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THE PRODUCT HAS SOME BIG-TIME HITS

2021 Topps Tribute Baseball is another installment from one of the early lines to promise a hit per pack. at doesn’t change with six-pack Hobby boxes delivering three autographs and three memorabilia cards.

e base set, which comes with a premium design to match to overall product, has 100 cards. Ninety of those are a mix of veterans and retired greats. Tribute is one of the early releases in the season that offers a large dose of past players throughout its checklist.

Rookies make up the final 10 cards. Drawing from top players making their debut in 2020, these are short prints combining to land 1:18 packs. at works out to approximately every third box or two total per case.

All base cards have the same assortment of parallels: Green (/99), Purple (/50), Red (/10) and Black (1/1).

AUTOGRAPHS

While there are some new autograph themes in 2021 Topps Tribute Baseball, not all of them are. Tribute Autographs return as the dominant signature set on the checklist. Base versions come with serial numbers as do its parallels: Blue (/150), Green (/99), Purple (/50), Orange (/25), Red (/10), Printing Plates

(1/1) and Black (1/1).

Iconic Perspectives and League Inauguration Autographs (/99) are among the returning inserts. ese have Orange (/25), Red (/10) and Black (1/1) versions as well.

Green Monster Wall Graphs (/25) not only have autographs but a piece of Boston’s famed stadium centerpiece as well.

Among the other autographed memorabilia cards on the checklist are Autograph Patches (/50) and Prime Patch Autographs (1/1).

2021 is going to bring a lot of 70th anniversary to Topps’ baseball card portfolio. Here it’s in the form of Tribute to Topps Autographs. ese use a variety of designs from the years to showcase new cards and ink. All come numbered including the Purple (/50), Orange (/25), Red (/10) and Black (1/1) parallels.

Engraved Greats Autographs is another new addition to the 2021 Topps Tribute Baseball checklist. Signers here are all award winners through the years.

Tribute Tandem book cards (/25) open up to reveal a pair of autographs.

e Tribute Career Achievement Award series of autographs continues for another year. A er focusing on Sandy Koufax in 2018, Hank Aaron in 2019 and Mike Trout in 2020, this time the focus is on Derek Jeter.

ese are some of the most difficult cards to pull in the product as each is a one-of-one.

MEMORABILIA CARDS

Relics come in four general themes. Stamp of Approval come with just a single swatch, however each comes with a hologram from MLB Authentication. is means you can look up the specific game it’s from and dig a little deeper into what happened that day.

Dual Relics and Tribute Triple Relics center on delivering multiple swatches.

For all three of these memorabilia sets, base versions come numbered to 150. Additional parallels include Green (/99), Purple (/50), Orange (/25), Red (/10) and Black (1/1).

Milestone Relics (/10) are back. Like Stamp of Approval cards, these have MLB Authentication. However, the relic piece comes from an important game or event worthy of a special callout. Select cards also have one-of-one autograph versions with a jumbo swatch.