Topps Tribute - M L B
6 packs - 3 cards per pack
1 auto or relic in every pack
I received these:
11 base cards (11% of the 100 card base set)
Tribute is a premium issue and a bit pricey. In O'do, the packs are $50 and the boxes are about $240+/-. The cards are again highly reflective this year and each one resembles a refractor in other issues. The set contains a good number of veterans - Ruth, Ford, Dawson, Maddux, F. Thomas, Gehrig, Mays, R. Johnson, Koufax, Fisk, Robinson, Griffey,Jr,. to name a few. I realize that the set is called Tribute, but only 100 cards - 30 teams - maybe the set could be expanded to 200 cards and the packs to at least 5 cards? The base cards look very good - the photography is sharp and the design of the card does not distract from the pic of the player.
The reverse of the card has several highlights of the player - no career or personal stats.
Parallels
Blue Parallel
Adrian Gonzales #ed to 99
Autos / Relics
Zach Wheeler g/u jsy #ed to 99
David Wright g/u bat #ed to 35
Nomar Garciaparra #ed to 99
Will Clark #ed to 50
Eric Davis #ed to 50
Orange Auto
Eric Davis #ed to 40
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Tribute is an excellent issue for the player collector - lots of different parallels, autos, and relics. The set builder will have a bit of a hill to climb.
Autos are fantastic - all that I have seen are on card - blue Sharpee! Each one that I have seen looks great. I like that Will Clark added '22' to his auto. That shows that he actually took second to auto the card - well done (much better than the feller that I try to collect...) I was a bit disappointed that I received 2 Eric Clark autos in one box.
The price point of this issue is a bit high. I believe that it would be a good value at $25-$30 per pack - $125 per box - with only 18 cards in the box.
Overall grade B+ excellent autos, not enough cards per pack.
Go buy several boxes and send the Rays to me (autos/relics/and parallels)!!!
Duane
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