2011 Topps Lineage Stand-ups insert

This 25 die-cut insert set is modelled on the 1964 Stand-ups inserted in 1964 Topps. Designed to be folded in half (heaven forbid) to display the player.
They were inserted into 2011 Topps Lineage at a ratio of 1 in 12 packs. Unlike some of the other inserts within Lineage there are no variations.
I have 25 of the 25 cards so far.

The 25 card set includes:

TS1 Jose Bautista
TS2 Ryan Zimmerman
TS3 Albert Pujols
TS4 Felix Hernandez
TS5 Tim Lincecum
TS6 Ryan Howard
TS7 Mariano Rivera
TS8 Jason Heyward
TS9 Ryan Braun
TS10 Hunter Pence
TS11 Miguel Cabrera
TS12 Adam Dunn
TS13 Kevin Youkilis
TS14 Joey Votto
TS15 Carlos Gonzalez
TS16 Mike Stanton
TS17 Matt Kemp
TS18 Joe Mauer
TS19 Alex Rodriguez
TS20 Roy Halladay
TS21 Brooks Robinson
TS22 Hank Aaron
TS23 Mickey Mantle
TS24 Juan Marichal
TS25 Sandy Koufax

2011 Topps Lineage 3D cards

This 25-card set is based on the 1968 Topps 3-D set.

The Linegraph cards are based on the obscure XOGraph test issue from 1968. The original cards all have the following text on their backs.

This is an experimental XOGRAPH® card produced as a limited edition. Not for public circulation or distribution. Not for resale.
To be returned to:
Visual Panographics, Inc.
488 Madison Avenue
New York, New York.

The cards were inserted into 2011 Topps Lineage at a ratio of 1 in 12 packs. There are two variations available; black backs limited to 99 and Red backs limited to 1. Each featuring the original 1968 card backs.
Although the original experimental 1968 versions go for mega-money. This Lineage set is relatively inexpensive to complete, so complete it I will try.

The 25 cards in the set are:

T3D1 Ichiro
T3D2 Buster Posey
T3D3 Ryan Howard
T3D4 Mark Teixeira
T3D5 Joe Mauer
T3D6 Ryan Braun
T3D7 Carlos Gonzalez 
T3D8 Joey Votto
T3D9 Adrian Gonzalez
T3D10 Alex Rodriguez
T3D11 David Wright
T3D12 Carl Crawford
T3D13 Miguel Cabrera
T3D14 Chase Utley
T3D15 Evan Longoria
T3D16 Jason Heyward
T3D17 Kendry Morales
T3D18 Shin-Soo Choo
T3D19 Hanley Ramirez
T3D20 Josh Hamilton
T3D21 Justin Upton
T3D22 Troy Tulowitzki
T3D23 Hunter Pence
T3D24 Derek Jeter
T3D25 Albert Pujols

1971 Fleer World Series baseball

1971 Fleer world series champions. Artwork by Robert Laughlin is featured in this second of Fleer's World Series Highlights sets. Fronts feature color art with backs printed in black. there are 68 cards in the 1971 set .

The 75 cards in the set are:

1 1903 Red Sox/Pirates Cy Young
2 1904 NO Series John McGraw
3 1905 Giants/A's
4 1906 White Sox/Cubs
5 1907 Cubs/Tigers
6 1908 Cubs/Tigers Ty Cobb
7 1909 Pirates/Tigers
8 1910 A's/Cubs Eddie Collins
9 1911 A's/Giants Home Run Baker
10 1912 Red Sox/Giants
11 1913 A's/Giants Christy Mathewson
12 1914 Braves/A's
13 1915 Red Sox/Phillies Grover Alexander
14 1916 Red Sox/Dodgers
15 1917 White Sox/Giants Red Faber
16 1918 Red Sox/Cubs Babe Ruth
17 1919 Reds/White Sox
18 1920 Indians/Dodgers
19 1921 Giants/Yankees Waite Hoyt
20 1922 Giants/Yankees
21 1923 Yankees/Giants Herb Pennock
22 1924 Senators/Giants Walter Johnson
23 1925 Pirates/Senators
24 1926 Cardinals/Yankees Rogers Hornsby
25 1927 Yankees/Pirates
26 1928 Yankees/Cardinals Lou Gehrig
27 1929 A's/Cubs
28 1930 A's/Cardinals Jimmie Foxx
29 1931 Cardinals/A's Pepper Martin
30 1932 Yankees/Cubs Babe Ruth
31 1933 Giants/Senators Carl Hubbell
32 1934 Cardinals/Tigers
33 1935 Tigers/Cubs Mickey Cochrane
34 1936 Yankees/Giants Red Rolfe
35 1937 Yankees/Giants Tony Lazzeri
36 1938 Yankees/Cubs
37 1939 Yankees/Reds
38 1940 Reds/Tigers
39 1941 Yankees/Dodgers
40 1942 Cardinals/Yankees
41 1943 Yankees/Cardinals
42 1944 Cardinals/Browns
43 1945 Tigers/Cubs Hank Greenberg
44 1946 Cardinals/Red Sox Enos Slaughter
45 1947 Yankees/Dodgers
46 1948 Indians/Braves
47 1949 Yankees/Dodgers Preacher Roe
48 1950 Yankees/Phillies Allie Reynolds
49 1951 Yankees/Giants Ed Lopat
50 1952 Yankees/Dodgers Johnny Mize
51 1953 Yankees/Dodgers
52 1954 Giants/Indians
53 1955 Dodgers/Yankees Duke Snider
54 1956 Yankees/Dodgers
55 1957 Braves/Yankees
56 1958 Yankees/Braves Hank Bauer
57 1959 Dodgers/Wh. Sox Duke Snider
58 1960 Pirates/Yankees
59 1961 Yankees/Reds Whitey Ford
60 1962 Yankees/Giants
61 1963 Dodgers/Yankees
62 1964 Cardinals/Yankees
63 1965 Dodgers/Twins
64 1966 Orioles/Dodgers
65 1967 Cardinals/Red Sox
66 1968 Tigers/Cardinals
67 1969 Mets/Orioles
68 1970 Orioles/Reds

1970 Topps Booklets

The 1970 Topps Story Booklets consist of a 24 player set. The 24 miniature biographies of ballplayers (one player per team) measure 2-1/2" X 3-7/16" and were inserted into 1970 Topps regular issue baseball card wax packs. The 6 page comic book style story book features a checklist on the back page.

There are 24 cards in the complete set:

 



1 Mike Cuellar
2 Rico Petrocelli
3 Jay Johnstone
4 Walt Williams
5 Vada Pinson
6 Bill Freehan
7 Wally Bunker
8 Tony Oliva
9 Bobby Murcer
10 Reggie Jackson
11 Tommy Harper
12 Mike Epstein
13 Orlando Cepeda
14 Ernie Banks
15 Pete Rose
16 Denis Menke
17 Bill Singer
18 Rusty Staub
19 Cleon Jones
20 Deron Johnson
 21 Bob Moose
22 Bob Gibson
23 Al Ferrara
24 Willie Mays

2012 Allen and Ginter blaster

For the sixth year running, Topps have produced the Allen+Ginter brand. An extremely popular set to collect, there are few amongst us who hasn't tried at one point to collect the whole base set or one of the many interesting inserts. That is what makes Allen+Ginter so collectible, although it is unlikely that you will pull a DNA card or one of the exquisite entomology cards, there are still a number of 'other' inserts from past sets like Dinosaurs, Pirates and Haunted Places. This year is no exception, with mini inserts such as 'Men in Hats' , 'Man's Best friend', 'Military Leaders', 'Musical Masters' and 'Giants of the Deep', just to name a few.
In 2012 there is a 350 card base set, however the last 50, numbered 301-350 are short printed.
There is a 350 mini parallel base set which comes in number of version;

Normal,  

Gold Bordered,  

A+G back,  

Black-Bordered, 

No Number #50, 

Baseball Back #/25,

Wood #/1

There is an exhaustive list of inserts;

Full size - Silk/cloth, Rip Cards (which could contain a wood parallel, original baseball artwork, mini exclusives,redemption cards or a red autograph), Historical Turning Points, Tallest Buildings, Sketches, What's in a Name?

Mini inserts - Military Leaders, Dogs, Giants of the Deep, Musicians, People of the Bible, Guys in Hats, Fashionable Women and Culinary Curiosities.

Another interesting feature, if this wasn't enough, are the N43 large Box Loaders. Amongst the usual relics, are the Roller Coaster cards, Coins of the World and the frighteningly titled redemption 'Unusual Items from the Past' , which Topps confirmed as being a coin, cave paint, a sharks tooth and a fossil and doesn't appear to be that frightening at all.

The pièce de résistance being the Butterfly cards or Lepidoptery Cards, which includes moths too. The chances of extracting one of these cards is something like 1 in 35,000. Good Luck.

The Red Sox avaibale from the base set are;

#10 Dustin Pedroia

#18 Kevin Youkilis

#35 David Ortiz

#46 Jarrod Saltalamacchia

#50 Clay Buchholz

#118 Carl Yastrzemski

#136 Jacoby Ellsbury

#146 Josh Beckett

#241 Andrew Bailey

#316 Adrian Gonzalez SP

#327 Jon Lester SP

#331 Carl Crawford SP

I have a blaster, purchased from a Walmart somewhere in New York State. It contains 8 packs and each pack 6 picture cards.

Pack 1:

 #129 Michael Phelps mini A+Gback

#132 Daniel Hudson D-backs

#159 Devin Mesoraco Reds

#284 Pedro Alvarez Pirates

#BH-10 Albert Pujols Cardinals

#WIN41 Timothy LeRoy Lincecum Giants

 

Pack 2:

#34 Alex Gordon Royals

#62 Desmond Jennings Bay Rays mini

#182 Colby Rasmus Blue Jays

#220 James Brown Football Analyst

#262 Justin Verlander Tigers

#304 Kyle Farnsworth Bay Rays

 

Pack 3:

#102 Huston Street Padres

#197 Ty Cobb Tigers

#264 Brian McCann Braves

#317 Jason Heyward Braves mini

#WIN30 Hunter Andrew Pence Phillies

#WTB4 Willis Tower Chicago

 

Pack 4:

#26 Hunter Pence Phillies

#117 Nick Swisher Yankees

#127 Erick Aybar Angels

#182 Brett Pill Giants

#339 Swin Cash basketball

#ML-10 Dwight Eisenhower mini

 

Pack 5:

#78 Joe Mauer Twins

#91 Grady Sizemore Indians

#226 Jim Thome Phillies

#223 CC Sabathia Yankees

#245 Hank Haney golf instructor mini

#321 Chad Billingsley Dodgers

 

Pack 6:

#126 Justin Masterson Indians

#162 Tom Seaver Mets mini

#180 Tim Federowicz Dodgers

#267 Neftali Feliz Rangers

#HTP6 Treaty of Versailles

#WIN61 James Howard Thome Phillies

 

Pack 7:

#39 Brad Peacock Athletics

#41 Clayton Kershaw Dodgers mini A+Gback

#99 Sandy Koufax Dodgers

#179 Cole Hamels Phillies

#219 Ian Kennedy D-backs

#330 Mike Napoli Rangers

 

Pack 8:

#61 Richard Petty auto racing

#142 Jose Reyes Marlins

#178 Wei-Yin Chen Orioles mini

#287 Hiroki Kuroda Yankees

#WIN72 Carsten Charles Sabathia Yankees

#code card Chuck Snider

 

You may have noticed- no Red Sox, so I have scanned the inserts.

 A pony blaster!

Pity! Really lovely cards again this year.

2012 Topps Series 2

Just a few more packs of 2012 Series 2, purchased from Target in Boynton Beach, Florida

There are only a few Red Sox cards that I still need from this set.
The Red Sox available from Series 2 are;
#368 Carl Crawford
#441 Mike Aviles
#506 David Ortiz
#539 Andrew Bailey
#540 Dustin Pedroia (in SP variation)
#586 Daisuke Matsuzaka
#610 Cody Ross
#631 Ryan Kalish
#648 Josh Beckett
#651 Ryan Sweeney

I have 6 packs and there are 12 cards per pack.

Pack1:

  #332 Jose Reyes Marlins

#343 Salvador Perez Royals

#382 Wandy Rodriguez Astros

#409 Greg Holland Royals

#416 Todd Helton Rockies

#435 Jeff Baker Cubs

#480 J.J.Putz D-backs

#522 Matt Downs Astros

#545 Randy Wolf Brewers

#608 Paul Goldschmidt D-backs

#CD-18 Robinson Cano Yankees

#TM-65 Mark Teixeira Yankees

 

Pack 2:

#347 Craig Genrty Rangers

#377 Brandon Inge Tigers

#414 Ryan Vogelsong Giants

#427 Rafael Dolis Cubs

#434 Jason Motte Cardinals

#445 Ramon Santiago Tigers red border

#453 Garrett Jones Pirates

#539 Andrew Bailey Red Sox

#561 Freddy Sanchez Giants

#562 Henderson Alvarez Blue Jays

#660 Yu Darvish Rangers

GGC-14 Clayton Kershw Dodgers

 

Pack 3:

#341 Edwin Encarnacion Blue Jays

#408 Jonny Venters Braves

#408 Jonny Venters Braves golden moments

#414 Ryan Vogelsong Giants

#427 Rafael  Dolis Cubs

#434 Jason Motte Cardinals

#489 Andres Torres Mets

#516 Charlie Morton Pirates

#531 Joel Hanrahan Pirates

#602 Alejandro De Aza White Sox

#660 Yu Darvish Rangers

#GM-5 Johnny Bench Reds

 

Pack 4:

#363 Fernando Salas Cardinals

#394 Bryan LaHair Cubs

#412 Don Kelly Tigers

#423 Colby Rasmus Blue Jays

#455 Jed Lowrie Astros

#477 Edinson Volquez Padres

#566 Jason Donald Indians

#569 Travis Hafner Indians

#600 Clayton Kershaw Dodgers

#626 Alexei Ramirez White Sox

#CD-23 Roberto Clemente Pirates

#TM-100 Johnny Bench Reds

 

Pack 5:

#331 Albert Pujols Angels

#336 Gavin Floyd White Sox golden moments

#336 Gavin Floyd White Sox

#469 Vinnie Pestano Indians

#494 Carwin Barney Cubs

#499 Francisco Rodriguez Brewers

#599 Zach Britton Orioles

#616 Tyler Pastornicky Braves

#647 Bruce Chen Royals

#653 Jordan Walden Angels

#657 Dave Sappelt Cubs

#GGC-20 Ichiro Mariners

 

Pack 6:

#352 Julio Teheran Braves

#384 Sean Marshall Reds

#342 Kosuke Fukudome White Sox

#356 Endy Chavez Orioles

#358 Jacob Turner Tigers

#370 Lyle Overbay D-backs

#375 Drew Stubbs Reds

#429 Michael Bourn Braves

#443 B.J.Upton Bay Rays

#491 Jose Valverde Tigers

#595 David Carpenter Astros

#GM-31 Giancarlo Stanton Marlins

 

 

Although this selection only produced 1 Red Sox card, it is curious that 2 of the packs contained the same card in base and golden moments parallel. Does that happen often?

2012 Topps Update Jumbo pack

The 2012 Update has so many inserts, parallel and relic/auto/gimmick cards, that I won't even both to try and explain them all here. Sports Card Radio has a complete list showing all cards available.
Go here 2012 Topps Update Series.

The base Red Sox available in this series are:
#US28 Matt Albers
#US70 Will Middlebrooks RC
#US155 Franklin Morales
#US218 Alfredo Aceves
#US248 Felix Doubront
#US265 Will Middlebrooks
#US292 David Ortiz
#US310 Kelly Shoppach

I have 1 Jumbo pack, which contains 36 cards.

The Pack:

#US4 Matt Trenor Dodgers

#US9 Andrew McCutchen Pirates

#US10 Mark Trumbo Angels

#US11 Rick Ankiel Nationals

#US14 Jeremy Hefner Mets

#US20 Christian Friedrich Rockies

#US48 Asdrubal Cabrera Indians

#US40 A.J.Burnett Pirates

#US53 Omar Infante Tigers

#US64 Matt Moore Bay Rays

#US78 Chad Durbin Braves

#US82 TY Wigginton Phillies Golden Moments sparkle

#US85 Jacob Diekman Phillies

#US108 Kameron Loe Brewers

#US124 Brad Peacock Athletics

#US126 John McDonald D-backs

#US135 Clay Hensley Giants

#US140 Brian Duensing Twins

#US180 Roy Oswalt Rangers

#US183 Bryce Harper Nationals

#US186 Jason Hammel Orioles

#US191 Bobby Abreu Dodgers

#US239 Luke Scott Bay Rays

#US226 Rafael Soriano Yankees

#US245 Erasmo Ramirez Mariners

#US259 Carlos Gonzalez Rockies

#US261 Darren Glover Blue jays

#US262 Matt Kemp Dodgers

#US265 Will Middlebrooks Red Sox

 

#US278 Andy Pettitte Yankees

#US311 Dan Uggla Braves

#US317 Marco Estrada Brewers

#410 Jeff Locke Pirates gold border 0036/2012

#GGC-30 Will Middlebrooks Red Sox

#GG-84 Jim Palmer Orioles

#TM-143 R.A.Dickey Mets

 

1 little Red Sox, at least it's a Rookie and a pseudo Red Sox in the guise of a Golden Giveaway.