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| − | <b>[[2006_Topps_Allen_&_Ginter's|2006 Topps Allen & Ginter's]]</b>, winner of Beckett Baseball's Product of the Year for 2006, was considered by many to possibly be the best baseball product of the year. Packs of 2006 A&G were gobbled up by collectors shortly | + | <b>[[2006_Topps_Allen_&_Ginter's|2006 Topps Allen & Ginter's]]</b>, winner of Beckett Baseball's Product of the Year for 2006, was considered by many to possibly be the best baseball product of the year. Packs of 2006 A&G were gobbled up by collectors shortly its release in late July. Prices soared above Topps' suggested retail price as the hits just kept coming. Part of the appeal of this set, is a strong lineup of major league players, superstar athletes from other sports and a chance at getting an original buy-back 1887 Allen and Ginter card via one-per-case [[2006_Topps_Allen_&_Ginter's#Rip_Cards|rip cards]]. |
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Article of the week
2006 Topps Allen & Ginter's, winner of Beckett Baseball's Product of the Year for 2006, was considered by many to possibly be the best baseball product of the year. Packs of 2006 A&G were gobbled up by collectors shortly its release in late July. Prices soared above Topps' suggested retail price as the hits just kept coming. Part of the appeal of this set, is a strong lineup of major league players, superstar athletes from other sports and a chance at getting an original buy-back 1887 Allen and Ginter card via one-per-case rip cards.
Featured articles
2010 Upper Deck, which arrived in retail stores the first week of February, is Upper Deck's third baseball set released without a license from Major League Baseball Properties (MLBP) in 2010. Team nicknames and logos (except on uniforms) do not appear anywhere on these cards due them being unlicensed by the MLBP. This set consists of 600 base cards and a number of new inserts; Portraits, Season Biography, Tape Measure Shots, All World, Pure Heat and a few more.
2010 Topps Series 1, which arrived in retail stores on January 20, 2009, contains a 330-card base set, one autograph or relic card in every 36-pack hobby box or one autograph and two relics per 10-pack HTA jumbo box. New inserts for 2010 include The Cards Your Mother Threw Out, History of the Game, Tales of the Game, Hall of Fame buybacks, Legendary Lineage and When They Were Young.
