2004 Topps Pristine

This 190-card set was released in October, 2004. The set was issued, in what has been traditional for this product, in a pack within a pack concept. The "full" pack, is an eight card pack with an $30 SRP which came five packs to a box and six boxes to a case. Cards numbered 1 through 100 feature veterans while cards 101 through 190 feature three cards each of the same rookie with decreasing print runs for each card. The Common Rookie Cards were printe… [Read More]

This 190-card set was released in October, 2004. The set was issued, in what has been traditional for this product, in a pack within a pack concept. The "full" pack, is an eight card pack with an $30 SRP which came five packs to a box and six boxes to a case. Cards numbered 1 through 100 feature veterans while cards 101 through 190 feature three cards each of the same rookie with decreasing print runs for each card. The Common Rookie Cards were printed in the approximate same print run as the veterans while the uncommon cards were issued to a stated rate of one in two with a stated print run of 999 serial numbered sets and the rare rookies were issued with a stated print run of 499 serial numbered sets and were issued at a stated rate of one in four. There are some reports that the #168 and #169 Chris Saenz cards were never produced. [Collapse]