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Set of the Month

2009 Ultimate Collection is a 110-card set released by Upper Deck in January, 2010. On December 31, 2009, Upper Deck's MLB Properties license expired, and this release is only licensed by the MLBPA. Each four-card pack is guaranteed to yield either an autograph or game-used card.

Cards 1-100 are all serial-numbered to 599 copies with the last 10 cards coming autographed.

Previous Sets of the Month

2004 Topps Traded & Rookies - 2005 SP Authentic - 1993 Donruss - 1997 Collector's Choice Teams - 1989 Donruss All-Stars - 1986 Fleer League Leaders - 2016 Topps New Era - 2002 Studio - 2006 Upper Deck Special F/X - 2010 Finest - 2003 Topps Gallery - 1999 E-X Century - 2005 Topps Pristine Legends - 1995 Post Canada - 2009 Upper Deck X - 1994 Topps Traded - 2004 Upper Deck Vintage - 1995 Studio - 2005 Leaf - 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

Just Released

2020 Bowman Transcendent was released August 26th. Only 100 sets were produced.

Each factory set contains the following:

One, 50-Card base set 30 Transcendent Autographs One, one-of-one, Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. Through the Years Autograph One, one-of-one, Yordan Alvarez Through the Years Autograph One, one-of-one, 1955 Bowman SuperFractor Autograph One, one-of-one, 1955 Bowman Oversized Cut Signature One PSA-graded Bowman Buyback A VIP Experience Invitation At present time, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the date and location of the VIP Experience has yet to be announced.

This is the second of four Transcendent products Topps is scheduled to release in 2020 and the first Bowman Transcendent set.

2020 Panini Immaculate was released August 21st. All cards in the product are either autographs or game-used cards. Each six-card box is expected to yield four autographs and two game-used cards.

2020 Topps Archives was released the week of August 19th. The base set is 324 cards featuring designs from the 1955, 1974, and 2002 Topps sets.

2020 Bowman Sterling is a 50-card set supplemented by a 50-card "Prospects" set, released August 12th. As with previous Bowman Sterling sets, each pack will contain an autograph.

2020 Topps Chrome was released August 7th. Each Hobby box will yield two autographs, eight inserts and 12 Refractors while each Jumbo box will have five autos and eight Refractors.

2020 Topps Luminaries was released August 5th. Each box contains one autographed card serial-numbered to 15 copies or fewer.

2020 Topps Museum Collection is a 100-card set released July 29th. Each pack will contain either an autograph or a relic. Each four-pack box will yield the following:

  • A Canvas Collection insert
  • Four parallels
  • A "premium" Relic
  • A Quad Relic
  • An Autograph
  • An Autographed Relic

2020 Donruss Optic was released July 22nd. As usual, Optic is a 200-card chromium-stock take on the 2020 Donruss set. Each 20-pack Hobby box will yield 20 inserts 10 parallels, and a pair of autographs.

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

"First off the Line" boxes were made available exclusively through paniniamerica.net. These boxes contain three autographed per box (one of which will be serial-numbered to 35 copies or fewer), a Pandora parallel serial-numbered to 99 in each pack, and a Cracked Ice parallel serial-numbered to seven per box.

2020 Topps Sterling was released July 22nd. It is the first Topps Sterling set in ten years. Each two-card box contains two autographed game-used cards serial-numbered to 25 copies or less. Unlike previous iterations of this product, there is no base set. Every fourth box will yield a one-of-one.

We estimate 880 eight-box Hobby cases were produced.

2020 Absolute is a 166-card set released by Panini July 10th. This is the first Absolute set in fifteen years, when it was issued by Panini's predecessor Donruss-Playoff.

Each ten-card Hobby pack will yield four base cards, one parallel, two inserts, one memorabilia card, and two autographs.

2020 Topps is a 700-card set released in two equal series of 350 cards. Series One was issued the week of February 5th, 2020 while the second series came out June 26th.

As usual, each 24-pack Hobby box will yield either an autograph or a Relic card while Hobby-exclusive jumbo boxes will yield an autograph, a game-used Relic, and a manufactured "relic."

2020 Finest is a 125-card set released by Topps on June 19th. Each box will yield two autographs.

2020 Topps Big League is a 300-card set released June 19th. Like the the previous year's product, it is targeted toward young collectors. New for 2020 are "Hobby Collector Boxes" which contain an action figure.

2020 Topps Pro Debut is a 200-card Minor League set released June 19th. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield two autographs, a Relic, and either a second Relic or a manufactured relic.

New for 2020 are Chrome parallels and Jumbo boxes.

2020 Panini Prizm is a 250-card set released June 17th. Each 12-card Hobby pack will contain one Prizm parallel and one insert. Every fourth Hobby pack will yield an autograph.

2020 Diamond Kings was released by Panini June 10th. The base set is 170 cards with the last 70 short-printed. Each Hobby pack will contain a card from one of fifteen insert sets. In addition, each 12-pack Hobby box will yield three parallels, one game-used memorabilia card, and an autograph.

2020 Topps Diamond Icons was released June 10th. Each ten-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.

2020 Topps Tier One was released June 5th. As usual, all cards are either autographs or relics and there is no base set in the traditional sense. Each three-card box will contain two autographs and a relic.

2020 Select was released May 22nd. This is the first Select brand in seven years, and the first baseball product issued by Panini since the COVID-19 outbreak. As with the 2013 edition, all cards are printed on chromium stock. The 250-card base set fractured into three levels.

Each 12-pack Hobby box will yield nine Prizm parallels, two autographs, and two game-used cards.

2020 Bowman is a 100-card set, supplemented by a 150-card Prospects set, tentatively scheduled for release May 27th. Each Hobby box will yield one autograph, 19 inserts, and one Atomic Refractor. Hobby Jumbo boxes will contain three autographs.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, 2020 Bowman -- along with other Topps releases -- was delayed from its original release date of April 10th as the Texas-based facility that produces and distributes Topps' pack-based products was ordered closed by the Texas state government.

2020 Topps Definitive Collection was released April 24th. An all "hit" product, each eight-card box will yield six on-card autographs and two Relics.

2020 Topps Transcendent Hall Of Fame was released April 24th. Only 50 sets were produced.

Each factory set contains the following:

  • One, 50-Card Hall of Fame Icons Base Set
  • One, 50-Card Hall of Famers Sketch Reproductions Set
  • One, one-of-one, Hall of Fame Sketch card
  • 40 Transcendent Autographs
  • One, one-of-one, Sandy Koufax Through the Years Autograph
  • One, one-of-one, 1954 Topps Baseball SuperFractor Autograph
  • One, one-of-one, Oversized Hall of Fame Cut Signature
  • One PSA-graded Hall of Fame Buyback
  • A VIP Experience Invitation

At present time, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the date and location of the VIP Experience has yet to be announced.

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  7. 2007 Topps Gift Sets
  8. 2024 Topps Tribute
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  10. 2023 Topps Five Star
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