Another Black Refractor

This time of the Boston Red Sox variety, by way of the Far East.

2009 Heritage High Number Clubhouse Collection Jimmy Rollins

Decent looking Clubhouse Collection card of Jimmy Rollins with a piece of game worn jersey.

My First 2009 Heritage High Numbers Ink

Pulled an auto from a pack of 2009 Topps Heritage High Numbers. Brian Barton of the Atlanta Braves. I have to say, the name power in this set is pretty low, but the quality of the cards is much better than the last few Heritage sets when it comes to centering, roller marks, etc.

2009 Topps Heritage High Numbers Have Arrived

Just received my order of 2009 Topps Heritage High Numbers. Overall, the production quality seems to be a bit improved. The majority of the cards are centered well and I have not seen any (yet) with the infamous print roller marks. I did get three SP's out of one box that had the same dinged corner. None of the other cards in those packs had dinged corners, and the SP's are in the middle of the pack so it must have happened pre-pack-insertion. That's a little bit of a bummer, but the rest seem to be fine. First semi-big pull was this Matt Holliday Black Refractor #'d out of 60.



2009 Topps Heritage High Numbers Checklist

2001 Topps Heritage Chrome -- Wow!!!

Just how hard is it to find 2001 Topps Heritage chrome cards? Keep in mind that the chrome cards back then were numbered the same as refractors are numbered now. Each 2001 Topps Heritage chrome card was serially numbered to 552. There is a lot of 45 of them on eBay right now and the bidding is up to almost $1000 with more than two days to go! I am very interested to see if the bidding gets even higher before it ends. You can view the eBay auction here:

2001 Topps Heritage Chrome Lot

2009 Topps Heritage High Numbers Knocking On The Door

For the second year, Topps will be releasing a second series of their popular Topps Heritage cards. Check out the checklist here:

2009 Topps Heritage High Numbers Checklist

The 2009 Topps Heritage High Numbers set looks like it will have almost the exact same setup as the 2008 set. Just like last year there will be 220 base cards including short prints, a 15 card Rookie Performers set, a ten card Then and Now set, a 10 card Flashbacks set and a 100 card chrome/refractor/black refractor set. Of course there will be plenty of Real One autographs, Clubhouse Collection relic cards, auto relic cards, dual auto relic cards, dual auto relic autograph cards, etc. The Real One auto checklist looks kind of weak, but I think it looked weak last year before the set was actually released and Topps through a few unannounced Hall of Famer autos in the set. Hopefully they do that again. It will definitely bring some late year excitement to Topps Heritage enthusiasts.

Wow, Sweet Topps Heritage Mantle

Ran across this 2009 Topps Heritage 1/1 Mickey Mantle cut signature on eBay. Went for a nice amount too. Thanks to the owner (halscoins) for letting me use the scan of the card. Check out the eBay auction at:

2009 Topps Heritage Mickey Mantle Cut Signature