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

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.