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." <ref>http://www.toppsblog.com/?p=461</ref> 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).” <ref>http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/topps-says-strasburg-allen-ginter-mini-is-not-short-print-after-all/</ref>

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.

BM 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

N43

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Cabinet Cards

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This Day in History

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Lords of Olympus

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Monsters of the Mesozoic

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World's Greatest Wordsmiths

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National Animals

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Sailors of the Seven Seas

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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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Baseball Highlight Sketches

Celebrating some of the highlights of the past MLB season.

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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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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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Allen & Ginter 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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Celestial Stars

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World's Saltiest Sailors

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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."

AGR-AD Adam Dunn (Bat)

AGR-AD Anne Donovan

AGR-AE Andre Ethier

AGR-AE Andre Ethier

AGR-AF Alan Francis

AGR-AGA Anthony Gatto (Juggling Pin)

AGR-AH Aaron Hill

AGR-AJ Adam Jones

AGR-AJ Avery Jenkins

AGR-AL Adam Lind

AGR-ARA Aramis Ramirez (Bat)

AGR-AS Alfonso Soriano

AGR-BB Billy Butler (Black Jersey)

AGR-BM Brian McCann

AGR-BP Buster Posey

AGR-BR Brian Roberts

AGR-BU B.J. Upton

AGR-CC Chris Coghlan

AGR-CL Carlos Lee

AGR-CQ Carlos Quentin

AGR-CR Colby Rasmus (Bat)

AGR-CU Dan Uggla

AGR-DB David Blaine (Playing Card)

AGR-DBR Drew Brees

AGR-DD Dale Davis

AGR-DH Dan Haren

AGR-DT Darren Taylor

AGR-DW David Wright

AGR-DWR David Wright

AGR-EL Evan Longoria

AGR-GS Gary Stewart

AGR-GS Grady Sizemore

AGR-GSI Glenn Singleton

AGR-HF Hans Florine

AGR-HR Hanley Ramirez

AGR-HW Hubertus Master of Hellfire Wawra (Wick)

AGR-IC Ivory Crockett

AGR-IK Ian Kinsler

AGR-IR Ivan Rodriguez

AGR-IS Ichrio

AGR-JB Jay Bruce (Pants)

AGR-JD John Danks

AGR-JH Josh Hamilton

AGR-JJ Josh Johnson

AGR-JL Judson Laipply

AGR-JS Johnny Strange

AGR-JS Jordin Sparks

AGR-JSA Jeff Samardzija

AGR-JV Joey Votto

AGR-KB Ken Blackburn

AGR-KB Kyle Blanks

AGR-KF Kosuke Fukudome

AGR-KK Kelly Kulick

AGR-KM Kendry Morales

AGR-LB Lance Berkman

AGR-MC Matt Cain

AGR-MCA Miguel Cabrera

AGR-MCAB Melky Cabrera

AGR-MK Matt Kemp

AGR-MK Meb Keflezighi

AGR-ML Mat Latos

AGR-MM Marvin Miller

AGR-MP Mike Parsons

AGR-MPO Max Poser

AGR-MR Mark Reynolds

AGR-NC Nelson Cruz

AGR-NF Neftali Feliz

AGR-PF Prince Fielder

AGR-PP Preston Pittman

AGR-RB Ryan Braun

AGR-RC Robinson Cano

AGR-RH Ryan Howard

AGR-RK Ryan Kennelly

AGR-RN Ricky Nolasco

AGR-RO Randy Oitker

AGR-RP Regis Philbin

AGR-RTH Rory & Tony Howard

AGR-SD Stephen Drew

AGR-SH Sig Hansen EXCH

AGR-SJ Shawn Johnson

AGR-SS Stuart Scott

AGR-SSA Summer Sanders

AGR-TB Tyler Bradt

AGR-TDV Tiago Della Vega

AGR-TH Tony Hawk (Skateboard)

AGR-THE Todd Helton

AGR-THU Torii Hunter (Flying Disc)

AGR-TK Tom Knapp

AGR-TT Troy Tulowitzki

AGR-UJ Ubaldo Jimenez

AGR-YE Yunel Escobar

AGR-YG Yovani Gallardo

AGR-ZS Zac Sunderland

CLMJR4 Jack and the Beanstalk (Four Beans)

Framed Autograph Cards

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.

AGA-AD Anne Donovan

AGA-AE Alcides Escobar

AGA-AEI Andre Ethier

AGA-AJ Adam Jones

AGA-AM Andrew McCutchen

AGA-AP Albert Pujols

AGA-CC Chris Coghlan

AGA-DBR Drew Brees

AGA-DM Drew McCutchen

AGA-DS Drew Stubbs

AGA-EC Everth Cabrera

AGA-GSI Glenn Singleman

AGA-IC Ivory Crockett

AGA-IK Ian Kinsler

AGA-JCL Jeff Clement

AGA-JF Jeff Francis

AGA-JH Jason Heyward

AGA-JK Jason Kubel

AGA-JST Johnny Strange

AGA-JU Juston Upton

AGA-MKE Meb Keflezighi

AGA-MM Marvin Miller

AGA-MTB Mitchell Boggs

AGA-NF Neftali Feliz

AGA-PP Placido Polanco

AGA-PS Pablo Sandoval

AGA-RHI Rich Hill

AGA-RN Ricky Nolasco

AGA-RO Ross Ohlendorf

AGA-RPH Regis Philbin

AGA-RTH Rory & Tony Howard

AGA-SS Stuart Scott

AGA-TC Trevor Crowe

AGA-VW Vernon Wells

AGA-YE Yunel Escobar

AGA-YG Yovani Gallardo

AGA-ZS Zac Sunderland

AGA-RH Ryan Howard

AGA-AGO Adrian Gonzalez

AGA-MC Miguel Cabrera

AGA-EL Evan Longoria

AGA-MH Matt Holliday

AGA-RZ Ryan Zimmerman

AGA-RB Ryan Braun

AGA-TT Troy Tulowitzki

AGA-DP Dustin Pedroia

AGA-SV Shane Victorino

AGA-CM Cameron Maybin

AGA-AG Alex Gordon

AGA-SK Scott Kazmir

AGA-JP Jonathan Papelbon

AGA-TH Tommy Hanson

AGA-JR Juan Rivera

AGA-BJU B.J. Upton

AGA-RP Rick Porcello

AGA-MS Max Scherzer

AGA-KU Koji Uehara

AGA-MK Matt Kemp

AGA-CR Colby Rasmus

AGA-JC Johnny Cueto

AGA-CK Clayton Kershaw

AGA-JW Josh Willingham

AGA-CY Chris Young

AGA-CV Chris Volstad

AGA-BD Brian Duensing

AGA-JRT J.R. Towles

AGA-AR Alexei Ramirez

AGA-JM Jason Motte

AGA-JO Josh Outman

AGA-RPE Ryan Perry

AGA-AF Alan Francis

AGA-AGA Anthony Gatto

AGA-AJE Avery Jenkins

AGA-DB David Blaine

AGA-DD Dale Davis

AGA-GS Gary Stewart

AGA-HF Hans Florine

AGA-HP Hank Presswood

AGA-HW Hubertus "Master of Hellfire" Wawra

AGA-JL Judson Laipply

AGA-JS Jordin Sparks

AGA-JZ Jim Zapp

AGA-KB Ken Blackburn

AGA-KK Kelly Kulick

AGA-MD Mahlon Duckett

AGA-MP Mike Parsons

AGA-MPO Max Poser

AGA-PPI Preston Pittman

AGA-RK Ryan Kennelly

AGA-ROI Randy Oitker

AGA-RS Robert Scott

AGA-RT Ron Teasley

AGA-SH Sig Hansen EXCH

AGA-SJ Shawn Johnson

AGA-SSA Summer Sanders

AGA-TB Tyler Bradt

AGA-TDV Tiago Della Vega

AGA-THA Tony Hawk

AGA-TK Tom Knapp

N43 Relic

Each N43 Relic is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

N43BR-RH Ryan Howard

N43BR-PF Prince Fielder

N43BR-AP Albert Pujols

N43BR-MT Mark Teixeira

N43BR-EL Evan Longoria

N43BR-RB Ryan Braun

N43BR-MK Matt Kemp

N43BR-NM Nick Markakis

N43BR-JM Joe Mauer

N43BR-AR Alex Rodriguez

N43 Autographs

Each N43 Autograph is hand-numbered to 15 copies.

N43BA-RB Ryan Braun

N43BA-IK Ian Kinsler

N43BA-RZ Ryan Zimmerman

N43BA-MS Max Scherzer

N43BA-DP Dustin Pedroia

N43BA-TT Troy Tulowitzki

N43BA-AG Adrian Gonzalez

N43BA-VW Vernon Wells

N43BA-TH Tommy Hanson

N43BA-JU Justin Upton

N43 Autographed Relics

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

N43BAR-RH Ryan Howard

N43BAR-MC Miguel Cabrera

N43BAR-EL Evan Longoria

N43BAR-AS Alfonso Soriano

N43BAR-MH Matt Holliday

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.

CRB-CU Chase Utley

CRB-CJ Chipper Jones

CRB-PF Prince Fielder

CRB-TH Tony Hawk

CRB-IS Ichiro

CRB-EL Evan Longoria

CRB-JM Joe Mauer

CRB-RB Ryan Braun

CRB-TL Tim Lincecum

CRB-DO David Ortiz

Book Cards

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

AGBC1 Ichiro & Ichiro

AGBC2 Ryan Howard & Albert Pujols

AGBC3 B.J. Upton & Carl Crawford

AGBC4 Ryan Braun & Ian Kinsler

AGBC5 Matt Kemp & Andre Ethier

AGBC6 Ryan Howard & Prince Fielder

AGBC7 Chase Utley & Jimmy Rollins

AGBC8 Alex Rodriguez & Mark Teixeira

AGBC9 Tim Lincecum & Pablo Sandoval

AGBC10 Andrew McCutchen & Justin Upton

Cut Signature Cards

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

AGCS-1 Barack Obama

AGCS-2 Martin Luther King Jr.

AGCS-3 John Sherman

AGCS-4 Thomas Jefferson

AGCS-5 Gerald R. Ford

AGCS-6 James Madison

AGCS-7 Franklin Pierce

AGCS-8 Warren G. Harding

AGCS-9 James Garfield

AGCS-10 Ronald Reagan

AGCS-11 Hillary Rodham Clinton

AGCS-12 Henry Morgenthau Jr.

AGCS-13 Benjamin Franklin Tilley

AGCS-14 James Earle Fraser

AGCS-15 Hamilton Fish

AGCS-16 William Mahone

AGCS-17 John Kingman

AGCS-18 Joseph Mauborgne

AGCS-19 Murray Maxwell

AGCS-20 Sherman Miles

Monsters of the Mesozoic Relics

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

MMR1 Nanotyrannus

MMR2 Ankylosaurus

MMR3 Carcharodontosaurus

MMR4 Cetiosaurus

MMR5 Deltadromeus

MMR6 Dimetrodon

MMR7 Dromaeosaurus

MMR8 Edmontosaurus

MMR9 Triceratops

MMR10 Pachycephalosaurus

MMR11 Rutiodon

MMR12 Pterodactyl

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.

DNA-LVB Lugwig Von Beethoven

DNA-AJ Andrew Jackson

DNA-JFK John F. Kennedy

DNA-JA John Adams

DNA-AH Alexander Hamilton

DNA-JK Jacqueline Kennedy

DNA-CD Charles Dickens

DNA-KE King Edward VII

DNA-RR Ronald Reagan

DNA-AL Abraham Lincoln

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."

AGEA1 Victoria Levan (Waite)

AGEA2 Jim McKenna

AGEA3 Luz Molina

AGEA4 Joe Ribando

AGEA5 Brad Ross

AGEA6 Karen Scott

AGEA7 Joseph Vignier

AGEA8 Kathy Szulewski

AGEA9 Matt Tomasco

AGEA10 Brittany Welsh

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