Topps Gallery
20 packs // 5 cards per pack
2 Auto'd cards per box
I received the following:
Base:
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85 unique base cards or 56.6% of the base set of (I believe) 150
Topps Gallery is a mid-line (not really premium and not really 'base') issue. The feel of the card is excellent. They are printed on stiff stock and the artistic work seems to me to be some of the best I have seen on a Topps card. I am not normally a fan of the artistic cards, but Gallery this year seems to be the exception.
I believe this s a 150 card base set (could be wrong!). The design of the card is simple and the player's names are in gold foil with the Gallery logo on the top left of the card. The reverse has player stats from 2016. There might be some retired/veteran players in the set, but I did not receive any... (don't really know.)
Gallery should be an issue that the set builder and player collector ,alike, should enjoy chasing. It should take 2-3 boxes to complete the base set and have cards left over for trading.
Parallels/Inserts
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Private Issue #ed to 250
Ramirez and Finnegan
Green -#ed to 99
Yu Darvish
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Masters
Bo Jackson
Hall of Fame Gallery
Ashburn, Clemente, Gehrig, Piazza
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Heritage
Darvish and Benintendi
Masterpiece
McGuire and Bryant
Masterpiece insert is a really good looking insert -- my favorite of the issue.
Featured Artist
Dan Bergren
Expressionists
Carlos Correa
Autos
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Christian Arroyo
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Aaron Judge - green #ed to 99 - Redemption
The auto I received - Arroyo - is a sticker auto and is on a card well designed for a sticker. I am still looking at the Judge auto... I have several Judge rookies, but this is the first Judge auto that I have pulled - pretty sweet!!
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Overall grade A
Go buy several boxes - send the Rays parallels to me! Hopefully, you'll be as fortunate as me and pull a Judge or your favorite player!
Duane