Sometimes a product comes out and it just doesn’t sound like it will work. A dark-themed, streamlined version of an already somewhat less-than-mainstream product? Doesn’t sound like a recipe for success.
Yet Allen & Ginter X seems to work, to the point where Topps more than doubled the price for 2024. But what will collectors find inside 2024 Topps Allen & Ginter X? What are the hits? And are these worth the new, higher price tag?
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2024 Topps Allen & Ginter X will become available for pre-sale on Topps.com on December 6 at 12 PM ET. The release price will be $149.99 for a hobby box and $1.799.99 for a 12-box hobby case.
It will be interesting to see how quickly the product sells out and what prices on the secondary market look like. The pre-sale price is already more than double the drop price of 2023 Allen & Ginter X, while it shares the same release format.
Hobby Boxes of 2024 Topps Allen & Ginter X will contain 18 packs per box. Each hobby pack contains 8 cards per pack.
Each hobby box of 2024 Topps Allen & Ginter X will contain one Mini Autograph card per box.
The base set of 2024 Topps Allen & Ginter X consists of 300 cards. 50 additional cards, numbered 301-350, are available as Short Prints (SP). SPs are seeded in 1:2 packs.
The cards leverage the design and checklist of 2024 Allen & Ginter, but are the “dark mode” version of the original A&G’s.
According to Topps, the checklist “features a mix of modern-day stars of the MLB, its most exciting rookies, and respected legends, as well as luminaries from outside of baseball, including actors, musicians, world-class athletes, and more!”
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All 300 non-SP cards and all 50 Short Prints (SP) get Mini Variations, similar in size to the original Allen & Ginter cards from the late 1800’s. These are seeded 1:2 packs. Red Mini (1:52 packs) and Silver Mini (1:256 packs) parallels are also available.
Select base cards get Chrome Variations, bringing a chromium shine to the vintage-themed cards and are seeded 1:24 packs. Mini Chrome Variations are also available, seeded in 1:120 packs.
Other variations will surely be available, including A&G’s trademark back variations.
Autographs, which fall one per box, are a big part of the appeal of 2024 Topps Allen & Ginter X.
Mini Baseball Autograph Cards offer a large checklist of autographed mini cards, including rookies, current MLB veterans, and greats of the past. The checklist consists of 151 cards, seeded 1:23 packs.
Parallels include:
Mini Non-Baseball Autograph Cards offers up a variety of mini autographs of non-baseball subjects. Checklist consists of 57 cards, which are seeded 1:35 packs.
Parallels include:
2024 Topps Allen & Ginter X is a dark-mode, streamlined version of the original. But is it a good candidate to buy and hold unopened? Let’s see what recent comp prices for hobby boxes from the last few years can suggest to us.
| Year | Recent Hobby Box Comp Price |
| 2024 | $150 |
| 2023 | $240-250 |
| 2022 | $145-185 |
| 2021 | $135-165 |
The prices are all over the place, as the product has changed slightly over the years. There does seem to be at least some potential here for the boxes to maintain their value, and potentially even gain some.
You could certainly do worse regarding a product to buy and hold unopened than Topps Allen & Ginter X.
What about in terms of singles? What can a look at recent sales of 2023 Topps Allen & Ginter X singles tell us about the potential for 2024?
The high water mark was a Gunnar Henderson Mini Red /5 that sold for just south of $1,000. A Rafael Nadal Mini Silver Framed Auto /25 sold for around $800, as did an Anthony Richardson Gold Ink Mini Auto /5. A Mike Trout /10 in PSA 9 sold for around $400.
A Mark Vientos Red Mini /5 in PSA 10 sold for $350. And a number of cards landed at the $300 price point, including an Anna Leigh Waters Auto in PSA 9/10, a Ken Griffey Jr. Red Mini /5, and a Dennis Eckersley Gold Framed Auto /5.
So, there is certainly the potential for some nice hits, although they obviously are going to be the tougher pulls of big names. While the hits are unlikely to be earth-shaking, there’s at least a solid chance of significant profit, although it’s far from guaranteed.
Every product has pros and cons when deciding whether to purchase or break them. What are some of the pros and cons of 2024 Topps Allen & Ginter X?
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2024 Topps Allen & Ginter X has the makings of a solid, reasonably priced break with some chance for return on investment and some nice-looking cards.
What’s your take on 2024 Topps Allen & Ginter X? Looking to break a box? Buying into a break? Buying singles? Or are you passing on this product? Tell us about it at CardLines on Twitter.
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