2012 Topps Archives

Description

2012 Topps Archives, a 241-card set, was released to retail May 17 and to the hobby on May 23, 2012. Due to restrictions on the number of retired players that can appear in a specific product alongside current MLB players, 2012 Archives can not be structured like the Archives sets of the 1990s and 2000s -- i.e. a set full of reprints. Instead, the set will feature current stars in a variety of classic designs along with a subset based on the All-Time Fan Favorites set of the 2000s.

Each 24-pack Hobby box is expected to yield two All-Time Fan Favorites autographs.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, eight cards per pack (MSRP: $5). 10 boxes per case.

Blasters: (MSRP $19.99) contain 8 packs with 8 cards in each pack.

Rack packs: (MSRP $4.99) contain 14 cards.

Retail: (MSRP $3.09) contain 8 cards.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	Retail Rack Odds
Base	241	-	8:1	8:1	14:1
Short Set	200	-	8:1	8:1	14:1
All-Time Fan Favorites	41	-	1:4	1:4	1:4
Gold	240	-	1:12	1:12	1:12
Printing Plates	240	four-for-each	1:777	N/A	N/A
Reprints	50	-	1:4	1:4	1:4
1977 Cloth Stickers	25	-	1:6	1:6	1:6
1967 Stickers	25	-	1:8	1:8	1:8
1968 3D	15	-	1:8	1:8	1:8
1969 Deckle Edge	15	-	1:12	1:12	1:12
1956 Relics	55	-	1:120	1:30	1:15
1958 Classic Combos	10	-	N/A	1:32	1:32
1982 In Action	10	-	N/A	1:32	1:32
1967 Stickers Printing Plates	25	four-for-each	*	N/A	N/A
1968 3D Printing Plates	15	four-for-each	*	N/A	N/A
1969 Deckle Edge Printing Plates	15	four-for-each	*	N/A	N/A
1977 Cloth Printing Plates	25	four-for-each	*	N/A	N/A
Reprints Printing Plates	50	four-for-each	*	N/A	N/A
All-Time Fan Favorites Autographs Group A	?	-	1:368	1:4500	1:1900
All-Time Fan Favorites Autographs Group B	?	-	1:21	1:173	1:87
All-Time Fan Favorites Autographs Group C	?	-	1:32	1:403	1:200
Originals Buyback	?	?	1:14:740	1:3,275	1:1,200
Originals Redemptions	?	100	1:44,200	1:9800	1:3600
Yu Darvish Autograph	1	-	1:1685	1:32,850	1:8680
Gary Carter Sticker Autograph	1	-	1:12,400	N/A	?
Hank Aaron Autographed 1994 Topps Archives Buyback	1	25	1:24,875	N/A	?
Topps Vault Redemptions	?	20	1:196,000	1:48,000	1:20,000
Framed 1983 Autographed Minis	25	25	1:995	N/A	N/A
Autographed Originals	10	5	1:8292	N/A	N/A

* Stated odds of finding an Insert Printing Plate: 1:1196/packs

Checklist

Base Set

1954 Design

• 1 Matt Kemp
• 2 Nick Swisher
• 3 Jered Weaver
• 4 Matt Garza
• 5 Freddie Freeman
• 6 Paul Goldschmidt
• 7 Cole Hamels
• 8 Matt Moore RC
• 9 Brett Gardner
• 10 Ryan Braun
• 11 Curtis Granderson
• 12 Pablo Sandoval
• 13 Mark Teixeira
• 14 Yadier Molina
• 15 Madison Bumgarner
• 16 Yunel Escobar
• 17 Mat Latos
• 18 Tom Seaver
• 19 Brandon Beachy
• 20 Robinson Cano
• 21 Jeremy Hellickson
• 22 Mickey Mantle
• 23 Chris Young
• 24 Lance Berkman
• 25 Dan Haren
• 26 Paul Konerko
• 27 Carl Crawford
• 28 Melky Cabrera
• 29 B. J. Upton
• 30 Jacoby Ellsbury
• 31 Joe Morgan
• 32 Adam Jones
• 33 Jon Lester
• 34 Jaime Garcia
• 35 Zack Greinke
• 36 Martin Prado
• 37 Jose Valverde
• 38 Billy Butler
• 39 Jackie Robinson
• 40 Nelson Cruz
• 41 Corey Hart
• 42 Aroldis Chapman
• 43 Wade Boggs
• 44 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 45 Carlos Ruiz
• 46 John Danks
• 47 Drew Pomeranz RC
• 48 Grady Sizemore
• 49 Mike Moustakas
• 50 Albert Pujols

1971 Design

• 51 Roy Halladay
• 52 Geovany Soto
• 53 Adam Wainwright
• 54 Jemile Weeks
• 55 Jesus Montero RC
• 56 Alex Rodriguez
• 57 Josh Beckett
• 58 Tommy Hanson
• 59 Hunter Pence
• 60 Mariano Rivera
• 61 Brian McCann
• 62 Hanley Ramirez
• 63 Tim Hudson
• 64 Derek Holland
• 65 Jordan Zimmermann
• 66 Andrew McCutchen
• 67 Justin Verlander
• 68 Drew Storen
• 69 Ryan Zimmerman
• 70 Joey Votto
• 71 Jimmy Rollins
• 72 Ian Kinsler
• 73 Shaun Marcum
• 74 Ty Cobb
• 75 Reggie Jackson
• 76 Victor Martinez
• 77 Chipper Jones
• 78 Miguel Montero
• 79 Ervin Santana
• 80 Troy Tulowitzki
• 81 Adrian Beltre
• 82 Jose Reyes
• 83 Craig Kimbrel
• 84 Nyjer Morgan
• 85 Matt Holliday
• 86 Trevor Cahill
• 87 Clay Buchholz
• 88 Mike Schmidt
• 89 Lou Gehrig
• 90 Joe Mauer
• 91 Ted Lilly
• 92 Jordan Walden
• 93 Matt Harrison
• 94 Anibal Sanchez
• 95 Yoenis Cespedes RC
• 96 Phil Rizzuto
• 97 Brett Lawrie
• 98 Johan Santana
• 99 Brandon Belt
• 100 Miguel Cabrera

1980 Design

• 101 Adrian Gonzalez
• 102 Dee Gordon
• 103 Ricky Romero
• 104 Yovani Gallardo
• 105 Torii Hunter
• 106 Alex Gordon
• 107 Josh Johnson
• 108 Cliff Lee
• 109 Catfish Hunter
• 110 Jose Bautista
• 111 John Axford
• 112 Todd Helton
• 113 Ryan Howard
• 114 Jason Motte
• 115 Gio Gonzalez
• 116 Alex Avila
• 117 George Brett
• 118 Desmond Jennings
• 119 Yu Darvish RC
• 120 Tim Lincecum
• 121 Heath Bell
• 122 Dustin Pedroia
• 123 Ryan Vogelsong
• 124 Brandon Phillips
• 125 David Freese
• 126 Rickie Weeks
• 127 Evan Longoria
• 128 Shin-Soo Choo
• 129 Darryl Strawberry
• 130 Giancarlo Stanton
• 131 Elvis Andrus
• 132 Ben Zobrist
• 133 Mark Trumbo
• 134 Chris Carpenter
• 135 Mike Napoli
• 136 David Ortiz
• 137 Jason Heyward
• 138 Joe DiMaggio
• 139 Ivan Nova
• 140 Buster Posey
• 141 J. P. Arencibia
• 142 Ozzie Smith
• 143 Marco Scutaro
• 144 Ike Davis
• 145 Howie Kendrick
• 146 Jarrod Parker RC
• 147 Justin Masterson
• 148 R.A. Dickey
• 149 Dustin Ackley
• 150 Derek Jeter

1984 Design

• 151 Stephen Strasburg
• 152 Johnny Cueto
• 153 Felix Hernandez
• 154 Starlin Castro
• 155 Ichiro
• 156 Ubaldo Jimenez
• 157 Carlos Gonzalez
• 158 Michael Young
• 159 David Price
• 160 Prince Fielder
• 161 Chase Utley
• 162 Jayson Werth
• 163 Aramis Ramirez
• 164 Kevin Youkilis
• 165 Jay Bruce
• 166 CC Sabathia
• 167 Michael Pineda
• 168 Carlos Santana
• 169 Michael Morse
• 170 Justin Upton
• 171 Lucas Duda
• 172 James Shields
• 173 Daniel Hudson
• 174 Asdrubal Cabrera
• 175 Justin Morneau
• 176 Eric Hosmer
• 177 Shane Victorino
• 178 Adam Lind
• 179 Michael Bourn
• 180 David Wright
• 181 Matt Cain
• 182 Ian Kennedy
• 183 Dan Uggla
• 184 Jim Rice
• 185 Roberto Clemente
• 186 Brian Wilson
• 187 Nolan Ryan
• 188 Vance Worley
• 189 Babe Ruth
• 190 Josh Hamilton
• 191 Yogi Berra
• 192 Brad Peacock RC
• 193 Lonnie Chisenhall
• 194 Gary Carter
• 195 Brandon Morrow
• 196 Andrew Bailey
• 197 Allen Craig
• 198 Casey Kotchman
• 199 Mark Reynolds
• 200 Derek Jeter

All-Time Fan Favorites

Like the All-Time Fan Favorites set of the mid-00s, this subset features retired players done in the style, but are NOT reprints, of classic Topps cards. The ATFF subset is short-printed and seeded into packs at the rate of 1:4.

Card #241 was printed in much more limited quantities than the other 40 cards in the subset.

• 201 Don Mattingly 85
• 202 Mike Scott 87
• 203 Willie Mays 66
• 204 Ken Singleton 80
• 205 Bill Buckner 82
• 206 Dave Kingman 77
• 207 Vida Blue 76
• 208 Frank Howard 71
• 209 Will Clark 86
• 210 Sandy Koufax 66
• 211 Wally Joyner 87
• 212 Andy van Slyke 88
• 213 Bill Madlock 84
• 214 Mitch Williams 93
• 215 Brett Butler 92
• 216 Bake McBride 75
• 217 Luis Tiant 75
• 218 Dave Righetti 86
• 219 Cecil Cooper 81
• 220 Ken Griffey, Jr. 89
• 221 Jim Abbott 92
• 222 John Kruk 93
• 223 Cecil Fielder 91
• 224 Terry Pendelton 92
• 225 Ken Griffey, Sr. 77
• 226 Jay Buhner 97
• 227 John Olerud 93
• 228 Ron Gant 92
• 229 Roger McDowell 87
• 230 Lance Parrish 84
• 231 Jack Clark 88
• 232 George Bell 88
• 233 Oscar Gamble 82
• 234 Shawon Dunston 90
• 235 Ed Kranepool 70
• 236 Chili Davis 90
• 237 Robin Ventura 00
• 238 Jose Oquendo 88
• 239 Von Hayes 87
• 240 Sid Bream 92
• 241 Bryce Harper 84 SP

Parallels

Cards 1-200 are available in the following parallels.

• Gold (1:12/packs)
• Printing Plates (set of four for each, Hobby only).

Inserts

NOTE: Randomly inserted into Hobby packs are the printing plates for each insert. Each of the 130 inserts has a set of four plates.

Reprints

Each card is a full reproduction of a previously issued Topps card. To distinguish these inserts from the originals, and from every other reprint insert Topps has issued both before and since, each card is stamped with the Topps Archives logo on the front.

NOTE: This set is not sequentially-numbered. Therefore, we have checklisted this set by YEAR, CARD #, PLAYER.

• 52 243 Larry Doby
• 52 191 Yogi Berra
• 52 88 Bob Feller
• 53 244 Willie Mays
• 53 191 Ralph Kiner
• 53 62 Monte Irvin
• 55 164 Roberto Clemente
• 56 150 Duke Snider
• 56 110 Yogi Berra
• 56 164 Harmon Killebrew
• 59 338 Sparky Anderson
• 60 28 Brooks Robinson
• 61 287 Carl Yastrzemski
• 62 500 Duke Snider
• 62 70 Harmon Killebrew
• 64 440 Roberto Clemente
• 65 176 Willie McCovey
• 66 420 Juan Marichal
• 66 160 Whitey Ford
• 67 333 Fergie Jenkins
• 67 337 Joe Morgan
• 68 80 Rod Carew
• 68 385 Catfish Hunter
• 68 575 Jim Palmer
• 69 260 Reggie Jackson
• 69 95 Johnny Bench
• 69 440 Willie McCovey
• 70 300 Tom Seaver
• 70 712 Nolan Ryan
• 71 325 Juan Marichal
• 72 550 Brooks Robinson
• 73 230 Joe Morgan
• 74 130 Reggie Jackson
• 75 223 Robin Yount
• 75 228 George Brett
• 76 19 George Brett
• 77 295 Gary Carter
• 77 635 Robin Yount
• 78 530 Dave Winfield
• 79 116 Ozzie Smith
• 79 640 Eddie Murray
• 80 160 Eddie Murray
• 81 380 Willie Stargell
• 81 220 Tom Seaver
• 82IA 81 Jim Palmer
• 83 498 Wade Boggs
• 84 490 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 84 8 Don Mattingly
• 85 660 Tony Gwynn
• 86 80 Darryl Strawberry

1977 Cloth

• 77C-JH Josh Hamilton
• 77C-WS Willie Stargell
• 77C-JR Jim Rice
• 77C-CC Chris Carpenter
• 77C-SC Steve Carlton
• 77C-JM Joe Morgan
• 77C-CL Cliff Lee
• 77C-JE Jacoby Ellsbury
• 77C-MS Giancarlo Stanton
• 77C-SCA Starlin Castro
• 77C-DJ Derek Jeter
• 77C-CG Curtis Granderson
• 77C-RC Rod Carew
• 77C-GB George Brett
• 77C-CH Catfish Hunter
• 77C-RJ Reggie Jackson
• 77C-KY Kevin Youkilis
• 77C-JB Johnny Bench
• 77C-AM Andrew McCutchen
• 77C-RY Robin Yount
• 77C-GC Gary Carter
• 77C-RH Roy Halladay
• 77C-JV Justin Verlander
• 77C-RB Ryan Braun
• 77C-EH Eric Hosmer

1967 Stickers

• 67S-JM Joe Mauer
• 67S-CK Clayton Kershaw
• 67S-MT Mark Teixeira
• 67S-JB Jose Bautista
• 67S-DJ Derek Jeter
• 67S-TT Troy Tulowitzki
• 67S-RH Ryan Howard
• 67S-RHA Roy Halladay
• 67S-AG Adrian Gonzalez
• 67S-RB Ryan Braun
• 67S-TL Tim Lincecum
• 67S-WM Willie Mays
• 67S-JH Josh Hamilton
• 67S-I Ichiro
• 67S-JP Jim Palmer
• 67S-TS Tom Seaver
• 67S-MM Mickey Mantle
• 67S-IK Ian Kennedy
• 67S-RM Roger Maris
• 67S-MR Mariano Rivera
• 67S-JV Justin Verlander
• 67S-PS Pablo Sandoval
• 67S-CY Carl Yastrzemski
• 67S-CG Carlos Gonzalez
• 67S-MC Miguel Cabrera

1968 3D

NOTE: This set is not sequentially-numbered.

• Miguel Cabrera
• CC Sabathia
• Robinson Cano
• Felix Hernandez
• Nelson Cruz
• Matt Kemp
• Justin Upton
• Dustin Pedroia
• Joey Votto
• Chase Utley
• Mickey Mantle
• Willie Mays
• Babe Ruth
• Al Kaline
• Roberto Clemente

1969 Deckle Edge

• 69DE-1 Roy Halladay
• 69DE-2 Evan Longoria
• 69DE-3 Jose Bautista
• 69DE-4 Mike Napoli
• 69DE-5 David Freese
• 69DE-6 Ichiro
• 69DE-7 Joe Mauer
• 69DE-8 Bob Gibson
• 69DE-9 Juan Marichal
• 69DE-10 Orlando Cepeda
• 69DE-11 Carl Yastrzemski
• 69DE-12 Roberto Clemente
• 69DE-13 Willie Mays
• 69DE-14 Harmon Killebrew
• 69DE-15 Joe Morgan

1982 In Action

This set is exclusive to retail packs.

• 82IA-CR Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 82IA-I Ichiro
• 82IA-JE Jacoby Ellsbury
• 82IA-JH Josh Hamilton
• 82IA-JK John Kruk
• 82IA-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 82IA-MN Mike Napoli
• 82IA-RC Roberto Clemente
• 82IA-TG Tony Gwynn
• 82IA-TT Troy Tulowitzki

1958 Classic Combos

This set is exclusive to retail packs.

• 58-LM Willie Mays / Tim Lincecum Say Hey Meets Cy Young
• 58-BH George Brett / Eric Hosmer Corner Crushers
• 58-CK Miguel Cabrera / Al Kaline Touch 'em All Tigers
• 58-KR Matt Kemp / Jackie Robinson "Dodger Dominance"
• 58-SC Ryne Sandberg / Starlin Castro "Keystone Connection"
• 58-SF CC Sabathia / Whitey Ford Southpaw Bombers
• 58-SH Mike Schmidt / Roy Halladay Franchise Phillies
• 58-YE Carl Yastremzki / Jacoby Ellsbury Red Sox Stars
• 58-KK Clayton Kershaw / Sandy Koufax "Hollywood Hurlers"
• 58-VB Joey Votto / Johnny Bench "Cincinnati Sluggers"

Autographs & Game-Used

1956 Relics

• 56R-AA Alex Avila JSY
• 56R-AE Andre Ethier BAT
• 56R-AJ Adam Jones JSY
• 56R-AP Andy Pettitte JSY
• 56R-BB Billy Butler JSY
• 56R-BP Brandon Phillips JSY
• 56R-BU B.J. Upton JSY
• 56R-BW Brian Wilson
• 56R-CB Clay Buchholz
• 56R-CC Cecil Cooper BAT
• 56R-CG Carlos Gonzalez BAT
• 56R-DH Dan Haren JSY
• 56R-DM Don Mattingly JSY
• 56R-DO David Ortiz JSY
• 56R-DPR David Price JSY
• 56R-DP Dustin Pedroia JSY
• 56R-DW David Wright JSY
• 56R-EL Evan Longoria JSY
• 56R-FT Frank Thomas BAT
• 56R-GB George Bell BAT
• 56R-I Ichiro JSY
• 56R-JC Johnny Cueto JSY
• 56R-JG Jaime Garcia JSY
• 56R-JH Jeremy Hellickson
• 56R-JHY Jason Heyward JSY
• 56R-JM Jason Motte
• 56R-JR Jimmy Rollins JSY
• 56R-JS James Shields JSY
• 56R-LB Lance Berkman JSY
• 56R-MB Madison Bumgarner JSY
• 56R-MC Miguel Cabrera JSY
• 56R-MM Mike Morse
• 56R-MMO Matt Moore JSY
• 56R-MR Mariano Rivera JSY
• 56R-MT Mark Trumbo JSY
• 56R-MY Michael Young JSY
• 56R-NC Nelson Cruz JSY
• 56R-NS Nick Swisher JSY
• 56R-OC Orlando Cepeda BAT
• 56R-PN Phil Niekro JSY
• 56R-PS Pablo Sandoval JSY
• 56R-RC Roberto Clemente
• 56R-RC Rod Carew BAT
• 56R-RR Ricky Romero JSY
• 56R-RZ Ryan Zimmerman JSY
• 56R-SCA Steve Carlton BAT
• 56R-SC Starlin Castro JSY
• 56R-THD Tim Hudson JSY
• 56R-THE Todd Helton JSY
• 56R-THU Torii Hunter JSY
• 56R-TH Tommy Hanson JSY
• 56R-TL Tim Lincecum JSY
• 56R-WS Willie Stargell JSY
• 56R-YG Yovani Gallardo JSY
• 56R-ZG Zack Greinke

All-Time Fan Favorites Autographs

NOTES in February

• All autographs are on-card EXCEPT Gary Carter's, which is a sticker. Carter passed away in February before he was able to sign.
• To commemorate his 1988 game in which he played at all nine positions, there are nine different Jose Oquendo cards (each with different photographs) in this set.
• Sid Bream inscribed his cards with various Bible verses.

• YD Yu Darvish 86
• GC Gary Carter 75 SP (sticker)
• ?? Bryce Harper SP EXCH
• FFA-AO Al Oliver 77
• FFA-AOT Amos Otis 79
• FFA-AVS Andy Van Slyke 88
• FFA-BB Bob Boone 79
• FFA-BBE Buddy Bell 81
• FFA-BBU Bill Buckner 82
• FFA-BG Bobby Grich 80
• FFA-BH Bud Harrelson 69
• FFA-BL Bill Lee 74
• FFA-BM Bake McBride 75
• FFA-BMA Bill Madlock 84
• FFA-BOG Ben Oglivie 81
• FFA-BP Boog Powell 71
• FFA-BR Bobby Richardson 66
• FFA-BRB Brett Butler 92
• FFA-BT Bobby Thigpen 91
• FFA-CC Cecil Cooper 81
• FFA-CD Chili Davis 90
• FFA-CF Cecil Fielder 91
• FFA-CJ Cleon Jones 69
• FFA-CL Carney Lansford 90
• FFA-DD Doug DeCinces 80
• FFA-DDR Doug Drabek 91
• FFA-DG Dick Groat 61
• FFA-DK Dave Kingman 77
• FFA-DM Don Mattingly 85
• FFA-DMA Dennis Martinez 92
• FFA-DR Dave Righetti 86
• FFA-EK Ed Kranepool 70
• FFA-FH Frank Howard 71
• FFA-GB George Bell 88
• FFA-GF George Foster 78
• FFA-GL Greg Luzinski 78
• FFA-HA Hank Aaron 73 SP
• FFA-JA Jim Abbott 92
• FFA-JB Jay Buhner 97
• FFA-JCH Joe Charboneau 81
• FFA-JCL Jack Clark 88
• FFA-JKE Jimmy Key 96
• FFA-JKR John Kruk 88
• FFA-JMC Jack McDowell 94
• FFA-JO John Olerud 93
• FFA-JOQ Jose Oquendo 88 P
• FFA-JOQ Jose Oquendo 88 C
• FFA-JOQ Jose Oquendo 88 1B
• FFA-JOQ Jose Oquendo 88 2B
• FFA-JOQ Jose Oquendo 88 3B
• FFA-JOQ Jose Oquendo 88 SS
• FFA-JOQ Jose Oquendo 88 LF
• FFA-JOQ Jose Oquendo 88 CF
• FFA-JOQ Jose Oquendo 88 RF
• FFA-JW Jim Wynn 73
• FFA-KG Ken Griffey, Sr. 77
• FFA-KGJ Ken Griffey, Jr. SP EXCH
• FFA-KS Ken Singleton 80
• FFA-LP Lance Parrish 84
• FFA-LT Luis Tiant 75
• FFA-ML Mickey Lolich 73
• FFA-MSC Mike Scott 87
• FFA-MW Maury Wills 70
• FFA-MWI Mitch Williams 92
• FFA-OG Oscar Gamble 82
• FFA-RG Ron Gant 92
• FFA-RK Ron Kittle 84
• FFA-RL Ray Lankford 98
• FFA-RM Roger McDowell 87
• FFA-RV Robin Ventura 00
• FFA-SB Steve Balboni 86
• FFA-SBR Sid Bream 92 (w/various Bible verse inscriptions)
• FFA-SD Shawon Dunston 90
• FFA-SK Sandy Koufax 64 SP EXCH
• FFA-SR Steve Rogers 83
• FFA-TH Tommy Herr 86
• FFA-TP Terry Pendelton 92
• FFA-VB Vida Blue 76
• FFA-VH Von Hayes 87
• FFA-WB Wally Backman 86
• FFA-WC Will Clark 86
• FFA-WJ Wally Joyner 87
• FFA-WM Willie Mays SP EXCH
• FFA-WW Willie Wilson 81

Framed 1983 Autographed Minis

Each Framed 1983 Autographed Mini is exclusive to Hobby packs and serial-numbered to 25 copies.

• 83 Ryne Sandberg EXCH
• 20 Carlton Fisk
• 30 Jim Rice
• 500 Reggie Jackson
• 300 Mike Schmidt
• 630 Paul Molitor
• 360 Nolan Ryan
• 270 Dennis Eckersley EXCH
• 230 Fergie Jenkins EXCH
• 280 Bert Blyleven
• 482 Tony Gwynn
• 83M-AG Adrian Gonzalez
• 83M-AP Albert Pujols EXCH
• 83M-CJ Chipper Jones EXCH
• 83M-CK Clayton Kershaw
• 83M-DO David Ortiz
• 83M-EH Eric Hosmer
• 83M-FH Felix Hernandez
• 83M-JB Jose Bautista EXCH
• 83M-JV Justin Verlander EXCH
• 83M-MK Matt Kemp
• 83M-NC Nelson Cruz
• 83M-RC Robinson Cano
• 83M-RZ Ryan Zimmerman
• 83M-SC Starlin Castro

Autographed Originals

Each Autographed Original features an on-card autograph on a previously released Topps card. Each card is serial-numbered to five copies, and exclusive to Hobby packs.

As a late addition to the product, Topps announced that Frank Robinson would sign an additional 88 non-serial-numbered copies of his 1991 Topps card. Unfortunately, as with the Six-Player Book Autographs and 80s Icon Cut Signatures (see below), none of the 1991 Frank Robinson autographs have emerged from this product.

• Willie Mays
• Hank Aaron
• Sandy Koufax
• Dennis Eckersley EXCH
• Willie McCovey
• Bob Gibson
• Jim Rice
• Ken Griffey, Jr.
• Carl Yastrzemski
• Albert Belle
• Ernie Banks
• Al Kaline
• Stan Musial 62
• Johnny Bench EXCH
• Frank Robinson 83 MGR

1994 Topps Archives Hank Aaron Gold Autograph Buyback

In 1994 Hank Aaron autographed 1954 reprints of his 1954 Topps card for insertion into that year's Topps Archives set. Topps bought back 25 copies of that card and randomly inserted them into packs of 2012 Archives.

On the 1994 cards, the text and Milwaukee Braves logo were gold foil stamped. To distinguish the 2012 buybacks from the 1994 cards, each card has a special "ARCHIVES FAN FAVORITES" and serial-number foil-stamped on the front.

NNO Hank Aaron AU 25

Touched By Greatness

The Touched by Greatness card features Cal Ripken, Jr's hand-print and autograph on an over-sized card. The cards, which are redemptions, are exclusive to Hobby and packed as a box-topper.

In a video posted by Ripken's own Ironclad Authentics, Ripken is seen making the hand-prints while wearing a batting glove -- which defeats the whole purpose of a "hand print."

NNO Cal Ripken, Jr. EXCH 100

Six-Player Book Autographs

A n advertised late edition to Archives, redemption cards good for a one-of-one Six-Player Book Autograph were (allegedly) inserted into packs. Other than a mock-up of a Darryl Strawberry / Rickey Henderson / Dale Murphy / Andre Dawson / Dave Winfield / Tony Gwynn card, none of these cards are known to have ever emerged. It can be assumed that they were never made.

Karate Kid Autographs

These autographs, featuring the stars of the 1984 film The Karate Kid, are exclusive to Hobby and packed as a box-topper. Each measures 5" X 7".

KK-1 Martin Kove

KK-2 Billy Zabka

80s Icon Cut Signatures

Just like with the Six-Player Book Autographs, the 80s Icon Cut Signatures were also a late addition to Archives, and they too appear to have never been made. The three celebrities listed below were announced by Topps, but have yet to emerge. They too, more than likely, were never made.

James Earl Jones

Vanna White

Bob Barker

Topps Archives
Reprint Era: 1991 Topps 1953 - 1994 Topps 1954 - 1995 Brooklyn Dodgers - 2001 - 2002
Replication Era: 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023
Parallel Brands: 2001 Topps Archives Reserve - 2002 Topps Archives Reserve
All-Time Fan Favorites: 2003 - 2004 - 2005
Archives Snapshots: 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022
Other Archives Brands: 1983 Topps 1952 Reprint - 2003 Topps Shoebox - 2011 Topps Lineage - 2016 Topps Archives 65th Anniversary