Topps is creating six very special preview cards exclusively for attendees of the 24th Annual Hawaii Trade Conference (Florida Ed.) taking place April 19-23. The cards, which feature Topps exclusives Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig, Jackie Robinson, Rogers Hornsby and Honus Wagner, will be a sneak peek look at the upcoming Topps’ T-206 100th Anniversary product…shipping this fall.

Each card will be in the original T-206 size and sequentially #’d to 100. The cards will also include the trade conference logo on the card’s back and the words “100th Anniversary Edition” on the front. They will be given as a gift to attendees of the Topps Meet the Industry session on Wednesday, April 22.

Basic Set Info:
Total base set cards (including rookies and subsets): 125 total cards

(100 baseball commons)

Box Configuration: Five cards per pack, 10 packs per box, SRP is $10 per pack. Scheduled release date is April 22, 2009. Information subject to change.

Highlights: Four autograph or memorabilia cards, three inserts, one parallel and one additional insert or parallel per box.
Rookie Cards: 25 Autographed Rookie Cards serial-numbered to 499 or less.

What They Say:
“Debuting in 2005, the second edition of Century Collection carries on the rich baseball tradition that made the inaugural release a huge success. By making stamps the focus of the card, we are able to add to the collectability and insert some of the greatest names in history — including celebrities!”

Parallels:
Post Marks Silver (125) #’d to 200.
Post Marks Gold (125) #’d to 100.
Post Marks Platinum (125) #’d to 25.

Inserts:
Postcards (20)
This insert includes some of the greatest baseball players of the 20th century on postcard-like fronts, serial-numbered to 1,000 or less.

Postcards Silver (20) #’d to 100.

Ballpark (15)
This insert includes many of the memorable names from baseball’s long rich history, serial-numbered to 1,000 or less.

Ballpark Silver (15) #’d to 100.

Air Mail (20)
Much like Postcards and Stamps, Air Mail is yet another insert littered in baseball history, serial-numbered to 1,000 or less.

Air Mail Silver (20) #’d to 100 or less.

Blast from the Past (20)

The iconic names from the golden age of baseball are recalled in this

insert, serial-numbered to 1,000 or less.

Blast from the Past Silver (20) #’d to 100 or less.

Autographs/Memorabilia:

Post Marks Silver Signatures (125) #’d to 250 or less.

Post Marks Gold Signatures (125) #’d to 100 or less.

Post Marks Platinum Signatures (125) #’d to 1.

Materials Bats (125) #’d to 250 or less.

Materials Jerseys (125) #’d to 250 or less.

Materials Jerseys Prime (125) #’d to 25 or less.

Materials Bats Signatures (125) #’d to 250 or less.

Materials Jerseys Signatures (125) #’d to 250 or less.

Materials Jerseys Prime Signatures (125) #’d to 25 or less.

Postcards Materials (20) #’d to 250 or less.

Postcards Materials Prime (20) #’d to 25 or less.

Postcards Materials Signatures (20) #’d to 250 or less.

Postcards Materials Prime Signatures (20) #’d to 25 or less.

Ballpark Signatures (15) #’d to 250 or less.

Ballpark Materials (15) #’d to 250 or less.

Ballpark Materials Prime (15) #’d to 25 or less.

Ballpark Signature Materials (15) #’d to 250 or less.

Ballpark Signature Materials Prime (15) #’d to 25 or less.

Air Mail Bats (20) #’d to 250 or less.

Air Mail Bats Signatures (20) #’d to 250 or less.

Air Mail Jerseys (20) #’d to 250 or less.

Air Mail Jerseys Signatures (20) #’d to 250 or less.

Blast from the Past Bats (20) #’d to 250 or less.

Blast from the Past Bats Signatures (20) #’d to 250 or less.

Blast from the Past Jerseys (20) #’d to 250 or less.

Blast from the Past Jerseys Signatures (20) #’d to 250 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Signatures Pro Ball (75) #’d to 50 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Signature Materials Pro Ball (75) #’d to 50 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Signature Prime Materials Pro Ball #’d to 50 or

less.

Souvenir Stamps Materials Pro Ball (75)

This majestic insert features a Pro Ball stamps, player photo and a

swatch of material and is numbered to 250 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Materials Centennial (75) #’d to 250 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Signature Centennial (75) #’d to 50 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Signature Materials Centennial (75) #’d to 50 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Signature Prime Materials Centennial (75) #’d to 50 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Sports Signatures 1 (50)

Stamps, stamps and more stamps as this insert features a stamp with an

autograph and photo of the player represented on the stamp and is

numbered to 50 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Sports Materials 1 (50) #’d to 250 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Sports Signature Materials 1 (50) #’d to 50 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Sports Signatures 2 (50) #’d to 50 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Sports Materials 2 (50) #’d to 250 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Sports Signature Materials 2 (50) #’d to 50 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Sports Signatures 3 (50) #’d to 50 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Sports Materials 3 (50) #’d to 250 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Sports Signature Materials 3 (50) #’d to 50 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Baseball Legends Materials (20)

The name says it all, Baseball Legends … and in this

highly-anticipated insert those legends are featured on United States

postage stamps with a swatch of material and are numbered to 250 or

less.

Souvenir Stamps Baseball Legends Materials Combos (20) #’d to 100 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Baseball Legends Materials Jumbos (20) #’d to 25 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Baseball Legends Materials Prime (20) #’d to 250 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Baseball Legends Materials Prime Combos (20) #’d to 100 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Baseball Legends Materials Prime Jumbos (20) #’d to 25 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Baseball Legends Materials Jersey Number (20) #’d to 10 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Music Materials (5)

This insert features the greatest names in music history and features

their U.S. postage stamp and a corresponding swatch of material and is

numbered to 250 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Hollywood Materials (35) #’d to 250 or less.

Souvenir Stamps Hollywood Materials Jumbos (35) #’d to 25 or less.

Souvenir Stamp Hollywood Materials Combo Version 1 (25) #’d to 250 or less.

Souvenir Stamp Hollywood Materials Combo Version 2 (2) #’d to 250 or less.

Souvenir Stamp Hollywood Materials Combo Version 3 (5) #’d to 250 or less.

Souvenir Stamp Sports Combos Version 1 (20) #’d or less.

Souvenir Stamp Sports Combos Prime Version 1 (20) #’d to 250 or less.

Souvenir Stamp Sports Combos Version 2 (5) #’d or less.

Souvenir Stamp Sports Combos Prime Version 2 (5) #’d to 250 or less.

Souvenir Stamp Sports Combos Version 3 (24) #’d to 250 or less.

Souvenir Stamp Sports Combos Prime Version 3 (24) #’d to 250 or less.

Souvenir Stamp Sports Combos Version 4 (24) featuring 10 cards with parallels, #’d to 250 or less, also features prime versions #’d to 250 or less.

Souvenir Stamp Cuts Version 1 ( #’d to 2 or less.

Souvenir Stamp Cuts Version 2 (4) #’d to 1.

The Babe Ruth Tools of the Trade game jersey jumbo patch closed on EBay at a record $3,303.00. This caused some discussion on the boards of “Is this the Honus Wagner of modern era Game Jersey cards. This was a card that got an amazing amount of press coverage when released. Even covered by ESPN in this article. I’d love to get some feedback on this, is there any disputing that this is the top game jersey card perhaps ever? If you don’t think it is, what would you consider to be #1 or what in the future could you see topping this card?

2008 STERLING BASEBALL SNEAK PEEK

The highly-anticipated 2008 Topps Sterling Baseball ships in less than a week and Topps is offering just a taste of what this year’s product has to offer… (image attached)

The retired player-only product features the likes of only the greatest ball players to step on the diamond such as Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Jackie Robinson and many more. It is by far one of the strongest checklists to ever grace a trading card product.

Each player-specific pack guarantees a Triple Relic Card sequentially #’d to 10 or less. And each 10-player box case includes 5 AUTOGRAPHED TRIPLE RELICS and a 1 of 1 Jumbo Relic (with many featuring giant game-used patch pieces).

Release date is Dec. 26
15 boxes
1 pack

Each box will have 4 autos or memorabilia cards with some awesome hits possible:

Souvenir Cuts include: Ruth, Mantle, Cobb, Paige, Williams, DiMaggio, Foxx, Wagner, J. Robinson, etc

Jumbo Swatches include: Thorpe, J. Robinson, Gehrig, Williams, Maris, Paige, Rose, Mays, etc

Triple and Quad Sigs have some great auto combos

Swatch combos include Joe Jackson/Clemente, Ripken/Gehrig, Williams/Gehrig and tons of others

100-card base set consists of legends #’d to 449

50-card set of draft picks autos #’d to 299

Also features draft picks game-used cards #’d to 199 or less (bats, jerseys)