2010 Topps Heritage Is Live

My cases are scheduled to arrive tomorrow, but some have already received theirs and commenced ripping. I'm waiting on permission to post some of their scans, but they are too busy opening to see my email! You can see the scans here on the PSA board though. Cards look pretty nice. The colors are a little washed out but they seem to look better than the scans that Becket posted a few days ago. Tomorrow I'll have my own scans to post.

2010 Topps Heritage on PSA Board

Thanks to ssdawg77 for letting me post his scans. There are bunch more at the link above, so if these wet your appetite, take a look at the rest. Is it just me or do the dice game cards look like the old Strat-O-Matic cards?

Just Opened Some 2010 Topps

This is the first bulk purchase of regular Topps cards for me in probably 20 years. The past few years I have starting buy wax again, but have stuck to the vintage style cards like Topps Heritage and Allen & Ginter. This year I decided to hop back on the modern bandwagon. I like the 2010 Topps cards. Look pretty nice and good quality. As usual, Topps threw in a few last minute surprises that were not on the preliminary 2010 Topps checklist such as the rare Pie In Face NY Yankee variation cards and an extra insert set called Legendary Lineage. Here are a few of the highlights from my first half case of 2010 Topps:

Hank Greenberg Peak Performance Relic Card (Always nice to get a hall of fame relic card)



Christy Mathewson Variation Short Print (Base set variation card)



Robin Yount Variation Short Print (Another base set variation card)



Collin Balester Peak Performance Auto (Not familiar with Collin, but hopefully he's a top prospect!)

The Ultimate Cut Signature Card...?

When it comes to the fairly recent phenomenon of the cut signature card, it doesn't get much better than this. In fact, I don't see how any cut card could be better, at least when it comes to sports signatures. I think there was a George Washington/Abraham Lincoln cut sig card which was very nice, but for sports greats you can't get much better than the original five inductees in the MLB Hall of Fame. This card was produced by Upper Deck specifically for the seller and features cut signatures from Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson. Not a bad fivesome! Thanks to the seller (kevko-47) for letting me post a scan of the card. For more info on the card (and lots of more pics) or to buy or make an offer for the card, check out the actual listing:

1936 "The First Class" Cut Signature Card

Now This Is A Cool Stamp (Actually Two Stamps)

I think I'll have to pick up these two stamps for my collection. Baseball Digest has an article about the new two stamp set honoring the Negro Leagues and Rube Foster with the awesome action artistic rendering below. I always love to see baseball related postage stamps. With all the buying, selling, trading through the mail and collection of sports related stamps by sports cards and memorabilia collectors, it amazes me that Cliff cannot come anywhere close to breaking even financially. Oh well, I will continue to do my part to help. Speaking of Rube Foster and the Negro Leagues, if you are ever in Kansas City be sure to visit one of baseball's true treasures, The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.

Minor League Ripken Card Going Crazy

Chris from www.RipkenInTheMinors.com pointed out an interesting Huggins and Scott auction for a 1980 WBTV Charlotte O's Cal Ripken card. It's graded as a PSA 8 and is already up to $1500 with five days left. Cool auction and it's always cool to see pics of great players back before they made it to the Show.

1980 WBTV Charlotte O's Cal Ripken Auction

Topps Announces Six Super Short Print Variations in 2009 Heritage High Numbers

Topps has announced that there are six of the super short print variations in the 2009 Topps Heritage High Numbers set:

#15 Dustin Pedroia New York Yankees Team Logo
#83 Derek Jeter Red Sox Team Logo
#250 Albert Pujols All-Rookie Design
#563 Pedro Martinez Black & White Head Shot
#569 Alex Rios Black & White Head Shot
#545 Neftali Feliz Black & White Image

2009 Topps Heritage High Numbers Checklist

The First 2009 Topps Heritage High Number Variation...Or The Eighth Regular Set Variation?

A new Topps Heritage super short print variation has shown up in the 2009 Topps Heritage High Numbers set that is just hitting collectors hands this week. This card is a Dustin Pedroia card with a NY Yankees logo. However, it's a card from the original 2009 Topps Heritage set, it's the #15 Pedroia card. But this variation was not included in any of the regular set packs as Topps confirmed the seven super short print variations as the only seven in the original set. So I'm not sure which set this qualifies for...or if it matters. I will check with the seller to see if I can get a copy of his scan of the card (I always get permission first), but here is the link to the auction on eBay with a scan of the card.

2009 Topps Heritage High Numbers Dustin Pedroia Super Short Print