Some baseball card products are all about the future. Loaded with prospects and garnished with chromium, sapphire, and other splashy finishes, they feel very much of a time in the distant future.
Other products, though, look backward…at the long and storied history of the hobby. Today’s product is one of those products, a celebration of Topps designs of yesteryear, 2024 Topps Archives Baseball.
But what will collectors find inside 2024 Topps Archives Baseball? What are the release formats? What are the hits? And are they worth a break?
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The release date of 2024 Topps Archives Baseball is scheduled for January 8, 2025 (subject to change).
Hobby boxes of 2024 Topps Archives Baseball contain 24 packs per box. Each hobby pack contains 8 cards per pack. There are 10 hobby boxes per hobby case.
Collector Tins of 2024 Topps Archives Baseball contains 10 packs per box. Each collector tin pack contains 8 cards per pack. There are 10 collector tins per case.
Retail Value boxes of 2024 Topps Archives Baseball contain 7 packs per box. Each pack contains 8 cards per pack. There are 10 value boxes per value case.
Hobby boxes contain 2 autographs per box, plus 12 inserts 8 exclusive Pink Base Foilboard parallels per box. Hobby boxes of 2024 Topps Archives Baseball have been pre-selling for $145-155 per box.
Collector Tins come in a collectible retro lunchbox and contain one autograph, 4 inserts, and four exclusive Purple Base Foilboard parallels per box. Collector Tins are pre-selling for around $100.
Retail Value Boxes contain 4 exclusive Black parallels per box. Retail Value boxes are pre-selling for $25.
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The base set of 2024 Topps Archives Baseball contains 300 cards. The checklist includes rookies, current MLB veterans, and greats of the past.
The design? The design is kind of the point with 2024 Topps Archives Baseball. The set is a celebration of great Topps designs of the past. It contains designs based on 1961 Topps, 1970 Topps, and 1994 Topps.
Cards 1-100 leverage the 1961 Topps design, with cards 101-200 looking like 1970 Topps and cards 201-300 matching the strike-year 1994 Topps design.
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Parallels, including several release format exclusives, are a big part of the chase in 2024 Topps Archives, adding a rainbow of color to classic Topps designs.
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Parallels include:
Variations in the product include both design and image variations for each of the sets represented.
1961 Topps Design Variations consist of 40 cards, while 1961 Topps Image Variations offers up alternate images for four top rookies.
1970 Topps Design Variations offers up 35 design variations in the 1970 design, with 1970 Topps Image Variations adding image variations for three more rookies.
1994 Topps designs offered up 15 more design variations in the 1994 Topps Design Variations, with 3 more top rookies featured on 1994 Topps Image Variations.
Inserts come in two distinct levels of scarcity, and like the base set also pay homage to sets of the past, in some cases sets that aren’t even baseball products.
1995 At the Break match the design of the subset from 1995 Topps Traded. Set features 25 cards with a mix of rookies and MLB veterans.
1999 New Breed mimics an insert set from 1999 Topps that put the spotlight on young players. That focus continues for 2024, with 25 cards of top rookies and young stars from across the game.
2006 Own the Game takes inspiration from the 2006 Topps insert that featured league leaders. It features 25 cards of some of the biggest names in the hobby.
Tougher insert sets include:
1953 Topps Who-Z-At Star is based on the 1953 movie star-based product.
1958 Topps TV Westerns is based on the 1958 product that celebrated Westerns, including Gunsmoke and others.
The 1968 Topps Action All-Stars are based on the 1968 Topps test issue sticker product. The set contains 25 cards featuring a mix of rookies and MLB veterans.
1990 Topps Batting Leaders are based on the junk-wax era Topps set, which included a special Kmart 100-card blister pack and featured the players with the highest career batting average. The set includes 25 cards of veteran MLB stars.
Autographs are a bit part of the appeal of 2024 Topps Archives Baseball, with two autographs per hobby box and one per collector tin. The autographs are signed on-card, which should make them especially popular.
Fan Favorites returns as the primary autograph offering in the 2024 Topps Archives Baseball and offers several more great designs from past Topps sets.
1968 Fan Favorites Autographs feature the distinct fabric pattern design of 1968 Topps. They feature 23 cards featuring a mix of rookies, current MLB stars, players of the past, and even broadcasters.
1983 Fan Favorites Autographs brings 22 more signed cards, this time with the classic 1983 Topps design, `which is low-key one of the best Topps designs.
1995 Fan Favorites Autographs features 23 more signed cards, this time in the style of 1995 Topps.
2000 Fan Favorites Autographs contains 20 cards in the 2000 Topps design, with another nice mix of past and present.
Fan Favorites Premium Autographs up the game with 39 of the biggest names in the sport.
1968 Topps Action All-Stars Autographs brings the ink to 21 cards from the retro-themed insert set.
1990 Batting Leaders Autographs consists of 18 autographed cards featuring greats of the past in the insert set design.
1995 At the Break Autographs contains 19 cards, with a mix of current major leaguers and some greats from the past.
1999 New Breed Autographs brings us autographs of 21 young standouts in the style of the 1999 New Breed insert set.
2006 Own the Game Autographs includes 20 signed cards from the insert offering.
Topps Originals Autographs are limited to just 10 copies each for 12 signers who represent Hall of Famers and all-time fan favorites.
2024 Topps Archives Baseball is a retro-themed, nostalgia-driven product with on-card autographs. But are they a good candidate to buy and hold unopened?
Let’s see what recent comp prices from hobby boxes from the last few years can suggest about the potential for 2024.
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| Year | Recent Hobby Box Comp Price |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $150 |
| 2023 | $140-170 |
| 2022 | $125-180 |
| 2021 | $85-110 |
2023 Topps Archives Baseball was selling for $125-130 upon release. 2022 Topps Archives Baseball sold for around $125 upon release.
2024 prices are already higher than those, but recent comps of the 2023 and 2022 hobby boxes suggest these hold their value well and have some upside when held unopened in the short-to-midterm.
What about in terms of singles? What can a look at recent sales of 2023 Topps Archives Baseball singles tell us about the potential for 2024?
A 1989 Red Double Header /10 featuring Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera sold for $1,000. A 1989 Gold Foil Auto /50 of Gunnar Henderson and Adley Rutschman sold for $925, with a second copy selling for $665. A handful of other cards sold for north of $500, with many others in the $100-500 range.
So, the potential is here for some solid, if not exactly earth-shaking hits. This is to be expected with the box’s lower price point. While this is, of course, far from guaranteed, at least the potential for a good break with solid ROI is there.
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 Archives Baseball?
Pros
Cons
2024 Topps Archives Baseball is a retro-themed celebration of Topps designs from the past, with a mix of current and former major leaguers and on-card autographs.
While the hits are the hugest, neither is the price tag, making this a solid candidate for some ROI on a break.
What’s your take on 2024 Topps Archives Baseball? 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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