Beckett Baseball Best of 2014 Awards: Vote now!
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
It’s time for us to make our selections for the best baseball cards of the year, and we want your help.
While we’ll continue to argue about the highlights of 2014 — with a couple brands still to come in the next week or so — we want your votes for your highlights. We’ve prepared ballots for the notable categories below — and offered your chance to write-in votes on other categories, too.
Your picks for the Best of 2014 will appear alongside ours in the next issue of Beckett Baseball.
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See the rest of the ballots … after the jump.
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OTHER CATEGORIES (Give us your write-in candidates in the comments below.)
Card of the Year (single card from 2014 that sums up the year best)
Best Bargain Brand
Best Parallel Set
Best Insert Set
Best Retro Insert Set
Best Gimmick
Best Game-used Gimmick Card
Best Game-used Set
Best Manurelic Set
Best Autograph Set
Best Box-topper Set
Best Autographed Card
Best Game-used Card
Best Rookie Card Crop
Best Low-end Surprise
Best High-end Surprise
Best Photography
Best Card Shop Promo Set
Best Autograph (penmanship)
Best Design
Best Returns (players back on cardboard)
Best New Collecting Niche
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Chris Olds is the editor of Beckett Baseball and Beckett Sports Card Monthly magazines. Have a comment, question or idea? Send an email to him at colds@beckett.com. Follow him on Twitter by clicking here.
So can we do the best and worst products of the year and best and worst manufacture of the year? Can wait to do the Football awards, because TOPPS just kept laying junk on my lap AKA CHROME FOOTBALL AND CHROME BASEBALL.
Tools Dynasty…. Woooo
Card of the Year: 2014 Bowman Kris Bryant Auto (supposed to be in 2013 Bowman Draft)
Best Bargain Brand: 2014 Bowman Draft
Best Parallel Set: Gold
Best Insert Set: 2014 Bowman Chrome Refractor Minis Set
Best Retro Insert Set: 1989 Bowman is Back Silver Diamond Refractor Set
Best Game-used Set: 2014 Topps Triple Threads Relic Set
Best Autograph Set: 2014 Bowman Draft Chrome Draft Picks Auto Set
Best Autographed Card: 2014 Bowman Kris Bryant Auto (supposed to be in 2013 Bowman Draft)
Best Rookie Card Crop: 2014 Topps Chrome Baseball (Like Always)
Best Design: 2014 Topps
Best Returns (players back on cardboard): Jose Abreu (His first though)
Overall a pretty good year for Baseball cards.
the best photography, in my opinion, goes to Gypsy Queen for the historical emotions that those cards draw out.
i noticed upper deck wasn’t involved on this ballot, but I think the Upper Deck Goodwin Champions is a real fun brand too.
Milan: Goodwin is classified as a multi-sport set by the Beckett database crew, not a baseball set.
Why isn’t there an “Anything But Topps” button? I think ABT can give Topps a run for its money.
Card of the Year (single card from 2014 that sums up the year best): Oscar Taveras curtain call from Topps
Best Bargain Brand: Panini Golden Age
Best Parallel Set: Panini Golden Age Mello Mint Minis
Best Insert Set: Topps Topps Shelf
Best Retro Insert Set: Topps 1989 Refractors
Best Gimmick: Mascot Cards
Best Game-used Set: Panini Golden Age Museum Age Relics
Best Manurelic Set: THERE IS NO GOOD MANURELIC SET. Period.
Best Autograph Set: Panini Golden Age Signatures
Best Box-topper Set: Panini Golden Age Relics
Best Rookie Card Crop: 2014 Bowman Draft w/Chrome
Best Low-end Surprise: Panini Golden Age
Best High-end Surprise: Topps Tek
Best Photography: Stadium Club
Best Card Shop Promo Set: There were card shop promos?
Best Autograph (penmanship): Jose Abreu
Best Design: Panini Golden Age
Card of the Year – Bowman Kris Bryant Auto (should have been in 2013 Draft)
Best Bargain Brand – Opening Day
Best Parallel Set – Topps Flagship Clears
Best Autographed Card – Bowman Kris Bryant Auto (should have been in 2013 Draft)
Best Photography – Topps Flagship / Stadium Club
Best Autograph (penmanship) – Kris Bryant
Best Retro Insert Set – Bowman 1989 Refractors
Best Design – Topps Flagship
Best New Collecting Niche – Chipz
Best Gimmick – Auto Mascot Cards
Most fun opening – A&G / Gypsy Queen
Least fun opening – all high end products
Issue that doesn’t get the acclaim it deserves – Platinum (awesome this year!!!!)
Card of the Year: 2014 High Tek Mariano Rivera Auto
Best Bargain Brand: 2014 Topps Chipz
Best Parallel Set: Clear
Best Insert Set: 2014 Topps The Greats
Best Retro Insert Set: 1989 Bowman is Back Silver Diamond Refractor Set
Best Game-used Set: 2014 Topps Triple Threads Relic Set
Best Autograph Set: 2014 Topps High Tek
Best Autographed Card: Any Dynasty
Best Rookie Card Crop: 2014 Topps Chrome Baseball
Best Design: 2014 Topps Stadium Club
Best Returns: Bobby Abreu
Nice