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

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
Printing 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
PP3 Brad Fullmer
PP2 Andres Galarraga

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
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
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 ART
127 Scott Rolen
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)
Printing 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. At the time of the product's release, collectors responded well to the 1953-style paintings of artist James Fiorentino. Gallery Heritage would set the stage for the retro-themed products that would drive The Hobby in the early 2000s.

Hank Aaron, who did not appear in the 53 Topps set, has a card in this set, with the other 19 of contemporary players.

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.

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