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=Description= | =Description= | ||
2001 Absolute Memorabilia is a 200-card set. Each 18-pack Hobby box will yield one Rookie Premiere Materials game-used card serial-numbered to 700 copies and one Home Opener Souvenirs game-used card. In addition, each Hobby box contains an Signing Bonus autographed baseball as a box topper. | |||
=Distribution= | =Distribution= | ||
Hobby: 18 packs plus one Signing Bonus baseball per box, six cards per pack. | |||
A hobby box sold on eBay in June 2009 for $142. | |||
=Reviews= | =Reviews= | ||
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==Base Set== | ==Base Set== | ||
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===Rookie Premiere Materials=== | ===Rookie Premiere Materials=== | ||
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Each Rookie Premiere Materials card is serial-numbered to 700 copies and have a piece of memorabilia embedded into the card. A number of cards packed out as redemptions which expired June 1st, 2003. | Each Rookie Premiere Materials card is serial-numbered to 700 copies and have a piece of memorabilia embedded into the card. A number of cards packed out as redemptions which expired June 1st, 2003. | ||
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===Spectrum=== | ===Spectrum=== | ||
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All 200 cards are available in a Spectrum parallel. Spectrum cards #1-#150 are serial-numbered to ten, while the 50 RPMs (#151-#200) were numbered to 25. | All 200 cards are available in a Spectrum parallel. Spectrum cards #1-#150 are serial-numbered to ten, while the 50 RPMs (#151-#200) were numbered to 25. | ||
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===RPM Autographs=== | ===RPM Autographs=== | ||
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RPM Autographs is a 41-card autographed partial-parallel of the Rookie Premiere Materials subset. The first 25 serial-numbered copies of each card were autographs. A number of cards packed out as redemptions which expired June 1st, 2003. | |||
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===2002 Chicago Collection=== | ===2002 Chicago Collection=== | ||
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Collectors who purchased a box of 2001 Absolute Memorabilia and opened it at Donruss-Playoff's corporate booth at the March 2002 ''Chicago Sun-Times'' card show would receive a special "Chicago Collection" parallel. Each card is foil-stamped and serial-numbered to five copies. Only cards #1-#150 were produced for this set. | Collectors who purchased a box of 2001 Absolute Memorabilia and opened it at Donruss-Playoff's corporate booth at the March 2002 ''Chicago Sun-Times'' card show would receive a special "Chicago Collection" parallel. Each card is foil-stamped and serial-numbered to five copies. Only cards #1-#150 were produced for this set. | ||
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===Ball Hoggs=== | ===Ball Hoggs=== | ||
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Ball Hoggs is a set featuring a piece of a game-used baseball on each card. Each card is serial-numbered with the first 25 copies part of the Boss Hoggs parallel (see below). The production figures listed below are for the unsigned Ball Hoggs. Some cards packed out as redemptions which expired June 1st, 2003. | |||
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SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2001) AND (setname = 'Absolute Memorabilia Ball Hoggs') | SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2001) AND (setname = 'Absolute Memorabilia Ball Hoggs') | ||
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====Boss Hoggs==== | ====Boss Hoggs==== | ||
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===Home Opener Souvenirs=== | ===Home Opener Souvenirs=== | ||
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The bases and baseballs from the Opening Day of the 2001 season were purchased by Donruss-Playoff and swatches of these items were the basis for the Home Opener Souvenirs sets. Some players had two different cards in this set. | |||
There are five different sets. | |||
* Single (1 swatch; serial-numbered to 400 copies) | |||
* Double (2 swatches; serial-numbered to 200 copies) | |||
* Triple (3 swatches; serial-numbered to 100 copies) | |||
* Homerun (4 swatches- 3 base, 1 baseball; serial-numbered to 25 copies) | |||
* Autographed (1 swatch; serial-numbered to 25 copies) | |||
Just the Homerun (4 swatch) cards had multi-colored surface swatches. Only ten of the fifty cards were paralleled with an autograph. The Troy Glaus autograph card was packed out as a redemption card that expired in 2003. | |||
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2001) AND (setname = 'Absolute Memorabilia Home Opener Souvenirs') | SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2001) AND (setname = 'Absolute Memorabilia Home Opener Souvenirs') | ||
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===Tools of the Trade=== | ===Tools of the Trade=== | ||
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The first of the famous Tools of the Trade sets. The fifty card set features game used jerseys (serial-numbered to 300 copies), bats (numbered to 100), batting gloves (numbered to 50) and hats(numbered to 100) of many of baseball's current superstars. Fifteen of the fifty were packed out as redemption cards that expired in 2003. Ten of the cards were also paralleled with an autographed version that was serial numbered to 25 copies. | |||
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===Signing Bonus Baseballs=== | ===Signing Bonus Baseballs=== | ||
Each hobby box of 2001 Absolute Memorabilia contained an autographed baseball as a box topper. Most of the balls were signed by either Hall of Fame players or current stars/superstars. | |||
Each baseball features a light brown 2001 Playoff Absolute large logo on the panel above the autograph, with the name of the player in print, and the ball's serial-number. | |||
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SELECT player,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2001) AND (setname = 'Absolute Memorabilia Signing Bonus Baseballs'); | SELECT player,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2001) AND (setname = 'Absolute Memorabilia Signing Bonus Baseballs'); | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:52, 16 July 2020
Description
2001 Absolute Memorabilia is a 200-card set. Each 18-pack Hobby box will yield one Rookie Premiere Materials game-used card serial-numbered to 700 copies and one Home Opener Souvenirs game-used card. In addition, each Hobby box contains an Signing Bonus autographed baseball as a box topper.
Distribution
Hobby: 18 packs plus one Signing Bonus baseball per box, six cards per pack.
A hobby box sold on eBay in June 2009 for $142.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds |
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Base | 200 | - | ? |
short set | 150 | - | ? |
Rookie Premiere Materials | 50 | 700 | 1:18 |
Spectrum short set | 150 | 10 | SP |
Spectrum Rookie Premiere Materials | 50 | 25 | SP |
RPM Autographs | 41 | 25 | ? |
Ball Hoggs | 46 | varies | BH |
Boss Hoggs | 50 | 25 | BH |
Home Opener Souvenirs | 50 | 400 | HOS |
Home Opener Souvenirs Double | 50 | 200 | HOS |
Home Opener Souvenirs Triple | 50 | 100 | HOS |
Home Opener Souvenirs Home Run | 50 | 25 | HOS |
Home Opener Souvenirs Autographs | 10 | 25 | HOS |
Tools of the Trade | 50 | varies | 1:72 |
Tools of the Trade Autographs | 10 | 25 | ? |
Signing Bonus Baseballs | 89 | varies | one per box |
SP: Odds of finding a Spectrum parallel: 1:230/packs.
BH: Odds of finding a Ball Hoggs/Boss Hoggs: 1:126/packs.
HOS: One Home Opener Souvenir per Hobby box.
Checklist
Base Set
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Rookie Premiere Materials
Each Rookie Premiere Materials card is serial-numbered to 700 copies and have a piece of memorabilia embedded into the card. A number of cards packed out as redemptions which expired June 1st, 2003.
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2001) AND (setname = 'Absolute Memorabilia') AND (num > 150) </sql2wiki>
Parallels
Spectrum
All 200 cards are available in a Spectrum parallel. Spectrum cards #1-#150 are serial-numbered to ten, while the 50 RPMs (#151-#200) were numbered to 25.
RPM Autographs
RPM Autographs is a 41-card autographed partial-parallel of the Rookie Premiere Materials subset. The first 25 serial-numbered copies of each card were autographs. A number of cards packed out as redemptions which expired June 1st, 2003.
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2001) AND (setname = 'Absolute Memorabilia RPM Autographs') </sql2wiki>
2002 Chicago Collection
Collectors who purchased a box of 2001 Absolute Memorabilia and opened it at Donruss-Playoff's corporate booth at the March 2002 Chicago Sun-Times card show would receive a special "Chicago Collection" parallel. Each card is foil-stamped and serial-numbered to five copies. Only cards #1-#150 were produced for this set.
Autographs & Game-Used
Ball Hoggs
Ball Hoggs is a set featuring a piece of a game-used baseball on each card. Each card is serial-numbered with the first 25 copies part of the Boss Hoggs parallel (see below). The production figures listed below are for the unsigned Ball Hoggs. Some cards packed out as redemptions which expired June 1st, 2003.
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2001) AND (setname = 'Absolute Memorabilia Ball Hoggs') </sql2wiki>
Boss Hoggs
The first 25 serial-numbered copies of the Ball Hoggs is set are labelled the "Boss Hoggs" set. Each card has a holographic foil stamp. A number of cards are autographed. Some cards packed out as redemptions which expired June 1st, 2003.
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2001) AND (setname = 'Absolute Memorabilia Boss Hoggs') </sql2wiki>
Home Opener Souvenirs
The bases and baseballs from the Opening Day of the 2001 season were purchased by Donruss-Playoff and swatches of these items were the basis for the Home Opener Souvenirs sets. Some players had two different cards in this set.
There are five different sets.
- Single (1 swatch; serial-numbered to 400 copies)
- Double (2 swatches; serial-numbered to 200 copies)
- Triple (3 swatches; serial-numbered to 100 copies)
- Homerun (4 swatches- 3 base, 1 baseball; serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Autographed (1 swatch; serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Just the Homerun (4 swatch) cards had multi-colored surface swatches. Only ten of the fifty cards were paralleled with an autograph. The Troy Glaus autograph card was packed out as a redemption card that expired in 2003.
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2001) AND (setname = 'Absolute Memorabilia Home Opener Souvenirs') </sql2wiki>
Autographs
The first 25 serial-numbered copies of ten Home Opener Souvenirs Single are available in an autographed parallel. Three cards packed out as redemptions which expired July 1st, 2003.
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2001) AND (setname = 'Absolute Memorabilia Home Opener Souvenirs Autographs') </sql2wiki>
Tools of the Trade
The first of the famous Tools of the Trade sets. The fifty card set features game used jerseys (serial-numbered to 300 copies), bats (numbered to 100), batting gloves (numbered to 50) and hats(numbered to 100) of many of baseball's current superstars. Fifteen of the fifty were packed out as redemption cards that expired in 2003. Ten of the cards were also paralleled with an autographed version that was serial numbered to 25 copies.
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2001) AND (setname = 'Absolute Memorabilia Tools of the Trade') </sql2wiki>
Autographs
Each Tools of the Trade autograph is serial-numbered to 25 copies.
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2001) AND (setname = 'Absolute Memorabilia Tools of the Trade Autographs') </sql2wiki>
Autographed Baseballs
Signing Bonus Baseballs
Each hobby box of 2001 Absolute Memorabilia contained an autographed baseball as a box topper. Most of the balls were signed by either Hall of Fame players or current stars/superstars.
Each baseball features a light brown 2001 Playoff Absolute large logo on the panel above the autograph, with the name of the player in print, and the ball's serial-number.
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT player,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2001) AND (setname = 'Absolute Memorabilia Signing Bonus Baseballs'); </sql2wiki>
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