This article is about a set that was just released.
Some information may change as more facts become known.

Description

2016 Topps Archives is a 310-card set, released June 1st. As has been this brand's trademark, one third of the base set is done in the style of the 1953 Topps set, one third as 1979 Topps, and the final third 1991 Topps.

For the second consecutive year, Archives was solicited as a 300 card base set without short-prints, only for Topps to deliver a final product with ten SPed base cards -- 20 fewer SPs than the previous year's set.

Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield two autographs.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, eight cards per pack (MSRP: $4). Ten boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	310	-	?	?
short set	300	-	?	?
SPs	10	-	1:41	?
Blue	300	199	1:14	?
Red	300	50	1:55	?
Black	300	one-of-one	1:2728	?
Printing Plates	300	four for each	1:682	?
Operation Desert Storm	100	-	1:328	?
1969 Topps Supers	30	-	1:6	?
1969 Topps Supers Red	30	50	1:546	?
1969 Topps Supers Black	30	one-of-one	1:26,378	?
1969 Topps Supers Printing Plates	30	four for each	1:6808	?
1985 Father/Son	7	-	1:12	?
1985 #1 Draft Picks	11	-	1:8	?
1985 #1 Draft Picks Red	11	50	1:818	?
1985 #1 Draft Picks Black	11	one-of-one	1:42,204	?
1985 #1 Draft Picks Printing Plates	11	four for each	1:10,294	?
Bull Durham	7	-	1:12	?
Bull Durham Red	7	50	1:2345	?
Bull Durham Black	7	one-of-one	1:105,510	?
Bull Durham Printing Plates	7	four for each	1:28,136	?
Fan Favorites Autographs	45	-	1:19	?
Fan Favorites Autographs Blue	45	199	1:63	?
Fan Favorites Autographs Red	45	50	1:237	?
Fan Favorites Autographs Black	45	one-of-one	1:10,822	?
1969 Topps Supers Autographs	19	varies	1:314	?
1969 Topps Supers Autographs Red Back	19	50	1:622	?
1969 Topps Supers Autographs Black Back	19	-	1:24,826	?
1985 Topps #1 Draft Picks Autographs	11	varies	1:1446	?
1985 Topps #1 Draft Picks Autographs Black	11	-	1:46,894	?
1985 Topps Father/Son Dual Autographs	8	-	1:8276	?
1985 Topps Father/Son Dual Autographs Black	8	-	1:84,408	?
Bull Durham Autographs	9	varies	1:498	?
Bull Durham Autographs Red	9	50	1:2001	?
Bull Durham Autographs Black	9	one-of-one	1:105,510	?
Bull Durham Autographs Printing Plates	9	four for each	?	?
Topps Originals Autographs	25	-	1:2001	?

Checklist

Base Set

1953 Design

1 Albert Pujols
2 Carlos Carrasco
3 Doc Gooden
4 Bret Boone
5 Richie Shaffer RC
6 Kendrys Morales
7 Ketel Marte RC
8 Justin Morneau
9 Prince Fielder
10 Billy Hamilton
11 Matt Reynolds RC
12 Robin Yount
13 Jason Heyward
14 Monte Irvin
15 George Springer
16 Tony Fernandez
17 Elvis Andrus
18 Chris Sale
19 Don Sutton
20 Juan Marichal
21 Travis d'Arnaud
22 Michael Wacha
23 Bernie Williams
24 Bert Blyleven
25 Kyle Schwarber RC
26 Rafael Palmeiro
27 Jim Abbott
28 Miguel Almonte RC
29 Russell Martin
30 Manny Machado
31 Henry Owens RC
32 Kevin Pillar
33 Bucky Dent
34 Shin-Soo Choo
35 Jim Rice
36 Hal Newhouser
37 Mac Williamson RC
38 Danny Salazar
39 David Price
40 Jacoby Ellsbury
41 Ryne Sandberg
42 J.D. Martinez
43 David Wright
44 Marcus Stroman
45 John Smoltz
46 Gio Gonzalez
47 Jorge Lopez RC
48 Brooks Robinson
49 Paul O'Neill
50 Max Scherzer
51 Tony Perez
52 Mark McGwire
53 Greg Bird RC
54 Phil Niekro
55 Fergie Jenkins
56 Brian Johnson RC
57 Charlie Blackmon
58 Glen Perkins
59 Robinson Cano
60 Stephen Strasburg
61 Kolten Wong
62 George Brett
63 Nelson Cruz
64 Brad Ziegler
65 Justin Upton
66 Shelby Miller
67 Lorenzo Cain
68 Trea Turner RC
69 Collin McHugh
70 David Robertson
71 Byron Buxton
72 Dennis Eckersley
73 Kyle Seager
74 Dustin Pedroia
75 Jon Lester
76 Stephen Piscotty RC
77 Jason Kipnis
78 Eddie Murray
79 John Olerud
80 Jose Altuve
81 Ralph Kiner
82 Justin Bour
83 Satchel Paige
84 Gregory Polanco
85 Joe Mauer
86 Alex Rodriguez
87 Noah Syndergaard
88 A.J. Pollock
89 Hanley Ramirez
90 Carl Yastrzemski
91 Josh Harrison
92 Bartolo Colon
93 Zach Lee RC
94 Darin Ruf
95 Jim Bunning
96 Duke Snider
97 Randal Grichuk
98 Jose Quintana
99 Masahiro Tanaka
100 Buster Posey

1979 Design

101 Babe Ruth
102 Jonathan Lucroy
103 Randy Johnson
104 Evan Longoria
105 Max Kepler RC
106 Oscar Gamble
107 Corey Kluber
108 Socrates Brito RC
109 Eric Hosmer
110 Jose Canseco
111 Sonny Gray
112 Roberto Alomar
113 Frankie Montas RC
114 Jose Reyes
115 Early Wynn
116 Stephen Vogt
117 Craig Biggio
118 Bill Mazeroski
119 Madison Bumgarner
120 Juan Gonzalez
121 Jay Bruce
122 Carlton Fisk
123 Luis Severino
124 Chris Archer
125 David Ortiz
126 Yu Darvish
127 Paul Molitor
128 Ken Griffey, Jr.
129 Mike Trout
130 Tom Seaver
131 Jim Palmer
132 Carlos Santana
133 Yordano Ventura
134 Carlos Rodon
135 Ryan Howard
136 Troy Tulowitzki
137 Zach Britton
138 Curtis Granderson
139 Carlos Beltran
140 Jung Ho Kang
141 Stan Musial
142 Dellin Betances
143 DJ LeMahieu
144 Tyson Ross
145 Felix Hernandez
146 Mookie Betts
147 Travis Jankowski RC
148 Zack Greinke
149 Brian Dozier
150 Kris Bryant
151 Frank Thomas
152 Ian Kinsler
153 Honus Wagner
154 Jon Gray RC
155 Jeurys Familia
156 Yasiel Puig
157 Jose Abreu
158 Gary Sheffield
159 Raul Mondesi RC
160 Joc Pederson
161 Jose Fernandez
162 Gary Sanchez RC
163 Bob Feller
164 Jacob deGrom
165 Yasmany Tomas
166 Hank Aaron
167 Ryan Klesko
168 Matt Carpenter
169 Jorge Soler
170 Brandon Belt
171 George Kell
172 Joey Votto
173 Billy Williams
174 Tom Murphy RC
175 Andrelton Simmons
176 Willie McCovey
177 Bruce Sutter
178 Richie Ashburn
179 Brandon Drury RC
180 Ozzie Smith
181 Evan Gattis
182 Joe Morgan
183 Salvador Perez
184 Carlos Martinez
185 Wade Boggs
186 Peter O'Brien RC
187 Kole Calhoun
188 Brandon Crawford
189 Whitey Ford
190 Lou Gehrig
191 Andres Galarraga
192 Vladimir Guerrero
193 Aaron Nola RC
194 Garrett Richards
195 Mark Melancon
196 Trevor Plouffe
197 Reggie Jackson
198 Adam Wainwright
199 Enos Slaughter
200 Bryce Harper

1991 Design

201 Jackie Robinson
202 Yadier Molina
203 Johnny Bench
204 Miguel Cabrera
205 Jose Peraza RC
206 Hoyt Wilhelm
207 Chris Davis
208 Matt Harvey
209 Phil Rizzuto
210 Orlando Cepeda
211 Kevin Kiermaier
212 Gaylord Perry
213 Aroldis Chapman
214 Adam Jones
215 Yoenis Cespedes
216 Rougned Odor
217 Hector Olivera RC
218 John Franco
219 Kelby Tomlinson RC
220 Larry Doby
221 Cole Hamels
222 Matt Kemp
223 Goose Gossage
224 Hunter Pence
225 Clayton Kershaw
226 Ryan Braun
227 Freddie Freeman
228 Roberto Clemente
229 Billy Butler
230 James Shields
231 Paul Goldschmidt
232 David Peralta
233 Edwin Encarnacion
234 Jake Arrieta
235 Lou Boudreau
236 Roger Maris
237 Miguel Sano RC
238 Rod Carew
239 Xander Bogaerts
240 John Kruk
241 Rob Refsnyder RC
242 Harmon Killebrew
243 Cal Ripken, Jr.
244 Trevor Rosenthal
245 Adam Eaton
246 Gary Carter
247 Zack Godley RC
248 Anthony Rizzo
249 Jose Bautista
250 Carlos Correa
251 Bobby Doerr
252 Trayce Thompson RC
253 Robin Roberts
254 Colin Rea RC
255 Brandon Phillips
256 Chipper Jones
257 Giancarlo Stanton
258 Odubel Herrera
259 Willie Stargell
260 Dallas Keuchel
261 Joe Mauer
262 Andre Dawson
263 Eddie Mathews
264 Luke Jackson RC
265 Warren Spahn
266 Hisashi Iwakuma
267 Carlos Gonzalez
268 Carl Edwards, Jr. RC
269 Adrian Gonzalez
270 Brian McCann
271 Ted Williams
272 Taijuan Walker
273 Nolan Ryan
274 Michael Brantley
275 Corey Seager RC
276 Nolan Arenado
277 Ichiro
278 Lucas Duda
279 Josh Donaldson
280 Josh Reddick
281 Francisco Lindor
282 Lou Brock
283 Michael Conforto RC
284 Catfish Hunter
285 Maikel Franco
286 Willie Mays
287 Adrian Beltre
288 Nomar Garciaparra
289 Wade Davis
290 Anthony Rendon
291 Kaleb Cowart
292 Andrew Miller
293 Craig Kimbrel
294 Andrew McCutchen
295 Todd Frazier
296 Edgar Martinez
297 Justin Verlander
298 Kyle Waldrop RC
299 Hector Rondon
300 Sandy Koufax

SPs

301 Kenta Maeda SP RC
302 Randy Jones SP
303 Tom Gordon SP
304 Al Kaline SP
305 Steve Garvey SP
306 Tito Francona SP
307 Phil Nevin SP
308 Charlie Hayes SP
309 Kris Benson SP
310 Sandy Koufax SP

Parallels

All 300 non-short-printed base cards are available in the following parallels. It is currently unclear if the ten SPs have parallels.

Blue (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
Red (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Black (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (four for each)

Operation Desert Shield

Operation Desert Shield is a 100-card partial-parallel of cards #201-#300 -- the base cards done in the style of the 1991 Topps set -- and is foil-stamped with the same Desert Shield logo as the originals.

Inserts

1969 Topps Super

This set is also available in the following parallels.

Red (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Black (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

69TS-AG Alex Gordon
69TS-AM Andrew Miller
69TS-AMU Andrew McCutchen
69TS-AN Aaron Nola
69TS-AP A.J. Pollock
69TS-BC Brandon Crawford
69TS-BH Bryce Harper
69TS-BP Buster Posey
69TS-CH Cole Hamels
69TS-CS Chris Sale
69TS-DG Dee Gordon
69TS-DO David Ortiz
69TS-EE Edwin Encarnacion
69TS-FF Freddie Freeman
69TS-FL Francisco Lindor
69TS-JA Jose Altuve
69TS-JAR Jake Arrieta
69TS-JD Josh Donaldson
69TS-JP Joc Pederson
69TS-KB Kris Bryant
69TS-KS Kyle Schwarber
69TS-LS Luis Severino
69TS-MH Matt Harvey
69TS-MM Manny Machado
69TS-MS Miguel Sano
69TS-MT Mike Trout
69TS-PG Paul Goldschmidt
69TS-SG Sonny Gray
69TS-SP Stephen Piscotty
69TS-TR Tyson Ross

1985 Topps Father/Son

This insert set is based on a subset in 1985 Topps.

FS-AAL Sandy Alomar, Sr. / Roberto Alomar
FS-AL Sandy Alomar, Sr. / Sandy Alomar, Jr.
FS-BB Bob Boone / Bret Boone
FS-FF Tito Francona / Terry Francona
FS-GG Ken Griffey, Sr. / Ken Griffey, Jr.
FS-GGO Tom Gordon / Dee Gordon
FS-PP Tony Perez / Eduardo Perez

1985 Topps #1 Draft Pick

This set is also based on a subset in 1985 Topps. Each card is available in the following parallels.

Red (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Black (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

85DP-AB Andy Benes
85DP-AG Adrian Gonzalez
85DP-AR Alex Rodriguez
85DP-BH Bryce Harper
85DP-BS B.J. Surhoff
85DP-CC Carlos Correa
85DP-CJ Chipper Jones
85DP-DP David Price
85DP-DS Darryl Strawberry
85DP-GC Gerrit Cole
85DP-HB Harold Baines
85DP-JB Jeff Burroughs
85DP-JH Josh Hamilton
85DP-JM Joe Mauer
85DP-KB Kris Benson
85DP-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
85DP-RB Ron Blomberg
85DP-RM Rick Monday
85DP-SS Stephen Strasburg

Bull Durham

This set features the stars (well, most of them anyway) of the 1988 film Bull Durham and is done in the style of 1988 Topps. Each is also available in the following parallels.

Red (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Black (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

NOTE: Curiously, despite signing autographs for Archives (see below), Susan Sarandon and Kevin Costner (the two biggest stars of the film) do not appear in the set.

BD-B David Neidorf
BD-J William O'Leary
BD-LH Robert Wuhl
BD-M Jenny Robertson
BD-NL Tim Robbins
BD-RS Ron Shelton
BD-T Tom Silardi

Autographs & Game-Used

Fan Favorites Autographs

Each Fan Favorites Autograph is also available in the following parallels.

Blue (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
Red (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Black (one-of-one)

NOTE: Bob Boone's Fan Favorites Autograph (Card #FFA-BB) is done in the style of the 1979 Topps set; the same set that was used for Boone's 2012 Topps Archives Fan Favorites Autograph -- although with a different photograph.

FFA-AB Andy Benes 89T
FFA-AK Al Kaline 53T
FFA-AN Aaron Nola 85T
FFA-BB Bob Boone 79T
FFA-BC Bert Campaneris 71T
FFA-BH Bryce Harper 89T
FFA-BS B.J. Surhoff 89T
FFA-BW Billy Wagner 90T
FFA-CC Carlos Correa 86T
FFA-CE Carl Everett 90T
FFA-CH Charlie Hayes 79T
FFA-DG Doc Gooden 85T
FFA-DS Darryl Strawberry 86T
FFA-EP Eduardo Perez 90T
FFA-FH Frank Howard 71T
FFA-FT Fernando Tatis 83T
FFA-I Ichiro 83T
FFA-JB Jeff Burroughs 71T
FFA-JK Jim Kaat 71T
FFA-JL Javy Lopez 91T
FFA-JN Jeff Nelson 85T
FFA-JR J.R. Richard 79T
FFA-JV Jose Vizcaino 89T
FFA-KBE Kris Benson 53T
FFA-KM Kenta Maeda 91T
FFA-KS Kyle Schwarber 90T
FFA-MA Moises Alou 86T
FFA-MS Miguel Sano 83T
FFA-MT Mike Trout 91T
FFA-PH Pat Hentgen 91T
FFA-PN Phil Nevin 91T
FFA-RB Ron Blomberg 71T
FFA-RF Rollie Fingers 71T
FFA-RJ Randy Jones 79T
FFA-RM Rick Monday 71T
FFA-SA Sandy Alomar, Jr. 90T
FFA-SAJ Sandy Alomar, Sr. 71T
FFA-SG Steve Garvey 79T
FFA-SK Sandy Koufax 53T
FFA-TF Terry Francona 84T
FFA-TG Tom Gordon 91T
FFA-TH Teddy Higuera 86T
FFA-TIF Tito Francona 53T
FFA-VL Vern Law 53T

1969 Topps Super Autographs

Each Supers Autograph is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below and also available in the following parallels.

Red Back (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Black Back

69TSA-AG Alex Gordon 75
69TSA-AN Aaron Nola 99
69TSA-AP A.J. Pollock 99
69TSA-BH Bryce Harper 99
69TSA-CS Chris Sale 75
69TSA-DG Dee Gordon 99
69TSA-DO David Ortiz 25
69TSA-EE Edwin Encarnacion 75
69TSA-FL Francisco Lindor 99
69TSA-JA Jose Altuve 75
69TSA-JP Joc Pederson 99
69TSA-KB Kris Bryant 75
69TSA-KS Kyle Schwarber 99
69TSA-LS Luis Severino 75
69TSA-MM Manny Machado 50
69TSA-MS Miguel Sano 99
69TSA-MT Mike Trout 20
69TSA-SG Sonny Gray 99
69TSA-SP Stephen Piscotty 99

1985 Topps Father/Son Autographs

NOTES

Despite having two players on the card, only the player on the SONS signed -- this despite the fact that many of the Father's also signed for this product.
Each card is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below and also available in a Black parallel.

FS-AA Felipe Alou / Moises Alou 10
FS-AAL Sandy Alomar, Sr. / Roberto Alomar 10
FS-AL Sandy Alomar, Sr. / Sandy Alomar, Jr. 10
FS-BB Bob Boone / Bret Boone 10
FS-FF Tito Francona / Terry Francona 10
FS-GG Ken Griffey, Sr. / Ken Griffey, Jr. 10
FS-GGO Tom Gordon / Dee Gordon 10
FS-PP Tony Perez / Eduardo Perez 10

1985 Topps #1 Draft Pick Autographs

Each #1 Draft Pick Autograph is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below and also available in a Black parallel.

85DP-AG Adrian Gonzalez 25
85DP-BH Bryce Harper 10
85DP-BS B.J. Surhoff 50
85DP-CC Carlos Correa 25
85DP-CJ Chipper Jones 20
85DP-DS Darryl Strawberry 50
85DP-HB Harold Baines 50
85DP-JB Jeff Burroughs 50
85DP-KB Kris Benson 50
85DP-RM Rick Monday 50
85DP-KG Ken Griffey, Jr. EXCH 15

Bull Durham Autograph

NOTE: Each Autograph is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below EXCEPT Susan Sarandon and Kevin Costner -- the two Bull Durham stars who were excluded from the non-autographed set.

Each card is also available in the following parallels.

Red
Black (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

BDA-AS Susan Sarandon "Annie Savoy"
BDA-B David Neidorf "Bobby" 595
BDA-CD Kevin Costner "Crash Davis"
BDA-J William O'Leary "Jimmy" 595
BDA-LH Robert Wuhl "Larry Hockett" 145
BDA-M Jenny Robertson "Millie" 695
BDA-NL Tim Robbins "Nuke LaLoosh" 295
BDA-RS Ron Shelton Screenwriter and Director 345
BDA-T Tom Silardi "Tony" 595

Topps Originals Autographs

Each card is a stamped autographed buyback.

Andres Galarraga 86TT 10
Barry Larkin 10
Bo Jackson 86TT 10
Cal Ripken, Jr. 86T 10
Carlton Fisk 82T AS 10
Chipper Jones 91T DP 10
Craig Biggio 89T 10
Dennis Eckersley 80T 10
Edgar Martinez 10
Greg Maddux 01T 10
Jim Rice 87T AS 10
Jose Canseco 10
Juan Gonzalez 90T 10
Ken Griffey, Jr. EXCH 10
Lou Brock 78T 10
Mike Piazza 97T 10
Nomar Garciaparra 95T DP 10
Paul O'Neill 89T 10
Randy Johnson 92T 10
Reggie Jackson 79T AS 10
Robin Yount 78T 10
Rod Carew 76T 10
Rollie Fingers 82T IA 10
Steve Carlton 10
Wade Boggs 96T STAR 10