Topps 2012 NFL products will feature autographs of this year’s most highly anticipated rookies, including Andrew Luck and RG III!!!

While the 2012 NFL season has yet to heat up, the Topps team has been hard at work securing autograph deals to ensure all of this year’s hot rookies are prominently featured in 2012 Topps Football products!



This year’s NFL draft class promises to be among the best ever and the Topps 2012 NFL product lineup will feature all of the top members of this year’s NFL rookie class. This includes the anticipated #1 draft pick Andrew Luck in addition to other highly anticipated rookies, including but not limited to Robert Griffin III, Trent Richardson, Ryan Tannehill and Justin Blackmon!



Collectors can look forward to another strong NFL lineup of products from Topps in 2012, which will feature autographs and relics from a deep list of NFL rookies.



Topps will kick off the 2012 NFL product lineup with the launch of the 2012 Bowman Signatures Football (available 5/30) followed by 2012 Topps Inception Football (available 7/11). The top rookies will be featured in these products and all of the subsequent Topps 2012 NFL releases.

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

Panini America Inks Trading Card Deal with Projected No. 1 NFL Draft Pick Andrew Luck

Panini America Inks Trading Card Deal with Projected No. 1 NFL Draft Pick Andrew Luck

Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, announced today that it has reached a trading card agreement with former Stanford University superstar quarterback Andrew Luck for the 2012 season.

The deal is Luck’s first officially licensed NFL and NFL PLAYERS trading card deal and will include Luck’s first licensed autographed trading cards.


“Andrew Luck is poised to become one of the next great NFL quarterbacks, and football fans and collectors are eagerly anticipating his first NFL and NFL PLAYERS licensed trading cards,” said Panini America CEO Mark Warsop. “This partnership will help us deliver what absolutely will be the most coveted collectibles of the 2012 NFL season. We’re happy to welcome Andrew to the Panini America family.”

Luck was awarded the Walter Camp Award as National Player of the Year, Maxwell Award and First Team All-American honors last season on the strength of 3,517 passing yards and 39 total touchdowns. Luck also holds Pac-12/Pac-10 records for highest completion percentage in both a sing season (2011) and career, as well as the record for passer efficiency rating in a career.

Luck’s first officially licensed trading cards will appear in Panini America’s 2012 Prestige Football product that is slated to release in early June. In addition to traditional trading cards, Luck also will be featured exclusively on the company’s pioneering HRX Video Trading Card technology, product packaging and in social media initiatives throughout the length of the agreement.

“I’m truly impressed with the creativity and innovation that Panini America delivers to the sports collectibles industry,” said Andrew Luck. “To be part of such an exciting rookie class that will be featured in Panini trading card products in 2012 is something I’m looking forward to.”

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.

2011 Topps 5 star football live tomorrow!

After a great debut in 2010, Topps Five star is back and better then ever! Topps super premium football release consists of 1 pack, 5 cards per pack, here is what you get:

Four Premium ON-CARD Autograph Cards PLUS One JUMBO Jersey or Patch Card

Highlight EVERY PACK!

EVERY CARD IS SIGNED DIRECTLY ON EACH CARD, NO STICKERS!

Every Pack Delivers:

1 Autographed Rookie Card

1 Base Rookie Autographed Patch Card

1 Autographed Veteran/Retired or Autographed Patch Card

1 Autographed Relic Book or Dual Autographed Card

1 JUMBO Jersey or Patch Relic Card

3 Base Cards (154 point stock)

This product is super limited, order yours today!

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