1999 Topps Gold Label

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1999 Topps Gold Label box

Description

1999 Topps Gold Label is a 300-card multi-fractured set released in October, 1999. There are 100 players released on three different, repeating, levels, each with it's own design: Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3. The Class 1 cards are the easiest to find, while the Class 3s the toughest.

To distinguish between the Classes, each Class 1 card has the player's team logo in the background. Class 2 shows the player's hat logo, while Class 3 has the team wordmark.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $3.99).

Reviews

Race to Aaron Insert Set Review: http://sanjosefuji.blogspot.com/2012/10/set-showcase-24-1999-topps-gold-label.html

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Class 1 Base	100	-	?	?
Class 1 Black	100	-	1:8	1:12
Class 1 Red	100	100	1:118	1:48
Class 2	100	-	1:2	1:4
Class 2 Black	100	699	1:16	1:24
Class 2 Red	100	50	1:237	1:296
Class 3	100	-	1:4	1:8
Class 3 Black	100	299	1:32	1:48
Class 3 Red	100	25	?	?
One to One	900	1	1:1271	1:1587
Race to Aaron	10	-	1:12	1:20
Race to Aaron Black	10	-	1:48	1:80
Race to Aaron Red	10	44	1:2695	1:3343
Race to Aaron One to One	10	1	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

NOTE: The checklist for all three Classes is the same. However, only Class 1 cards are considered "true" rookie cards.

• 1 Mike Piazza
• 2 Andres Galarraga
• 3 Mark Grace
• 4 Tony Clark
• 5 Jim Thome
• 6 Tony Gwynn
• 7 Kelly Dransfeldt RC
• 8 Eric Chavez
• 9 Brian Jordan
• 10 Todd Hundley
• 11 Rondell White
• 12 Dmitri Young
• 13 Jeff Kent
• 14 Derek Bell
• 15 Todd Helton
• 16 Chipper Jones
• 17 Albert Belle
• 18 Barry Larkin
• 19 Dante Bichette
• 20 Gary Sheffield
• 21 Cliff Floyd
• 22 Derek Jeter
• 23 Jason Giambi
• 24 Ray Lankford
• 25 Alex Rodriguez
• 26 Ruben Mateo
• 27 Wade Boggs
• 28 Carlos Delgado
• 29 Tim Salmon
• 30 Alfonso Soriano RC
• 31 Javy Lopez
• 32 Jason Kendall
• 33 Nick Johnson RC
• 34 A.J. Burnett RC
• 35 Troy Glaus
• 36 Pat Burrell RC
• 37 Jeff Cirillo
• 38 Dave Justice
• 39 Ivan Rodriguez
• 40 Bernie Williams
• 41 Jay Buhner
• 42 Mo Vaughn
• 43 Randy Johnson
• 44 Pedro Martinez
• 45 Larry Walker
• 46 Todd Walker
• 47 Roberto Alomar
• 48 Kevin Brown
• 49 Mike Mussina
• 50 Tom Glavine
• 51 Curt Schilling
• 52 Ken Caminiti
• 53 Brad Fullmer
• 54 Bobby Seay RC*
• 55 Orlando Hernandez
• 56 Sean Casey
• 57 Al Leiter
• 58 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
• 59 Mark Kotsay
• 60 Matt Williams
• 61 Raul Mondesi
• 62 Joe Crede RC
• 63 Jim Edmonds
• 64 Jose Cruz, Jr.
• 65 Juan Gonzalez
• 66 Sammy Sosa
• 67 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 68 Vinny Castilla
• 69 Craig Biggio
• 70 Mark McGwire
• 71 Greg Vaughn
• 72 Greg Maddux
• 73 Paul O'Neill
• 74 Scott Rolen
• 75 Ben Grieve
• 76 Vladimir Guerrero
• 77 John Olerud
• 78 Eric Karros
• 79 Jeromy Burnitz
• 80 Jeff Bagwell
• 81 Kenny Lofton
• 82 Manny Ramirez
• 83 Andruw Jones
• 84 Travis Lee
• 85 Darin Erstad
• 86 Nomar Garciaparra
• 87 Frank Thomas
• 88 Moises Alou
• 89 Tino Martinez
• 90 Carlos Pena RC
• 91 Shawn Green
• 92 Rusty Greer
• 93 Matt Belisle RC
• 94 Adrian Beltre
• 95 Roger Clemens
• 96 John Smoltz
• 97 Mark Mulder RC
• 98 Kerry Wood
• 99 Barry Bonds
• 100 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Parallels

Each card is available in the following parallels.

• Black (Class 2: serial-numbered to 699 copies, Class 3: serial-numbered to 299 copies)

• Red (Class 1: serial-numbered to 100 copies, Class 2: serial-numbered to 50 copies, Class 3: serial-numbered to 25 copies)

One to One

Each card is also available in a "One to One" parallel. In addition, each Black and Red parallel is also available as a "One to One," meaning, that there are a total of nine One to One cards for each player. As the name suggests, each card is a one-of-one.

Inserts

Race to Aaron

Parallels include:

• Black

• Red (serial-numbered to 44 copies)

• One to One (one-of-one)

• RA1 Mark McGwire
• RA2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• RA3 Alex Rodriguez
• RA4 Vladimir Guerrero
• RA5 Albert Belle
• RA6 Nomar Garciaparra
• RA7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• RA8 Alex Rodriguez
• RA9 Juan Gonzalez
• RA10 Barry Bonds