2006 Topps Allen & Ginter
Description
Considered by many to possibly be the best baseball product of 2006, and winner of Beckett Baseball's Product of the Year for 2006, packs of Topps' first Allen & Ginter set were gobbled up by collectors shortly after release. Prices soared above Topps' suggested retail price as the hits just kept coming. Part of the appeal of Allen & Ginter, was a strong lineup of major league players joined by superstar athletes from other sports -- all in keeping with the spirit of the original Allen & Ginter sets.
The autographs, parallels, and game-used inserts were all outstanding, but the real prize were the controversial Rip cards. The Rip cards, which contained another miniature-sized card embedded inside the main card, were seeded at the rate of one-per-case. In order to get the mini-card, collectors had to "Rip" open (thereby destroying) the Rip card. Inside the rip cards would be either an autographed mini, a special limited mini, a unique Dick Perez sketch or an original 1887 Allen and Ginter N28 card.
As of January 2008, hobby boxes are available for $180-$225.
Distribution
24 packs per box, 7 cards per pack
Each waxbox should yield two of the following (on average): Framed Autographs, Framed Relics, Printing Plates, and/or Allen & Ginter Original cards. Each case will include an exclusive Rip Card which may contain a repurchased Allen & Ginter card.
Each Hobby Box is packed with an exclusive Box Loader which would yield either: an N-43, N-43 Relic, N-43 Autograph, Postcard, or personalized Autographed Postcard.
Street Date: 07/26/2006
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 350 | - | ? | ? |
| short set | 300 | - | ? | ? |
| Short Prints | 50 | - | 1:2 | 1:2 |
| Mini short set | 300 | - | 1:1.6 | 1:1.6 |
| Mini SP | 50 | - | 1:13 | 1:13 |
| Mini Exclusives | 25 | - | RC | N/A |
| Mini A&G Back short set | 300 | - | 1:5 | 1:5 |
| Mini A&G Back SP | 50 | - | 1:65 | 1:65 |
| Mini Black short set | 300 | - | 1:10 | 1:10 |
| Mini Black SP | 50 | - | 1:130 | 1:130 |
| Mini No Card Number | 350 | 50 | 1:60 | 1:168 |
| Mini Bazooka | 350 | 25 | 1:125 | 1:266 |
| Mini Wood | 350 | one-of-one | 1:3100 | 1:6800 |
| Mini Printing Plates | 375 | four for each | 1:865 | 1:865 |
| Dick Perez | 30 | - | one-per-pack | one-per-pack |
| Dick Perez Originals | 30 | one-of-one | RC | N/A |
| Rip Cards | 50 | varies | 1:265 | N/A |
| N-43 | 15 | - | 1:2/boxes | N/A |
| Postcards | 15 | - | 1:2/boxes | N/A |
| Relics | 52 | - | varies | varies |
| Autographs | 51 | - | varies | varies |
| Autographs Red Ink | 2 | 10 | RC | N/A |
| N-43 Relics | 2 | 50 | 1:379/boxes | N/A |
| N-43 Autographs | 2 | 10 | 1:1970/boxes | N/A |
| Personalized Postcards | 15 | one-of-one | 1:3100/boxes | N/A |
Checklist
Base Set
1 Albert Pujols
2 Aubrey Huff
3 Mark Teixeira
4 Vernon Wells
5 Ken Griffey Jr. SP
6 Nick Swisher
7 Jose Reyes
8 David Wright
9 Vladimir Guerrero
10 Andruw Jones
11 Ramon Hernandez
12 Miguel Tejada
13 Juan Pierre
14 Jim Thome
15 Austin Kearns SP
16 Jhonny Peralta
17 Clint Barmes
18 Angel Berroa
19 Nomar Garciaparra
20 Joe Nathan
21 Brandon Webb
22 Chad Tracy
23 Derek Jeter
24 Conor Jackson (RC)
25 Jason Giambi SP
26 Johnny Estrada
27 Luis Gonzalez
28 Javier Vazquez
29 Orlando Hudson
30 Shawn Green
31 Mark Buehrle
32 Wily Mo Pena
33 C.C. Sabathia
34 Ronnie Belliard
35 Travis Hafner SP
36 Mike Jacobs (RC)
37 Roy Oswalt
38 Zack Greinke
39 J.D. Drew
40 Jeff Kent
41 Ben Sheets
42 Luis Castillo
43 Carlos Delgado
44 Cliff Floyd
45 Danny Haren SP
46 Bobby Abreu
47 Jeromy Burnitz
48 Khalil Greene
49 Moises Alou
50 Alex Rodriguez SP
51 Ervin Santana SP
52 Bartolo Colon SP
53 John Smoltz SP
54 David Ortiz SP
55 Hideki Matsui SP
56 Jermaine Dye SP
57 Victor Martinez SP
58 Willy Taveras SP
59 Brady Clark SP
60 Justin Morneau
61 Xavier Nady
62 Rich Harden
63 Jack Wilson
64 Brian Giles
65 Jon Lieber SP
66 Dan Johnson
67 Billy Wagner
68 Rickie Weeks
69 Chris Ray (RC)
70 Chris Shelton
71 Dmitri Young
72 Ivan Rodriguez
73 Jeremy Bonderman
74 Justin Verlander (RC)
75 Randy Johnson
76 Magglio Ordonez
77 Brandon Inge
78 Placido Polanco
79 Ryan Howard
80 Jason Bay
81 Sean Casey
82 Jeremy Hermida (RC)
83 Mike Cameron
84 Trevor Hoffman
85 Mike Matheny SP
86 Steve Finley
87 Adam Everett
88 Jason Isringhausen
89 Jonny Gomes
90 Barry Zito
91 Bobby Crosby
92 Eric Chavez
93 Frank Thomas
94 Huston Street
95 Jorge Posada
96 Casey Kotchman
97 Darin Erstad
98 Chipper Jones
99 Jeff Francoeur
100 Barry Bonds
101 Alfonso Soriano
102 Brandon Claussen
103 Aaron Boone
104 Roger Clemens
105 Andy Pettitte SP
106 Nick Johnson
107 Tom Gordon
108 Orlando Hernandez
109 Francisco Rodriguez
110 Orlando Cabrera
111 Edgar Renteria
112 Tim Hudson
113 Coco Crisp
114 Matt Clement
115 Greg Maddux SP
116 Paul Konerko
117 Felipe Lopez
118 Garrett Atkins
119 Akinori Otsuka
120 Craig Biggio
121 Danys Baez
122 Brad Penny
123 Eric Gagne
124 Lew Ford
125 Mariano Rivera SP
126 Carlos Beltran
127 Pedro Martinez
128 Todd Helton
129 Aaron Rowand
130 Mike Lieberthal
131 Oliver Perez
132 Ryan Klesko
133 Randy Winn
134 Yuniesky Betancourt
135 David Eckstein SP
136 Chad Orvella
137 Toby Hall
138 Hank Blalock
139 B.J. Ryan
140 Roy Halladay
141 Livan Hernandez
142 John Patterson
143 Bengie Molina
144 Brad Wilkerson
145 Jorge Cantu SP
146 Mark Mulder
147 Felix Hernandez
148 Paul Lo Duca
149 Prince Fielder (RC)
150 Johnny Damon SP
151 Ryan Langerhans SP
152 Kris Benson SP
153 Curt Schilling SP
154 Manny Ramirez SP
155 Robinson Cano SP
156 Derrek Lee SP
157 A.J. Pierzynski SP
158 Adam Dunn SP
159 Cliff Lee SP
160 Grady Sizemore
161 Jeff Francis
162 Dontrelle Willis
163 Brad Ausmus
164 Preston Wilson
165 Derek Lowe SP
166 Chris Capuano
167 Joe Mauer
168 Torii Hunter
169 Chase Utley
170 Zach Duke
171 Jason Schmidt
172 Adrian Beltre
173 Eddie Guardado
174 Richie Sexson
175 Miguel Cabrera SP
176 Julio Lugo
177 Francisco Cordero
178 Kevin Millwood
179 A.J. Burnett
180 Jose Guillen
181 Larry Bigbie
182 Raul Ibanez
183 Jake Peavy
184 Pat Burrell
185 Tom Glavine SP
186 J.J. Hardy
187 Emil Brown
188 Lance Berkman
189 Marcus Giles
190 Scott Podsednik
191 Chone Figgins
192 Melvin Mora
193 Mark Loretta
194 Carlos Zambrano
195 Chien-Ming Wang
196 Mark Prior
197 Bobby Jenks
198 Brian Fuentes
199 Garret Anderson
200 Ichiro Suzuki
201 Brian Roberts
202 Jason Kendall
203 Milton Bradley
204 Jimmy Rollins
205 Brett Myers SP
206 Joe Randa
207 Mike Piazza
208 Matt Morris
209 Omar Vizquel
210 Jeremy Reed
211 Chris Carpenter
212 Jim Edmonds
213 Scott Kazmir
214 Travis Lee
215 Michael Young SP
216 Rod Barajas
217 Gustavo Chacin
218 Lyle Overbay
219 Troy Glaus
220 Chad Cordero
221 Jose Vidro
222 Scott Rolen
223 Carl Crawford
224 Rocco Baldelli
225 Mike Mussina
226 Kelvim Escobar
227 Corey Patterson
228 Javy Lopez
229 Jonathan Papelbon (RC)
230 Aramis Ramirez
231 Tadahito Iguchi
232 Morgan Ensberg
233 Mark Grudzielanek
234 Mike Sweeney
235 Shawn Chacon SP
236 Nick Punto
237 Geoff Jenkins
238 Carlos Lee
239 David DeJesus
240 Brad Lidge
241 Bob Wickman
242 Jon Garland
243 Kerry Wood
244 Bronson Arroyo
245 Matt Holliday SP
246 Josh Beckett
247 Johan Santana
248 Rafael Furcal
249 Shannon Stewart
250 Gary Sheffield
251 Josh Barfield SP (RC)
252 Kenji Johjima RC
253 Ian Kinsler (RC)
254 Brian Anderson (RC)
255 Matt Cain SP (RC)
256 Josh Willingham SP (RC)
257 John Koronka (RC)
258 Chris Duffy (RC)
259 Brian McCann (RC)
260 Hanley Ramirez (RC)
261 Hong-Chih Kuo (RC)
262 Francisco Liriano (RC)
263 Anderson Hernandez (RC)
264 Ryan Zimmerman (RC)
265 Brian Bannister SP (RC)
266 Nolan Ryan
267 Frank Robinson
268 Roberto Clemente
269 Hank Greenberg
270 Napolean Lajoie
271 Lloyd Waner
272 Paul Waner
273 Frankie Frisch
274 Moose Skowron
275 Mickey Mantle
276 Brooks Robinson
277 Carl Yastrzemski
278 Johnny Pesky
279 Stan Musial
280 Bill Mazeroski
281 Harmon Killebrew
282 Monte Irvin
283 Bob Gibson
284 Ted Williams
285 Yogi Berra SP
286 Ernie Banks
287 Bobby Doerr
288 Josh Gibson
289 Bob Feller
290 Cal Ripken
291 Bobby Cox MG
292 Terry Francona MG
293 Dusty Baker MG
294 Ozzie Guillen MG
295 Jim Leyland MG SP
296 Willie Randolph MG
297 Joe Torre MG
298 Felipe Alou MG
299 Tony La Russa MG
300 Frank Robinson MG
301 Mike Tyson
302 Duke Paoa Kahanamoku
303 Jennie Finch
304 Brandi Chastain
305 Danica Patrick SP
306 Wendy Guey
307 Hulk Hogan
308 Carl Lewis
309 John Wooden
310 Randy Couture
311 Andy Irons
312 Takeru Kobayashi
313 Leon Spinks
314 Jim Thorpe
315 Jerry Bailey SP
316 Adrian C. Anson REP
317 John M. Ward REP
318 Mike Kelly REP
319 Capt. Jack Glasscock REP
320 Aaron Hill
321 Derrick Turnbow
322 Nick Markakis (RC)
323 Brad Hawpe
324 Kevin Mench
325 John Lackey SP
326 Chester A. Arthur
327 Ulysses S. Grant
328 Abraham Lincoln
329 Grover Cleveland
330 Benjamin Harrison
331 Theodore Roosevelt
332 Rutherford B. Hayes
333 Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck
334 Kaiser Wilhelm II
335 Queen Victoria SP
336 Pope Leo XIII
337 Thomas Edison
338 Orville Wright
339 Wilbur Wright
340 Nathaniel Hawthorne
341 Herman Melville
342 Stonewall Jackson
343 Robert E. Lee
344 Andrew Carnegie
345 John Rockefeller SP
346 Bob Fitzsimmons
347 Billy The Kid
348 Buffalo Bill
349 Jesse James
350 Statue Of Liberty
Parallels
All 350 base cards are available in the following mini-sized parallels. All cards measure 1-7/16" X 2-5/8"
Minis
Allen and Ginter Backs
Black Bordered
No Number on Back (limited to 50 copies)
Bazooka Backs (serial numbered to 25 copies)
Mini Wood (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (four-for-each)
Mini-Exclusives
Inserted into Rip cards in 2006 Allen and Ginter, these mini cards are an additional 25 mini cards toward the base set. The cards feature additional pictures that are different from the base set for each player, and are printed on gray cardstock. Ryan and Clemens are depicted on different teams than their standard base card.
351 Albert Pujols
352 Alex Rodriguez
353 Andruw Jones
354 Barry Bonds
355 Cal Ripken Jr.
356 David Ortiz
357 David Wright
358 Derek Jeter
359 Derrek Lee
360 Hideki Matsui
361 Ichiro
362 Johan Santana
363 Josh Gibson
364 Ken Griffey Jr.
365 Manny Ramirez
366 Mickey Mantle
367 Miguel Cabrera
368 Miguel Tejada
369 Mike Piazza
370 Nolan Ryan (Rangers)
371 Roberto Clemente
372 Roger Clemens (Astros)
373 Scott Rolen
374 Ted Williams
375 Vladimir Guerrero
Inserts
N-43
As a tribute to the orginal Allen and Ginter sets, a special group of cards were inserted as box toppers. The cards' dimension are the same measurements as the original 1888 Allen and Ginter N43 cards and are modeled in the same style. Each hobby box had either an N43 or a Postcard card inserted as a box topper.
1 Alex Rodriguez
2 Barry Bonds
3 Albert Pujols
4 Josh Gibson
5 Nolan Ryan
6 Ichiro Suzuki
7 Mickey Mantle
8 Ted Williams
9 David Wright
10 Ken Griffey Jr.
11 Mark Teixeira
12 Adrian C. "Cap" Anson
13 Mike Tyson (Team listed as "Ear Eaters")
14 Kenji Johjima
15 Ryan Zimmerman
Postcards
Two different types of cards were inserted into the hobby boxes of 2006 Allen and Ginter as a box topper. Each box would contain either a postcard box topper or a N43 box topper. The post cards measure approximately the same dimensions as a standard US postal service post card. The card fronts feature a black and white picture from a location that would be associated with the player. The card back feature a short message from the player and a facsimile signature. The "stamp" of the post card features a small portrait picture of the player.
Albert Pujols (St. Louis Cathedral)
Alex Rodriguez (New York - Federal Hall)
Barry Bonds
Cal Ripken Jr.
Derek Jeter (New York Central Park)
David Ortiz
David Wright (New York East River Bridge)
Gary Carter (Baseball Hall of Fame)
Ichiro Suzuki
Josh Gibson (Washington, DC)
Ken Griffey Jr. (Cincinnati - The Ohio River)
Mickey Mantle
Manny Ramirez (Boston)
Miguel Tejada
Ted Williams
Vladimir Guerrero (California Steam Ship Advertisement)
Dick Perez Sketch Cards
The Dick Perez Sketch cards were inserted at a rate of nearly 1 per pack. Perez has a long history of drawing ballplayer portraits for card manufacturers, dating back to the early 1980's in Donruss. Topps called for his drawings to be too small and fine thus losing much of their majesty and detail.
As stated, these cards were seeded into any pack that did not contain a relic, autograph or rip card. The cards are printed on thicker cardstock, thereby doubling as a decoy.
As with the old Diamond King issues in 1990's Donruss, one player from each team is featured on a card, thus a 30 card set.
1 Shawn Green
2 Andruw Jones
3 Miguel Tejada
4 David Ortiz
5 Derrek Lee
6 Paul Konerko
7 Ken Griffey Jr.
8 Travis Hafner
9 Todd Helton
10 Ivan Rodriguez
11 Miguel Cabrera
12 Lance Berkman
13 Mike Sweeney
14 Vladimir Guerrero
15 Rafael Furcal
16 Carlos Lee
17 Johan Santana
18 David Wright
19 Alex Rodriguez
20 Huston Street
21 Bobby Abreu
22 Jason Bay
23 Jake Peavy
24 Ichiro Suzuki
25 Barry Bonds
26 Albert Pujols
27 Aubrey Huff
28 Mark Teixeira
29 Vernon Wells
30 Alfonso Soriano
Original Sketches
Inserted into Rip cards in 2006 Allen and Ginter, these cards are the original sketches drawn by Dick Perez that were used for the regular insert. Each one is completely unique and serial numbered 1/1.
Rip Cards
Although not entirely a new concept (see 1998 Zenith) 2006 Allen & Ginter saw the introduction of the Rip cards. The cards were designed to be torn open and had a second mini card embedded inside. The mini card would either be an autographed mini, a limited gray back mini, an original Dick Perez sketch (1/1) or an original buy-back Allen and Ginter card from 1887.
The cards were seeded at approximately 1 per hobby case or 1:265 packs. There were 50 total rip cards with print runs varying from 10 - 99. A checklist with the print runs is shown below. It should be highlighted that the prices in the Beckett price guide are for ripped cards that have had the inside card removed. Unripped cards carry a much higher premium, if you can even find one at all.
When Allen and Ginter was first released the demand for these cards was sky-high. Thus the price on these cards was significantly higher than other sets that had similarly serial numbered cards.
Although rarely seen on the secondary market anymore, these cards still demand a high premium. A ripped copy of #RIP2 Dontrelle Willis (#7/10) sold on EBay in January 2008 for $55. A ripped copy of #RIP35 Albert Pujols (8/99) was sold on EBay in Jan, 2008 for $10.
RIP1 Mickey Mantle Back 10
RIP2 Dontrelle Willis 10
RIP3 Ivan Rodriguez 10
RIP4 Johan Santana 10
RIP5 Mike Piazza 15
RIP6 Randy Johnson 15
RIP7 Robinson Cano 15
RIP8 Scott Rolen 15
RIP9 Todd Helton 15
RIP10 Alex Rodriguez Back 25
RIP11 Alfonso Soriano 25
RIP12 D.Ortiz/A.Rodriguez 25
RIP13 Barry Bonds Back 25
RIP14 C.Beltran/C.Delgado 25
RIP15 David Wright 25
RIP16 Derrek Lee 25
RIP17 Huston Street 25
RIP18 Mariano Rivera 25
RIP19 Nolan Ryan 25
RIP20 Kenji Johjima 99
RIP21 Cap Anson 99
RIP22 Ryan Zimmerman 99
RIP23 Andruw Jones 99
RIP24 Barry Bonds at Wall 99
RIP25 Cal Ripken 99
RIP26 David Ortiz 99
RIP27 Hideki Matsui 99
RIP28 Ken Griffey Jr. 99
RIP29 Manny Ramirez 99
RIP30 Mickey Mantle w/Bat 99
RIP31 A.Rod Bat Out 99
RIP32 Miguel Cabrera 99
RIP33 Miguel Tejada 99
RIP34 Pedro Martinez 99
RIP35 Albert Pujols w/Bat 99
RIP36 A.Rod Hands Out 99
RIP37 A.Rodriguez/D.Jeter 99
RIP38 Barry Bonds 700 99
RIP39 Derek Jeter 99
RIP40 Ichiro Suzuki 99
RIP41 I.Suzuki/H.Matsui 99
RIP42 Josh Gibson 99
RIP43 M.Mantle Swing 99
RIP44 Jonathan Papelbon 99
RIP45 M.Mantle/T.Williams 99
RIP46 Albert Pujols Back 99
RIP47 Roberto Clemente 99
RIP48 Roger Clemens 99
RIP49 Ted Williams 99
RIP50 Vladimir Guerrero 99
Autographs & Game-Used
Framed Autographs
39 players were featured in an Autographed set. The players autographed mini cards of themselves that were than placed inside a frame similar to the frames that the relic and A&G originals were set in. The autographed cards were inserted in different groups at different rates.
Insertion Odds
* GROUP A ODDS 1:2467 H, 1:3850 R * GROUP B ODDS 1:14,500 H, 1:32,000 R * GROUP C ODDS 1:2200 H, 1:4300 R * GROUP D ODDS 1:548 H, 1:1090 R * GROUP E ODDS 1:473 H, 1:1000 R * GROUP F ODDS 1:250 H, 1:520 R * GROUP G ODDS 1:158 H, 1:299 R
Print Run
The print runs for each group were provided by Topps. None of the cards are serial numbered.
Although Brian Roberts, Felix Hernandez and Zach Duke were all advertised by Topps as being included in this set, it is now believed that these cards were not actually produced. These cards are not included in the Beckett Collections or OPG listing for the set.
AI Andy Irons D 200
AR Alex Rodriguez A 50
BB Barry Bonds A* 25
BC Brandi Chastain D 200
BF Bob Feller E
BJR BJ Ryan E
BW Billy Wagner F
CB Clint Barmes F
CL Carl Lewis D 200
CMW Chien-Ming Wang C 100
CR Cal Ripken Jr. A 50
CU Chase Utley E
CY Carl Yastrzemski A 50
DL Derek Lee E
DP Danica Patrick C 100
DW David Wright E
DWI Dontrelle Willis C 100
EC Eric Chavez G
ES Ervin Santana F
FL Francisco Liriano G
GS Gary Sheffield A 50
HH Hulk Hogan D 200
HS Huston Street E
JB Jerry Bailey D 200
JBA Josh Barfield G
JF Jennie Finch D 200
JG Johnny Gomes G
JS Johan Santana C 100
JW John Wooden D 200
KJ Kenji Johjima A 50
LF Lew Ford G
LS Leon Spinks D 200
MC Miguel Cabrera C 100
MT Mike Tyson D 200
MY Michael Young E
NR Nolan Ryan A 50
OS Ozzie Smith B 75
PF Prince Fielder F
RA Randy Couture E
RC Robinson Cano G
RH Ryan Howard F
RZ Ryan Zimmerman F
SK Scott Kazmir F
SM Stan Musial A 50
TG Tony Gwynn A 50
TH Travis Hafner F
TK Takeru Kobayashi D 200
VG Vladimir Guerrero A 50
VM Victor Martinez E
WG Wendy Guey F
WMP Wily Mo Pena G
Red Ink
Two players, Alex Rodriguez and David Wright, also signed 10 cards each in red ink. These cards were also randomly inserted into packs. The cards are not serial numbered.
Framed Relics
Inserted at varying rates based on different grouping, 50 relic cards were also inserted into the Allen and Ginter packs. Included along with the baseball game used relics were two cards featuring a necktie worn by George W. Bush and a sweater worn by John F. Kennedy. Both of these cards are extremely rare. However, it should be noted that the Mantle jersey relic is no more rare than the Huston Street or Travis Hafner cards.
AP Albert Pujols Uni F
APE Andy Pettitte Jsy F
AR Alex Rodriguez Jsy C
BB Barry Bonds Uni G
BC Bobby Crosby Uni E
BM Brandon McCarthy Jsy E
CB Carlos Beltran Jsy H
CBA Clint Barmes Jsy G
CD Carlos Delgado Jsy F
CMW Chien-Ming Wang Jsy F
CS Curt Schilling Jsy F
CU Chase Utley Jsy G
DO David Ortiz Jsy G
DW David Wright Jsy H
DWI Dontrelle Willis Jsy I
EC Eric Chavez Uni E
FH Felix Hernandez Jsy C
FT Frank Thomas Bat F
GB George W. Bush Tie A 150
GS Gary Sheffield E
HCK Hong-Chih Kuo Jsy D
HM Hideki Matsui Uni G
HS Huston Street Jsy D
JC Jorge Cantu Jsy E
JD Johnny Damon Jsy C
JDY Jermaine Dye Uni G
JF Jeff Francouer Bat C
JG Jonny Gomes Jsy F
JK John F. Kennedy Sweater A 250
JP Jake Peavy Jsy C
JS Johan Santana Jsy G
JT Jim Thome Uni C
MB Mark Buehrle Uni F
MC Miguel Cabrera Uni B
MH Matt Holliday Jsy F
MM Mickey Mantle Uni D
MP Mark Prior Jsy G
MPZ Mike Piazza Bat C
MR Manny Ramirez Jsy H
MT Miguel Tejada Uni E
NS Nick Swisher Jsy E
PK Paul Konerko Uni D
PM Pedro Martinez Jsy I
RC Robinson Cano Uni F
RH Ryan Howard Bat C
RL Ryan Langerhans Bat C
RO Roy Oswalt Jsy G
TH Travis Hafner Jsy D
VG Vladimir Guerrero Bat F
VM Victor Martinez Jsy D
WT Willy Taveras Jsy H
ZD Zach Duke Jsy C
N-43 Autographs
Two autographed N43's were inserted as box toppers.
Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez both signed 10 cards and these were inserted at a rate of 1:1970 hobby boxes.
These cards are extremely rare and do not have listed prices in Beckett printed or OPG.
The Bonds card has sold for $700 and the Rodriguez for $420 - $480
N-43 Relics
Two Relics N43's were inserted as box toppers.
An Albert Pujols uniform relic and a Josh Gibson bat relic were inserted at a rate of 1:1379 hobby boxes.
Each card was serial numbered to 50.
Personalized Postcards
Two different types of cards were inserted into the hobby boxes of 2006 Allen and Ginter as a box topper. Each box would contain either a postcard box topper or a N43 box topper. The post cards measure approximately the same dimensions as a standard US postal service post card. The card fronts feature a black and white picture from a location that would be associated with the player. The card backs feature a short message from the player, hand written by the player with a signature. The "stamp" of the post card features a small portrait picture of the player.
The Mickey Mantle card is signed by his son David.
The odds of pulling a personalized postcard was 1:3000 hobby boxes. Each personalized postcard is a unique 1/1. The Gary Carter appeared on Ebay in January 2007 and sold for $320. The David Wright was reportedly sold for $1325 in 2006 (Source - Beckett Baseball, Oct. 2006, Issue #259)
AGPA-AR Alex Rodriguez
AGPA-CB Clint Barmes
AGPA-CR Cal Ripken
AGPA-CY Carl Yastrzemski
AGPA-DP Danica Patrick
AGPA-DS Duke Snider
AGPA-DW David Wright
AGPA-GC Gary Carter
AGPA-GS Gary Sheffield
AGPA-HH Hulk Hogan
AGPA-JF Jennie Finch
AGPA-MM Mickey Mantle (signed by David Mantle)
AGPA-RC Robinson Cano
AGPA-RH Ryan Howard
AGPA-RZ Ryan Zimmerman