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2011 Topps Lineage hobby box

Description

2011 Topps Lineage is a 200-card set released the week of August 3, 2011. The product pays tribute to previous Topps sets like 1952 Topps and 1975 Topps, and more obscure releases such as 1968 Topps 3-D, 1964 Topps Stand Ups, and the 1975 Topps Minis; however the base set is a completely original design that looks like a modern Topps set.

Each 24-pack Hobby box should yield one on-card autograph, another autograph, a relic, and an over-sized box-topper based on the 1964 Topps Giants set.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 pack per box, eight cards per pack (MSRP: $5.00).

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	Retail Rack
Base	200	-	?	?	13
1975 Minis	200	-	?	?	1:4
Diamond Anniversary	200	-	?	?	1:4
Platinum Diamond	200	-	?	?	1:4
Topps Rookies	20	-	1:6	1:6	1:6
Venezuelan	25	-	1:12	1:12	1:12
Topps 3D	25	-	1:12	1:12	1:12
Topps 3D Black Back Linegraph	25	99	?	?	1:700
Topps 3D Red Back Linegraph	25	one-of-one	1:30,873	?	?
Cloth Stickers	50	-	1:12	1:12	1:12
Stand Ups	25	-	1:12	1:12	1:12
Giants	20	-	one-per-box	N/A	N/A
1975 Mini Relics Group A	90	-	?	?	1:10
1975 Mini Relics Group B	90	-	?	?	1:115
1975 Mini Relics Group C	90	-	?	?	1:2,200
60th Anniversary Jumbo Relics	25	25	?	N/A	N/A
60th Anniversary Jumbo Patches	25	5	?	N/A	N/A
Giants Relics	20	64	?	N/A	N/A
Autographed Reprints Group A	76	-	?	?	1:177
Autographed Reprints Group B	76	-	?	?	1:725
Autographed Reprints Group C	76	-	?	?	1:714
Autographed Reprints Group D	76	-	?	?	1:9,162
Autographed Reprints Canary Diamond	76	10	?	N/A	N/A
1952 Autographs Group A	10	-	?	?	1:240
1952 Autographs Group B	10	-	?	?	1:719
1952 Autographs Group C	10	-	?	?	1:2,114
1952 Autographs Group D	10	-	?	?	1:1,725
1952 Autographs Canary Diamond	10	10	?	N/A	N/A
60th Anniversary Autographs	?	60	?	N/A	N/A
3D Experimental Lineagraph	?	-	?	?	N/A
Canary Diamond	200	one-of-one	?	N/A	N/A
Printing Plates	200	four-for-each	?	N/A	N/A

Checklist

Base Set

1 Sandy Koufax

2 Derek Jeter

3 Jimmie Foxx

4 Buster Posey

5 Felix Hernandez

6 Carlos Beltran

7 Mickey Mantle

8 Francisco Liriano

9 Matt Holliday

10 Jim Palmer

11 Ryan Zimmerman

12 Elvis Andrus

13 Cal Ripken, Jr.

14 Kendry Morales

15 Curtis Granderson

16 Walter Johnson

17 Billy Butler

18 Brett Anderson

19 Larry Walker

20 Justin Morneau

21 Edinson Volquez

22 Johan Santana

23 Jose Tabata

24 Tsuyoshi Nishioka RC

25 Whitey Ford

26 Grady Sizemore

27 George Sisler

28 Aramis Ramirez

29 Chris Sale

30 Chase Utley

31 Jeremy Hellickson

32 Jon Lester

33 Tony Perez

34 Kyle Drabek

35 Hanley Ramirez

36 Michael Young

37 Justin Upton

38 Chris Carpenter

39 Ricky Romero

40 Stan Musial

41 Vladimir Guerrero

42 Jackie Robinson

43 Victor Martinez

44 Jay Bruce

45 Ryan Howard

46 Logan Morrison

47 Lance Berkman

48 Carlton Fisk

49 Matt Kemp

50 Lou Gehrig

51 Hunter Pence

52 Andre Dawson

53 Mike Schmidt

54 Alfonso Soriano

55 Nolan Ryan

56 Shane Victorino

57 Willie McCovey

58 Gordon Beckham

59 Duke Snider

60 Reggie Jackson

61 Zach Britton RC

62 Adrian Beltre

63 Ubaldo Jimenez

64 Joe Morgan

65 Josh Johnson

66 Andrew McCutchen

67 Nelson Cruz

68 Alexei Ramirez

69 Jayson Werth

70 Carlos Santana

71 Kurt Suzuki

72 Rickie Weeks

73 Brandon Morrow

74 Brooks Robinson

75 Alex Rodriguez

76 Roberto Alomar

77 David Wright

78 Dan Uggla

79 Carl Crawford

80 Troy Tulowitzki

81 Manny Ramirez

82 Ike Davis

83 Adam Wainwright

84 Clayton Kershaw

85 Al Kaline

86 Carlos Gonzalez

87 David Ortiz

88 David Price

89 Eddie Murray

90 Tris Speaker

91 Brent Morel

92 Clay Buchholz

93 Roy Oswalt

94 John Smoltz

95 Johnny Mize

96 Jason Bay

97 Aaron Hill

98 Evan Longoria

99 Honus Wagner

100 Babe Ruth

101 Madison Bumgarner

102 Cole Hamels

103 Joey Votto

104 Miguel Montero

105 Ty Cobb

106 Cy Young

107 Chad Billingsley

108 Hank Aaron

109 Mat Latos

110 Thurman Munson

111 Neil Walker

112 Johnny Cueto

113 Trevor Cahill

114 Dustin Pedroia

115 Chipper Jones

116 Pedro Alvarez

117 Torii Hunter

118 Todd Helton

119 Matt Cain

120 Ichiro

121 Roy Halladay

122 Paul O'Neill

123 Andre Ethier

124 Franklin Gutierrez

125 Mark Teixeira

126 Shin-Soo Choo

127 Orlando Hudson

128 Vernon Wells

129 Jason Heyward

130 Joe Mauer

131 Carlos Lee

132 Nick Markakis

133 Zack Greinke

134 John Danks

135 Tim Lincecum

136 Starlin Castro

137 Johnny Bench

138 Prince Fielder

139 Michael Pineda RC

140 Albert Belle

141 Ozzie Smith

142 Dan Haren

143 Miguel Cabrera

144 Roy Campanella

145 Adrian Gonzalez

146 Freddie Freeman RC

147 Ryan Braun

148 Aroldis Chapman

149 Kevin Youkilis

150 Robinson Cano

151 Johnny Damon

152 Ian Kennedy

153 B.J. Upton

154 Fergie Jenkins

155 Bob Gibson

156 Austin Jackson

157 Wandy Rodriguez

158 Monte Irvin

159 Yonder Alonso

160 Stephen Strasburg

161 Luis Aparicio

162 Brandon Belt RC

163 Jered Weaver

164 Brandon Beachy RC

165 Jose Reyes

166 Yovani Gallardo

167 Corey Hart

168 Delmon Young

169 Cliff Lee

170 Tom Seaver

171 Ryne Sandberg

172 Jose Bautista

173 Adam Dunn

174 Adam Jones

175 CC Sabathia

176 Miguel Tejada

177 Phil Hughes

178 Albert Pujols

179 Jake McGee

180 Marlon Byrd

181 Frank Thomas

182 Frank Robinson

183 Brian McCann

184 Josh Hamilton

185 Ian Kinsler

186 Mel Ott

187 Justin Verlander

188 Daniel Hudson

189 Jaime Garcia

190 Bert Blyleven

191 Johnny Bench All-RC

192 Willie McCovey All-RC

193 Joe Morgan All-RC

194 Cal Ripken, Jr. All-RC

195 Chipper Jones All-RC

196 Ichiro All-RC

197 Andre Dawson All-RC

198 Manny Ramirez All-RC

199 CC Sabathia All-RC

200 Tom Seaver All-RC

Parallels

All 200-cards are available in the following parallels. Each 24-pack Hobby box should yield 18 parallels.

1975 Minis

Diamond Anniversary

Platinum Diamond

Canary Diamond (one-of-one, Hobby only)

Printing Plates (four for each, Hobby only)

Venezuelan

This 25-card partial-parallel is based on the Topps Venezuelan parallel sets of the 1950s and 60s. The backs of each card is printed in Spanish.

It should be noted that none of the players on the checklist are actually from Venezuela.

TV1 Derek Jeter

TV2 Buster Posey

TV3 Felix Hernandez

TV4 Ryan Zimmerman

TV5 Chris Carpenter

TV6 Josh Johnson

TV7 Andrew McCutchen

TV8 Carlos Santana

TV9 David Wright

TV10 Troy Tulowitzki

TV11 Clayton Kershaw

TV12 David Price

TV13 Chipper Jones

TV14 Ichiro

TV15 Mark Teixeira

TV16 Jason Heyward

TV17 Joe Mauer

TV18 Starlin Castro

TV19 Adrian Gonzalez

TV20 Ryan Braun

TV21 Cliff Lee

TV22 Jose Bautista

TV23 Adam Dunn

TV24 Albert Pujols

TV25 Ian Kinsler

Inserts

Topps Giants

Based on the 1964 Topps Giants set, these 20 cards have been inserted into each Hobby box as a box loader. Each card measures 3 1/8" X 5 1/4", the original size of the '64 cards. Each Giant card was also made available in a relic version. The Giant Relics are all serial-numbered to 64 copies.

TG1 Albert Pujols

TG2 Buster Posey

TG3 Jason Heyward

TG4 Joe Mauer

TG5 Derek Jeter

TG6 Roy Halladay

TG7 Joey Votto

TG8 Ichiro

TG9 Miguel Cabrera

TG10 Mike Stanton

TG11 Adrian Gonzalez

TG12 Josh Hamilton

TG13 Evan Longoria

TG14 Tim Lincecum

TG15 David Wright

TG16 Ryan Braun

TG17 Hanley Ramirez

TG18 Troy Tulowitzki

TG19 Carlos Santana

TG20 Vladimir Guerrero

Topps 3D

This 25-card set is based on the 1968 Topps 3-D set. Please note that these cards are blank on the back and are NOT sequentially-numbered. The card numbers listed below in the checklist are from the checklist supplied by Topps.

Each card is also available in an "Linegraph" parallel. The fronts of the Linegraphs do not have the player's name or position and the backs have the following text on the back:

This is an experimental LINEAGRAPH
not intended for release.
To be Returned to:

The Topps Company, Inc.
1 Whitehall Street
New York, New York 10004

Each Linegraph is serial-numbered to 99 with a red-back one-of-one parallel also available.

The Linegraph cards are based on the obscure XOGraph test issue from 1968. The original cards all have the following text on their backs.

This is an experimental XOGRAPH® card produced as a limited edition. Not for public circulation or distribution. Not for resale. To be returned to: Visual Panographics, Inc. 488 Madison Avenue New York, New York.

T3D1 Ichiro

T3D2 Buster Posey

T3D3 Ryan Howard

T3D4 Mark Teixeira

T3D5 Joe Mauer

T3D6 Ryan Braun

T3D7 Carlos Gonzalez

T3D8 Joey Votto

T3D9 Adrian Gonzalez

T3D10 Alex Rodriguez

T3D11 David Wright

T3D12 Carl Crawford

T3D13 Miguel Cabrera

T3D14 Chase Utley

T3D15 Evan Longoria

T3D16 Jason Heyward

T3D17 Kendry Morales

T3D18 Shin-Soo Choo

T3D19 Hanley Ramirez

T3D20 Josh Hamilton

T3D21 Justin Upton

T3D22 Troy Tulowitzki

T3D23 Hunter Pence

T3D24 Derek Jeter

T3D25 Albert Pujols

Cloth Stickers

These 50 stickers are based on the extremely rare 1972 Topps Cloth Sticker set.

TCS1 Sandy Koufax

TCS2 Derek Jeter

TCS3 Buster Posey

TCS4 Felix Hernandez

TCS6 Cal Ripken Jr.

TCS7 Yogi Berra

TCS8 George Sisler

TCS9 Hanley Ramirez

TCS10 Stan Musial

TCS11 Jackie Robinson

TCS12 Ryan Howard

TCS13 Lou Gehrig

TCS14 Hunter Pence

TCS15 Mike Schmidt

TCS16 Nolan Ryan

TCS17 Duke Snider

TCS18 Reggie Jackson

TCS19 Alex Rodriguez

TCS20 David Wright

TCS21 Carl Crawford

TCS22 Troy Tulowitzki

TCS23 Manny Ramirez

TCS24 Al Kaline

TCS25 Carlos Gonzalez

TCS26 Eddie Murray

TCS27 Tris Speaker

TCS28 Evan Longoria

TCS29 Honus Wagner

TCS30 Babe Ruth

TCS31 Joey Votto

TCS32 Ty Cobb

TCS33 Cy Young

TCS34 Hank Aaron

TCS35 Chipper Jones

TCS36 Ichiro

TCS37 Roy Halladay

TCS38 Jason Heyward

TCS39 Joe Mauer

TCS40 Tim Lincecum

TCS41 Johnny Bench

TCS42 Miguel Cabrera

TCS43 Adrian Gonzalez

TCS44 Ryan Braun

TCS45 Robinson Cano

TCS46 Bob Gibson

TCS47 Tom Seaver

TCS48 Ryne Sandberg

TCS49 Albert Pujols

TCS50 Josh Hamilton

Topps Rookies

Based on the "Topps Rookie" inserts of the late-80s/early-90s, this 20-card set features all the top rookies of 2011.

TR1 Freddie Freeman

TR2 Chris Sale

TR3 Brent Morel

TR4 Aroldis Chapman

TR5 Jeremy Hellickson

TR6 Jake McGee

TR7 Kyle Drabek

TR8 Craig Kimbrel

TR9 Mike Minor

TR10 Zach Britton

TR11 Brandon Belt

TR12 Brandon Beachy

TR13 Michael Pineda

TR14 Tsuyoshi Nishioka

TR15 Hank Conger

TR16 Domonic Brown

TR17 JP Arencibia

TR18 Corey Luebke

TR19 Brett Wallace

Topps Stand Ups

Patterned after a 1964 set, these 25 die-cut cards are designed to be displayed when folded in half.

TS1 Jose Bautista

TS2 Ryan Zimmerman

TS3 Albert Pujols

TS4 Felix Hernandez

TS5 Tim Lincecum

TS6 Ryan Howard

TS7 Mariano Rivera

TS8 Jason Heyward

TS9 Ryan Braun

TS10 Hunter Pence

TS11 Miguel Cabrera

TS12 Adam Dunn

TS13 Kevin Youkilis

TS14 Joey Votto

TS15 Carlos Gonzalez

TS16 Mike Stanton

TS17 Matt Kemp

TS18 Joe Mauer

TS19 Alex Rodriguez

TS20 Roy Halladay

TS21 Brooks Robinson

TS22 Hank Aaron

TS23 Mickey Mantle

TS24 ???

TS25 Sandy Koufax

Autographs & Game-Used

1975 Mini Relics

This 90-card relic set is designed after the 1975 Topps Mini set. Each card measures 2 1/8" X 3 1/4".

75R-?? Adam Dunn

75R-AB Adrian Beltre

75R-?? Al Kaline

75R-?? Albert Belle

75R-?? Alex Rodriguez

75R-?? Alfonso Soriano

75R-?? Andre Dawson

75R-?? Andre Ethier

75R-?? Andrew McCutchen

75R-?? Aramis Ramirez

75R-?? Austin Jackson

75R-?? Babe Ruth

75R-?? B.J. Upton

75R-?? Bob Gibson

75R-?? Brian McCann

75R-?? Brooks Robinson

75R-?? Buster Posey

75R-CR Cal Ripken Jr.

75R-?? Carlos Beltran

75R-?? Carlos Gonzalez

75R-?? Carlos Lee

75R-?? Carlton Fisk

75R-?? CC Sabathia

75R-?? Chipper Jones

75R-?? Chris Carpenter

75R-?? Clay Buchholz

75R-?? Clayton Kershaw

75R-?? Dan Uggla

75R-?? David Ortiz

75R-?? David Price

75R-?? David Wright

75R-?? Duke Snider

75R-?? Dustin Pedroia

75R-?? Eddie Murray

75R-?? Edinson Volquez

75R-?? Elvis Andrus

75R-?? Evan Longoria

75R-?? Felix Hernandez

75R-?? Fergie Jenkins

75R-?? Frank Thomas

75R-?? Grady Sizemore

75R-?? Hank Aaron

75R-?? Honus Wagner

75R-?? Ian Kinsler

75R-?? Ichiro

75R-?? Ike Davis

75R-?? Jared Weaver

75R-?? Jason Bay

75R-?? Jason Heyward

75R-JB Jay Bruce

75R-?? Jayson Werth

75R-?? Jim Palmer

75R-?? Joe Mauer

75R-?? Joey Votto

75R-?? John Smoltz

75R-?? Johnny Bench

75R-?? Johnny Cueto

75R-?? Johnny Mize

75R-?? Jose Bautista

75R-?? Jose Reyes

75R-?? Josh Johnson

75R-?? Justin Upton

75R-?? Justin Verlander

75R-KY Kevin Youkilis

75R-?? Kosuke Fukudome

75R-?? Madison Bumgarner

75R-?? Marlon Byrd

75R-?? Matt Cain

75R-?? Matt Kemp

75R-?? Mel Ott

75R-?? Miguel Cabrera

75R-?? Mike Schmidt

75R-?? Nelson Cruz

75R-?? Nolan Ryan

75R-?? Ozzie Smith

75R-?? Prince Fielder

75R-RJ Reggie Jackson

75R-?? Roy Campanella

75R-?? Ryan Braun

75R-?? Ryan Zimmerman

75R-?? Sandy Koufax

75R-?? Shane Victorino

75R-?? Stan Musial

75R-?? Starlin Castro

75R-?? Tim Lincecum

75R-?? Todd Helton

75R-?? Tony Perez

75R-?? Vernon Wells

75R-?? Victor Martinez

75R-?? Wandy Rodriguez

75R-?? Whitey Ford

75R-?? Willie McCovey

75R-?? Yovani Gallardo

60th Anniversary Jumbo Relics

This Hobby Exclusive set features a jumbo-sized relic in the shape of the number 60. Each card is serial-numbered to only 25 copies, with a Patch version (also Hobby only) serial-numbered to five.

AJR-1 Nolan Ryan

AJR-2 Brooks Robinson

AJR-3 Mike Mussina

AJR-4 Roberto Alomar

AJR-5 Elvis Andrus

AJR-6 Billy Butler

AJR-7 Matt Cain

AJR-8 Shin-Soo Choo

AJR-9 Willie McCovey

AJR-10 Jacoby Ellsbury

AJR-11 Vladimir Guerrrero

AJR-12 Tommy Hanson

AJR-13 Cliff Lee

AJR-14 Reggie Jackson

AJR-15 Eddie Murray

AJR-16 David Ortiz

AJR-17 Carlos Zambrano

AJR-18 Johan Santana

AJR-19 John Smoltz

AJR-20 Willie Stargell

AJR-21 Justin Upton

AJR-22 Robin Yount

AJR-23 Joba Chamberlain

AJR-24 Todd Helton

AJR-25 Joe Torre

Autographed Reprints

76 players have signed (on-card) their autographs on reprints of classic Topps cards. The checklist is skewed towards players who appeared in the 1952 Topps set. Each card is also available in a Hobby-exclusive Canary Diamond parallel, serial-numbered to 10 copies.

RA-AD Al Dark

RA-AK Al Kaline

RA-AS Al Schoendienst

RA-BA Bob Addis EXCH

RA-BB Bob Borkowski

RA-BD Bob Del Greco

RA-BF Bob Friend

RA-BK Bob Kelly

RA-BK Bob Kuzava

RA-BM Bobby Morgan

RA-BMI Bob Miller

RA-BP Billy Pierce

RA-BS Bobby Shantz

RA-BU Bob Usher

RA-CB Cloyd Boyer

RA-CC Cliff Chambers

RA-CD Chuck Diering

RA-CE Carl Erskine

RA-CS Charlie Silvera

RA-CSI Curt Simmons

RA-DC Del Crandall

RA-DG Dick Groat

RA-DGE Dick Gernert

RA-DL Don Lenhardt

RA-DP Duane Pillette EXCH

RA-DS Duke Snider

RA-DW Dick Williams

RA-EE Ed Erautt

RA-ER Eddie Robinson

RA-EY Eddie Yost

RA-FJ Fergie Jenkins

RA-GC Gil Coan

RA-GH Grady Hatton EXCH

RA-GS George Spencer EXCH

RA-GZ George Zuverink

RA-HA Hank Aaron

RA-HJ Howie Judson

RA-HP Harry Perkowski EXCH

RA-ID Ivan Delock

RA-IN Irv Noren

RA-JA Joe Astroth

RA-JAN John Antonelli

RA-JC Jerry Coleman

RA-JD Joe DeMaestri

RA-JG Johnny Groth

RA-JGA Joe Garagiola

RA-JM Joe Morgan

RA-JP Joe Presko

RA-JP Johnny Pesky

RA-JS John Smoltz

RA-LB Lou Brissie

RA-LS Lou Sleater

RA-MB Matt Batts EXCH

RA-MG Myron Ginsberg EXCH

RA-MI Monte Irvin

RA-NG Ned Garver

RA-NR Nolan Ryan EXCH

RA-OM Orestes Minoso

RA-RA Roberto Alomar

RA-RB Rocky Bridges EXCH

RA-RBR Ralph Branca

RA-RH1 Roy Halladay

RA-RH2 Roy Hartsfield

RA-RJ Randy Jackson

RA-RS Roy Smalley

RA-RSI Roy Sievers

RA-SK Sandy Koufax EXCH

RA-SMU Stan Musial

RA-TBA Tony Bartirome

RA-TL Ted Lepcio

RA-VL Vern Law

RA-VT Virgil Trucks

RA-WT Wayne Terwilliger

RA-WW Wally Westlake EXCH

RA-YB Yogi Berra

1952 Autographs

Ten current players had a sticker autograph affixed to a card based on the 1952 Topps design. Each card is also available in a Hobby-exclusive Canary Diamond parallel, serial-numbered to 10 copies.

52A-BP Buster Posey

52A-BL Brandon League

52A-CM Charlie Morton

52A-CB Clay Buchholz

52A-DD David DeJesus

52A-FR Fernando Rodney

52A-FF Freddie Freeman

52A-GS Gabby Sanchez

52A-ID Ike Davis

52A-JM Jason Motte

52A-JB John Buck

52A-JG Jonny Gomes

52A-LM Logan Morrison

52A-MB Madison Bumgarner

52A-MBY Marlon Byrd

52A-MH Matt Harrison

52A-MM Michael Morse

52A-MS Mike Stanton

52A-RZ Ryan Zimmerman

52A-SV Shane Victorino EXCH

52A-TW Ty Wigginton

52A-UJ Ubaldo Jimenez

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