2006 Topps Allen & Ginter

Description

2006 Topps Allen & Ginter is a 350-card set released July 26th, 2006. Considered by many to possibly be the best baseball product of 2006, and winner of Beckett Baseball's Product of the Year for 2006, packs of Topps' first Allen & Ginter set were gobbled up by collectors shortly after release. Prices soared above Topps' suggested retail price as the hits just kept coming. Part of the appeal of Allen & Ginter, was a strong lineup of major league players joined by superstar athletes from other sports -- all in keeping with the spirit of the original Allen & Ginter sets.

The autographs, parallels, and game-used inserts were all outstanding, but the real prize were the controversial Rip cards. The Rip cards, which contained another miniature-sized card embedded inside the main card, were seeded at the rate of one-per-case. In order to get the mini-card, collectors had to "Rip" open (thereby destroying) the Rip card. Inside the rip cards would be either an autographed mini, a special limited mini, a unique Dick Perez sketch or an original 1887 Allen and Ginter N28 card.

As of January 2008, hobby boxes are available for $180-$225.

Distribution

24 packs per box, 7 cards per pack

Each waxbox should yield two of the following (on average): Framed Autographs, Framed Relics, Printing Plates, and/or Allen & Ginter Original cards. Each case will include an exclusive Rip Card which may contain a repurchased Allen & Ginter card.

Each Hobby Box is packed with an exclusive Box Loader which would yield either: an N-43, N-43 Relic, N-43 Autograph, Postcard, or personalized Autographed Postcard.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	350	-	?	?
short set	300	-	?	?
Short Prints	50	-	1:2	1:2
Mini short set	300	-	1:1.6	1:1.6
Mini SP	50	-	1:13	1:13
Mini Exclusives	25	-	RC	N/A
Mini A&G Back short set	300	-	1:5	1:5
Mini A&G Back SP	50	-	1:65	1:65
Mini Black short set	300	-	1:10	1:10
Mini Black SP	50	-	1:130	1:130
Mini No Card Number	350	50	1:60	1:168
Mini Bazooka	350	25	1:125	1:266
Mini Wood	350	one-of-one	1:3100	1:6800
Mini Printing Plates	375	four for each	1:865	1:865
Dick Perez	30	-	one-per-pack	one-per-pack
Dick Perez Originals	30	one-of-one	RC	N/A
Rip Cards	50	varies	1:265	N/A
N-43	15	-	1:2/boxes	N/A
Postcards	15	-	1:2/boxes	N/A
Relics	52	-	varies	varies
Autographs	51	-	varies	varies
Autographs Red Ink	2	10	RC	N/A
N-43 Relics	2	50	1:379/boxes	N/A
N-43 Autographs	2	10	1:1970/boxes	N/A
Personalized Postcards	15	one-of-one	1:3100/boxes	N/A

Checklist

Promos

Alex Rodriguez Rip Card

An Alex Rodriguez Rip Card (with a Mickey Mantle mini card embedded inside) was distributed to Hobby dealers to promote the upcoming 2006 Topps Allen & Ginter's set, and to explain the Rip Card concept.

Hawaii Trade Conference Promos

This seven-card mini-sized set was distributed to attendees of the 2006 Hawaii Trade Conference to preview the upcoming Allen & Ginter set and as such are the first ever Topps Allen & Ginter cards. Each card has the conference's logo on the back.

• 1 Barry Bonds
• 2 Alex Rodriguez
• 3 Ichiro
• 4 Albert Pujols
• 5 Mickey Mantle
• 6 Josh Gibson
• 7 Duke Kahanamoku

NSCC Promos

This eight-card set was distributed by Topps to attendees of the 2006 National Sports Collectors Convention which was held in Anahiem, CA. Each card is available in both standard (2 1/2" X 3 1/2") and mini sizes.

Base Set

• 1 Albert Pujols
• 2 Aubrey Huff
• 3 Mark Teixeira
• 4 Vernon Wells
• 5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 6 Nick Swisher
• 7 Jose Reyes
• 8 David Wright
• 9 Vladimir Guerrero
• 10 Andruw Jones
• 11 Ramon Hernandez
• 12 Miguel Tejada
• 13 Juan Pierre
• 14 Jim Thome
• 15 Austin Kearns
• 16 Jhonny Peralta
• 17 Clint Barmes
• 18 Angel Berroa
• 19 Nomar Garciaparra
• 20 Joe Nathan
• 21 Brandon Webb
• 22 Chad Tracy
• 23 Derek Jeter
• 24 Conor Jackson
• 25 Jason Giambi
• 26 Johnny Estrada
• 27 Luis Gonzalez
• 28 Javier Vazquez
• 29 Orlando Hudson
• 30 Shawn Green
• 31 Mark Buehrle
• 32 Wily Mo Pena
• 33 C.C. Sabathia
• 34 Ronnie Belliard
• 35 Travis Hafner
• 36 Mike Jacobs
• 37 Roy Oswalt
• 38 Zack Greinke
• 39 J.D. Drew
• 40 Jeff Kent
• 41 Ben Sheets
• 42 Luis Castillo
• 43 Carlos Delgado
• 44 Cliff Floyd
• 45 Danny Haren
• 46 Bobby Abreu
• 47 Jeromy Burnitz
• 48 Khalil Greene
• 49 Moises Alou
• 50 Alex Rodriguez
• 51 Ervin Santana
• 52 Bartolo Colon
• 53 John Smoltz
• 54 David Ortiz SP
• 55 Hideki Matsui
• 56 Jermaine Dye
• 57 Victor Martinez
• 58 Willy Taveras
• 59 Brady Clark
• 60 Justin Morneau
• 61 Xavier Nady
• 62 Rich Harden
• 63 Jack Wilson
• 64 Brian Giles
• 65 Jon Lieber
• 66 Dan Johnson
• 67 Billy Wagner
• 68 Rickie Weeks
• 69 Chris Ray
• 70 Chris Shelton
• 71 Dmitri Young
• 72 Ivan Rodriguez
• 73 Jeremy Bonderman
• 74 Justin Verlander
• 75 Randy Johnson
• 76 Magglio Ordonez
• 77 Brandon Inge
• 78 Placido Polanco
• 79 Ryan Howard
• 80 Jason Bay
• 81 Sean Casey
• 82 Jeremy Hermida
• 83 Mike Cameron
• 84 Trevor Hoffman
• 85 Mike Matheny
• 86 Steve Finley
• 87 Adam Everett
• 88 Jason Isringhausen
• 89 Jonny Gomes
• 90 Barry Zito
• 91 Bobby Crosby
• 92 Eric Chavez
• 93 Frank Thomas
• 94 Huston Street
• 95 Jorge Posada
• 96 Casey Kotchman
• 97 Darin Erstad
• 98 Chipper Jones
• 99 Jeff Francoeur
• 100 Barry Bonds
• 101 Alfonso Soriano
• 102 Brandon Claussen
• 103 Aaron Boone
• 104 Roger Clemens
• 105 Andy Pettitte
• 106 Nick Johnson
• 107 Tom Gordon
• 108 Orlando Hernandez
• 109 Francisco Rodriguez
• 110 Orlando Cabrera
• 111 Edgar Renteria
• 112 Tim Hudson
• 113 Coco Crisp
• 114 Matt Clement
• 115 Greg Maddux
• 116 Paul Konerko
• 117 Felipe Lopez
• 118 Garrett Atkins
• 119 Akinori Otsuka
• 120 Craig Biggio
• 121 Danys Baez
• 122 Brad Penny
• 123 Eric Gagne
• 124 Lew Ford
• 125 Mariano Rivera
• 126 Carlos Beltran
• 127 Pedro Martinez
• 128 Todd Helton
• 129 Aaron Rowand
• 130 Mike Lieberthal
• 131 Oliver Perez
• 132 Ryan Klesko
• 133 Randy Winn
• 134 Yuniesky Betancourt
• 135 David Eckstein
• 136 Chad Orvella
• 137 Toby Hall
• 138 Hank Blalock
• 139 B.J. Ryan
• 140 Roy Halladay
• 141 Livan Hernandez
• 142 John Patterson
• 143 Bengie Molina
• 144 Brad Wilkerson
• 145 Jorge Cantu
• 146 Mark Mulder
• 147 Felix Hernandez
• 148 Paul Lo Duca
• 149 Prince Fielder
• 150 Johnny Damon
• 151 Ryan Langerhans
• 152 Kris Benson
• 153 Curt Schilling
• 154 Manny Ramirez
• 155 Robinson Cano
• 156 Derrek Lee
• 157 A.J. Pierzynski
• 158 Adam Dunn
• 159 Cliff Lee
• 160 Grady Sizemore
• 161 Jeff Francis
• 162 Dontrelle Willis
• 163 Brad Ausmus
• 164 Preston Wilson
• 165 Derek Lowe
• 166 Chris Capuano
• 167 Joe Mauer
• 168 Torii Hunter
• 169 Chase Utley
• 170 Zach Duke
• 171 Jason Schmidt
• 172 Adrian Beltre
• 173 Eddie Guardado
• 174 Richie Sexson
• 175 Miguel Cabrera
• 176 Julio Lugo
• 177 Francisco Cordero
• 178 Kevin Millwood
• 179 A.J. Burnett
• 180 Jose Guillen
• 181 Larry Bigbie
• 182 Raul Ibanez
• 183 Jake Peavy
• 184 Pat Burrell
• 185 Tom Glavine
• 186 J.J. Hardy
• 187 Emil Brown
• 188 Lance Berkman
• 189 Marcus Giles
• 190 Scott Podsednik
• 191 Chone Figgins
• 192 Melvin Mora
• 193 Mark Loretta
• 194 Carlos Zambrano
• 195 Chien-Ming Wang
• 196 Mark Prior
• 197 Bobby Jenks
• 198 Brian Fuentes
• 199 Garret Anderson
• 200 Ichiro Suzuki
• 201 Brian Roberts
• 202 Jason Kendall
• 203 Milton Bradley
• 204 Jimmy Rollins
• 205 Brett Myers
• 206 Joe Randa
• 207 Mike Piazza
• 208 Matt Morris
• 209 Omar Vizquel
• 210 Jeremy Reed
• 211 Chris Carpenter
• 212 Jim Edmonds
• 213 Scott Kazmir
• 214 Travis Lee
• 215 Michael Young
• 216 Rod Barajas
• 217 Gustavo Chacin
• 218 Lyle Overbay
• 219 Troy Glaus
• 220 Chad Cordero
• 221 Jose Vidro
• 222 Scott Rolen
• 223 Carl Crawford
• 224 Rocco Baldelli
• 225 Mike Mussina
• 226 Kelvim Escobar
• 227 Corey Patterson
• 228 Javy Lopez
• 229 Jonathan Papelbon
• 230 Aramis Ramirez
• 231 Tadahito Iguchi
• 232 Morgan Ensberg
• 233 Mark Grudzielanek
• 234 Mike Sweeney
• 235 Shawn Chacon
• 236 Nick Punto
• 237 Geoff Jenkins
• 238 Carlos Lee
• 239 David DeJesus
• 240 Brad Lidge
• 241 Bob Wickman
• 242 Jon Garland
• 243 Kerry Wood
• 244 Bronson Arroyo
• 245 Matt Holliday
• 246 Josh Beckett
• 247 Johan Santana
• 248 Rafael Furcal
• 249 Shannon Stewart
• 250 Gary Sheffield
• 251 Josh Barfield
• 252 Kenji Johjima
• 253 Ian Kinsler
• 254 Brian Anderson
• 255 Matt Cain
• 256 Josh Willingham
• 257 John Koronka
• 258 Chris Duffy
• 259 Brian McCann
• 260 Hanley Ramirez
• 261 Hong-Chih Kuo
• 262 Francisco Liriano
• 263 Anderson Hernandez
• 264 Ryan Zimmerman
• 265 Brian Bannister
• 266 Nolan Ryan
• 267 Frank Robinson
• 268 Roberto Clemente
• 269 Hank Greenberg
• 270 Napolean Lajoie
• 271 Lloyd Waner
• 272 Paul Waner
• 273 Frankie Frisch
• 274 Moose Skowron
• 275 Mickey Mantle
• 276 Brooks Robinson
• 277 Carl Yastrzemski
• 278 Johnny Pesky
• 279 Stan Musial
• 280 Bill Mazeroski
• 281 Harmon Killebrew
• 282 Monte Irvin
• 283 Bob Gibson
• 284 Ted Williams
• 285 Yogi Berra
• 286 Ernie Banks
• 287 Bobby Doerr
• 288 Josh Gibson
• 289 Bob Feller
• 290 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 291 Bobby Cox
• 292 Terry Francona
• 293 Dusty Baker
• 294 Ozzie Guillen
• 295 Jim Leyland
• 296 Willie Randolph
• 297 Joe Torre
• 298 Felipe Alou
• 299 Tony LaRussa
• 300 Frank Robinson
• 301 Mike Tyson
• 302 Duke Paoa Kahanamoku
• 303 Jennie Finch
• 304 Brandi Chastain
• 305 Danica Patrick SP
• 306 Wendy Guey
• 307 Hulk Hogan
• 308 Carl Lewis
• 309 John Wooden
• 310 Randy Couture
• 311 Andy Irons
• 312 Takeru Kobayashi
• 313 Leon Spinks
• 314 Jim Thorpe
• 315 Jerry Bailey
• 316 Adrian C. Anson
• 317 John M. Ward
• 318 Mike Kelly
• 319 Capt. Jack Glasscock
• 320 Aaron Hill
• 321 Derrick Turnbow
• 322 Nick Markakis
• 323 Brad Hawpe
• 324 Kevin Mench
• 325 John Lackey
• 326 Chester A. Arthur
• 327 Ulysses S. Grant
• 328 Abraham Lincoln
• 329 Grover Cleveland
• 330 Benjamin Harrison
• 331 Theodore Roosevelt
• 332 Rutherford B. Hayes
• 333 Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck
• 334 Kaiser Wilhelm
• 335 Queen Victoria
• 336 Pope Leo
• 337 Thomas Edison
• 338 Orville Wright
• 339 Wilbur Wright
• 340 Nathaniel Hawthorne
• 341 Herman Melville
• 342 Stonewall Jackson
• 343 Robert E. Lee
• 344 Andrew Carnegie
• 345 John Rockefeller
• 346 Bob Fitzsimmons
• 347 Billy The Kid
• 348 Buffalo Bill
• 349 Jesse James
• 350 Statue Of Liberty
• NNO Framed Originals

1 Albert Pujols

2 Aubrey Huff

3 Mark Teixeira

4 Vernon Wells

5 Ken Griffey Jr. SP

6 Nick Swisher

7 Jose Reyes

8 David Wright

9 Vladimir Guerrero

10 Andruw Jones

11 Ramon Hernandez

12 Miguel Tejada

13 Juan Pierre

14 Jim Thome

15 Austin Kearns SP

16 Jhonny Peralta

17 Clint Barmes

18 Angel Berroa

19 Nomar Garciaparra

20 Joe Nathan

21 Brandon Webb

22 Chad Tracy

23 Derek Jeter

24 Conor Jackson (RC)

25 Jason Giambi SP

26 Johnny Estrada

27 Luis Gonzalez

28 Javier Vazquez

29 Orlando Hudson

30 Shawn Green

31 Mark Buehrle

32 Wily Mo Pena

33 C.C. Sabathia

34 Ronnie Belliard

35 Travis Hafner SP

36 Mike Jacobs (RC)

37 Roy Oswalt

38 Zack Greinke

39 J.D. Drew

40 Jeff Kent

41 Ben Sheets

42 Luis Castillo

43 Carlos Delgado

44 Cliff Floyd

45 Danny Haren SP

46 Bobby Abreu

47 Jeromy Burnitz

48 Khalil Greene

49 Moises Alou

50 Alex Rodriguez SP

51 Ervin Santana SP

52 Bartolo Colon SP

53 John Smoltz SP

54 David Ortiz SP

55 Hideki Matsui SP

56 Jermaine Dye SP

57 Victor Martinez SP

58 Willy Taveras SP

59 Brady Clark SP

60 Justin Morneau

61 Xavier Nady

62 Rich Harden

63 Jack Wilson

64 Brian Giles

65 Jon Lieber SP

66 Dan Johnson

67 Billy Wagner

68 Rickie Weeks

69 Chris Ray (RC)

70 Chris Shelton

71 Dmitri Young

72 Ivan Rodriguez

73 Jeremy Bonderman

74 Justin Verlander (RC)

75 Randy Johnson

76 Magglio Ordonez

77 Brandon Inge

78 Placido Polanco

79 Ryan Howard

80 Jason Bay

81 Sean Casey

82 Jeremy Hermida (RC)

83 Mike Cameron

84 Trevor Hoffman

85 Mike Matheny SP

86 Steve Finley

87 Adam Everett

88 Jason Isringhausen

89 Jonny Gomes

90 Barry Zito

91 Bobby Crosby

92 Eric Chavez

93 Frank Thomas

94 Huston Street

95 Jorge Posada

96 Casey Kotchman

97 Darin Erstad

98 Chipper Jones

99 Jeff Francoeur

100 Barry Bonds

101 Alfonso Soriano

102 Brandon Claussen

103 Aaron Boone

104 Roger Clemens

105 Andy Pettitte SP

106 Nick Johnson

107 Tom Gordon

108 Orlando Hernandez

109 Francisco Rodriguez

110 Orlando Cabrera

111 Edgar Renteria

112 Tim Hudson

113 Coco Crisp

114 Matt Clement

115 Greg Maddux SP

116 Paul Konerko

117 Felipe Lopez

118 Garrett Atkins

119 Akinori Otsuka

120 Craig Biggio

121 Danys Baez

122 Brad Penny

123 Eric Gagne

124 Lew Ford

125 Mariano Rivera SP

126 Carlos Beltran

127 Pedro Martinez

128 Todd Helton

129 Aaron Rowand

130 Mike Lieberthal

131 Oliver Perez

132 Ryan Klesko

133 Randy Winn

134 Yuniesky Betancourt

135 David Eckstein SP

136 Chad Orvella

137 Toby Hall

138 Hank Blalock

139 B.J. Ryan

140 Roy Halladay

141 Livan Hernandez

142 John Patterson

143 Bengie Molina

144 Brad Wilkerson

145 Jorge Cantu SP

146 Mark Mulder

147 Felix Hernandez

148 Paul Lo Duca

149 Prince Fielder (RC)

150 Johnny Damon SP

151 Ryan Langerhans SP

152 Kris Benson SP

153 Curt Schilling SP

154 Manny Ramirez SP

155 Robinson Cano SP

156 Derrek Lee SP

157 A.J. Pierzynski SP

158 Adam Dunn SP

159 Cliff Lee SP

160 Grady Sizemore

161 Jeff Francis

162 Dontrelle Willis

163 Brad Ausmus

164 Preston Wilson

165 Derek Lowe SP

166 Chris Capuano

167 Joe Mauer

168 Torii Hunter

169 Chase Utley

170 Zach Duke

171 Jason Schmidt

172 Adrian Beltre

173 Eddie Guardado

174 Richie Sexson

175 Miguel Cabrera SP

176 Julio Lugo

177 Francisco Cordero

178 Kevin Millwood

179 A.J. Burnett

180 Jose Guillen

181 Larry Bigbie

182 Raul Ibanez

183 Jake Peavy

184 Pat Burrell

185 Tom Glavine SP

186 J.J. Hardy

187 Emil Brown

188 Lance Berkman

189 Marcus Giles

190 Scott Podsednik

191 Chone Figgins

192 Melvin Mora

193 Mark Loretta

194 Carlos Zambrano

195 Chien-Ming Wang

196 Mark Prior

197 Bobby Jenks

198 Brian Fuentes

199 Garret Anderson

200 Ichiro Suzuki

201 Brian Roberts

202 Jason Kendall

203 Milton Bradley

204 Jimmy Rollins

205 Brett Myers SP

206 Joe Randa

207 Mike Piazza

208 Matt Morris

209 Omar Vizquel

210 Jeremy Reed

211 Chris Carpenter

212 Jim Edmonds

213 Scott Kazmir

214 Travis Lee

215 Michael Young SP

216 Rod Barajas

217 Gustavo Chacin

218 Lyle Overbay

219 Troy Glaus

220 Chad Cordero

221 Jose Vidro

222 Scott Rolen

223 Carl Crawford

224 Rocco Baldelli

225 Mike Mussina

226 Kelvim Escobar

227 Corey Patterson

228 Javy Lopez

229 Jonathan Papelbon (RC)

230 Aramis Ramirez

231 Tadahito Iguchi

232 Morgan Ensberg

233 Mark Grudzielanek

234 Mike Sweeney

235 Shawn Chacon SP

236 Nick Punto

237 Geoff Jenkins

238 Carlos Lee

239 David DeJesus

240 Brad Lidge

241 Bob Wickman

242 Jon Garland

243 Kerry Wood

244 Bronson Arroyo

245 Matt Holliday SP

246 Josh Beckett

247 Johan Santana

248 Rafael Furcal

249 Shannon Stewart

250 Gary Sheffield

251 Josh Barfield SP (RC)

252 Kenji Johjima RC

253 Ian Kinsler (RC)

254 Brian Anderson (RC)

255 Matt Cain SP (RC)

256 Josh Willingham SP (RC)

257 John Koronka (RC)

258 Chris Duffy (RC)

259 Brian McCann (RC)

260 Hanley Ramirez (RC)

261 Hong-Chih Kuo (RC)

262 Francisco Liriano (RC)

263 Anderson Hernandez (RC)

264 Ryan Zimmerman (RC)

265 Brian Bannister SP (RC)

266 Nolan Ryan

267 Frank Robinson

268 Roberto Clemente

269 Hank Greenberg

270 Napolean Lajoie

271 Lloyd Waner

272 Paul Waner

273 Frankie Frisch

274 Moose Skowron

275 Mickey Mantle

276 Brooks Robinson

277 Carl Yastrzemski

278 Johnny Pesky

279 Stan Musial

280 Bill Mazeroski

281 Harmon Killebrew

282 Monte Irvin

283 Bob Gibson

284 Ted Williams

285 Yogi Berra SP

286 Ernie Banks

287 Bobby Doerr

288 Josh Gibson

289 Bob Feller

290 Cal Ripken

291 Bobby Cox MG

292 Terry Francona MG

293 Dusty Baker MG

294 Ozzie Guillen MG

295 Jim Leyland MG SP

296 Willie Randolph MG

297 Joe Torre MG

298 Felipe Alou MG

299 Tony La Russa MG

300 Frank Robinson MG

301 Mike Tyson

302 Duke Paoa Kahanamoku

303 Jennie Finch

304 Brandi Chastain

305 Danica Patrick SP

306 Wendy Guey

307 Hulk Hogan

308 Carl Lewis

309 John Wooden

310 Randy Couture

311 Andy Irons

312 Takeru Kobayashi

313 Leon Spinks

314 Jim Thorpe

315 Jerry Bailey SP

316 Adrian C. Anson REP

317 John M. Ward REP

318 Mike Kelly REP

319 Capt. Jack Glasscock REP

320 Aaron Hill

321 Derrick Turnbow

322 Nick Markakis (RC)

323 Brad Hawpe

324 Kevin Mench

325 John Lackey SP

326 Chester A. Arthur

327 Ulysses S. Grant

328 Abraham Lincoln

329 Grover Cleveland

330 Benjamin Harrison

331 Theodore Roosevelt

332 Rutherford B. Hayes

333 Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck

334 Kaiser Wilhelm II

335 Queen Victoria SP

336 Pope Leo XIII

337 Thomas Edison

338 Orville Wright

339 Wilbur Wright

340 Nathaniel Hawthorne

341 Herman Melville

342 Stonewall Jackson

343 Robert E. Lee

344 Andrew Carnegie

345 John Rockefeller SP

346 Bob Fitzsimmons

347 Billy The Kid

348 Buffalo Bill

349 Jesse James

350 Statue Of Liberty

Parallels

All 350 base cards are available in the following mini-sized parallels. All cards measure 1-7/16" X 2-5/8"

• Minis
• A&G Backs
• Black Bordered
• No Number on Back (limited to 50 copies)
• Bazooka Backs (serial numbered to 25 copies)
• Mini Wood (one-of-one)
• Printing Plates (set of four-for-each)

NOTE: The 50 short-printed base cards are also SPed in the Mini, Mini A&G Back, and Mini Black Border parallels.

Mini-Exclusives

Inserted into Rip cards in 2006 Allen and Ginter, these mini cards are an additional 25 mini cards toward the base set. The cards feature additional pictures that are different from the base set for each player, and are printed on gray cardstock. Ryan and Clemens are depicted on different teams than their standard base card.

• 351 Albert Pujols
• 352 Alex Rodriguez
• 353 Andruw Jones
• 354 Barry Bonds
• 355 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 356 David Ortiz
• 357 David Wright
• 358 Derek Jeter
• 359 Derrek Lee
• 360 Hideki Matsui
• 361 Ichiro Suzuki
• 362 Johan Santana
• 363 Josh Gibson
• 364 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 365 Manny Ramirez
• 366 Mickey Mantle
• 367 Miguel Cabrera
• 368 Miguel Tejada
• 369 Mike Piazza
• 370 Nolan Ryan
• 371 Roberto Clemente
• 372 Roger Clemens
• 373 Scott Rolen
• 374 Ted Williams
• 375 Vladimir Guerrero

Inserts

Dick Perez Sketch Cards

The Dick Perez Sketch cards were inserted at a rate of nearly one per pack and were printed on a thicker gauge of cardstock -- essentially making them an anti-packsearching decoy. Perez had a long history of drawing ballplayer portraits for card manufacturers, dating back to the early 1980's in Donruss. Unfortunately, Topps commissioned his drawings as sketch cards (2 1/2" X 3 1/2") -- way to be too small and fine -- thus losing much of the majesty and detail of the Donruss Diamond Kings.

As with the old Diamond King issues in 1990's Donruss, one player from each team is featured on a card, thus a 30 card set.

• 1 Shawn Green
• 2 Andruw Jones
• 3 Miguel Tejada
• 4 David Ortiz
• 5 Derrek Lee
• 6 Paul Konerko
• 7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 8 Travis Hafner
• 9 Todd Helton
• 10 Ivan Rodriguez
• 11 Miguel Cabrera
• 12 Lance Berkman
• 13 Mike Sweeney
• 14 Vladimir Guerrero
• 15 Rafael Furcal
• 16 Carlos Lee
• 17 Johan Santana
• 18 David Wright
• 19 Alex Rodriguez
• 20 Huston Street
• 21 Bobby Abreu
• 22 Jason Bay
• 23 Jake Peavy
• 24 Ichiro Suzuki
• 25 Barry Bonds
• 26 Albert Pujols
• 27 Aubrey Huff
• 28 Mark Teixeira
• 29 Vernon Wells
• 30 Alfonso Soriano

Original Sketches

Embedded into Rip Cards (see below), these are the original sketches drawn by Dick Perez that were used for the regular insert. Each one is completely unique and serial-numbered as a one-of-one.

Rip Cards

Although not entirely a new concept (see 1998 Zenith) 2006 Allen & Ginter saw the introduction of the Rip cards. The cards were designed to be torn open and had a second mini card embedded inside. The mini card would either be an autographed mini, a limited gray back mini, an original Dick Perez sketch (1/1) or an original buy-back Allen and Ginter card from 1887.

The cards were seeded at approximately 1 per hobby case or 1:265 packs. There were 50 total rip cards with print runs varying from 10 - 99. A checklist with the print runs is shown below. Unripped cards carry a much higher premium, if you can even find one at all.

When Allen and Ginter was first released the demand for these cards was sky-high. Thus the price on these cards was significantly higher than other sets that had similarly serial numbered cards.

Although rarely seen on the secondary market anymore, these cards still demand a high premium. A ripped copy of #RIP2 Dontrelle Willis (#7/10) sold on EBay in January 2008 for $55. A ripped copy of #RIP35 Albert Pujols (8/99) was sold on EBay in Jan, 2008 for $10.

RIP1 Mickey Mantle Back 10

RIP2 Dontrelle Willis 10

RIP3 Ivan Rodriguez 10

RIP4 Johan Santana 10

RIP5 Mike Piazza 15

RIP6 Randy Johnson 15

RIP7 Robinson Cano 15

RIP8 Scott Rolen 15

RIP9 Todd Helton 15

RIP10 Alex Rodriguez Back 25

RIP11 Alfonso Soriano 25

RIP12 D.Ortiz/A.Rodriguez 25

RIP13 Barry Bonds Back 25

RIP14 C.Beltran/C.Delgado 25

RIP15 David Wright 25

RIP16 Derrek Lee 25

RIP17 Huston Street 25

RIP18 Mariano Rivera 25

RIP19 Nolan Ryan 25

RIP20 Kenji Johjima 99

RIP21 Cap Anson 99

RIP22 Ryan Zimmerman 99

RIP23 Andruw Jones 99

RIP24 Barry Bonds at Wall 99

RIP25 Cal Ripken 99

RIP26 David Ortiz 99

RIP27 Hideki Matsui 99

RIP28 Ken Griffey Jr. 99

RIP29 Manny Ramirez 99

RIP30 Mickey Mantle w/Bat 99

RIP31 A.Rod Bat Out 99

RIP32 Miguel Cabrera 99

RIP33 Miguel Tejada 99

RIP34 Pedro Martinez 99

RIP35 Albert Pujols w/Bat 99

RIP36 A.Rod Hands Out 99

RIP37 A.Rodriguez/D.Jeter 99

RIP38 Barry Bonds 700 99

RIP39 Derek Jeter 99

RIP40 Ichiro Suzuki 99

RIP41 I.Suzuki/H.Matsui 99

RIP42 Josh Gibson 99

RIP43 M.Mantle Swing 99

RIP44 Jonathan Papelbon 99

RIP45 M.Mantle/T.Williams 99

RIP46 Albert Pujols Back 99

RIP47 Roberto Clemente 99

RIP48 Roger Clemens 99

RIP49 Ted Williams 99

RIP50 Vladimir Guerrero 99

N-43

As a tribute to the orginal Allen and Ginter sets, a special group of cards were inserted as box toppers. The cards' dimension are the same measurements as the original 1888 Allen and Ginter N43 cards and are modeled in the same style. Each hobby box had either an N43 or a Postcard card inserted as a box topper.

1 Alex Rodriguez

2 Barry Bonds

3 Albert Pujols

4 Josh Gibson

5 Nolan Ryan

6 Ichiro Suzuki

7 Mickey Mantle

8 Ted Williams

9 David Wright

10 Ken Griffey Jr.

11 Mark Teixeira

12 Adrian C. "Cap" Anson

13 Mike Tyson (Team listed as "Ear Eaters")

14 Kenji Johjima

15 Ryan Zimmerman

Postcards

Two different types of cards were inserted into the hobby boxes of 2006 Allen and Ginter as a box topper. Each box would contain either a postcard box topper or a N43 box topper. The post cards measure approximately the same dimensions as a standard US postal service post card. The card fronts feature a black and white picture from a location that would be associated with the player. The card back feature a short message from the player and a facsimile signature. The "stamp" of the post card features a small portrait picture of the player.

Albert Pujols (St. Louis Cathedral)

Alex Rodriguez (New York - Federal Hall)

Barry Bonds

Cal Ripken Jr.

Derek Jeter (New York Central Park)

David Ortiz

David Wright (New York East River Bridge)

Gary Carter (Baseball Hall of Fame)

Ichiro Suzuki

Josh Gibson (Washington, DC)

Ken Griffey Jr. (Cincinnati - The Ohio River)

Mickey Mantle

Manny Ramirez (Boston)

Miguel Tejada

Ted Williams

Vladimir Guerrero (California Steam Ship Advertisement)

Autographs & Game-Used

Framed Relics

Inserted at varying rates based on different grouping, 50 relic cards were also inserted into the Allen and Ginter packs. Included along with the baseball game used relics were two cards featuring a necktie worn by George W. Bush and a sweater worn by John F. Kennedy. Both of these cards are extremely rare. However, it should be noted that the Mantle jersey relic is no more rare than the Huston Street or Travis Hafner cards.

The specific odds of finding a Framed Relic are as follows.

• Group A: 1:2800 Hobby, 1:4950 retail
• Group B: 1:2000 Hobby, 1:3900 retail
• Group C: 1:140 Hobby, 1:248 retail
• Group D: 1:178 Hobby, 1:413 retail
• Group E: 1:128 Hobby, 1:275 retail
• Group F: 1:60 Hobby, 1:118 retail
• Group G: 1:66 Hobby, 1:152 retail
• Group H: 1:111 Hobby, 1:174 retail
• Group I: 1:178 Hobby, 1:413 retail

AP Albert Pujols Uni F

APE Andy Pettitte Jsy F

AR Alex Rodriguez Jsy C

BB Barry Bonds Uni G

BC Bobby Crosby Uni E

BM Brandon McCarthy Jsy E

CB Carlos Beltran Jsy H

CBA Clint Barmes Jsy G

CD Carlos Delgado Jsy F

CMW Chien-Ming Wang Jsy F

CS Curt Schilling Jsy F

CU Chase Utley Jsy G

DO David Ortiz Jsy G

DW David Wright Jsy H

DWI Dontrelle Willis Jsy I

EC Eric Chavez Uni E

FH Felix Hernandez Jsy C

FT Frank Thomas Bat F

GB George W. Bush Tie A 150

GS Gary Sheffield E

HCK Hong-Chih Kuo Jsy D

HM Hideki Matsui Uni G

HS Huston Street Jsy D

JC Jorge Cantu Jsy E

JD Johnny Damon Jsy C

JDY Jermaine Dye Uni G

JF Jeff Francouer Bat C

JG Jonny Gomes Jsy F

JK John F. Kennedy Sweater A 250

JP Jake Peavy Jsy C

JS Johan Santana Jsy G

JT Jim Thome Uni C

MB Mark Buehrle Uni F

MC Miguel Cabrera Uni B

MH Matt Holliday Jsy F

MM Mickey Mantle Uni D

MP Mark Prior Jsy G

MPZ Mike Piazza Bat C

MR Manny Ramirez Jsy H

MT Miguel Tejada Uni E

NS Nick Swisher Jsy E

PK Paul Konerko Uni D

PM Pedro Martinez Jsy I

RC Robinson Cano Uni F

RH Ryan Howard Bat C

RL Ryan Langerhans Bat C

RO Roy Oswalt Jsy G

TH Travis Hafner Jsy D

VG Vladimir Guerrero Bat F

VM Victor Martinez Jsy D

WT Willy Taveras Jsy H

ZD Zach Duke Jsy C

Framed Autographs

39 players were featured in an Framed Autographed set. The players autographed mini cards of themselves that were than placed inside a frame similar to the frames that the relic and A&G originals were set in. The autographed cards were inserted in different groups at different rates. The print runs for each group were provided by Topps. None of the cards are serial numbered.

• Group A: 1:2467 Hobby, 1:3850 retail; limited to 50 copies.
• Group B: 1:14,500 Hobby, 1:32,000 retail; limited to 75 copies.
• Group C: 1:2200 Hobby, 1:4300 retail; limited to 100 copies.
• Group D: 1:548 Hobby, 1:1090 retail; limited to 200 copies.
• Group E: 1:473 Hobby, 1:1000 retail
• Group F: 1:250 Hobby, 1:520 retail
• Group G: 1:158 Hobby, 1:299 retail

NOTE: Although Brian Roberts, Felix Hernandez and Zach Duke were all advertised by Topps as being included in this set, it is now believed that these cards were not actually produced. These cards are not included in the Beckett Collections or OPG listing for the set.

AI Andy Irons D 200

AR Alex Rodriguez A 50

BB Barry Bonds A* 25

BC Brandi Chastain D 200

BF Bob Feller E

BJR BJ Ryan E

BW Billy Wagner F

CB Clint Barmes F

CL Carl Lewis D 200

CMW Chien-Ming Wang C 100

CR Cal Ripken Jr. A 50

CU Chase Utley E

CY Carl Yastrzemski A 50

DL Derek Lee E

DP Danica Patrick C 100

DW David Wright E

DWI Dontrelle Willis C 100

EC Eric Chavez G

ES Ervin Santana F

FL Francisco Liriano G

GS Gary Sheffield A 50

HH Hulk Hogan D 200

HS Huston Street E

JB Jerry Bailey D 200

JBA Josh Barfield G

JF Jennie Finch D 200

JG Johnny Gomes G

JS Johan Santana C 100

JW John Wooden D 200

KJ Kenji Johjima A 50

LF Lew Ford G

LS Leon Spinks D 200

MC Miguel Cabrera C 100

MT Mike Tyson D 200

MY Michael Young E

NR Nolan Ryan A 50

OS Ozzie Smith B 75

PF Prince Fielder F

RA Randy Couture E

RC Robinson Cano G

RH Ryan Howard F

RZ Ryan Zimmerman F

SK Scott Kazmir F

SM Stan Musial A 50

TG Tony Gwynn A 50

TH Travis Hafner F

TK Takeru Kobayashi D 200

VG Vladimir Guerrero A 50

VM Victor Martinez E

WG Wendy Guey F

WMP Wily Mo Pena G

Red Ink

Two players, Alex Rodriguez and David Wright, also signed 10 cards each in red ink. These cards were embedded inside Rip Cards and are not serial numbered.

N-43 Relics

Two Relics N43's were inserted as box toppers.

An Albert Pujols uniform relic and a Josh Gibson bat relic were inserted at a rate of 1:1379 hobby boxes.

Each card was serial numbered to 50.

N-43 Autographs

Two autographed N43's were inserted as box toppers.

Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez both signed 10 cards and these were inserted at a rate of 1:1970 hobby boxes.

These cards are extremely rare and do not have listed prices in Beckett printed or OPG.

The Bonds card has sold for $700 and the Rodriguez for $420 - $480

Personalized Postcards

Two different types of cards were inserted into the hobby boxes of 2006 Allen and Ginter as a box topper. Each box would contain either a postcard box topper or a N43 box topper. The post cards measure approximately the same dimensions as a standard US postal service post card. The card fronts feature a black and white picture from a location that would be associated with the player. The card backs feature a short message from the player, hand written by the player with a signature. The "stamp" of the post card features a small portrait picture of the player.

The Mickey Mantle card is signed by his son David.

The odds of pulling a personalized postcard was 1:3000 hobby boxes. Each personalized postcard is a unique 1/1. The Gary Carter appeared on Ebay in January 2007 and sold for $320. The David Wright was reportedly sold for $1325 in 2006 (Source - Beckett Baseball, Oct. 2006, Issue #259)

AGPA-AR Alex Rodriguez

AGPA-CB Clint Barmes

AGPA-CR Cal Ripken

AGPA-CY Carl Yastrzemski

AGPA-DP Danica Patrick

AGPA-DS Duke Snider

AGPA-DW David Wright

AGPA-GC Gary Carter

AGPA-GS Gary Sheffield

AGPA-HH Hulk Hogan

AGPA-JF Jennie Finch

AGPA-MM Mickey Mantle (signed by David Mantle)

AGPA-RC Robinson Cano

AGPA-RH Ryan Howard

AGPA-RZ Ryan Zimmerman

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