2010 Heritage Short Prints & Variations
Dave from the hobby shop sent me over an e-mail with a list of all the short prints and variations that he got directly from Topps. So for those of you who haven’t seen this checklist yet, here it is.
| 2010 Topps Heritage MLB / Short Prints, Variations and the Quirks |
| The Quirks Of 2010 Topps Heritage Baseball
Collectors of 2010 Topps Heritage Baseball are noticing some interesting short printed variations throughout the product. Topps is confirming the following:
1961 HR Chase Insert
2010 Topps Heritage commemorates the 1961 Topps design, so Topps saw it fitting to celebrate the famous 1961 HR chase with a special 45-card insert. Babe Ruth
Roger Maris (15 cards) Wal-Mart Exclusive Mickey Mantle (15 cards) Target Exclusive Each of these inserts also has a Relic Parallel that’s sequentially numbered to the player’s jersey number .Ruth (#’d to 3), Maris (#’d to 9) and Mantle (#’d to 7). In addition, there are short printed variations in the base set featuring Ruth (#60), Maris (#61) and Mantle (#56).
In 1961, Topps issued an obscure 18-card dice game as a test. The following players in 2010 Heritage have short printed variations with dice game backs: Joe Mauer Color Variations
There are 10 extremely short printed color variations. The color changes appear on the player and team name plates at the bottom of the card. Albert Pujols, Black-Black
Joe Mauer, Black-Black
C.C. Sabathia
Derek Jeter
Grady Sizemore
J.A. Happ
Zack Greinke
Ryan Braun
David Wright
Pablo Sandoval
Juan Marichal Autographs
All of Juan Marichal’s |
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The wiki contributors are all over 2010 Heritage. We even have half of the stamp checklist. FYI, Heritage retail is now available in my neck of the woods.