Saturday, March 7, 2009

The Four 2009 Topps Heritage Variation Cards

So far, four super short print variation cards have been found in the 2009 Topps Heritage set. I have only seen a couple of each so far, so they are pretty hard to pull. The four variation cards found so far are (Click on to see examples):

2009 Topps Heritage #70 Tom/Thom Glavine Variation

2009 Topps Heritage #346 Fred Lewis Variation (Lewis/Wynn Pictured)

2009 Topps Heritage #445 John Smoltz Variation (Braves/Red Sox Uniform)

2009 Topps Heritage #488 Hanley Ramirez Variation (Marlins/Red Sox Uniform)

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Friday, March 6, 2009

Heritage Comes Ripping

Finally, I have received Heritage. Here is the first card in the first pack I opened. Nothing too fancy, but this is how my 2009 Heritage started.

2009 Topps Heritage Nick Blackburn

And here is my first semi-big pull, two boxes in. Can't wait to open the rest.

2009 Topps Heritage Ryan Doumit Black Refractor

Sunday, March 1, 2009

2009 Topps Heritage Variation #2

Here's another one. This one is a bit odd. It is the Hanley Ramirez All-Star card. The regular version has him in a Marlins uniform of course. The variation shows him in a Red Sox uniform, a team he has not played for since 2005. There is probably a story behind this card that relates to the 1960 #488 card, just not sure what it is yet.

2009 Topps Heritage Hanley Ramirez Variation

The First 2009 Topps Heritage Variation is Found

Much like the 2008 Heritage John/Jon Smoltz variation card, another misspelled card with a tie to 1960 Topps has popped up in the 2009 set. In the 1960 Topps set that 2009 Heritage is based on, the #70 card featured Lew Berdette, but Topps misspelled his name as "Lou" on the card. The #70 card in this years Heritage set is of Tom Glavine. Most cards are spelled correctly, but one "Thom Glavine" variation has been found. Here is the one Glavine variation card that has been found so far:

2009 Topps Heritage Thom/Tom Glavine Variation

2009 Dual Autos Spotted

A couple of dual autos have been spotted. These are pretty nice looking, but with only two spotted so far, they are few and far between. Here are the two that have surfaced:

Masterson/Chittum

Webster/Masterson