1999 Topps Gold Label

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1999 Topps Gold Label box

Description

1999 Topps Gold Label is a 300-card multi-fractured set released in October, 1999. There are 100 players released on three different, repeating, levels, each with it's own design: Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3. The Class 1 cards are the easiest to find, while the Class 3s the toughest.

To distinguish between the Classes, each Class 1 card has the player's team logo in the background. Class 2 shows the player's hat logo, while Class 3 has the team wordmark.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $3.99).

Reviews

Race to Aaron Insert Set Review: http://sanjosefuji.blogspot.com/2012/10/set-showcase-24-1999-topps-gold-label.html

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Class 1 Base 100 - ? ?
Class 1 Black 100 - 1:8 1:12
Class 1 Red 100 100 1:118 1:48
Class 2 100 - 1:2 1:4
Class 2 Black 100 699 1:16 1:24
Class 2 Red 100 50 1:237 1:296
Class 3 100 - 1:4 1:8
Class 3 Black 100 299 1:32 1:48
Class 3 Red 100 25 ? ?
One to One 900 1 1:1271 1:1587
Race to Aaron 10 - 1:12 1:20
Race to Aaron Black 10 - 1:48 1:80
Race to Aaron Red 10 44 1:2695 1:3343
Race to Aaron One to One 10 1 ? ?

Checklist

Base Set

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NOTE: The checklist for all three Classes is the same; however, only Class 1 cards are considered "true" rookie cards. Also, unlike the previous year's product, the reverse side of each card indicates the card's Class.

  • 1 Mike Piazza
  • 2 Andres Galarraga
  • 3 Mark Grace
  • 4 Tony Clark
  • 5 Jim Thome
  • 6 Tony Gwynn
  • 7 Kelly Dransfeldt RC
  • 8 Eric Chavez
  • 9 Brian Jordan
  • 10 Todd Hundley
  • 11 Rondell White
  • 12 Dmitri Young
  • 13 Jeff Kent
  • 14 Derek Bell
  • 15 Todd Helton
  • 16 Chipper Jones
  • 17 Albert Belle
  • 18 Barry Larkin
  • 19 Dante Bichette
  • 20 Gary Sheffield
  • 21 Cliff Floyd
  • 22 Derek Jeter
  • 23 Jason Giambi
  • 24 Ray Lankford
  • 25 Alex Rodriguez
  • 26 Ruben Mateo
  • 27 Wade Boggs
  • 28 Carlos Delgado
  • 29 Tim Salmon
  • 30 Alfonso Soriano RC
  • 31 Javy Lopez
  • 32 Jason Kendall
  • 33 Nick Johnson RC
  • 34 A.J. Burnett RC
  • 35 Troy Glaus
  • 36 Pat Burrell RC
  • 37 Jeff Cirillo
  • 38 Dave Justice
  • 39 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 40 Bernie Williams
  • 41 Jay Buhner
  • 42 Mo Vaughn
  • 43 Randy Johnson
  • 44 Pedro Martinez
  • 45 Larry Walker
  • 46 Todd Walker
  • 47 Roberto Alomar
  • 48 Kevin Brown
  • 49 Mike Mussina
  • 50 Tom Glavine
  • 51 Curt Schilling
  • 52 Ken Caminiti
  • 53 Brad Fullmer
  • 54 Bobby Seay RC*
  • 55 Orlando Hernandez
  • 56 Sean Casey
  • 57 Al Leiter
  • 58 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  • 59 Mark Kotsay
  • 60 Matt Williams
  • 61 Raul Mondesi
  • 62 Joe Crede RC
  • 63 Jim Edmonds
  • 64 Jose Cruz, Jr.
  • 65 Juan Gonzalez
  • 66 Sammy Sosa
  • 67 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 68 Vinny Castilla
  • 69 Craig Biggio
  • 70 Mark McGwire
  • 71 Greg Vaughn
  • 72 Greg Maddux
  • 73 Paul O'Neill
  • 74 Scott Rolen
  • 75 Ben Grieve
  • 76 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 77 John Olerud
  • 78 Eric Karros
  • 79 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 80 Jeff Bagwell
  • 81 Kenny Lofton
  • 82 Manny Ramirez
  • 83 Andruw Jones
  • 84 Travis Lee
  • 85 Darin Erstad
  • 86 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 87 Frank Thomas
  • 88 Moises Alou
  • 89 Tino Martinez
  • 90 Carlos Pena RC
  • 91 Shawn Green
  • 92 Rusty Greer
  • 93 Matt Belisle RC
  • 94 Adrian Beltre
  • 95 Roger Clemens
  • 96 John Smoltz
  • 97 Mark Mulder RC
  • 98 Kerry Wood
  • 99 Barry Bonds
  • 100 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Parallels

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Each card is available in the following parallels.

  • Black (Class 2: serial-numbered to 699 copies, Class 3: serial-numbered to 299 copies)
  • Red (Class 1: serial-numbered to 100 copies, Class 2: serial-numbered to 50 copies, Class 3: serial-numbered to 25 copies)

One to One

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Each card is also available in a "One to One" parallel. In addition, each Black and Red parallel is also available as a "One to One," meaning, that there are a total of nine One to One cards for each player. As the name suggests, each card is a one-of-one.

Inserts

Race to Aaron

Parallels include:

  • Black
  • Red (serial-numbered to 44 copies)
  • One to One (one-of-one)

  • RA1 Mark McGwire
  • RA2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • RA3 Alex Rodriguez
  • RA4 Vladimir Guerrero
  • RA5 Albert Belle
  • RA6 Nomar Garciaparra
  • RA7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • RA8 Alex Rodriguez
  • RA9 Juan Gonzalez
  • RA10 Barry Bonds