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Description

2015 Topps Archives is a 330-card set released June 10th, and based the designs of the 1957, 1976, and 1983 Topps Baseball sets. The last 30 cards are short-printed (see below). Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield two autographs.

Controversy Over Late Addition of Short-Printed Base Cards

Originally, according to Topps' original product solicitations, Archives was advertised as having a 300 card base set with no short-prints. It wasn't until almost a week before the product's release, buried in the fine-print of the official checklist and long after pre-orders had been paid for by dealers and collectors, that there was any mention from Topps of the existence of any additional short-printed base cards.

While in previous years, Topps Archives has had short-printed base cards, they had all been previously announced by Topps either in the product's solicitations ("sell-sheets") and/or in press releases to The Hobby media. Also, in 2012, 2013, and 2014 Topps Archives the short-prints were attainable -- usually around 40-50 SPs per set and falling at the rate of six to eight per Hobby box. According to early reports, the odds of finding one of the 30 short-printed base cards in 2015 Archives is 1:70/packs, and the estimated production of each is around 500 copies.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, eight cards per pack (MSRP: $5). Ten boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	330	-	?	?
short set	300	-	?	?
SPs	30	-	1:70	1:47
Silver	330	199	1:18	1:12
Gold	330	50	?	1:47
Black	330	one-of-one	?	1:2336
Printing Plates	330	four for each	?	1:581
1968 Game	33	-	?	1:16
1990 All-Star Rookies	20	-	?	?
1990 All-Star Rookies Gold	20	50	?	?
1990 All-Star Rookies Black	20	one-of-one	?	?
1990 All-Star Rookies Printing Plates	20	four for each	?	?
1990 #1 Draft Picks	15	-	?	N/A
1990 #1 Draft Picks NNOF	15	-	?	N/A
1990 #1 Draft Picks Gold	15	50	?	N/A
1990 #1 Draft Picks Black	15	one-of-one	?	N/A
1990 #1 Draft Picks Printing Plates	15	four for each	?	N/A
Presidential Chronicles	10	-	?	1:8
Will Ferrell	10	-	?	1:8
Fan Favorites Autographs	44	-	?	1:86
Fan Favorites Autographs Silver	44	199	?	1:111
Fan Favorites Autographs Gold	44	50	?	N/A
Fan Favorites Autographs Black	44	one-of-one	?	1:15,456
1990 All-Star Rookies Autographs	9	-	?	?
1990 All-Star Rookies Autographs Gold	9	50	?	?
1990 All-Star Rookies Autographs Black	9	one-of-one	?	?
1990 All-Star Rookies Autographs Printing Plates	9	four for each	?	?
1990 #1 Draft Picks Autographs	8	-	?	N/A
1990 #1 Draft Picks Autographs Gold	8	50	?	N/A
1990 #1 Draft Picks Autographs Black	8	one-of-one	?	N/A
1990 #1 Draft Picks Autographs Printing Plates	8	four for each	?	N/A
Will Ferrell Autographs	10	10	?	1:24,968
Originals Autographs	22	one-of-one	?	?
Presidential Chronicles Cut Signatures	10	one-of-one	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Clayton Kershaw
2 Chris Sale
3 Jon Singleton
4 Julio Teheran
5 Craig Kimbrel
6 Alexei Ramirez
7 Michael Pineda
8 Jayson Werth
9 Chris Carter
10 Alex Wood
11 Bo Jackson
12 Brock Holt
13 Joe Mauer
14 Wade Boggs
15 Jason Rogers RC
16 Javier Baez RC
17 Buck Farmer RC
18 Homer Bailey
19 Hisashi Iwakuma
20 Josh Hamilton
21 Billy Hamilton
22 Josh Donaldson
23 Madison Bumgarner
24 Cal Ripken, Jr.
25 Yasiel Puig
26 Curtis Granderson
27 Lorenzo Cain
28 Elvis Andrus
29 Freddie Freeman
30 Carlton Fisk
31 Christian Yelich
32 Robin Yount
33 Oswaldo Arcia
34 Jeff Samardzija
35 Eddie Murray
36 Dylan Bundy
37 Jhonny Peralta
38 Carlos Gonzalez
39 Goose Gossage
40 Fernando Rodney
41 Matt Adams
42 Juan Lagares
43 Alcides Escobar
44 Jonathan Lucroy
45 Ryan Howard
46 Tyson Ross
47 Henderson Alvarez
48 Victor Martinez
49 Willie Stargell
50 Ken Griffey, Jr.
51 Yan Gomes
52 Dilson Herrera RC
53 Roberto Alomar
54 Ozzie Smith
55 Trevor May RC
56 Sonny Gray
57 Jorge Posada
58 Bruce Sutter
59 Yadier Molina
60 Anthony Ranaudo RC
61 Tanner Roark
62 Robin Roberts
63 Rod Carew
64 Shin-Soo Choo
65 Carlos Martinez
66 Dalton Pompey RC
67 Jose Altuve
68 Aaron Sanchez
69 Nomar Garciaparra
70 Jake Arrieta
71 Matt Holliday
72 Chipper Jones
73 Anthony Rendon
74 Devin Mesoraco
75 George Brett
76 R.A. Dickey
77 David Eckstein
78 Gary Carter
79 Albert Pujols
80 J.J. Hardy
81 Kevin Gausman
82 Buster Posey
83 Don Sutton
84 Vladimir Guerrero
85 Maikel Franco RC
86 Mookie Betts
87 Kennys Vargas
88 Lenny Dykstra
89 C.J. Wilson
90 Ian Kinsler
91 Kevin Kiermaier
92 Mookie Wilson
93 Todd Frazier
94 Dellin Betances
95 Pablo Sandoval
96 Matt Cain
97 Juan Gonzalez
98 Brett Gardner
99 Robinson Cano
100 Miguel Cabrera
101 Mariano Rivera
102 Ken Giles
103 Adam LaRoche
104 Kolten Wong
105 Joe DiMaggio
106 Brandon Finnegan RC
107 Willie McCovey
108 Matt Carpenter
109 Steven Moya RC
110 Jacob deGrom
111 Starling Marte
112 Jesse Hahn
113 Salvador Perez
114 Doug Fister
115 Barry Larkin
116 Carlos Carrasco
117 Jose Fernandez
118 Ryan Braun
119 Lonnie Chisenhall
120 Felix Hernandez
121 Ian Kennedy
122 Lance Lynn
123 Anibal Sanchez
124 Phil Rizzuto
125 Babe Ruth
126 Matt Moore
127 Adam Eaton
128 Ralph Kiner
129 Drew Smyly
130 Aramis Ramirez
131 Charlie Blackmon
132 Stephen Strasburg
133 Dennis Eckersley
134 Duke Snider
135 Michael Taylor RC
136 Luis Gonzalez
137 Brian McCann
138 Paul Goldschmidt
139 Michael Wacha
140 Austin Jackson
141 Jose Quintana
142 Khris Davis
143 Dee Gordon
144 Yordano Ventura
145 Daniel Murphy
146 Danny Salazar
147 Evan Longoria
148 Hyun-Jin Ryu
149 Hunter Pence
150 Sandy Koufax
151 David Wright
152 Eddie Mathews
153 Frank Thomas
154 Bob Feller
155 Brian Dozier
156 Travis d'Arnaud
157 Nick Tropeano RC
158 Kole Calhoun
159 Johnny Cueto
160 Gerrit Cole
161 Xander Bogaerts
162 Nolan Arenado
163 Deion Sanders
164 Aroldis Chapman
165 Ty Cobb
166 Max Scherzer
167 George Springer
168 Mark McGwire
169 Jon Lester
170 Warren Spahn
171 Ian Desmond
172 Corey Dickerson
173 Ryan Zimmerman
174 Trevor Bauer
175 Masahiro Tanaka
176 Zack Wheeler
177 Rickey Henderson
178 Lou Boudreau
179 Frank Robinson
180 Chase Headley
181 Harmon Killebrew
182 Christian Walker RC
183 Matt Shoemaker
184 Al Kaline
185 Zack Greinke
186 Brad Ziegler
187 Matt Harvey
188 Yoenis Cespedes
189 Roberto Clemente
190 Daniel Norris RC
191 Prince Fielder
192 Matt Barnes RC
193 Billy Williams
194 Yusmeiro Petit
195 Adrian Beltre
196 Corey Kluber
197 Bob Lemon
198 Michael Brantley
199 Joey Votto
200 Jose Abreu
201 Tony Gwynn
202 Johnny Bench
203 Yu Darvish
204 Wily Peralta
205 Chris Davis
206 Alex Gordon
207 Fergie Jenkins
208 Cory Spangenberg RC
209 Tom Seaver
210 Carlos Santana
211 Kenley Jansen
212 Bryce Brentz RC
213 Brooks Robinson
214 Orlando Cepeda
215 Mark Teixeira
216 Wil Myers
217 Lou Gehrig
218 Jim Bunning
219 Kurt Suzuki
220 Jay Bruce
221 Marcell Ozuna
222 Roenis Elias
223 Justin Upton
224 Paul Molitor
225 Bryce Harper
226 Carlos Beltran
227 Reggie Jackson
228 Jered Weaver
229 Justin Verlander
230 Shelby Miller
231 Taijuan Walker
232 Carlos Gomez
233 Greg Holland
234 Jacoby Ellsbury
235 Giancarlo Stanton
236 James Shields
237 Jim Rice
238 Troy Tulowitzki
239 Brandon Belt
240 Matt Kemp
241 Mike Napoli
242 Manny Machado
243 Phil Hughes
244 Cole Hamels
245 Garrett Richards
246 Dustin Pedroia
247 Eric Hosmer
248 Catfish Hunter
249 Jake Odorizzi
250 Mike Trout
251 Omar Vizquel
252 Luis Aparicio
253 Whitey Ford
254 Sean Doolittle
255 David Price
256 Jason Heyward
257 Andrew McCutchen
258 Jake Lamb RC
259 J.D. Martinez
260 Andrelton Simmons
261 Gary Brown RC
262 Chase Utley
263 Adam Wainwright
264 Joe Morgan
265 Starlin Castro
266 Gio Gonzalez
267 Nick Castellanos
268 Kyle Seager
269 Jordan Zimmermann
270 Nelson Cruz
271 Lou Brock
272 Adrian Gonzalez
273 Orlando Hernandez
274 Jose Reyes
275 Ted Williams
276 Don Mattingly
277 Edwin Encarnacion
278 Alex Cobb
279 Joc Pederson RC
280 Brandon Phillips
281 Hanley Ramirez
282 Mike Zunino
283 Mike Schmidt
284 Jim Palmer
285 Tony Perez
286 Danny Santana
287 Justin Morneau
288 Gregory Polanco
289 Bill Mazeroski
290 Jason Kipnis
291 Jose Bautista
292 David Ortiz
293 Josh Harrison
294 Chris Archer
295 Cliff Lee
296 Mike Foltynewicz RC
297 Juan Marichal
298 Trevor Rosenthal
299 Mark Trumbo
300 Willie Mays

SPs

301 Nolan Ryan SP
302 Rick Ferrell SP
303 John Smoltz SP
304 John Olerud SP
305 Andre Dawson SP
306 Ryne Sandberg SP
307 Jorge Soler SP RC
308 Gary Sheffield SP
309 Rob Dibble SP
310 Adam Jones SP
311 Honus Wagner SP
312 Rusney Castillo SP RC
313 Devon White SP
314 Kris Bryant SP RC
315 Anthony Rizzo SP
316 Larry Doby SP
317 Jose Cruz SP
318 Vinny Castilla SP
319 Sparky Lyle SP
320 Satchel Paige SP
321 Jose Vidro SP
322 Monte Irvin SP
323 Hal Newhouser SP
324 Red Schoendienst SP
325 Enos Slaughter SP
326 George Kell SP
327 Early Wynn SP
328 Hoyt Wilhelm SP
329 Bobby Doerr SP
330 Jackie Robinson SP

Parallels

All 330 base cards are also available in the following parallels.

Silver (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Black (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

Inserts

1968 Game

1 Yasiel Puig
2 Mike Trout
3 Jose Abreu
4 Ian Kinsler
5 Joe Mauer
6 Adam Jones
7 Robinson Cano
8 Buster Posey
9 Javier Baez
10 David Wright
11 Justin Upton
12 Edwin Encarnacion
13 Manny Machado
14 Dustin Pedroia
15 Ryan Braun
16 David Ortiz
17 Anthony Rendon
18 Freddie Freeman
19 Miguel Cabrera
20 Paul Goldschmidt
21 Jose Bautista
22 Jonathan Lucroy
23 Bryce Harper
24 Christian Yelich
25 Andrew McCutchen
26 Jacoby Ellsbury
27 Yadier Molina
28 Evan Longoria
29 Carlos Gomez
30 Jose Altuve
31 Billy Hamilton
32 Anthony Rizzo
33 Giancarlo Stanton

1990 All-Star Rookies

Each 1990 All-Star Rookie is also available in the following parallels.

Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Black (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

90ASI-AR Anthony Ranaudo
90ASI-BF Brandon Finnegan
90ASI-BUF Buck Farmer
90ASI-CS Cory Spangenberg
90ASI-CW Christian Walker
90ASI-DH Dilson Herrera
90ASI-DN Daniel Norris
90ASI-DP Dalton Pompey
90ASI-GB Gary Brown
90ASI-JB Javier Baez
90ASI-JL Jake Lamb
90ASI-JP Joc Pederson
90ASI-JS Jorge Soler
90ASI-MB Matt Barnes
90ASI-MF Maikel Franco
90ASI-MIF Mike Foltynewicz
90ASI-MT Michael Taylor
90ASI-RC Rusney Castillo
90ASI-RL Rymer Liriano
90ASI-TM Trevor May

1990 #1 Draft Picks

1990 #1 Draft Pick is exclusive to Hobby packs and also available in the following parallels.

NNOF (No name on front; patterned after the 1990 Topps Frank Thomas card)
Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Black (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

90DPI-AG Adrian Gonzalez
90DPI-BH Bryce Harper
90DPI-BP Buster Posey
90DPI-CK Clayton Kershaw
90DPI-CS Chris Sale
90DPI-JB Jay Bruce
90DPI-JF Jose Fernandez
90DPI-JM Joe Mauer
90DPI-KW Kolten Wong
90DPI-MAT Mark Teixeira
90DPI-MB Madison Bumgarner
90DPI-MS Max Scherzer
90DPI-MT Mike Trout
90DPI-RB Ryan Braun
90DPI-SG Sonny Gray

Presidential Chronicles

PC-AL Abraham Lincoln
PC-BO Barack Obama
PC-GF Gerald Ford
PC-GHW George H. W. Bush
PC-GWB George W. Bush
PC-HH Herbert Hoover
PC-HST Harry S. Truman
PC-JC Jimmy Carter
PC-JFK John F. Kennedy
PC-RN Richard Nixon

Will Ferrell

Topps created this set to commemorate the day (March 12, 2015) in which comedian Will Ferrell played in ten different Spring Training games for ten different teams.

WF-1 Will Ferrell Athletics
WF-2 Will Ferrell Mariners
WF-3 Will Ferrell Angels
WF-4 Will Ferrell Cubs
WF-5 Will Ferrell Diamondbacks
WF-6 Will Ferrell Reds
WF-7 Will Ferrell White Sox
WF-8 Will Ferrell Giants
WF-9 Will Ferrell Dodgers
WF-10 Will Ferrell Padres

Autographs & Game-Used

Fan Favorites Autographs

Each Fan Favorites Autograph is also available in the following parallels.

Silver (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies; Hobby only)
Black (one-of-one)

FFA-DW Devon White 1976
FFA-JC Jose Cruz 1976
FFA-JS J.T. Snow 1976
FFA-KB Kris Bryant 1976
FFA-RCU Rusney Castillo 1976
FFA-SL Sparky Lyle 1976
FFA-VC Vinny Castilla 1976
FFA-BD Bucky Dent 1980
FFA-EA Edgardo Alfonzo 1980
FFA-GS Giancarlo Stanton 1980
FFA-JCO Jeff Conine 1980
FFA-JKE Jason Kendall 1980
FFA-KT Kent Tekulve 1980
FFA-OG Oscar Gamble 1980
FFA-RJ Reggie Jackson 1980
FFA-SG Shawn Green 1980
FFA-FV Frank Viola 1986
FFA-HB Harold Baines 1986
FFA-JCJ Jose Cruz, Jr. 1986
FFA-PI Pete Incaviglia 1986
FFA-SB Sid Bream 1986
FFA-AJ Andruw Jones 1989
FFA-BB Bret Boone 1989
FFA-BW Bernie Williams 1989
FFA-DOW Dontrelle Willis 1989
FFA-EK Eric Karros 1989
FFA-FVI Fernando Vina 1989
FFA-JF John Franco 1989
FFA-JO Joe Oliver 1989
FFA-JR Jose Rijo 1989
FFA-MB Mike Bordick 1989
FFA-MG Marquis Grissom 1989
FFA-MGR Mark Grace 1989
FFA-MP Mark Prior 1989
FFA-NR Nolan Ryan 1989
FFA-SH Scott Hatteberg 1989
FFA-TF Tony Fernandez 1989
FFA-AL Al Leiter 1973
FFA-BA Brady Anderson 1973
FFA-GP Gaylord Perry 1973
FFA-JD Jacob deGrom 1973
FFA-RK Ryan Klesko 1973
FFA-ARU Addison Russell 1957
FFA-JV Jose Vidro 1983

1990 All-Star Rookies Autographs

Each 1990 All-Star Rookies Autograph is exclusive to Hobby packs and available in the following parallels.

Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Black (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

90AS-BF Brandon Finnegan
90AS-DH Dilson Herrera
90AS-DN Daniel Norris
90AS-DP Dalton Pompey
90AS-JP Joc Pederson
90AS-JS Jorge Soler
90AS-MF Maikel Franco
90AS-MT Michael Taylor
90AS-YT Yasmany Tomas

1990 #1 Draft Picks Autographs

Each 1990 #1 Draft Picks Autograph is exclusive to Hobby packs and available in the following parallels.

Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Black (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

90DP-AG Adrian Gonzalez
90DP-CK Clayton Kershaw
90DP-CS Chris Sale
90DP-JF Jose Fernandez
90DP-KW Kolten Wong
90DP-MT Mike Trout
90DP-RB Ryan Braun
90DP-SG Sonny Gray

Will Ferrell Autographs

Each Will Ferrell Autograph is serial-numbered to ten.

WFA-1 Will Ferrell Athletics
WFA-2 Will Ferrell Mariners
WFA-3 Will Ferrell Angels
WFA-4 Will Ferrell Cubs
WFA-5 Will Ferrell Diamondbacks
WFA-6 Will Ferrell Reds
WFA-7 Will Ferrell White Sox
WFA-8 Will Ferrell Giants
WFA-9 Will Ferrell Dodgers
WFA-10 Will Ferrell Padres

Originals Autographs

Each Originals Autograph is a on an original Topps card bought-back for this set. All are ones-of-one.

David Cone
Luis Gonzalez
Lou Brock
Dennis Eckersley
Al Kaline
Andre Dawson
Roberto Alomar
John Smoltz
Tom Glavine
Steve Carlton
Ozzie Smith
Frank Thomas
Don Mattingly
Frank Robinson
Robin Yount
Chipper Jones
Rickey Henderson
Johnny Bench
Mark McGwire
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Roger Clemens

Presidential Chronicles Cut Signatures

Each Presidential Chronicles Cut Signature is a one-of-one.

PC-AL Abraham Lincoln
PC-BO Barack Obama
PC-GF Gerald Ford
PC-GHW George H. W. Bush
PC-GWB George W. Bush
PC-HH Herbert Hoover
PC-HST Harry S. Truman
PC-JC Jimmy Carter
PC-JFK John F. Kennedy
PC-RN Richard Nixon

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