2012 Prime Cuts Baseball Live!

1 pack per box 2 cards per pack PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS - Prospect-Free Set comprised entirely of Hall of Famers, All-Time Legends, Current MLBPA Stars and 2012 MLBPA Autographed Rookie Cards (numbered to 99 or less) of on-field rookies like Yoenis Cespedes, Brett Lawrie and Matt Moore. - Only the game's biggest names will be found in Prime Cuts, with memorabilia-laden cards of Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig, Jackie Robinson, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Dizzy Dean, Rogers Hornsby, Bill Dickey, Albert Pujols and Yu Darvish. - Exclusive: Find the first autographs and memorabilia cards of the 2012 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, including scarce Letterman Booklets. - On-Card Autographs for Significant Signatures [max numbered/49] and Notable Nicknames [Max numbered to 49], including a lineup of Hall of Famers such as Eddie Murray, Tom Seaver, Robin Yount, Ernie Banks and Johnny Bench among others. - Look for signatures of Ken Griffey Jr., Stan Musial, Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Ryan Braun, Miguel Cabrera, Mariano Rivera, Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson, Pete Rose. 1) Look for Timeline Booklets featuring a jumbo swatch of material & cut signature including these legendary players; Bill Dickey, Burleigh Grimes, Charlie Gehringer, Don Drysdale, Frankie Frisch, Gil Hodges, Jackie Robinson, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Mel Ott, Nellie Fox, Roberto Clemente, Roger Maris, Rogers Hornsby, Roy Campanella, Satchel Paige, Ted Williams & Ty Cobb 2) Look for signatures of Mike Trout, Fernando Valenzuela & Vin Scully 3) Featuring for the 1st time in Prime Cuts, Hall of Fame Materials of Dizzy Dean, Joe DiMaggio, Bill Dickey, Billy Herman, Eddie Collins, George Kelly, Hack Wilson & Leo Durocher 4) Find six or more of the following (two per inner 5-count); - Cut Signatures - Booklets - On-Card Signatures - Signature Combos - Signature Trios - Signature Quads - Bat Barrels - Vintage HOF Materials of Dizzy Dean, Jackie Robinson, Jim Thorpe, Jimmie Foxx, Joe DiMaggio, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Lou Gehrig, Miller Huggins, Roberto Clemente, Rogers Hornsby, Satchel Paige, Ty Cobb, Arky Vaughn, Bill Dickey, Billy Herman, Burleigh Grimes, Charlie Gehringer, Don Drysdale, Eddie Collins, Frankie Frisch, George Kelly, Hack Wilson, Jim Bottomley, Joe Medwick, Leo Durocher, Lloyd Waner, Mel Ott, Nellie Fox, Paul Waner, Roy Campanella, Ted Williams - Autographs of Cal Ripken Jr, Ken Griffey Jr., Mike Trout, Greg Maddux, Mariano Rivera, George Brett, Vin Scully BOX BREAK: - Find two Autograph or Memorabilia cards per pack with at least one being an Autograph! COLLECTION BREAKDOWN: - 50 Commons- numbered to 99 with memorabilia - 50 Century Silver/Gold/Platinum Signatures - 22 USA Baseball2012 Collegiate National Team on-card AU/JSY - 50 Timeline Autographs - 50 Timeline Trios/Quads Materials Signatures - 36 Timeline Booklets memorabilia and autographs. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Significant Signatures Significant Signatures is a lineup comprised completely of Hall of Fame names, and one future Hall of Famer (Mariano Rivera) with on-card signatures! Notable Nicknames Notable Nicknames mixes Hall of Fame players (Whitey Ford, Mike Schmidt, Lou Brock, Eddie Murray among others) with some of the most popular players of all-time, including Josh Hamilton, Paul O'Neill and Larry Walker. Hats Off Signatures Hats Off to the 12 players comprising the Hats Off Signatures insert set: 11 Hall of Famers and Baseball's All-Time Hit King, Pete Rose. Each card carries a swatch of a game-worn cap and an autograph numbered to 25 or less! Notable Nickname Cuts With plenty of 1-of-1 signatures in the insert, Notable Nicknames includes plenty of notable names such as Johnny Evers, Ted Williams, Satchal Paige, Connie Mack, Frank Baker and Casey Stengel among plenty of others! Timeline Booklet Stats Big years and big careers are the highlight of the Timeline Booklet Stats, pairing game-used memorabilia with a cut signature. Each is numbered to 10 or less! Timeline Quads Materials Signatures Combining four swatches of game-used material with the autograph of a Hall of Famer or All-Star, Timeline Quads Materials Signatures is numbered to just 5 or less! Colossal Prime Signatures USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Game Jersey Signatures (#'d/199)

2012 Bowman Chrome BB Wrapper Redemption Program

Here Comes Another Blue Wave! The hottest redemption program is back! Collectors who send in 36 Bowman Chrome Baseball (Hobby or Retail; mixing is allowed) wrappers will receive a FREE 5-card cello pack of Exclusive Blue Wave Refractor parallel cards. There are 110 subjects to collect in all. In addition, bonus autographed cards have been randomly inserted into packs, featuring hot prospects such as Jorge Soler, Billy Hamilton, Ronald Guzman and Tyler Austin…just to name a few. The exclusive wrapper redemption program will be limited to ONLY 10,000 cello packs, so in order to receive your packs, send in your wrappers quickly! There is a 5-pack limit for Blue Wave Refractors per household, which we encourage to be sent in one package. Any packages postmarked earlier than October 17, 2012, the official street date, will not be accepted. If you abuse, you lose! We will update the number of packs redeemed on Twitter (@toppscards), so follow us there…once 10,000 cello packs have been sent out, the program will conclude and we will be unable to fulfill any more. Wrappers should be sent to: Bowman Blue, PO BOX 2008, Duryea, PA 18642

SUPER ROOKIE MIKE TROUT IS 2012 FINEST ROOKIE REDEMPTION # 3

Topps announces that the card redeemable for the 2012 Topps Finest Baseball Autograph Rookie Redemption # 3 is superstar rookie Mike Trout. Anyone watching baseball this year knows that Trout’s season could be the best ever for a first-year player. The 21-year old is hitting .340 and has 22 home runs in 95 games. In addition, he brings another element to the game with his speed as he has 38 steals. Most people will agree that Trout’s ceiling is limitless. Over the next month, Topps will announce the subjects for the remaining three redemptions. Collectors holding the corresponding redemption card for that player can redeem for their card online. Stay tuned for Finest Autographed Rookie Redemption # 4

BOWMAN DRAFT PICKS TO BE HOBBY EXCLUSIVE

Topps announces that 2012 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects Baseball will be a hobby exclusive release. 2012 Bowman Draft Picks, which releases this fall, will include up to 165 players selected in the recent MLB Draft! In addition, many picks from the first round will be featured autograph signers in the product. Highlights also include: · Bowman Chrome Draft Picks cards including various refractor parallels such as Gold (#’d to 50), Red (#’d to 5) and Superfractor (1 of 1). · Aflac & Perfect Game All-American Autographs · Bryce Harper and Yu Darvish Autographed Rookie Cards And New for 2012… · Red Ice (#’d to 25) and Purple Ice (#’d to 10) parallels · Bowman Black #’d to 25 · Sequentially numbered Under Armour All-American Autographs · 2012 Futures Game Relic and Patch cards (Additional Hits!) · Dual Autographs featuring the best top 10 picks paired with this year’s top picks

HOBBY READIES FOR 2012 TOPPS TIER ONE

Topps Tier one releases in less than a week and the hobby is abuzz about the product’s all-new configuration, look and content! Every pack now guarantees one *CROWD PLEASER autograph, one ON THE RISE autograph and one Relic with all being #’d to 399 or less. And as a bonus, every 4th pack will include an additional Relic card. Collectors can find signatures from such legends as Sandy Koufax, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays to top young stars like Bryce Harper and Yu Darvish. And look what else is new for 2012… · Bat Knob cards / This amazing collection features some of the game’s greatest and includes a unique piece of the player’s bat. Visit us on Facebook to see the gallery. · Autographed Parallels / Look for cards signed in Gold, Silver and White Ink · Clear Rookie Autographs / Top stars have inked their name on clear plastic versions of their rookie card · Autographed Relics / Look for single, dual and triple patch autographs and find Prodigious Patches with jumbo swatches And just added… Find Elevated Ink Autographs of Hisanori Iwakuma and Devin Mesoraco. Each player signed in Red, Black, Green and Blue Ink. *CROWD PLEASER autographs are replaced by TIER ONE Autographs, Clear Autographs, Multi Autographs and Autographed Relics. >

THE GOLD RUSH CONTINUES WITH TOPPS BASEBALL SERIES 2

With just 5 days left until the launch of 2012 Topps Series 2, collectors are readying for another wave of the GOLD RUSH. This year’s Topps Baseball product is nothing short of “GOLDEN” with The Golden Giveaway, Golden Moments inserts, Gold parallels, real Gold cards and more. And leading up to launch, Topps has some special announcements to make regarding this special release… Including this one! Topps is pleased to announce it is offering a Gold Rush Wrapper Redemption program to support the launch of 2012 Topps Baseball Series 2 (Please read the following carefully and follow guidelines to ensure you receive packs) This exclusive set continues with 50 new subjects and selected autographs from such stars Bryce Harper, Yu Darvish, Ken Griffey Jr. and more! Collectors sending in 50 HOBBY wrappers (or 14 HTA Jumbo wrappers) of 2012 Topps Baseball will receive a 5-card cello pack of exclusive GOLD RUSH cards. And now, Topps has opened up the program to RETAIL wrappers as well! Send in 50 retail wrappers (12-card packs only) and also receive a 5-card GOLD RUSH pack. There are an incremental 10,000 5-card packs available for Retail in addition to the 10,000 Hobby packs. Following are guidelines for the program, · All packages must be postmarked no earlier than June 6th, 2012. · Hobby and Retail wrappers must be packaged and sent to Topps separately and clearly marked “HOBBY” or “RETAIL” on outside of package. Combined Retail and Hobby packages will not be accepted. · Topps will accept 2012 Topps Baseball Series 2 wrappers only. This is limited to HOBBY, HTA and 12-card RETAIL wrappers. · Each household will be limited to receive a total of TEN 5-card packs. · This program is valid while supplies last. Packages should be sent to: Gold Rush PO BOX 2008 Duryea, PA 18642 For real time updates, follow us on facebook and twitter @toppscards, because these will go QUICKLY!

TOPPS TIER ONE BASEBALL TO FEATURE EXTENSIVE BAT KNOB COLLECTION

2012 Topps Tier One Baseball, which is set to release in June, not only has a whole new look and configuration, but will feature one of the most significant memorabilia inserts ever offered in a product.

Inserted into packs of Topps Tier One will be 100 one-of-a-kind Bat Knob cards from the some of the most legendary names to ever step on the diamond. With stars such as Ty Cobb, Hank Aaron, Joe DiMaggio and Babe Ruth highlighting the subject list, these amazing 1 of 1 cards will be the centerpiece of many collections. (image attached).

Following is the list of 1 of 1 Bat Knob cards that will appear in 2012 Topps Tier One Baseball:







Hank
Aaron
Atlanta Braves™

Dustin
Ackley
Seattle Mariners™

Luis
Aparicio
Chicago White Sox®

Ernie
Banks
Chicago Cubs®

Jose
Bautista
Toronto Blue Jays®

Carlos
Beltran
San Francisco Giants®

Johnny
Bench
Cincinnati Reds®

Wade
Boggs
Boston Red Sox®

George
Brett
Kansas City Royals®

Jay
Bruce
Cincinnati Reds®

Miguel
Cabrera
Detroit Tigers®

Robinson
Cano
New York Yankees®

Rod
Carew
California Angels™

Steve
Carlton
Philadelphia Phillies®

Gary
Carter
New York Mets®

Starlin
Castro
Chicago Cubs®

Shin-Soo
Choo
Cleveland Indians®

Roberto
Clemente
Pittsburgh Pirates®

Ty
Cobb
Detroit Tigers®

Carl
Crawford
Boston Red Sox®

Andre
Dawson
Chicago Cubs®

Joe
DiMaggio
New York Yankees®

Jacoby
Ellsbury
Boston Red Sox®

Cecil
Fielder
Detroit Tigers®

Carlton
Fisk
Chicago White Sox®

Freddie
Freeman
Atlanta Braves™

Lou
Gehrig
New York Yankees®

Bob
Gibson
St. Louis Cardinals®

Carlos
Gonzalez
Colorado Rockies™

Curtis
Granderson
New York Yankees®

Josh
Hamilton
Texas Rangers®

Todd
Helton
Colorado Rockies™

Rickey
Henderson
Oakland Athletics™

Jason
Heyward
Atlanta Braves™

Matt
Holliday
St. Louis Cardinals®

Ryan
Howard
Philadelphia Phillies®

Catfish
Hunter
Oakland Athletics™

Monte
Irvin
New York Giants™

Reggie
Jackson
New York Yankees®

Fergie
Jenkins
Chicago Cubs®

Andruw
Jones
New York Yankees®

Chipper
Jones
Atlanta Braves™

Al
Kaline
Detroit Tigers®

Matt
Kemp
Los Angeles Dodgers®

Harmon
Killebrew
Minnesota Twins®

Ralph
Kiner
Pittsburgh Pirates®

Ian
Kinsler
Texas Rangers®

Paul
Konerko
Chicago White Sox®

Carlos
Lee
Houston Astros®

Tim
Lincecum
San Francisco Giants®

Evan
Longoria
Tampa Bay Rays™

Mickey
Mantle
New York Yankees®

Roger
Maris
New York Yankees®

Victor
Martinez
Detroit Tigers®

Eddie
Mathews
Milwaukee Braves™

Don
Mattingly
New York Yankees®

Joe
Mauer
Minnesota Twins®

Bill
Mazeroski
Pittsburgh Pirates®

Willie
McCovey
San Francisco Giants®

Andrew
McCutchen
Pittsburgh Pirates®

Paul
Molitor
Milwaukee Brewers™

Joe
Morgan
Cincinnati Reds®

Eddie
Murray
Baltimore Orioles®

Stan
Musial
St. Louis Cardinals®

David
Ortiz
Boston Red Sox®

Jim
Palmer
Baltimore Orioles®

Dustin
Pedroia
Boston Red Sox®

Tony
Pérez
Cincinnati Reds®

Buster
Posey
San Francisco Giants®

Albert
Pujols
St. Louis Cardinals®

Lance
Berkman
St. Louis Cardinals®

Aramis
Ramirez
Chicago Cubs®

Hanley
Ramirez
Miami Marlins™

Jose
Reyes
New York Mets®

Jim
Rice
Boston Red Sox®

Cal
Ripken Jr.
Baltimore Orioles®

Brooks
Robinson
Baltimore Orioles®

Frank
Robinson
Cincinnati Reds®

Alex
Rodriguez
New York Yankees®

Ivan
Rodriguez
Washington Nationals®

Jimmy
Rollins
Philadelphia Phillies®

Babe
Ruth
New York Yankees®

Ryne
Sandberg
Chicago Cubs®

Pablo
Sandoval
San Francisco Giants®

Mike
Schmidt
Philadelphia Phillies®

Tom
Seaver
New York Mets®

Gary
Sheffield
Florida Marlins®

Enos
Slaughter
St. Louis Cardinals®

Ozzie
Smith
San Diego Padres™

Duke
Snider
Los Angeles Dodgers®

Darryl
Strawberry
New York Yankees®

Nick
Swisher
New York Yankees®

Mark
Teixeira
New York Yankees®

Jim
Thome
Cleveland Indians®

Jim
Thome
Cleveland Indians®

Troy
Tulowitzki
Colorado Rockies™

Justin
Upton
Arizona Diamondbacks®

Dave
Winfield
San Diego Padres™

Carl
Yastrzemski
Boston Red Sox®

Robin
Yount
Milwaukee Brewers™

2012 Bowman Baseball, Loaded with Talented Signers!

With the highly-anticipated 2012 Bowman Baseball hitting hobby shelves in about a month, Topps is pleased to announce the final Bowman Chrome Prospect Autograph Checklist.

Year after year of delivering some of the most sought after Autographed cards in the hobby, the 2012 lineup is good reason for collectors to be excited! From Anthony Rendon, Danny Hultzen, Gerrit Cole Josh Bell to Matt Purke this year’s list is loaded with talent.(image attached)



Andrelton Simmons
Braves

Andrew Susac
Giants

Anthony Rendon
Nationals

Austin Hedges
Padres

Brandon Drury
Atlanta Braves™

Brandon Jacobs
Red Sox

Bryan Brickhouse
Royals

Carlos Martinez
Cardinals

Charlie Tilson
Cardinals

Cheslor Cuthbert
Royals

Clay Holmes
Pirates

Daniel Norris
Blue Jays

Danny Hultzen
Mariners

Dante Bichette Jr.
New York Yankees®

Dean Green
Detroit Tigers®

Dillon Howard
Indians

Dillon Maples
Cubs

Drew Hutchison
Blue Jays

Eddie Rosario
Minnesota Twins®

Eric Arce
Blue Jays

Gerrit Cole
Pirates

Greg Bird
Yankees

Jackie Bradley Jr.
Red Sox

Jacob Anderson
Blue Jays

Jeimer Candelario
Chicago Cubs®

Joc Pederson
Los Angeles Dodgers®

Joe Ross
San Diego Padres®

Josh Bell
Pirates

Julio Rodriguez
Phillies

Kes Carter
Tampa Bay Rays™

Matt Purke
Nationals

Nick Delmonico
Orioles

Nick Maronde
Angels®

Oscar Taveras
Cardinals

Rookie Davis
New York Yankees®

Tommy Joseph
Giants

Tyler Collins
Detroit Tigers®

Xander Bogaerts
Red Sox

TOPPS SIGNS YU DARVISH TO EXCLUSIVE AUTOGRAPH TRADING CARD DEAL!

Topps is pleased to announce it has signed an exclusive multi-year autograph trading card deal with Japanese pitching phenom Yu Darvish. The deal also gives Topps rights to produce Memorabilia cards, Insert cards and Base cards.



Darvish will make his first autograph card appearance in the upcoming and highly-anticipated Topps Tribute Baseball. The card will be limited to 25 and will be available via redemption. In addition, Darvish autographs will appear in both Topps Museum Collection Baseball (30 cards) and Gypsy Queen Baseball (25 cards).



2012 Bowman Baseball will feature Darvish Autographs in a bigger way. This is where collectors will find Darvish’s Autographed Bowman Chrome Rookie Card (image attached).



On the heels of Bowman, collectors will find an array of autographed cards from Darvish in Topps products (including the already solicited Topps Archives, Topps Series 2, Tier One, Allen & Ginter, Bowman Platinum and Topps Chrome) in 2012.



Darvish, who signed with the Texas Rangers on January 18th, is one of the most heralded Japanese players to ever come to the U.S. At only 25 years old, Darvish has two MVPs, three strikeout titles (Japanese Pacific League) and a win-loss record of 93-38 under his belt.

THE COUNTDOWN TO 2012 TOPPS BASEBALL SERIES 1 CONTINUES

With 7 days left until the launch of 2012 Topps Series 1, collectors are readying for a GOLD RUSH!



The over-riding theme in 2012 Topps Baseball is “GOLD” with The Golden Giveaway, Golden Moments inserts, real Gold cards and more! And Topps is offering collectors a special wrapper redemption to celebrate.



Collectors sending in 50 HOBBY wrappers (or 14 HTA Jumbo wrappers) of 2012 Topps Baseball will receive a 5-card cello pack of exclusive GOLD RUSH cards (image attached). There are 50 cards to collect in all. In addition, bonus autographed cards have been randomly inserted into packs and feature the likes of Willie Mays, Adrian Gonzalez, Sandy Koufax, Nelson Cruz, Albert Pujols, Albert Belle and Dennis Eckersley…just to name a few.



The exclusive wrapper redemption program will be available only for the month of February. Packaged wrappers sent to Topps must be post marked no later than February 29th, 2012…so start ripping packs and send those wrappers in!



And stay tuned tomorrow for more 2012 Topps Series 1 news!





Wrapper should be sent to:



Gold Rush

PO Box 2008

Duryea, PA 18642