2010 Upper Deck Exquisite
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Description
After a three-year layoff, Upper Deck brought back Exquisite Baseball for 2010. Unlike the 2006 or 2007 set, 2010 Exquisite was not distributed as a stand-alone product. Rather, the set would be randomly inserted into packs of all 2010 Upper Deck Baseball products.
The first 100 cards of the base set were randomly inserted into packs of 2010 Upper Deck Series One as case hits. Each base card is serial-numbered to 75 copies.
On March 3, 2010, as part of a settlement with Major League Baseball Properties, Upper Deck agreed not to release any baseball card products already in the pipeline -- to include SPx, SP Authentic, First Edition, and Goudey. The first wave of Exquisite patch cards were to have been included in 2010 SPx, and the first autographs were to have been seeded into packs of 2010 SP Authentic. However, some Exquisite patch cards have been seen for sale on eBay.
It is unclear if any further Exquisite cards will be produced in 2010.
Distribution
2010 Upper Deck Series One: 1:720 packs.
Checklist
Base Set
1 Derek Jeter
3 Joba Chamberlain
4 Hideki Matsui
5 Alex Rodriguez
8 Daisuke Matsuzaka
10 Dustin Pedroia
12 Carl Crawford
13 David Price
14 Roy Halladay
18 Chipper Jones
20 Ryan Howard
23 Cole Hamels
27 Ryan Zimmerman
28 Gordon Beckham
34 Joe Mauer
35 Justin Morneau
38 Derek Lee
43 Yadier Molina
49 Felix Hernandez
53 Torii Hunter
63 Troy Tulowitzki
64 Justin Upton
65 Dan Haren
67 Kirk Gibson
68 Willie Randolph
71 Joe DiMaggio
72 Pete Rose
80 Bob Feller
82 Steve Carlton
88 Robin Yount
91 Tony Perez
96 Carlton Fisk
? Harold Baines
? Dave Concepcion
? Greg Maddux
? Jose Reyes
? Bo Jackson
? Rod Carew
? Ted Williams
? Chase Utley
? Johan Santana
? Ichiro
? Matt Holliday
? David Ortiz
? Alfonso Soriano
Autographs & Game Used
Diamond Club Autograph
This autographed Derek Jeter card was distributed exclusively to members of Upper Deck's Diamond Club at their January 2010 meeting. It is serial-numbered to 130 copes.
DC-DJ Derek Jeter
Patches
Each card is serial-numbered to 50 copies.
EP-CJ Chipper Jones
EP-TL Tim Lincecum
EP-ZG Zach Greinke
EP-?? Prince Fielder
Combo Patches
Each card is serial-numbered to 35 copies.
ECP2 C. Billingsley/C. Kershaw
? J. Canseco/D. Eckersley
? R. Sandberg/R. Santo
Trio Patches
Each card is serial-numbered to 25 copies.
ETP3 C. Crawford/G. Sizemore/J. Hamilton
ETP7 P. Molitor/C. Cooper/R. Yount
Quad Patches
Each card is serial-numbered to 15 copies.
? P. Molitor/C. Ripken/W. Boggs/R. Carew
? A. Pujols/R. Ludwick/C. Carpenter/Y. Molina
? A. Pujols/P. Fielder/K. Griffey, Jr./J. Hamilton