2002 Topps Gallery

Description

2002 Topps Gallery is a 200-card, all-painted, set released in June, 2002. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield one of 10 variations, and every other box a Relic.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $3)

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	200	-	?	?
Variation Level 1	10	-	1:24	1:24
Variation Level 2	10	25	1:4065	1:4065
Printing Plates	200	four for each	1:1211	1:1211
Heritage	25	-	1:12	1:12
Bucks	1	-	1:127	1:127
Heritage Uniform Relics	9	-	1:85	1:85
Original Bat Relics	15	-	1:169	1:169
Autographs	10	-	1:240	1:240
Heritage Autographs	3	25	1:13,595	1:14,064

Checklist

Base Set

NOTE: For the first time since 1998, all 200 base cards are printed in equal quantities.

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Prospects

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First-Year Prospects

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Retired Players

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Variations

Ten players have two variations. The more common variation (also known as "Variation 1") were inserted at the rate of one-per-box. "Variation 2" is much, much, scarcer, and limited (but not serial-numbered) to 25 copies.

The website Trader Cracks has assembled a visual guide to the Variation 1 cards.

Variation 1

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Variation 2

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Parallels

A set of four Press Plates were randomly inserted for each base card.

Inserts

Heritage

The 2002 edition of the popular Gallery Heritage insert features artistic impressions of 25 prominent Topps rookie cards.

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Bucks

This card is a $5 gift certificate good towards the purchase of an original Topps Gallery artwork.

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Autographs & Game-Used

Heritage Uniform Relics

The specific odds of finding a Heritage Uniform Relic are as follows.

• Group A: 1:106/packs
• Group B: 1:424/packs

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Original Bat Relics

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Autographs

The specific odds of finding an Autograph are as follows.

• Group A: 1:815/packs
• Group B: 1:1017/packs
• Group C: 1:509/packs

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Heritage Autographs

Each Heritage Autograph is hand-numbered to 25 copies.

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