Revision as of 02:43, 8 December 2016

This article is about a set that is scheduled to be released in the near-future.
Some information may change as more facts become known.

Description

2016 Topps Transcendent is scheduled for release December 9th. Produced to commemorate the 65th Anniversary of Topps Baseball, this one-of-a-kind product, which will be limited to 65 factory sets, is the most expensive baseball card product ever released.

Each factory set, which is packaged in a Halliburton-style aluminum case contains the following:

One complete 50-card set -- each serial-numbered to 65 copies.
One complete 65-card Sketch Reproductions set -- also serial-numbered to 65 copies.
One of the 65 sketches used to create the Sketch Reproductions.
50 Framed Autographs -- all serial-numbered to 52 copies or less, with at least one being a one-of-one.
One one-of-one Kris Bryant autograph, done in the style of one of the Topps Baseball base set designs -- 65 total.
One one-of-one Cut Signature Box Topper.
One invitation to a 65th Anniversary party in Las Vegas, featuring an appearance by Kris Bryant in January, 2017.

This is the first Topps product in fifteen years to have Derek Jeter autographs.

Distribution

Factory Sets Only (MSRP: $25,000)

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	50	65	one set per box
Sketch Reproductions	65	65	one set per box
Sketch Reproductions original sketches	65	one-of-one	one per box
Framed Autographs	39	52	AU
Framed Autographs Blue	39	25	AU
Framed Autographs Purple	39	10	AU
Framed Autographs Red	39	one-of-one	AU*
Framed Autographs Black	39	one-of-one	AU*
Kris Bryant Autographs	65	one-of-one	one per box
Cut Signature Box Topper	65	one-of-one	one per box

AU: Each factory set will contain a total of 50 autographs randomly selected from among the "base" and the various parallels. All of the 39 signers will have at least one card in every set. In addition, every set will have a minimum of one one-of-one autograph (Red or Black).

Checklist

Base Set

NOTE: Each base card is serial-numbered to 65 copies.

1 Babe Ruth
2 Kenta Maeda
3 Buster Posey
4 Julio Urias
5 Ty Cobb
6 Frank Robinson
7 Chipper Jones
8 Mark McGwire
9 Honus Wagner
10 Corey Seager
11 Manny Machado
12 Kris Bryant
13 Willie Mays
14 Clayton Kershaw
15 Mike Piazza
16 Randy Johnson
17 Albert Pujols
18 Madison Bumgarner
19 Frank Thomas
20 Carl Yastrzemski
21 Ken Griffey, Jr.
22 Satchel Paige
23 Johnny Bench
24 Bryce Harper
25 Hank Aaron
26 Don Mattingly
27 Ichiro
28 Lou Gehrig
29 Nolan Ryan
30 Ozzie Smith
31 Eddie Mathews
32 Reggie Jackson
33 David Price
34 Felix Hernandez
35 Harmon Killebrew
36 Rickey Henderson
37 Kyle Schwarber
38 Roger Clemens
39 Mike Trout
40 Greg Maddux
41 Carlos Correa
42 Jackie Robinson
43 John Smoltz
44 Barry Larkin
45 Roberto Clemente
46 Roger Maris
47 Ted Williams
48 Ryne Sandberg
49 Cal Ripken, Jr.
50 Sandy Koufax

Inserts

Sketch Reproductions

NOTE: Each Sketch Reproduction is serial-numbered to 65 copies. In addition, each set contains one of the actual sketches used to create these cards

TSC-1 Willie Mays
TSC-2 Jackie Robinson
TSC-3 Eddie Mathews
TSC-4 Phil Rizzuto
TSC-5 Monte Irvin
TSC-6 Satchel Paige
TSC-7 Jackie Robinson
TSC-8 Hank Aaron
TSC-9 Ted Williams
TSC-10 Willie Mays
TSC-11 Al Kaline
TSC-12 Sandy Koufax
TSC-13 Roberto Clemente
TSC-14 Ted Williams
TSC-15 Jackie Robinson
TSC-16 Hank Aaron
TSC-17 Frank Robinson
TSC-18 Sandy Koufax
TSC-19 Roger Maris
TSC-20 Orlando Cepeda
TSC-21 Roberto Clemente
TSC-22 Carl Yastrzemski
TSC-23 Willie McCovey
TSC-24 Roger Maris
TSC-25 Jim Palmer
TSC-26 Steve Carlton
TSC-27 Rod Carew
TSC-28 Reggie Jackson
TSC-29 Johnny Bench
TSC-30 Nolan Ryan
TSC-31 Roberto Clemente
TSC-32 Joe Morgan
TSC-33 Dave Winfield
TSC-34 George Brett
TSC-35 Dennis Eckersley
TSC-36 Reggie Jackson
TSC-37 Robin Yount
TSC-38 Eddie Murray
TSC-39 Ozzie Smith
TSC-40 Rickey Henderson
TSC-41 Cal Ripken, Jr.
TSC-42 Wade Boggs
TSC-43 Don Mattingly
TSC-44 Darryl Strawberry
TSC-45 Mark McGwire
TSC-46 Roger Clemens
TSC-47 Dwight Gooden
TSC-48 Greg Maddux
TSC-49 Ken Griffey, Jr.
TSC-50 Randy Johnson
TSC-51 Frank Thomas
TSC-52 Chipper Jones
TSC-53 Mike Piazza
TSC-54 Nomar Garciaparra
TSC-55 Alex Rodriguez
TSC-56 Miguel Cabrera
TSC-57 Albert Pujols
TSC-58 Ichiro
TSC-59 Clayton Kershaw
TSC-60 Buster Posey
TSC-61 Mike Trout
TSC-62 Bryce Harper
TSC-63 Kris Bryant
TSC-64 Carlos Correa
TSC-65 Jose Bautista

Autographs

Framed Autographs

Each Framed Autograph is serial-numbered to 52 copies and available in the following parallels.

Blue (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Purple (serial-numbered to ten)
Red (one-of-one)
Black (one-of-one)

TCA-AP Albert Pujols
TCA-AR Alex Rodriguez
TCA-BB Barry Bonds
TCA-BH Bryce Harper
TCA-BP Buster Posey
TCA-CC Carlos Correa
TCA-CJ Chipper Jones
TCA-CK Clayton Kershaw
TCA-CR Cal Ripken, Jr.
TCA-CS Corey Seager EXCH
TCA-CY Carl Yastrzemski
TCA-DJ Derek Jeter
TCA-DM Don Mattingly
TCA-DO David Ortiz
TCA-DR Daisy Ridley
TCA-FR Frank Robinson
TCA-FT Frank Thomas
TCA-GM Greg Maddux
TCA-HA Hank Aaron
TCA-I Ichiro
TCA-JB Johnny Bench
TCA-JBA Jon Boyega EXCH
TCA-KB Kris Bryant
TCA-KGJ Ken Griffey, Jr. EXCH
TCA-KM Kenta Maeda
TCA-KS Kyle Schwarber
TCA-MM Mark McGwire
TCA-MP Mike Piazza
TCA-MT Mike Trout
TCA-MTA Masahiro Tanaka
TCA-NR Nolan Ryan
TCA-OS Ozzie Smith
TCA-OV Omar Vizquel
TCA-PM Pele
TCA-PM Pedro Martinez
TCA-RC Roger Clemens
TCA-RH Rickey Henderson
TCA-RJ Randy Johnson
TCA-RJA Reggie Jackson
TCA-RS Ryne Sandberg
TCA-SK Sandy Koufax
TCA-VS Vin Scully

Kris Bryant

Kris Bryant signed 65 cards done in the style of the each of the Topps Baseball flagship sets from 1951-2016. Each card is a one-of-one

Cut Signature Box Toppers

Each Cut Signature Box Topper is a one-of-one.

TCS-AH Audrey Hepburn
TCS-BC Bill Clinton
TCS-BD Bette Davis
TCS-BH Ben Hogan
TCS-BO Barack Obama
TCS-BR Babe Ruth
TCS-CC Calvin Coolidge
TCS-CM Connie Mack
TCS-CMA Christy Mathewson
TCS-CR Christopher Reeve
TCS-CY Cy Young
TCS-DD Dizzy Dean
TCS-DE Dwight Eisenhower
TCS-EH Ernie Harwell
TCS-ER Eleanor Roosevelt
TCS-FR Franklin D. Roosevelt
TCS-GC Grover Cleveland
TCS-GF Gerald Ford
TCS-GH Gordie Howe
TCS-GHB George H. Bush
TCS-GHO Gil Hodges
TCS-GS George Steinbrenner
TCS-GW George Washington
TCS-GWB George W. Bush
TCS-HC Hillary Clinton
TCS-HCO Howard Cosell
TCS-HG Hank Greenberg
TCS-HH Herbert Hoover
TCS-HT Harry Truman
TCS-HW Honus Wagner
TCS-IB Ingmar Bergman
TCS-JC Jimmy Carter
TCS-JD Joe DiMaggio
TCS-JF Jimmie Foxx
TCS-JFR Joe Frazier
TCS-JG Jerry Garcia
TCS-JGA Judy Garland
TCS-JO Jesse Owens
TCS-JOC Johnny Cash
TCS-JR Jackie Robinson
TCS-JU Johnny Unitas
TCS-KML Kenesaw Mountain Landis
TCS-LG Lou Gehrig
TCS-MO Mel Ott
TCS-NA Neil Armstrong
TCS-NF Nellie Fox
TCS-PM Pete Maravich
TCS-PR Phil Rizzuto
TCS-PWR Pee Wee Reese
TCS-RA Red Auerbach
TCS-RC Roy Campanella
TCS-RCL Roberto Clemente
TCS-RM Rocky Marciano
TCS-RMA Roger Maris
TCS-RN Richard Nixon
TCS-RW Robin Williams
TCS-SM Stan Musial
TCS-SO Sadaharu Oh
TCS-SP Satchel Paige
TCS-TS Tupac Shakur
TCS-TSP Tris Speaker
TCS-VL Vince Lombardi
TCS-WHT William Howard Taft
TCS-WS Warren Spahn
TCS-WW Woodrow Wilson

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 * One one-of-one Kris Bryant autograph, done in the style of one of the ''Topps Baseball'' base set designs -- 65 total.
 * One one-of-one Cut Signature Box Topper.
-* One invitation to a 65th Anniversary party (date and time TBA).
+* One invitation to a 65th Anniversary party in Las Vegas, featuring an appearance by Kris Bryant in January, 2017.
 This is the first Topps product in fifteen years to have Derek Jeter autographs.