hits. These are book card versions of the Rookie Autograph Patch Card, highlighting what Topps calls “the most collectible rookie pairings.” The cards will include a jumbo jersey patch swatch and an on-card metallic silver ink signature, all numbered to 10 with 1/1 Gold Diamond Parallel versions.
Check out boxes of 2015 Topps Diamond Football on eBay here.