Revision as of 03:41, 23 July 2012

Description

1999 Topps Stars is a 180-card set released exclusively to members of Topps' Home Team Advantage network. For the third consecutive year, Topps Stars was issued under a different format -- in the case of the '99 set, a series of progressively smaller and scarcer partial-parallels.

Distribution

24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $3). HTA exclusive.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	180	-	3:1	?
Base Foil Parallel	180	299	1:15	?
1-Star	100	-	2:1	?
1-Star Foil Parallel	100	249	1:33	?
2-Star	50	-	1:1	?
2-Star Foil Parallel	50	249	1:82	?
3-Star	20	-	1:5	?
3-Star Foil Parallel	50	99	1:410	?
4-Star	10	-	1:10	?
4-Star Foil Parallel	10	49	1:1650	?
Bright Futures	10	1999	1:41	?
Bright Futures Foil Parallel	10	30	1:2702	?
Galaxy	10	1999	1:41	?
Galaxy Foil Parallel	10	30	1:2702	?
Rookie Card Reprints	5	-	1:65	?
Rookie Card Reprint Autograph	5	-	1:406	?
Ernie Banks Rookie Card Reprint Autograph	-	-	1:812	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
2 Chipper Jones
3 Mike Piazza
4 Nomar Garciaparra
5 Derek Jeter
6 Frank Thomas
7 Ben Grieve
8 Mark McGwire
9 Sammy Sosa
10 Alex Rodriguez
11 Troy Glaus
12 Eric Chavez
13 Kerry Wood
14 Barry Bonds
15 Vladimir Guerrero
16 Albert Belle
17 Juan Gonzalez
18 Roger Clemens
19 Ruben Mateo
20 Cal Ripken, Jr.
21 Darin Erstad
22 Jeff Bagwell
23 Roy Halladay
24 Todd Helton
25 Michael Barrett
26 Manny Ramirez
27 Fernando Seguignol
28 Pat Burrell RC
29 Andruw Jones
30 Randy Johnson
31 Jose Canseco
32 Brad Fullmer
33 Alex Escobar RC
34 Alfonso Soriano RC
35 Larry Walker
36 Matt Clement
37 Mo Vaughn
38 Bruce Chen
39 Travis Lee
40 Adrian Beltre
41 Alex Gonzalez
42 Jason Tyner RC
43 George Lombard
44 Scott Rolen
45 Mark Mulder RC
46 Gabe Kapler
47 Choo Freeman RC
48 Tony Gwynn
49 A.J. Burnett RC
50 Matt Belisle RC
51 Greg Maddux
52 John Smoltz
53 Mark Grace
54 Wade Boggs
55 Bernie Williams
56 Pedro Martinez
57 Barry Larkin
58 Orlando Hernandez
59 Jason Kendall
60 Mark Kotsay
61 Jim Thome
62 Gary Sheffield
63 Preston Wilson
64 Rafael Palmeiro
65 David Wells
66 Shawn Green
67 Tom Glavine
68 Jeromy Burnitz
69 Kevin Brown
70 Rondell White
71 Roberto Alomar
72 Cliff Floyd
73 Craig Biggio
74 Greg Vaughn
75 Ivan Rodriguez
76 Vinny Castilla
77 Todd Walker
78 Paul Konerko
79 Andy Brown RC*
80 Todd Hundley
81 Dmitri Young
82 Tony Clark
83 Nick Johnson RC
84 Mike Caruso
85 David Ortiz
86 Matt Williams
87 Raul Mondesi
88 Kenny Lofton
89 Miguel Tejada
90 Dante Bichette
91 Jorge Posada
92 Carlos Beltran
93 Carlos Delgado
94 Javy Lopez
95 Aramis Ramirez
96 Neifi Perez
97 Marlon Anderson
98 David Cone
99 Moises Alou
100 John Olerud
101 Tim Salmon
102 Jason Giambi
103 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
104 Curt Schilling
105 Andres Galarraga
106 Rusty Greer
107 Bobby Seay RC*
108 Eric Young
109 Brian Jordan
110 Eric Davis
111 Will Clark
112 Andy Ashby
113 Edgardo Alfonzo
114 Paul O'Neill
115 Denny Neagle
116 Eric Karros
117 Ken Caminiti
118 Garret Anderson
119 Todd Stottlemyre
120 Dave Justice
121 Francisco Cordova
122 Robin Ventura
123 Mike Mussina
124 Hideki Irabu
125 Justin Thompson
126 Mariano Rivera
127 Delino DeShields
128 Steve Finley
129 Jose Cruz, Jr.
130 Ray Lankford
131 Jim Edmonds
132 Charles Johnson
133 Al Leiter
134 Jose Offerman
135 Eric Milton
136 Dean Palmer
137 Johnny Damon
138 Andy Pettitte
139 Ray Durham
140 Ugueth Urbina
141 Marquis Grissom
142 Ryan Klesko
143 Brady Anderson
144 Bob Higginson
145 Chuck Knoblauch
146 Rickey Henderson
147 Kevin Millwood
148 Fred McGriff
149 Damion Easley
150 Tino Martinez
151 Greg Maddux LUM
152 Scott Rolen LUM
153 Pat Burrell LUM
154 Roger Clemens LUM
155 Albert Belle LUM
156 Troy Glaus LUM
157 Cal Ripken, Jr. LUM
158 Alfonso Soriano LUM
159 Manny Ramirez LUM
160 Eric Chavez LUM
161 Kerry Wood LUM
162 Tony Gwynn LUM
163 Barry Bonds LUM
164 Ruben Mateo LUM
165 Todd Helton LUM
166 Darin Erstad LUM
167 Jeff Bagwell LUM
168 Juan Gonzalez LUM
169 Mo Vaughn LUM
170 Vladimir Guerrero LUM
171 Nomar Garciaparra SUP
172 Derek Jeter SUP
173 Alex Rodriguez SUP
174 Ben Grieve SUP
175 Mike Piazza SUP
176 Chipper Jones SUP
177 Frank Thomas SUP
178 Ken Griffey, Jr. SUP
179 Sammy Sosa SUP
180 Mark McGwire SUP

Parallels

Stars

Topps Stars is paralleled by a series of progressively scarcer (and smaller) "Star" inserts. The number of Stars is depicted in foil on the card's front, and each card's photo is cropped progressively closer.

For brevity's sake, we are not listing the complete checklists for each Star set.

One Star (cards #1-100, two-per-pack)
Two Star (cards #1-50, one-per-pack)
Three Star (cards #1-20, 1:5/packs)
Four Star (cards #1-10, 1:10/packs)

Foil

Each base card and "Star" parallel is available in the following parallels.

NOTE: Each card's serial-number is embossed (as opposed to printed or foil-stamped) on the back.

Base Set (serial-numbered to 299 copies)
One Star (serial-numbered to 249 copies)
Two Star (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
Three Star (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Four Star (serial-numbered to 49 copies)

Inserts

Bright Futures

Each Bright Futures card is serial-numbered to 1999 copies, with a Foil parallel (numbered to 30) also available.

BF1 Troy Glaus
BF2 Eric Chavez
BF3 Adrian Beltre
BF4 Michael Barrett
BF5 Gabe Kapler
BF6 Alex Gonzalez
BF7 Matt Clement
BF8 Pat Burrell
BF9 Ruben Mateo
BF10 Alfonso Soriano

Galaxy

Each Galaxy card is serial-numbered to 1999 copies, with a Foil parallel (numbered to 30) also available.

G1 Mark McGwire
G2 Roger Clemens
G3 Nomar Garciaparra
G4 Alex Rodriguez
G5 Kerry Wood
G6 Ben Grieve
G7 Derek Jeter
G8 Vladimir Guerrero
G9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
G10 Sammy Sosa

Rookie Reprints

Each Rookie Reprint is serial-numbered to 2500 copies.

1 Frank Robinson 57T
2 Ernie Banks
3 Yogi Berra 48B
4 Bob Gibson 59T
5 Tom Seaver

Autographs & Game-Used

Rookie Reprints Autographs

The Autographed Rookie Reprints are NOT serial-numbered; however, based on the published insertion ratios, it appears that all players signed 500 copies EXCEPT Ernie Banks who signed 1000.

1 Frank Robinson
2 Ernie Banks DP
3 Yogi Berra
4 Bob Gibson
5 Tom Seaver

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 ===Rookie Reprints Autographs===
+The Autographed Rookie Reprints are NOT serial-numbered; however, based on the published insertion ratios, it appears that all players signed 500 copies EXCEPT Ernie Banks who signed 1000.
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