1999 Topps Gallery
Description
1999 Topps Gallery is a 150-card set; the last 50 cards are short-printed. Rookies include Pat Burrell and Alfonso Soriano.
Distribution
Hobby: 24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $3).
Reviews
Gallery of Heroes Insert Review: [1]
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 150 | - | ? |
| short set | 100 | - | ? |
| SPs | 50 | - | one-per-pack |
| Player's Private Issue | 150 | 250 | 1:17 |
| Press Plates | 150 | four for each | 1:985 |
| Awards Gallery | 10 | - | 1:12 |
| Gallery of Heroes | 10 | - | 1:24 |
| Heritage | 20 | - | 1:12 |
| Heritage Proofs | 20 | - | 1:48 |
| Exhibitions | 20 | - | 1:48 |
| Autographs | 3 | - | 1:209 |
Checklist
Promos
- PP1 Scott Rolen
- PP2 Andres Galarraga
- PP3 Brad Fullmer
Base Set
- 1 Mark McGwire
- 2 Jim Thome
- 3 Bernie Williams
- 4 Larry Walker
- 5 Juan Gonzalez
- 6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 7 Raul Mondesi
- 8 Sammy Sosa
- 9 Greg Maddux
- 10 Jeff Bagwell
- 11 Vladimir Guerrero
- 12 Scott Rolen
- 13 Nomar Garciaparra
- 14 Mike Piazza
- 15 Travis Lee
- 16 Carlos Delgado
- 17 Darin Erstad
- 18 Dave Justice
- 19 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 20 Derek Jeter
- 21 Tony Clark
- 22 Barry Larkin
- 23 Greg Vaughn
- 24 Jeff Kent
- 25 Wade Boggs
- 26 Andres Galarraga
- 27 Ken Caminiti
- 28 Jason Kendall
- 29 Todd Helton
- 30 Chuck Knoblauch
- 31 Roger Clemens
- 32 Jeromy Burnitz
- 33 Javy Lopez
- 34 Roberto Alomar
- 35 Eric Karros
- 36 Ben Grieve
- 37 Eric Davis
- 38 Rondell White
- 39 Dmitri Young
- 40 Ivan Rodriguez
- 41 Paul O'Neill
- 42 Jeff Cirillo
- 43 Kerry Wood
- 44 Albert Belle
- 45 Frank Thomas
- 46 Manny Ramirez
- 47 Tom Glavine
- 48 Mo Vaughn
- 49 Jose Cruz
- 50 Sandy Alomar
- 51 Edgar Martinez
- 52 John Olerud
- 53 Todd Walker
- 54 Tim Salmon
- 55 Derek Bell
- 56 Matt Williams
- 57 Alex Rodriguez
- 58 Rusty Greer
- 59 Vinny Castilla
- 60 Jason Giambi
- 61 Mark Grace
- 62 Jose Canseco
- 63 Gary Sheffield
- 64 Brad Fullmer
- 65 Trevor Hoffman
- 66 Mark Kotsay
- 67 Mike Mussina
- 68 Johnny Damon
- 69 Tino Martinez
- 70 Curt Schilling
- 71 Jay Buhner
- 72 Kenny Lofton
- 73 Randy Johnson
- 74 Kevin Brown
- 75 Brian Jordan
- 76 Craig Biggio
- 77 Barry Bonds
- 78 Tony Gwynn
- 79 Jim Edmonds
- 80 Shawn Green
- 81 Todd Hundley
- 82 Cliff Floyd
- 83 Jose Guillen
- 84 Dante Bichette
- 85 Moises Alou
- 86 Chipper Jones
- 87 Ray Lankford
- 88 Fred McGriff
- 89 Rod Beck
- 90 Dean Palmer
- 91 Pedro Martinez
- 92 Andruw Jones
- 93 Robin Ventura
- 94 Ugueth Urbina
- 95 Orlando Hernandez
- 96 Sean Casey
- 97 Denny Neagle
- 98 Troy Glaus
- 99 John Smoltz
- 100 Al Leiter
Masters
- 101 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 102 Frank Thomas
- 103 Mark McGwire
- 104 Sammy Sosa
- 105 Chipper Jones
- 106 Alex Rodriguez
- 107 Nomar Garciaparra
- 108 Juan Gonzalez
- 109 Derek Jeter
- 110 Mike Piazza
- 111 Barry Bonds
- 112 Tony Gwynn
- 113 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 114 Greg Maddux
- 115 Roger Clemens
Artisans
- 116 Brad Fullmer
- 117 Kerry Wood
- 118 Ben Grieve
- 119 Todd Helton
- 120 Kevin Millwood
- 121 Sean Casey
- 122 Vladimir Guerrero
- 123 Travis Lee
- 124 Troy Glaus
- 125 Bartolo Colon
- 126 Andruw Jones
- 127 Scott Rolen
Apprentices
- 128 Alfonso Soriano RC
- 129 Nick Johnson RC
- 130 Matt Belisle RC
- 131 Jorge Toca RC
- 132 Masao Kida
- 133 Carlos Pena RC
- 134 Adrian Beltre
- 135 Eric Chavez
- 136 Carlos Beltran
- 137 Alex Gonzalez
- 138 Ryan Anderson
- 139 Ruben Mateo
- 140 Bruce Chen
- 141 Pat Burrell
- 142 Michael Barrett
- 143 Carlos Lee
- 144 Mark Mulder RC
- 145 Choo Freeman RC
- 146 Gabe Kapler
- 147 Juan Encarnacion
- 148 Jeremy Giambi
- 149 Jason Tyner
- 150 George Lombard
Parallels
All 150 base cards area available in the following parallels.
- Player's Private Issue (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
- Press Plates (set of four for each card)
Inserts
Awards Gallery
- AG1 Kerry Wood
- AG2 Ben Grieve
- AG3 Roger Clemens
- AG4 Tom Glavine
- AG5 Juan Gonzalez
- AG6 Sammy Sosa
- AG7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- AG8 Mark McGwire
- AG9 Bernie Williams
- AG10 Larry Walker
Gallery of Heroes
- GH1 Mark McGwire
- GH2 Sammy Sosa
- GH3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- GH4 Mike Piazza
- GH5 Derek Jeter
- GH6 Nomar Garciaparra
- GH7 Kerry Wood
- GH8 Ben Grieve
- GH9 Chipper Jones
- GH10 Alex Rodriguez
Heritage
This 20-card set is done in the style of the 1953 Topps set and features the artwork of James Fiorentino. At the time of the product's release, collectors responded well to the 1953-style and would set the stage for the retro-themed products like Topps Heritage that would drive The Hobby in the early 2000s.
Hank Aaron, who did not appear in the 53 Topps set, has a "Card That Never Was" in this set.
A Heritage Proof parallel printed on foil-fronted polystyrene cardstock is also available.
- TH1 Hank Aaron
- TH2 Ben Grieve
- TH3 Nomar Garciaparra
- TH4 Roger Clemens
- TH5 Travis Lee
- TH6 Tony Gwynn
- TH7 Alex Rodriguez
- TH8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- TH9 Derek Jeter
- TH10 Sammy Sosa
- TH11 Scott Rolen
- TH12 Chipper Jones
- TH13 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- TH14 Kerry Wood
- TH15 Barry Bonds
- TH16 Juan Gonzalez
- TH17 Mike Piazza
- TH18 Greg Maddux
- TH19 Frank Thomas
- TH20 Mark McGwire
Postcards
Heritage Postcards is a seven-card over-sized partial-parallel of the Heritage insert set. It's unclear how these cards were distributed; however, we know they were not included in the Topps Gallery product. Any assistance would be appreciated.
- 1 Mark McGwire
- 2 Sammy Sosa
- 3 Roger Clemens
- 4 Mike Piazza
- 5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 6 Derek Jeter
- 7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
Auction Points
For the second straight year Topps ran an Auction Points promotion within the Gallery brand. The original artwork for each of the 20 1999 Topps Gallery Heritage insert cards, plus the four different colored printing plates (Black, Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow) used to produce the Heritage cards, attractively framed together, were the prizes.
Collectors were encouraged to accumulate as many points as possible utilizing seven different points cards - all of which were randomly seeded into packs as follows:
- 25, 50, or 75 points: one-per-pack
- 100 points: 1:12/packs
- 1000 points: 1:240/packs
- 5000 points: 1:640/packs
- Double Points: 1:640/packs
Once a collector had accumulated as many points as possible, he or she had to then decide upon which of the pieces of Heritage artwork to vie for. All point cards had to be sent in to Topps by October 15th, 1999. As the deadline neared, it was typical to see transactions for tens of thousands of points trading hands in bulk lots for 1/10th or 1/20th of a penny per point.
The backs of each Auction Point card have one of six set checklists.
Exhibitions
- E1 Sammy Sosa
- E2 Mark McGwire
- E3 Greg Maddux
- E4 Roger Clemens
- E5 Ben Grieve
- E6 Kerry Wood
- E7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- E8 Tony Gwynn
- E9 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- E10 Frank Thomas
- E11 Jeff Bagwell
- E12 Derek Jeter
- E13 Alex Rodriguez
- E14 Nomar Garciaparra
- E15 Manny Ramirez
- E16 Vladimir Guerrero
- E17 Darin Erstad
- E18 Scott Rolen
- E19 Mike Piazza
- E20 Andres Galarraga
Autographs
- GA1 Troy Glaus
- GA2 Adrian Beltre
- GA3 Eric Chavez
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