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Topps Secures Exclusive Rights to 16 Legends

Admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:02:08 +0000

Topps has teamed up with CMG Worldwide and signed an exclusive agreement for the rights to produce trading cards of 16 major league baseball legends. The deal, which lasts through 2010, gives Topps exclusivity in trading cards, including game-used and insert cards.

The 16 former players include Jackie Robinson, Walter Johnson, Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Thurman Munson, Roy Campanella, Rogers Hornsby, Lou Gehrig, Cy Young, Mel Ott, Johnny Mize, Jimmie Foxx, Honus Wagner, Pee Wee Reese, George Sisler and Christy Mathewson.

The first cards will be featured in the upcoming Topps Triple Threads baseball product and will include triple game-used memorabilia cards including the combination of Honus Wagner, Lou Gehrig and Ty Cobb.

Topps also holds exclusive card rights to Mickey Mantle and game-used and autographed cards of current stars David Wright and Ryan Howard.

Upper Deck Announces Rookie of the Month

Admin — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:37:51 +0000

Upper Deck has named San Francisco Giants rookie pitcher Tim Lincecum as Rookie of the Month for August.

The Rookie of the Month set will feature a total of six rookies throughout the baseball season. Collectors can redeem 5 Upper Deck or Fleer wrappers for the a card each month at their local hobby shop.

The previous winners this year where:

April: Daisuke Matsuzaka, Boston Red Sox
May: Fred Lewis, San Francisco Giants
June: Hunter Pence, Houston Astros
July: Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers

Topps Unveils Final 2 Finest Redemptions

Admin — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:58:48 +0000

Topps announced the final 2 redemptions from 2007 Topps Finest Baseball. Card #9 is Philip Hughes of the New York Yankees and Card #10 in an autographed Joba Chamberlain also from the New York Yankees.

Here is a list of all ten redemptions:

1) Hideki Okajima, Boston Red Sox
2) Elijah Dukes, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
3) Akinori Iwamura, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
4) Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants
5) Daisuke Matsuzaka, Boston Red Sox
6) Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers
7) Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima, Boston Red Sox
8) Justin Upton, Arizona Diamondbacks
9) Philip Hughes, New York Yankees
10) Joba Chamberlain, New York Yankees (Autograph)

Topps Reveals Finest Redemption #8

Admin — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:49:00 +0000

Topps announced that rookie redemption card #8 of 10 from 2007 Topps Finest Baseball is Justin Upton of the Arizona Diamond Backs.

So far the seven announced redemptions are:

Topps Announces Allen & Ginter Short Prints

Admin — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:16:34 +0000

Topps has announced the list of short printed autograph and relic cards from the newly released 2007 Allen & Ginter Baseball.

AUTOGRAPHS

Albert Pujols	25
Johan Santana	100
Brian Cashman	100
Miguel Cabrera	100
Ryan Howard	100
Joe Frazier	120
Augie Garrido	200
Cael Sanderson	200
Bob Baffert	200
Chien-Ming Wang	200
Dan O’Brien	200
Dennis Rodman	200
Freddy Adu	200
Gary Hall Jr.	200
Greg Louganis	200
Jamie Fischer	200
Jason McElwain	200
Joe B. Scott	200
John “Mule” Miles	200
Julio Juarez	200
Ken Jennings	200
Kerri Walsh	200
Laila Ali	200
Mario Andretti	200
Mark Selby	200
Mark Zupan	200
Mia Hamm	200
Mike Aponte	200
Misty May-Treanor	200
Stanley “Doc” Glenn	200
Ted Toles	200
Tommie Smith	200
David Wright	200
Alex Rodriguez	225

There are also 10 copies of each autograph that were signed in red ink by the subjects.

RELICS

Arthur Shorin	50
Keith Olbermann	100
Alex Rodriguez	250
Barry Bonds	250
Brian Cashman	250
Bruce Lee	250
Dan O’Brien	250
David Ortiz	250
Gary Hall Jr.	250
Jamie Fischer	250
Joe Frazier	250
Julio Juarez	250
Ken Jennings	250
Kerri Walsh	250
Laila Ali	250
Mia Hamm	250
Mickey Mantle	250
Tommie Smith	250

[tags]Allen & Ginter, Short Prints, Topps[/tags]

Topps Releases "Cards That Never Were"

Admin — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:56:52 +0000

Topps has released a series of cards that depicts players in Topps sets that were never issued in that particular year.

Some of these include:

1952 Topps Joe Dimaggio
1954 Topps Stan Musial
1952 Topps Whitey Ford
1967 Topps Nolan Ryan
1982 Topps Ryne Sandberg

The cards are available exclusively through etopps.com.

[tags]etopps, Topps[/tags]

Topps Reveals Finest Redemption #7

Admin — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:24:55 +0000

Topps announced that rookie redemption card #7 of 10 from 2007 Topps Finest Baseball is a dual card of Boston Red Sox phenoms Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima. Matsuzaka was also redemption #5 and Okajima was redemption #1.

So far the seven announced redemptions are:

[tags]Finest, Redemption, Topps, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dice-K, Hideki Okajima[/tags]

Upper Deck Unveils Final SPx Baseball Redemption

Admin — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:06:21 +0000

Upper Deck has announced the final SPx Baseball redemption card. Card #137 is Hunter Pence of the Houston Astros.

There are a total of 8 rookie redemption in SPX Baseball and Upper Deck has finished unveiling all of them:

#106 Tim Linecum, San Francisco Giants
#107 Philip Hughes, New York Yankees
#110 Mark Reynolds, Arizona Diamondbacks
#113 Homer Bailey, Cincinnati Reds
#118 Kevin Slowey, Minnesota Twins
#120 Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers
#128 Daisuke Matsuzaka, Boston Red Sox
#137 Hunter Pence, Houston Astros

[tags]Redemption, SPx, Upper Deck[/tags]

Upper Deck Revamps Ultimate Collection Line

Admin — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:31:12 +0000

Upper Deck has announced that the upcoming Ultimate Collection Baseball and Football brands will have three times more game used and autograph cards than in prior years.

Each pack will now contain one autograph and two game used cards per pack. Each pack has a suggested retail price of $100. Every box will have at least one patch card numbered to 50 or less.

Ultimate Collection Baseball is set to arrive in October and will include signed rookie cards of such hot rookies as Tim Lincecum, Hunter Pence, Kei Igawa and Akinori Iwamura.

2007 Ultimate Collection Football will be available in November.

[tags]Upper Deck, Ultimate Collection[/tags]

Topps Reveals Finest Redemption #6

Admin — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:52:10 +0000

Topps announced that rookie redemption card #6 of 10 from 2007 Topps Finest Baseball is Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers.

So far the six announced redemptions are:

[tags]Ryan Braun, Topps, Finest, Redemption[/tags]

Seventh Upper Deck SPx Baseball Redemption Revealed

Admin — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:38:15 +0000

Upper Deck has announced another Mystery Rookie Redemption card from 2007 SPX Baseball. Card #128 is Daisuke “Dice-K” Matsuzaka of the Boston Red Sox. Upper Deck has yet to agree on an autograph deal with Matsuzaka. If there is no autograph agreement, the redemption card will be a triple jersey memorabilia card.

There are a total of 8 rookie redemption in SPX Baseball and to this point the following have been revealed:

#106 Tim Linecum, San Francisco Giants
#107 Philip Hughes, New York Yankees
#110 Mark Reynolds, Arizona Diamondbacks
#113 Homer Bailey, Cincinnati Reds
#118 Kevin Slowey, Minnesota Twins
#120 Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers
#128 Daisuke Matsuzaka
#137 ??

[tags]Upper Deck, SPX, Redemption[/tags]

Upper Deck to Add Celebrity Cut Signatures

Admin — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:33:58 +0000

Upper Deck has announced that they will be adding celebrity cut signatures into 2007 Sweet Spot Baseball.

It will contain over 150 different celebrities, most of which have never had any autograph cards inserted into a set. Some of the famous celebrities to be included are John Lennon, Bob Hope, Johnny Cash, Norman Rockwell, Rosa Parks and Orson Wells.

There will also be dual autograph Sweet Spot cards and cut autographs of deceased baseball legends with current superstars. Letterman patches of some of the greatest players in history such as Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth are also included.

[tags]Upper Deck, Sweet Spot[/tags]

Sixth Upper Deck SPx Baseball Redemption Revealed

Admin — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:43:24 +0000

Upper Deck has announced another Mystery Rookie Redemption card from 2007 SPX Baseball. Card #120 is Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers

There are a total of 8 rookie redemption in SPX Baseball and to this point the following have been revealed:

#106 Tim Linecum, San Francisco Giants
#107 Philip Hughes, New York Yankees
#110 Mark Reynolds, Arizona Diamondbacks
#113 Homer Bailey, Cincinnati Reds
#118 Kevin Slowey, Minnesota Twins
#120 Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers
#128 ??
#137 ??

[tags]Upper Deck, SPX, Redemption[/tags]

Fifth Upper Deck SPx Baseball Redemption Revealed

Admin — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:47:54 +0000

Upper Deck has announced another Mystery Rookie Redemption card from 2007 SPX Baseball. Card #118 is Kevin Slowey of the Minnesota Twins

There are a total of 8 rookie redemption in SPX Baseball and to this point the following have been revealed:

#106 Tim Linecum, San Francisco Giants
#107 Philip Hughes, New York Yankees
#110 Mark Reynolds, Arizona Diamondbacks
#113 Homer Bailey, Cincinnati Reds
#118 Kevin Slowey, Minnesota Twins
#120 ??
#128 ??
#137 ??

[tags]Upper Deck, SPX, Redemption[/tags]

Babe Ruth 1/1 Autograph Card sells for 40k

Admin — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:15:22 +0000

The Upper Deck Premier Babe Ruth Autograph we profiled earlier has sold for $40,100 on eBay.

The card was pulled earlier this year by a New Jersey collector and the sale was handled through Beckett Select Media Auctions.

[tags]Autograph, Babe Ruth, BGS, Upper Deck Premier[/tags]