2010 Topps Allen & Ginter World Champions

Description

The 2010 edition of Topps Allen & Ginter's World Champions was released the week of June 30, 2010. New inserts include: Gods and Monsters, Scribes and Seafarers and Cabinet cards featuring full-size, complete relic swatches.

The 350-card base set consists of 260 veterans, 30 rookies (RC), 25 public figures (PF), and 35 World Champions (WC).

The Ginter Code also returns for the 3rd year, with a card (#165) of the person who cracked the code from 2009, Nick Jacoby.

Each Allen & Ginter 24-Count Hobby Box contains a combination of any three of the following cards: Autograph, Cut Signature, Rip, Relic, Printing Plate. Each Hobby box will also include either an N-43 or Cabinet Box Loader.

Curiously, there are no base cards (or corresponding mini-parallels) of Derek Jeter or David Ortiz.

Late Adddition of Stephen Strasburg

On June 7th, 2010, the day before what would be his Major League debut, Topps announced on their corporate blog that, "(Stephen) Strasburg rookie cards will appear in the remainder of Topps 2010 baseball products starting with the release of Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball." Similar to the Kosuke Fukudome card in 2008 TA&G, Topps added Strasburg as a late addition to the product, but not as a standard-sized card. Instead, a card of Strasburg numbered 401 is available only in the mini-sized format. Even though the mini card has a RC logo, Topps did not produce a corresponding base card of Strasburg; therefore, this mini card is not a "true" rookie card. In addition to the mini, a redemption good for an autographed Strasburg is also available.

Responding to reports that some dealers who ripped multiple cases of 2010 Topps Allen & Ginter failed to receive a single Strasburg mini; on July 1st, Topps issued a press release insisting that the Strasburg is not short-printed. “Stephen Strasburg’s Allen & Ginter base mini card (No. 401) falls at the same rate as any one base mini card in the product,” read a company statement. “The difference between Strasburg and the other subjects in the base mini set is that Strasburg’s card does not have any parallels (Allen & Ginter Back, Black Bordered, No Number, Bazooka Back, Silk, Wood and Printing Plate).”

With a typical 24-pack Hobby box yielding anywhere from seven to ten regular minis, and the statement from Topps that all minis (including the Strasburg) were produced in equal quantities, it is believed that the odds of finding the Strasburg mini are anywhere from 1:40 to 1:50 Hobby boxes.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs plus one N-43 or Cabinet card per box; eight cards (one mini and one This Day in History insert) per pack.

Blasters: Eight packs per Blaster; six cards (one mini and one This Day In History insert) per pack.

Reviews

http://www.sportscardradio.com/index.php/product-previews-a-reviews/479-2010-topps-allen-and-ginter

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	Retail Rack Odds
Base	350	-	?	?	?
short set	300	-	?	?	?
Short Prints	50	-	1:2	1:2	1:2
Minis	300	-	1:1	?	?
Mini SPs	50	-	1:13	1:13	1:13
Mini A&G Back	300	-	1:5	1:5	1:5
Mini A&G Back SP	50	-	1:65	1:65	1:65
Black-Bordered Mini	300	-	1:10	1:10	1:10
Black-Bordered Mini SP	50	-	1:130	?	?
Mini No Number	350	50	1:140	1:188	1:94
Mini Bazooka Back	350	25	1:280	1:376	1:188
Framed Cloth	350	10	1:365	?	?
Mini Wood	350	1	1:3,542	?	?
Printing Plates	350	4	1:799	?	?
This Day In History	75	-	1:1	?	?
National Animals	50	-	1:8	1:8	1:8
Baseball Highlight Sketches	15	-	1:10	1:10	1:10
Lords of Olympus	25	-	1:12	1:12	1:12
Monsters of the Mesozoic	25	-	1:12	1:12	1:12
World's Biggest	25	-	?	1:12	?
World's Greatest Word Smiths	15	-	1:24	1:24	1:24
Sailors of the Seven Seas	10	-	1:24	1:24	1:24
Celestial Stars	12	-	?	?	?
Creatures of Legend, Myth and Joy	9	-	1:128	1:128	?
World's Saltiest Sailors	10	-	?	?	?
Rip Cards	100	99	1:285	?	?
Framed Relics	66	-	1:11	?	?
Framed Mini Autographs	66	-	1:40	?	?
Book Cards	10	1	1:127,825	?	?
Cut Signatures	20	1	1:110,000	1:375,000	?
Monsters of the Mesozoic Relic Redemptions	12	1	1:174,000	?	?
Framed DNA Relics	10	1	1:200,000	?	?
Allen & Ginter Originals	30	1	?	?	?
MLB Logoman	5	50	?	?	?
Red Ink Autographs	85	10	?	?	?
N43	15	-	1:2 boxes	N/A	N/A
Cabinet Cards	10	-	1:2 boxes	N/A	N/A
N43 Relics	10	25	1:213 boxes	N/A	N/A
N43 Autographs	10	15	1:355 boxes	N/A	N/A
N43 Autographed Relics	5	5	1:2130 boxes	N/A	N/A
Cabinet Relics	10	1	1:5326 boxes	N/A	N/A
Short Print Mini Stephen Strasburg	1	-	?	?	?
Autographed Stephen Strasburg Redemption	1	?	?	?	?

Checklist

Promos

Included with 2010 Allen & Ginter sell-sheets, was a card featuring a swatch from a limited edition Tommy Bahama shirt commemorating the 2009 World Series. Only 900 of the Tommy Bahama shirts were produced and each promo card is serial-numbered to 1900 copies. It is unclear how many of the shirts were sacrificed to produce these cards.

• HTA-TB Tommy Bahama Shirt 1900

Base Set

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Short-Prints

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Parallels

Each of the 350 base cards are available in the following mini-sized (1-15/32” x 2-11/16”) parallels.

• Mini
• A&G Back
• Black Bordered
• No Number (limited to 50 copies)
• Bazooka Back (hand-numbered to 25)
• Framed Cloth (serial-numbered to 10)
• Wood (one-of-one)
• Printing Plate (set of four for each card)

Exclusive Minis

Cards #351-400 are embedded inside Rip Cards; while card #401 was a late addition to the checklist.

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Inserts

This Day in History

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Baseball Highlight Sketches

Celebrating some of the highlights of the past MLB season.

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Mini Lords of Olympus

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Mini Monsters of the Mesozoic

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Mini World's Greatest Wordsmiths

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Mini National Animals

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Mini Sailors of the Seven Seas

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Mini World's Biggest

NOTE: The first five cards in this set are seeded all ALL retail packs (i.e. retail boxes, Blasters, and gravity-feeded looseys). Cards #WB6-#WB25 are exclusive to gravity-feeded looseys and are some of the rarest inserts of the 2010s.

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Mini Creatures of Legend, Myth & Joy

NOTES

• This was a "stealth" insert, and not acknowledged by Topps until after the product's release.
• There were plans to release card #CLMJ10 The Little Engine that Could, but this card was never produced.

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Mini Celestial Stars

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Mini World's Saltiest Sailors

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Rip Cards

Each Rip Card is serial-numbered to 99 copies or fewer and contains one of the following: A mini from an extended mini series (see above) available only in Rip Cards, a Red Autograph Mini hand-numbered to ten, a Allen & Ginter Original (A mini painting painted and signed by the artist Jeff Zachowski, numbered one of one), or a mini wood parallel numbered one of one.

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Originals

Each Allen & Ginter Original is a mini-sized sketch card embedded inside a Rip Card. Each is a One-of-One and autographed by the artist Jeff Zachowski.

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N43

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Cabinet Cards

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Manufactured Relics

MLB Logoman Patches

See 2010 Topps Manufactured MLB Logoman Patch

Autographs & Game-Used

Framed Relic Cards

NOTE: The back of card #CLMJR4 states, "The relic contained in this card is not from anything at all."

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Framed Mini Autographs

Each is also available in a Red Ink version. The Red Ink cards are embedded inside Rip Cards and each is serial-numbered to 10 copies.

Some of the autographs were not available at the time of distribution, so Topps inserted Redemption cards for some instead.

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N43 Relic

Each N43 Relic is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

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N43 Autographs

Each N43 Autograph is hand-numbered to 15 copies.

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N43 Autograph Relics

Each N43 Autograph Relic is serial-numbered to 5 copies.

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Cabinet Relic Cards

Each Cabinet Relic is a one-of-one, and features either the complete nameplate from the back of the player's jersey, or a jumbo-sized jersey swatch. Tony Hawk's card has a large size piece of his skateboard with his name prominently displayed.

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Book Cards

Each is a one-of-one dual book card.

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Cut Signature Cards

Each is a one-of-one, featuring a cut signature of a historical figure.

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Monsters of the Mesozoic Relics

Each is a one-of-one dinosaur relic redemption card.

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DNA Relics

Each is a one-of-one, and all of these are some of the rarest Allen & Ginter cards out there. These cards have attracted a following among those who don't normally collect sports cards. In July, 2010, the Beethoven card sold for $4050.02 on eBay.

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Topps Employee Autographs

According to an entry on her personal blog, Topps illustrator and graphic designer Victoria Levan signed 10 cards -- one under her soon-to-be-married name "Victoria Waite."

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