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[[2002 Donruss Originals]] is a 425-card set that paid tribute to Donruss sets of the 80s. The base set featured cards done in the styles of the 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1988 Donruss sets but featured active 2002 players. In addition, puzzle pieces featuring the late Ted Williams were randomly inserted into packs.


The Donruss Originals product, containing the first 400 cards, was released in September, 2002. All 50 Rated Rookies and another 50 star player cards were short-printed with the 50 superstar SPs scattered throughout the set.
[[2002 SP Authentic]] is a 230 card set was released in two separate series. The basic SP Authentic product (containing the first 170 cards) was issued on September 10, 2002. The final 60 cards (#171-#230) were distributed within packs of 2002 Upper Deck Rookie Update in mid-December, 2002. The product is notable for containing the first ever, certified autographed trading cards of Mark McGwire.


The final 25 cards were randomly seeded into hobby and retail packs of 2002 Donruss The Rookies (of which was released in mid-December 2002) featuring a selection of prospects.
Cards #1-#90 featured veterans while cards #91-#170 were part of the Future Watch subset. Future Watch cards #91-#135 are serial-numbered to 1999 copies; while cards #136-#170 were signed by the player. Most of the autographed Future Watch cards were serial-numbered to 999 copies; while cards #146, #152 and #157 were printed to only 249 serial-numbered sets.


Donruss had plans to release a second series of Originals in 2003 featuring all the odd years, but was cancelled.
A typical 24-pack SP Authentic box should yield two Future Watch cards, one autographed Future Watch card, either an autographed Prospect or a Chirography card, at least one USA Future Watch insert, and a game jersey card.
 
There only notable rookies in the SP Authentic set are of Reed Johnson and Aaron Cook.
 
Rookie Update cards #201-#230 continued the Future Watch subset (focusing on rookies and prospects) and each card was serial-numbered to 1999.
 
Among the notable rookies in the Rookie Update series include Cliff Lee and Freddy Sanchez.


<h4>Previous Sets of the Month</h4>
<h4>Previous Sets of the Month</h4>


[[1999 Topps Opening Day]] - [[2006 Upper Deck]] - [[2004 Upper Deck Vintage]] - [[1997 Bowman's Best]] - [[1999 Fleer Brilliants]] - [[1997 New Pinnacle]] - [[2004 Dodgers Fleer]] - [[1995 Topps Embossed]]  - [[2005 Topps Total]] - [[2001 Sweet Spot]] - [[1993 Donruss McDonald's Blue Jays]] - [[1990 Bazooka]] - [[1999 Skybox Molten Metal]] - [[1994 Stadium Club]] - [[1983 Topps Stickers]] - [[2002 Playoff Piece of the Game]] - [[2012 Topps Update]] - [[2000 Greats of the Game]] - [[1998 Stadium Club]]</td>
[[2007 Upper Deck Premier]] - [[1977 Hostess]] - [[2009 Kellogg's Japan]] - [[2002 Donruss Originals]] - [[1999 Topps Opening Day]] - [[2006 Upper Deck]] - [[2004 Upper Deck Vintage]] - [[1997 Bowman's Best]] - [[1999 Fleer Brilliants]] - [[1997 New Pinnacle]] - [[2004 Dodgers Fleer]] - [[1995 Topps Embossed]]  - [[2005 Topps Total]] - [[2001 Sweet Spot]] - [[1993 Donruss McDonald's Blue Jays]] - [[1990 Bazooka]] - [[1999 Skybox Molten Metal]] - [[1994 Stadium Club]] - [[1983 Topps Stickers]] - [[2002 Playoff Piece of the Game]] - [[2012 Topps Update]] - [[2000 Greats of the Game]]</td>
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[[2024 Topps Museum Collection]] is a 100-card set to be released July 31st.  As usual each five-card pack will contain one autograph or game-used Relic. Each four pack Hobby box will yield the following:
[[2025 Topps|2025 Topps Series One]] is a 350-card set released the week of February 12th.  As usual, each 20-pack Hobby box will yield either an autograph or a Relic card while Hobby-exclusive jumbo boxes will yield an autograph, a game-used Relic, and a manufactured "relic."
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* Four parallels
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* One insert
[[2024 Panini Three & Two]] is a 100-card set released February 14th, 2025.  Each five-card box will contain the following:
* Two Relics (one of which is a Quad Relic)
 
* One Autograph
* Three base, parallel, or insert cards
* One Autographed Relic
* One encased game-used memorabilia card.
* One encased autograph or autographed game-used memorabilia card.
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[[2024 Topps Chrome]] was released July 17th. The base set has been expanded to 300 cards. Each Hobby box will yield one autograph eight inserts and 12 Refractors while each Jumbo box will have three autos and twelve Refractors.
[[2024 Topps Diamond Icons]] was released February 5th, 2025. As usual, each ten-card box will contain: one Relic, seven autographs, and a pair of autographed Relics. Every other box will yield a cut signature. All cards are serial-numbered to 25 copies or fewer.
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[[2024 Topps Tier One]] was released July 3rd. As usual, box will contain two autographs and a relic.
[[2024 Topps Transcendent]] was released January 22nd, 2025. Each box contains eight packs of four cards, plus ten additional cards. Each box will also contain the following:


For the first time since the product's 2011 introduction, there will be a base set. The 100 cards will be fractured into three Tiers. Each box will contain one base card or base parallel.
Two Autographed Patch cards.
Two Autographed Relics.
A Rookie Showcase Autographs or Rookie Showcase Autographed Patch card.
Two additional autographs.
A Jumbo, Dual, or Triple Patch card.
One additional autograph or relic card.
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[[2023-24 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary]] is a 500-card set, released May 22nd, 2024.  All cards are on chrome stock and are done in the style of the [[1954 Topps]] set.
[[2024 Bowman's Best]] was released January 15th, 2025 and consists of a 70-card base set supplemented by a 30-card Prospects set.  Each pack will yield one Refractor parallel, and each 12-pack Hobby box will have four autographs
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Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield six Refractors, an X-Fractor, and an autograph.
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[[2024 Topps Definitive Collection]] was released January 10th, 2025.


Although marketed as a "2023" product, for rookie card purposes, BCP considers this to be a 2024 set.
An all "hit" product, each eight-card box will yield six on-card autographs and two Relics.  Each card is serial-numbered to 50 copies or fewer.
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[[2024 Bowman]] is a 100-card set, supplemented by a 150-card Prospects set, released May 8th. Each Hobby box will yield one autograph and 18 inserts. Hobby Jumbo boxes will contain three autographs and 12 inserts.
[[2024 Topps Archives]] is a 300-card set released the week of January 8th, 2025. This year's set replicates the 1961, 1970, and 1994 Topps designs.
 
Each 24-pack Hobby box will continue to yield two autographs.
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[[2024 Topps Chrome Black]] is a 100-card set released April 17th. Each four-card box will yield two base cards, one Refractor parallel serial-numbered to 199 copies or fewer, and one autograph.
[[2024 Topps Luminaries]] was released January 3rd, 2025. Each box contains one autographed card serial-numbered to fifteen copies or fewer.
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[[2024 Topps Heritage]] is a 500 card set.  In keeping with the brand's aesthetic, the design is based on the [[1975 Topps]] set. 
[[2024 Panini Prizm]] is a 300-card set released December 13th.  Each 12-card Hobby pack will contain an insert and two Prizm parallels.  Every fourth Hobby pack will yield an autograph.
 
The first 500 cards were issued as part of the Heritage Series and was released April 10th.  Each Hobby box will, as usual, yield a relic, an autograph or an autographed relic.
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[[2024 Topps Sterling]] was released April 3rd. Each two-card box contains two autographed game-used cards serial-numbered to 25 copies or less with every fourth box yielding a one-of-one.
[[2024 Triple Threads]] was released December 19th. This is the return of the Triple Threads brand after a one-year hiatus; however, much of the brand is structured the same.  Each seven-card Hobby pack will contain three base cards, one short-printed base card, one parallel serial-numbered to 199 copies or fewer, one Relic card serial-numbered to 36 copies or fewer, and either an autograph or autographed relic serial-numbered to 99 copies or fewer.


We estimate that 1000 cases were produced. While this is more than double the previous year's product, the number of boxes in a case was cut in half from eight to four, leading to an overall slight production increase.
The base set was doubled in size to 200 cards, however all 100 of those additional cards are short-printed with 50 rookies and 50 retired players scattered throughout the set.  Each pack will contain one SP.
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[[2023 Panini Elite Extra Edition]] was released March 27th, 2024.  As usual, the product focuses on recent draft picks and prospects, and can be seen as Panini's answer to Bowman Draft.
[[2024 Bowman Draft]] is a 200-card set released December 4th. Each Hobby only Jumbo box will contain three autographs, 24 Refractors, and eleven inserts, while Super Jumbo boxes will yield five signatures, 40 Refractors, and ten inserts.
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Each five-pack Hobby box will yield two game-used memorabilia cards and eight autographs.
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[[2024 Topps Gilded Collection]] is a 150-card Chrome stock set, released November 22nd. All base cards are serial-numbered to 99 copies Each five card box will yield two autographs.
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[[2023-24 Topps Transcendent]] was released March 27th, 2024. Each box contains ten packs of four cards.  Each box will also contain the following:
[[2024 Topps Chrome Update]] is a 200-card set released in November 13th. As with previous iterations of this product, it is an abbreviated chromium-stock rendition of the Topps Update set.
 
* 20 Gold Framed Autographs –- all serial-numbered to 20 copies or fewer, two of which are ones-of-one.
* Ten Autographed Patch cards.
* Ten Rookie Showcase Autographs or Rookie Showcase Autographed Patch cards.
* One, one-of-one Through the Years Autograph.
* One, one-of-one 1959 Autographed SuperFractor.
* One, one-of-one Jumbo Autographed Patch Book card.
* One, one-of-one Oversized Cut Signature.
* One invitation to a VIP meet-and-greet.
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[[2024 Topps Big League]] is a 310-card set released March 27th. The base set is tiered into five levels, with the scarcest ten-card Legendary tier packed out as case hits.
[[2024 Stadium Club]] is a 300-card set released November 6th. Each Hobby box will yield a pair of autographs.
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Each eight-card pack will yield one tiered base card and an insert.
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[[2024 Topps Allen & Ginter]] is a 350-card set, released the week of October 30th. As usual, each 24-pack Hobby box will include three of the following: Autographs, Relics, Rip Cards, or A&G Originals.
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[[2024 Topps Tribute]] was released March 27th. As usual, each three-card pack will include either an autograph or a Relic with half of packs yielding a Relic and half either an autograph or an autographed Relic. Two of the Relics in each Hobby box will be multi-swatch.
[[2024 Topps Update]] is a 350-card set released October 16th. You know the deal.
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[[2023-24 Topps Dynasty]] was released March 22nd, 2024. As usual, each box will contain an encased autographed patch card serial-numbered to ten or fewer.
[[2024 Topps Cosmic Chrome]] is a 200-card set released October 11th. Each 20-pack Hobby box will contain three Refractors and eleven inserts. Every third box will yield an autograph.
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Because this product was released so far into 2024 -- almost a full month after 2024 Topps Series One -- BCP does not consider it a "2023" product.
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[[2024 Bowman Sterling]] is a 50-card set supplemented by a 50-card "Prospects" set, released October 9th. As with previous Bowman Sterling sets, each pack will contain an autograph.
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<b>August 7</b>
<b>March 5</b>
* [[2024 Finest]]
* [[2024 Panini Prospect Edition]]


<b>August 23</b>
<b>March 21</b>
* [[2024 Panini Boys of Summer]]
* [[2024-25 Select]]
* [[2024 Topps Pro Debut]]


<b>October 2</b>
<b>April 2</b>
* [[2024 Panini Prizm]]
* [[2024-25 National Treasures]]


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Set of the Month

2002 SP Authentic is a 230 card set was released in two separate series. The basic SP Authentic product (containing the first 170 cards) was issued on September 10, 2002. The final 60 cards (#171-#230) were distributed within packs of 2002 Upper Deck Rookie Update in mid-December, 2002. The product is notable for containing the first ever, certified autographed trading cards of Mark McGwire.

Cards #1-#90 featured veterans while cards #91-#170 were part of the Future Watch subset. Future Watch cards #91-#135 are serial-numbered to 1999 copies; while cards #136-#170 were signed by the player. Most of the autographed Future Watch cards were serial-numbered to 999 copies; while cards #146, #152 and #157 were printed to only 249 serial-numbered sets.

A typical 24-pack SP Authentic box should yield two Future Watch cards, one autographed Future Watch card, either an autographed Prospect or a Chirography card, at least one USA Future Watch insert, and a game jersey card.

There only notable rookies in the SP Authentic set are of Reed Johnson and Aaron Cook.

Rookie Update cards #201-#230 continued the Future Watch subset (focusing on rookies and prospects) and each card was serial-numbered to 1999.

Among the notable rookies in the Rookie Update series include Cliff Lee and Freddy Sanchez.

Previous Sets of the Month

2007 Upper Deck Premier - 1977 Hostess - 2009 Kellogg's Japan - 2002 Donruss Originals - 1999 Topps Opening Day - 2006 Upper Deck - 2004 Upper Deck Vintage - 1997 Bowman's Best - 1999 Fleer Brilliants - 1997 New Pinnacle - 2004 Dodgers Fleer - 1995 Topps Embossed - 2005 Topps Total - 2001 Sweet Spot - 1993 Donruss McDonald's Blue Jays - 1990 Bazooka - 1999 Skybox Molten Metal - 1994 Stadium Club - 1983 Topps Stickers - 2002 Playoff Piece of the Game - 2012 Topps Update - 2000 Greats of the Game
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2025 Topps Series One is a 350-card set released the week of February 12th. As usual, each 20-pack Hobby box will yield either an autograph or a Relic card while Hobby-exclusive jumbo boxes will yield an autograph, a game-used Relic, and a manufactured "relic."

2024 Panini Three & Two is a 100-card set released February 14th, 2025. Each five-card box will contain the following:

  • Three base, parallel, or insert cards
  • One encased game-used memorabilia card.
  • One encased autograph or autographed game-used memorabilia card.

2024 Topps Diamond Icons was released February 5th, 2025. As usual, each ten-card box will contain: one Relic, seven autographs, and a pair of autographed Relics. Every other box will yield a cut signature. All cards are serial-numbered to 25 copies or fewer.

2024 Topps Transcendent was released January 22nd, 2025. Each box contains eight packs of four cards, plus ten additional cards. Each box will also contain the following:

Two Autographed Patch cards. Two Autographed Relics. A Rookie Showcase Autographs or Rookie Showcase Autographed Patch card. Two additional autographs. A Jumbo, Dual, or Triple Patch card. One additional autograph or relic card.

2024 Bowman's Best was released January 15th, 2025 and consists of a 70-card base set supplemented by a 30-card Prospects set. Each pack will yield one Refractor parallel, and each 12-pack Hobby box will have four autographs

2024 Topps Definitive Collection was released January 10th, 2025.

An all "hit" product, each eight-card box will yield six on-card autographs and two Relics. Each card is serial-numbered to 50 copies or fewer.

2024 Topps Archives is a 300-card set released the week of January 8th, 2025. This year's set replicates the 1961, 1970, and 1994 Topps designs.

Each 24-pack Hobby box will continue to yield two autographs.

2024 Topps Luminaries was released January 3rd, 2025. Each box contains one autographed card serial-numbered to fifteen copies or fewer.

2024 Panini Prizm is a 300-card set released December 13th. Each 12-card Hobby pack will contain an insert and two Prizm parallels. Every fourth Hobby pack will yield an autograph.

2024 Triple Threads was released December 19th. This is the return of the Triple Threads brand after a one-year hiatus; however, much of the brand is structured the same. Each seven-card Hobby pack will contain three base cards, one short-printed base card, one parallel serial-numbered to 199 copies or fewer, one Relic card serial-numbered to 36 copies or fewer, and either an autograph or autographed relic serial-numbered to 99 copies or fewer.

The base set was doubled in size to 200 cards, however all 100 of those additional cards are short-printed with 50 rookies and 50 retired players scattered throughout the set. Each pack will contain one SP.

2024 Bowman Draft is a 200-card set released December 4th. Each Hobby only Jumbo box will contain three autographs, 24 Refractors, and eleven inserts, while Super Jumbo boxes will yield five signatures, 40 Refractors, and ten inserts.

2024 Topps Gilded Collection is a 150-card Chrome stock set, released November 22nd. All base cards are serial-numbered to 99 copies Each five card box will yield two autographs.

2024 Topps Chrome Update is a 200-card set released in November 13th. As with previous iterations of this product, it is an abbreviated chromium-stock rendition of the Topps Update set.

2024 Stadium Club is a 300-card set released November 6th. Each Hobby box will yield a pair of autographs.

2024 Topps Allen & Ginter is a 350-card set, released the week of October 30th. As usual, each 24-pack Hobby box will include three of the following: Autographs, Relics, Rip Cards, or A&G Originals.

2024 Topps Update is a 350-card set released October 16th. You know the deal.

2024 Topps Cosmic Chrome is a 200-card set released October 11th. Each 20-pack Hobby box will contain three Refractors and eleven inserts. Every third box will yield an autograph.

2024 Bowman Sterling is a 50-card set supplemented by a 50-card "Prospects" set, released October 9th. As with previous Bowman Sterling sets, each pack will contain an autograph.

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