1999 Topps Stars

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Description

1999 Topps Stars is a 180-card set released exclusively to members of Topps' Home Team Advantage network. For the third consecutive year, Topps Stars was issued under a different format -- in the case of the '99 set, a series of progressively smaller and scarcer partial-parallels.

Distribution

24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $3). HTA exclusive.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 180 - 3:1 ?
Base Foil Parallel 180 299 1:15 ?
1-Star 100 - 2:1 ?
1-Star Foil Parallel 100 249 1:33 ?
2-Star 50 - 1:1 ?
2-Star Foil Parallel 50 249 1:82 ?
3-Star 20 - 1:5 ?
3-Star Foil Parallel 50 99 1:410 ?
4-Star 10 - 1:10 ?
4-Star Foil Parallel 10 49 1:1650 ?
Bright Futures 10 1999 1:41 ?
Bright Futures Foil Parallel 10 30 1:2702 ?
Galaxy 10 1999 1:41 ?
Galaxy Foil Parallel 10 30 1:2702 ?
Rookie Card Reprints 5 - 1:65 ?
Rookie Card Reprint Autograph 5 - 1:406 ?
Ernie Banks Rookie Card Reprint Autograph - - 1:812 ?

Checklist

Base Set

  • 1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 2 Chipper Jones
  • 3 Mike Piazza
  • 4 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 5 Derek Jeter
  • 6 Frank Thomas
  • 7 Ben Grieve
  • 8 Mark McGwire
  • 9 Sammy Sosa
  • 10 Alex Rodriguez
  • 11 Troy Glaus
  • 12 Eric Chavez
  • 13 Kerry Wood
  • 14 Barry Bonds
  • 15 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 16 Albert Belle
  • 17 Juan Gonzalez
  • 18 Roger Clemens
  • 19 Ruben Mateo
  • 20 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 21 Darin Erstad
  • 22 Jeff Bagwell
  • 23 Roy Halladay
  • 24 Todd Helton
  • 25 Michael Barrett
  • 26 Manny Ramirez
  • 27 Fernando Seguignol
  • 28 Pat Burrell RC
  • 29 Andruw Jones
  • 30 Randy Johnson
  • 31 Jose Canseco
  • 32 Brad Fullmer
  • 33 Alex Escobar RC
  • 34 Alfonso Soriano RC
  • 35 Larry Walker
  • 36 Matt Clement
  • 37 Mo Vaughn
  • 38 Bruce Chen
  • 39 Travis Lee
  • 40 Adrian Beltre
  • 41 Alex Gonzalez
  • 42 Jason Tyner RC
  • 43 George Lombard
  • 44 Scott Rolen
  • 45 Mark Mulder RC
  • 46 Gabe Kapler
  • 47 Choo Freeman RC
  • 48 Tony Gwynn
  • 49 A.J. Burnett RC
  • 50 Matt Belisle RC
  • 51 Greg Maddux
  • 52 John Smoltz
  • 53 Mark Grace
  • 54 Wade Boggs
  • 55 Bernie Williams
  • 56 Pedro Martinez
  • 57 Barry Larkin
  • 58 Orlando Hernandez
  • 59 Jason Kendall
  • 60 Mark Kotsay
  • 61 Jim Thome
  • 62 Gary Sheffield
  • 63 Preston Wilson
  • 64 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 65 David Wells
  • 66 Shawn Green
  • 67 Tom Glavine
  • 68 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 69 Kevin Brown
  • 70 Rondell White
  • 71 Roberto Alomar
  • 72 Cliff Floyd
  • 73 Craig Biggio
  • 74 Greg Vaughn
  • 75 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 76 Vinny Castilla
  • 77 Todd Walker
  • 78 Paul Konerko
  • 79 Andy Brown RC*
  • 80 Todd Hundley
  • 81 Dmitri Young
  • 82 Tony Clark
  • 83 Nick Johnson RC
  • 84 Mike Caruso
  • 85 David Ortiz
  • 86 Matt Williams
  • 87 Raul Mondesi
  • 88 Kenny Lofton
  • 89 Miguel Tejada
  • 90 Dante Bichette
  • 91 Jorge Posada
  • 92 Carlos Beltran
  • 93 Carlos Delgado
  • 94 Javy Lopez
  • 95 Aramis Ramirez
  • 96 Neifi Perez
  • 97 Marlon Anderson
  • 98 David Cone
  • 99 Moises Alou
  • 100 John Olerud
  • 101 Tim Salmon
  • 102 Jason Giambi
  • 103 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  • 104 Curt Schilling
  • 105 Andres Galarraga
  • 106 Rusty Greer
  • 107 Bobby Seay RC*
  • 108 Eric Young
  • 109 Brian Jordan
  • 110 Eric Davis
  • 111 Will Clark
  • 112 Andy Ashby
  • 113 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 114 Paul O'Neill
  • 115 Denny Neagle
  • 116 Eric Karros
  • 117 Ken Caminiti
  • 118 Garret Anderson
  • 119 Todd Stottlemyre
  • 120 Dave Justice
  • 121 Francisco Cordova
  • 122 Robin Ventura
  • 123 Mike Mussina
  • 124 Hideki Irabu
  • 125 Justin Thompson
  • 126 Mariano Rivera
  • 127 Delino DeShields
  • 128 Steve Finley
  • 129 Jose Cruz, Jr.
  • 130 Ray Lankford
  • 131 Jim Edmonds
  • 132 Charles Johnson
  • 133 Al Leiter
  • 134 Jose Offerman
  • 135 Eric Milton
  • 136 Dean Palmer
  • 137 Johnny Damon
  • 138 Andy Pettitte
  • 139 Ray Durham
  • 140 Ugueth Urbina
  • 141 Marquis Grissom
  • 142 Ryan Klesko
  • 143 Brady Anderson
  • 144 Bob Higginson
  • 145 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 146 Rickey Henderson
  • 147 Kevin Millwood
  • 148 Fred McGriff
  • 149 Damion Easley
  • 150 Tino Martinez
  • 151 Greg Maddux LUM
  • 152 Scott Rolen LUM
  • 153 Pat Burrell LUM
  • 154 Roger Clemens LUM
  • 155 Albert Belle LUM
  • 156 Troy Glaus LUM
  • 157 Cal Ripken, Jr. LUM
  • 158 Alfonso Soriano LUM
  • 159 Manny Ramirez LUM
  • 160 Eric Chavez LUM
  • 161 Kerry Wood LUM
  • 162 Tony Gwynn LUM
  • 163 Barry Bonds LUM
  • 164 Ruben Mateo LUM
  • 165 Todd Helton LUM
  • 166 Darin Erstad LUM
  • 167 Jeff Bagwell LUM
  • 168 Juan Gonzalez LUM
  • 169 Mo Vaughn LUM
  • 170 Vladimir Guerrero LUM
  • 171 Nomar Garciaparra SUP
  • 172 Derek Jeter SUP
  • 173 Alex Rodriguez SUP
  • 174 Ben Grieve SUP
  • 175 Mike Piazza SUP
  • 176 Chipper Jones SUP
  • 177 Frank Thomas SUP
  • 178 Ken Griffey, Jr. SUP
  • 179 Sammy Sosa SUP
  • 180 Mark McGwire SUP

Parallels

Stars

Topps Stars is paralleled by a series of progressively scarcer (and smaller) "Star" inserts. The number of Stars is depicted in foil on the card's front, and each card's photo is cropped progressively closer.

For brevity's sake, we are not listing the complete checklists for each Star set.

  • One Star (cards #1-100, two-per-pack)
  • Two Star (cards #1-50, one-per-pack)
  • Three Star (cards #1-20, 1:5/packs)
  • Four Star (cards #1-10, 1:10/packs)

Foil

Each base card and "Star" parallel is available in the following parallels.

NOTE: Each card's serial-number is embossed (as opposed to printed or foil-stamped) on the back.

  • Base Set (serial-numbered to 299 copies)
  • One Star (serial-numbered to 249 copies)
  • Two Star (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
  • Three Star (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • Four Star (serial-numbered to 49 copies)

Inserts

Bright Futures

Each Bright Futures card is serial-numbered to 1999 copies, with a Foil parallel (numbered to 30) also available.

  • BF1 Troy Glaus
  • BF2 Eric Chavez
  • BF3 Adrian Beltre
  • BF4 Michael Barrett
  • BF5 Gabe Kapler
  • BF6 Alex Gonzalez
  • BF7 Matt Clement
  • BF8 Pat Burrell
  • BF9 Ruben Mateo
  • BF10 Alfonso Soriano

Galaxy

Each Galaxy card is serial-numbered to 1999 copies, with a Foil parallel (numbered to 30) also available.

  • G1 Mark McGwire
  • G2 Roger Clemens
  • G3 Nomar Garciaparra
  • G4 Alex Rodriguez
  • G5 Kerry Wood
  • G6 Ben Grieve
  • G7 Derek Jeter
  • G8 Vladimir Guerrero
  • G9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • G10 Sammy Sosa

Rookie Card Reprints

Each Rookie Card Reprint is serial-numbered to 2500 copies.

    Autographs & Game-Used

    Rookie Reprints Autographs

    • 1 Frank Robinson
    • 2 Ernie Banks DP
    • 3 Yogi Berra
    • 4 Bob Gibson
    • 5 Tom Seaver