2016 Topps New Era Baseball Checklist and Details
Baseball cards are turning up in unfamiliar places regularly again. 2016 Topps New Era Baseball joins 2016 Topps Marketside Pizza and a special set of Bryce Harper New Era cards in the promo card realm.
This set is another partnership between Topps and MLB cap maker New Era. And it’s available exclusively at approximately 800 participating LIDS and LIDS Clubhouse stores in the United States.
While supplies last, you receive a pack of four 2016 Topps New Era Baseball cards for every New Era MLB cap purchased.
The complete base set has nine cards. All are New Era MLB Ambassadors. The list includes Bryce Harper, Josh Donaldson, Andrew McCutchen and Buster Posey. The design is the same as 2016 Topps Baseball but each has a different image.
Base cards have three levels of parallels: Blue (/99), Green (/25) and Red (1/1).
Randomly inserted are relic cards with pieces of player-worn caps. According to Topps, these are the first MLB Authentic Collection 59FIFTY cap cards included in packs. All nine players in the base set have relics that are numbered to 99. All nine relic cards have one-of-one Team and MLB Logo versions as well.
Harper, Posey, Jacob deGrom, Kyle Schwarber, Marcus Stroman and Joc Pederson also have an autographed relic inserted. Only one copy of each of these exists.
It was only a matter of hours before the cards started popping up on eBay. Very early on, sellers are asking $15-$20 per card with a couple going for that much. As more surface, expect those prices to drop.
2016 Topps New Era Baseball Checklist
Numbers will be added when available.
Base Set
9 cards.
Parallels:
• Blue – /99 (1:423 packs)
• Green – /25 (1:1,673 packs)
• Red – 1/1 (1:40,000 packs)
NEW ERA 1 Bryce Harper, Washington Nationals
NEW ERA 2 Jacob deGrom, New York Mets
NEW ERA 3 Andrew McCutchen, Pittsburgh Pirates
NEW ERA 4 Joc Pederson, Los Angeles Dodgers
NEW ERA 5 Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants
NEW ERA 6 Kyle Schwarber, Chicago Cubs
NEW ERA 7 Dellin Betances, New York Yankees
NEW ERA 8 Marcus Stroman, Toronto Blue Jays
NEW ERA 9 Josh Donaldson, Toronto Blue Jays
New Era Ambassadors Cap Relics
9 cards. /99. 1:423 packs.
Parallels:
• Team Logo – 1/1 (1:40,000 packs)
• MLB Logo – 1/1 (1:40,000 packs)
Dellin Betances, New York Yankees
Jacob deGrom, New York Mets
Josh Donaldson, Toronto Blue Jays
Bryce Harper, Washington Nationals
Andrew McCutchen, Pittsburgh Pirates
Joc Pederson, Los Angeles Dodgers
Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants
Kyle Schwarber, Chicago Cubs
Marcus Stroman, Toronto Blue Jays
New Era Ambassadors Autographed Cap Relics
9 cards. 1/1. 1:55,000 packs.
Jacob deGrom, New York Mets
Bryce Harper, Washington Nationals
Joc Pederson, Los Angeles Dodgers
Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants
Kyle Schwarber, Chicago Cubs
Marcus Stroman, Toronto Blue Jays
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