Detailing Topps Tek’s patterns

By Brian Fleischer | Beckett Baseball Senior Market Analyst

After examining thousands of images on eBay, we believe that some of the patterns found in 2014 Topps High Tek are exclusive to  the American League players, others are exclusive to the National League players, while others feature players from both leagues. Multiple email requests for confirmation from Topps have gone unanswered, so we’re reaching out to the Beckett community to confirm or dispute our findings.

Now, it’s only been a few days since the product went live, so it’s possible for some of our conclusions to be found untrue, but there are hundreds of examples of some of these patterns on the secondary market and we’ve yet to find one that disputes what we’ve found.

Please note that it appears the Wave and Spiral Bricks patterns are widely available and are likely to be combined into one base set in the Beckett Online Price Guide, as will the parallels. Also, based on how they are pictured on their base cards, Topps has considered Robin Yount, Jon Singleton and George Springer AL players, while Craig Biggio, Jeff Bagwell, Jean Segura and Ryan Braun are considered NL players. Taking into account what league they were in during their careers, this would make sense.

Topps High Tek Wave – American League only

Topps High Tek Spiral Bricks – National League Only

Topps High Tek Large Shattered – American League Only

Topps High Tek Small Shattered – National League Only

Topps High Tek Scribble – American League Only

Topps High Tek Laser – National League Only

Topps High Tek Small Maze – American League Only

Topps High Tek Large Maze – National League Only

Topps High Tek Zig Zag – National League Only

Topps High Tek Net – National League Only

Topps High Tek Spiral – American and National Leagues

Topps High Tek Stripes – American and National Leagues