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This site serves as a single place for all baseball card documentation including detailed information on sets (checklists, descriptions, gimmicks, short prints, variations, insertion ratios, images), hobby-specific vocabulary, collecting history, and much more. If you would like to help, create an account and create new entries or edit existing ones. If you have any questions, contact me at sruchris@gmail.com.
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[[2005 Leaf]] is a 300-card set released in January, 2005. The final 100 cards are short-printed and seed at the rate of one-per-pack. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield three game-used cards, while retail boxes will have two.  
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[[1977 Topps Cloth Stickers]] - [[1993 Cardtoons]] - [[1998 Finest]] - [[1984 Topps Traded]] - [[1999 Topps Gold Label]] - [[1997 Circa]] - [[2001 SP Game Bat Milestone]] - [[2004 Bowman]] - [[1998 Topps Stars]] - [[1992 Score]] - [[2006 Topps Chrome ]] - [[1993 Donruss Elite Dominators]] - [[1991 Bazooka]] - [[1978 Hostess]] - [[2005 SPx]] - [[1966 Bazooka]] - [[1993 Select]] - [[2007 SP Authentic]] - [[1998 E-X 2001]] - [[1997 Pinnacle Inside]] - [[2009 O-Pee-Chee]] - [[1997 Studio]] - [[2000 Pacific Invincible]] - [[2003 Victory]] - [[1994 Upper Deck The American Epic]] - [[2003 Topps 205]]
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[[2018 Triple Threads]] is a 100-card set released November 7th -- about a month-and-a-half later than usual. Each seven-card Hobby pack will contain three base cards, two parallels, one triple Relic card serial-numbered to 36 copies or fewer, and an autograph or autographed relic serial-numbered to 99 copies or fewer.
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The [[Fleer]] Corporation, founded by Frank H. Fleer in 1885, was the first company to successfully manufacture bubblegum; it remained a family-owned enterprise until it was taken private in 1989. In 1992, Fleer was sold to the comic-book empire Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. for $265 million. Seven years later, Marvel sold Fleer-Skybox to a partnership formed by Alex Grass, the founder of Rite Aid Corp., and his son Roger at a significant loss—reportedly only $26 million. The Grass family retained ownership until 2005 when Upper Deck bought the rights to the name after it filed for bankruptcy.  
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[[2018 Panini Flawless]] is an 85-card set released October 31st. Each ten-card box will yield one jewel-encrusted base card or parallel, two game-used cards, and seven autographs.
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[[2018 Topps High Tek]] was released on October 31, 2018. As usual, all cards are printed on acetate with multiple background pattern parallels. Each 40-card box will contain two autographs and four numbered base/insert cards.
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[[2018 Topps Update]] was released October 22nd.
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[[2018 Topps Five Star]] was released October 17th. All cards are autographed, and each box will contain two.
 
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[[2018 Topps Gold Label]] is a 300-card set released October 12th. As with the Gold Label sets of the late-90s, the set features 100 different players on three different "Class" cards: 1, 2, and 3. Unfortunately, the holo-foil plastic cardstock the brand was known for in the 90s was not used -- regular paper stock was used instead.
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New for 2018 are Relics and Framed Autographed Relics.
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[[2018 Panini Contenders Draft Picks]] is a 50-card set focusing on prospects and draft picks, released October 5th. Most players are depicted in their college uniforms, and is licensed by The Collegiate Licensing Company.
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The product does NOT have any active Major League players and as such, is not licensed by the MLB Players Association (even though Panini does have an MLBPA license).
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[[2018 National Treasures]] was released by Panini September 26th. As usual, every card is autographed and/or a memorabilia card serial-numbered to 99 copies or fewer. Each eight-card box will contain one booklet card.
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[[2018 Topps Heritage Minor League]] is a 220-card set released September 26th -- a month earlier than last year. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield one relic and one autograph.
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[[2018 Bowman Chrome]] will be released September 26th with a 100-card base set supplemented by a 100-card Prospects set. Each 12-pack Hobby box will yield a pair of autographs.
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For the second consecutive year, HTA Choice boxes are available which contain three autographs.
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[[2018 Bowman High Tek]] is a 56-card set released September 12th.  All cards are printed on acetate with multiple background variations.  Unlike the [[2017 Bowman High Tek|the previous year's product,]] a small selection of "true" rookie cards are included -- however, curiously, some players eligible to be RCs (e.g. Ronald Acuna, Jr. and Gleyber Torres) are still Prospects.  Each ten-card box will yield four autographs and a parallel.
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We estimate that only 625 12-box cases will be produced -- an increase of 100 cases from the previous year's product.
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[[2018 Topps Diamond Icons]] was released August 29th.  Each eight-card box will contain: one Relic, seven autographs, and a pair of autographed Relics.  Every other box will yield a cut signature.  All cards are serial-numbered to 25 copies or fewer.
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[[2018 Topps Fire]] is a 200-card set released exclusively to Target outlets the week of August 27th.
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[[2018 Panini Chronicles]] is a 60-card set released August 24th.  As with the previous year's product, Chronicles features an original base set along with inserts based off other Panini brands -- including the first Score baseball cards in 20 years.  Each six-pack Hobby box will contain three autographs and a game-used memorabilia card.
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[[2018 Topps Archives]] was released exclusively to retail outlets the week of August 13th. The Hobby edition -- which was scheduled for released around the same time -- has been delayed until September.
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The base set is 320 cards featuring designs from the 1959, 1977, and 1981 Topps sets.
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[[2018 Panini Immaculate]] was released August 1st.  Each six-card box will yield five autographs and/or game-used cards.  All cards are serial-numbered to 99 copies or fewer.
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[[2018 Topps Chrome]] was released August 1st.  Each Hobby box will yield two autographs while each Jumbo box will have five autos.
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[[2018 Donruss Optic]] was released July 18th. As usual, Optic is a 175-card chromium-stock take on the 2018 Donruss set. Each 20-pack Hobby box will yield 15 inserts/Prizm parallels, 15 Rated Rookie base cards, and two autographs.
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Randomly seeded "Hot Boxes" will yield five autographs, or one serial-numbered Prizm per pack.
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* [[Buying Wax]]
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* [[Collecting Cards]]
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* [[Card condition]]
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* [[Professional Grading]]
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* [[Rookie Card|Rookie Cards]]
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* [[Card storage]]
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* [[Trading]]
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<b>December 5</b>
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* [[2018 Bowman Draft]]
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* [[2018 Topps Dynasty]]
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<b>December 12</b>
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* [[2018 Panini Elite Extra Edition]]
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<b>December 14</b>
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* [[2018 Topps Transcendent]]
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<b>December 19</b>
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* [[2018 Bowman's Best]]
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<b>February 1, 2019</b>
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* [[2019 Topps Series One]]
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<b>February 20, 2019</b>
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* [[2019 Topps Tribute]]
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<b>February 27, 2019</b>
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* [[2019 Topps Heritage]]
  
==Featured Sets==
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<b>March 13, 2019</b>
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* [[2019 Topps Opening Day]]
  
[[2009 Topps 206]]
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<b>March 20, 2019</b>
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* [[2019 Topps Inception]]
  
[[2009 Topps Chrome]]
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<b>March 27, 2019</b>
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* [[2019 Topps Gypsy Queen]]
  
[[2009 Topps Heritage]]
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<b>April 17, 2019</b>
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* [[2017 Bowman]]
  
[[2008 Topps Heritage]]
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<b>August 10, 2019</b>
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* [[2019 Topps National Baseball Card Day]]
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[[2009 Topps Heritage Update]]
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<b>Hobby News</b>
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* [http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com Sports Collectors Daily]
  
[[2009 Topps Updates & Highlights]]
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<b>Card Forums</b>
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* [http://freedomcardboard.com Freedom Cardboard]
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* [http://www.thebenchtrading.com The Bench]
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* [http://community.cardboardconnection.com/forums/forums.php Cardboard Connection Forum]
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* [http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/ Blowout Forum]
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* [http://forums.collectors.com/categories.cfm?catid=11 Collectors Universe]
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* [http://www.beckett.com/forums/ Beckett Forum]
  
[[2000 Bowman's Best]]
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<b>Cardblogs</b>
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* [http://cardboardicons.com Cardboard Icons]
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* [http://cardjunk.blogspot.com Cardboard Junkie]
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* [http://mojobeardy.wordpress.com The Mojo Beard]
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* [http://blog.stalegum.com Stale Gum]
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* [http://thorzul.blogspot.com Thorzul Will Rule]
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* [http://fanofreds.blogspot.com Nachos Grande]
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* [http://nightowlcards.blogspot.com Night Owl Cards]
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* [http://junkwaxgems.wordpress.com Junk Wax Gems]
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* [http://collectorempire.com Uncharted Hobby]
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* [http://cardsbysooz.blogspot.com Cards by Sooz]
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* [http://baseballcardblog.blogspot.com The Baseball Card Blog]
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* [http://bdj610bbcblog.blogspot.com bdj610's Topps Baseball Card Blog]
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* [http://bapple2286.wordpress.com 30-Year Old Cardboard]
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* [http://firstballot.blogspot.com First Ballot Picture Cards]
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* [http://joeaveragecollector.blogspot.com Joe Average Card Collector]
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* [http://projectpedropc.blogspot.com Project Pedro/Cheap Wax Wednesday]
  
[[2009 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions]]
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<b>Trading Web Sites</b>
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* [http://www.sportscardforum.com Sports Card Forum]
  
[[2009 Topps Allen & Ginter's]]
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<b>Collection Management</b>
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* [http://www.zistle.com Zistle]
  
==Baseball Card Vocabulary==
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<b>Baseball Card Cyber Museum</b>
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* [https://www.cardcybermuseum.com/ Card Cyber Museum]
  
[[Acetate]]
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<b>Podcasts</b>
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* [http://www.sportscardradio.com/index.php/stream-the-sports-card-show Sports Card Radio]
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* [http://www.blogtalkradio.com/cardboardconnectionradio Cardboard Connection Radio]
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* [http://freedomcardboard.com/blog/tag/fcb-podcast FCB Podcast]
  
[[Airbrush]]
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<b>Grading Companies</b>
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* [http://www.psacard.com/ PSA]
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* [http://www.beckett.com/grading/ BGS]
  
[[Artist Proof]]
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<b>Price Guides</b>
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* [http://www.beckett.com Beckett]
  
[[Blaster]]
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<b>Collector-to-Collector Buying/Selling</b>
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* [http://www.checkoutmycards.com Check Out My Cards]
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* [http://www.ebay.com eBay]
  
[[Broder]]
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<b>Card Tracking</b>
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* [http://www.pulledsuperfractorslist.com Pulled SuperFractors List]
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Welcome to BaseballCardPedia.com -- the baseball card encyclopedia that anyone can edit

BCP serves as a single place for all baseball card information. If you would like to help, create an account and add new or edit existing articles. BCP is written and supported collaboratively by unpaid baseball card collectors. You can support BCP by making a monetary donation via PayPal. You can contact us via our Contact page or by email at baseballcardpedia@gmail.com.

Set of the Month

2005 Leaf is a 300-card set released in January, 2005. The final 100 cards are short-printed and seed at the rate of one-per-pack. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield three game-used cards, while retail boxes will have two.

Previous Sets of the Month

1977 Topps Cloth Stickers - 1993 Cardtoons - 1998 Finest - 1984 Topps Traded - 1999 Topps Gold Label - 1997 Circa - 2001 SP Game Bat Milestone - 2004 Bowman - 1998 Topps Stars - 1992 Score - 2006 Topps Chrome - 1993 Donruss Elite Dominators - 1991 Bazooka - 1978 Hostess - 2005 SPx - 1966 Bazooka - 1993 Select - 2007 SP Authentic - 1998 E-X 2001 - 1997 Pinnacle Inside - 2009 O-Pee-Chee - 1997 Studio - 2000 Pacific Invincible - 2003 Victory - 1994 Upper Deck The American Epic - 2003 Topps 205

Just Released

2018 Triple Threads is a 100-card set released November 7th -- about a month-and-a-half later than usual. Each seven-card Hobby pack will contain three base cards, two parallels, one triple Relic card serial-numbered to 36 copies or fewer, and an autograph or autographed relic serial-numbered to 99 copies or fewer.

2018 Panini Flawless is an 85-card set released October 31st. Each ten-card box will yield one jewel-encrusted base card or parallel, two game-used cards, and seven autographs.

2018 Topps High Tek was released on October 31, 2018. As usual, all cards are printed on acetate with multiple background pattern parallels. Each 40-card box will contain two autographs and four numbered base/insert cards.

2018 Topps Update was released October 22nd.

2018 Topps Five Star was released October 17th. All cards are autographed, and each box will contain two.

2018 Topps Gold Label is a 300-card set released October 12th. As with the Gold Label sets of the late-90s, the set features 100 different players on three different "Class" cards: 1, 2, and 3. Unfortunately, the holo-foil plastic cardstock the brand was known for in the 90s was not used -- regular paper stock was used instead.

Each box will yield one Framed Autograph.

New for 2018 are Relics and Framed Autographed Relics.

2018 Panini Contenders Draft Picks is a 50-card set focusing on prospects and draft picks, released October 5th. Most players are depicted in their college uniforms, and is licensed by The Collegiate Licensing Company.

The product does NOT have any active Major League players and as such, is not licensed by the MLB Players Association (even though Panini does have an MLBPA license).

Each pack contains an autograph.

2018 National Treasures was released by Panini September 26th. As usual, every card is autographed and/or a memorabilia card serial-numbered to 99 copies or fewer. Each eight-card box will contain one booklet card.

2018 Topps Heritage Minor League is a 220-card set released September 26th -- a month earlier than last year. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield one relic and one autograph.

2018 Bowman Chrome will be released September 26th with a 100-card base set supplemented by a 100-card Prospects set. Each 12-pack Hobby box will yield a pair of autographs.

For the second consecutive year, HTA Choice boxes are available which contain three autographs.

2018 Bowman High Tek is a 56-card set released September 12th. All cards are printed on acetate with multiple background variations. Unlike the the previous year's product, a small selection of "true" rookie cards are included -- however, curiously, some players eligible to be RCs (e.g. Ronald Acuna, Jr. and Gleyber Torres) are still Prospects. Each ten-card box will yield four autographs and a parallel.

2018 Topps Luminaries was released September 7th. Each box contains one card, an autograph serial-numbered to 15 copies or fewer.

We estimate that only 625 12-box cases will be produced -- an increase of 100 cases from the previous year's product.

2018 Topps Diamond Icons was released August 29th. Each eight-card box will contain: one Relic, seven autographs, and a pair of autographed Relics. Every other box will yield a cut signature. All cards are serial-numbered to 25 copies or fewer.

2018 Topps Fire is a 200-card set released exclusively to Target outlets the week of August 27th.

2018 Panini Chronicles is a 60-card set released August 24th. As with the previous year's product, Chronicles features an original base set along with inserts based off other Panini brands -- including the first Score baseball cards in 20 years. Each six-pack Hobby box will contain three autographs and a game-used memorabilia card.

2018 Topps Archives was released exclusively to retail outlets the week of August 13th. The Hobby edition -- which was scheduled for released around the same time -- has been delayed until September.

The base set is 320 cards featuring designs from the 1959, 1977, and 1981 Topps sets.

2018 Panini Immaculate was released August 1st. Each six-card box will yield five autographs and/or game-used cards. All cards are serial-numbered to 99 copies or fewer.

2018 Topps Chrome was released August 1st. Each Hobby box will yield two autographs while each Jumbo box will have five autos.

2018 Donruss Optic was released July 18th. As usual, Optic is a 175-card chromium-stock take on the 2018 Donruss set. Each 20-pack Hobby box will yield 15 inserts/Prizm parallels, 15 Rated Rookie base cards, and two autographs.

Randomly seeded "Hot Boxes" will yield five autographs, or one serial-numbered Prizm per pack.

Newest Pages
  1. 2024 Topps Heritage
  2. 2023 Panini Elite Extra Edition
  3. 2023-24 Topps Transcendent
  4. 2023 Bowman Inception
  5. 2023-24 Topps Dynasty
  6. 2007 Mets Topps Gift Set
  7. 2007 Topps Gift Sets
  8. 2024 Topps Tribute
  9. 2024 Topps Big League
  10. 2023 Topps Five Star
Collector Guides
Upcoming Releases

December 5

December 12

December 14

December 19

February 1, 2019

February 20, 2019

February 27, 2019

March 13, 2019

March 20, 2019

March 27, 2019

April 17, 2019

August 10, 2019

Online Resources

Hobby News

Card Forums

Cardblogs

Trading Web Sites

Collection Management

Baseball Card Cyber Museum

Podcasts

Grading Companies

Price Guides

Collector-to-Collector Buying/Selling

Card Tracking