
Sometimes it’s nice to open a box with lots of cards, lots of parallels, a spattering of inserts, maybe an interesting subset or two. Maybe there’s a guaranteed hit in there, but you’ve got to hunt a bit to find it.
Other times, maybe you want to cut to the chase and get to just the good stuff. 2024 Topps Five Star brings just the good stuff, in this case, autographs.
But what will collectors find in 2024 Topps Five Star? What is worth chasing? And are these worth a break?
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The release date for 2024 Topps Five Star is scheduled for October 4, 2024 (subject to change).
Hobby boxes of 2024 Topps Five Star contain only one pack per box. Each hobby pack contains two cards per pack. Each case contains 8 hobby boxes.
Every card in 2024 Topps Five Star is autographed, most on-card. That’s right, it’s all the autographed hits, and nothing else.
2024 Topps Five Star hobby boxes are pre-selling for $340-360.
The base Five Star Base Autographs offers up 141 signers including a mix of major league veterans, rookies, and former greats of the game. The checklist is both deep and wide, for better or worse. Seeded 1:2 packs.
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Parallels:
Beyond the base autographs and their parallels, there’s over 20 other autograph offerings available with boxes of 2024 Topps Five Star Baseball.
Five Star Signatures contains 38 cards and are seeded 1:31 packs. The checklist is a nice mix of players current and from the past, including big names.
Five Star Silver Signatures consists of 31 cards with the signature in silver ink. Seeded 1:28 packs.
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Parallels include:
Five Star Golden Graphs is made up for 28 cards, with a checklist that’s a nice mix of past, present, and future. Seeded 1:33 packs.
Parallels include:
Five Star Pentamerous Penmanship brings us 39 card representing a fun mix of players from the past, along with current stars and rookies. “Pentamerous” means “divided into or consisting of five parts”, putting it right on theme for Five Star Baseball. Seeded 1:37 packs.
Parallels include:
Five Time Signatures offers up 25 cards, all but two of who represent retired greats and fan favorites. Seeded 1:39 packs.
Five Star Autographed Jumbo Prime includes a jumbo relic with the ink. The set consists of 28 cards of mostly current players, with a handful of former greats. Seeded 1:39 packs.
Parallels include:
Five Tool Phenom Autographs incudes 20 cards and features players who burst onto the scene, both recently and in the distant past. Seeded 1:86 packs with Five Star parallels seeded 1:1,877 packs.
Baseball Royalty is appropriately named, as it features 12 of the biggest names of today and the past. Seeded 1:196 packs with Gold (1:296 packs), Orange (1:560 packs), and Red (1:2,658 packs) parallels.
Five Star Dual Autographs brings us 12 pairings of iconic players, past and present, with two autographs per card. Some truly iconic pairings, including teammates, same team, and an epic Ichiro / Albert Pujols pairing. Seeded 1:323 packs.
Five Star Field Access is made up of six cards that show the featured player on the field from a different angle. Seeded 1:326 packs.
Parallels include:
Five Star Cut Signatures brings us 72 cut signatures of some of the greatest players that are no longer with us, but will never be forgotten. Seriously, check out the checklist when you get a chance. Some iconic names. Seeded 1:463 packs.
Five Star Quintuple Relic Autographs offers us 13 cards with four relics and an autograph on each card. Seeded 1:532 packs.
Leaping for the Stars contains only three cards, of players leaping up and reaching for the stars…and the baseball. Seeded 1:651 packs.
Parallels include:
Five Star Triple Autographs consists of 7 cards, each with three players and three autographs. The names are huge and the trios are epic. Seeded 1:1,100 packs.
Five Stars Autograph Relic Book brings us 6 book-style cards with five autographs per book. As you can imagine, these are some impressive cards and are a tough hit as they are seeded 1:1,063 packs. These are one of the few autograph offerings in the product that use sticker autographs.
Five Stars Autographs features 15 cards each with five autograph per card. This is the other offering in Five Star that leverages sticker autographs.
Five Star Pentamerous Penmanship Dual offers up five pairs of iconic players with two autographs per card. Seeded 1:1,519 packs.
Rookie Cap Patch Autographs MLB Logo features 20 cards featuring 2024 rookies, along with the MLB logo patch hat patch. Seeded 1:1,595 packs.
Parallels include:
Rookie Cap Patch Autographs Side Logo offers up the same 20 cards as the prior set, expect with the side patch logo from the hat. Seeded 1:1,595 packs with Armed Forces (1:1,595 packs) and Independence Day (1:1,595 packs) parallels.
Five Star Celebrity Cut Signatures features 7 cut signatures from pop culture and other sports. The checklist includes two former presidents (James Monroe & William McKinley), two basketball icons (Bill Russell and Bobby Knight), two icons of entertainment (Bing Crosby & Lucille Ball), and the great American author Mark Twain. Seeded 1:4,557 packs.
Five Star Signatures Sadahara Oh Variation offers up an autograph of Sadahara Oh, “the Babe Ruth of Japan”. Seeded a really tough 1:31,896 packs.
2024 Topps Five Star is a decidedly high-end release with just two cards per pack, with them all being autographed. But are these a good candidate to buy and hold unopened?
Let’s see what recent comp prices for boxes from the last few years can tell us.
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Year | Recent Hobby Box Comp Price |
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2024 | $340-$360 |
2023 | $205-$245 |
2022 | $160-$260 |
2021 | $165-$225 |
Based on the above, boxes appear not to be the best option to buy and hold unopened, at least in the fairly short-term of a few years. Prices appear to be roughly in the range of the release price, with some selling for a bit more and some a bit less. These feel like they were made to break.
What about in terms of singles? What can a look at recent sale prices for 2023 Topps Five Star tell us about the potential in 2024?
The high water mark is a 2023 Topps Five Star Gunnar Henderson Jumbo Logo Patch Auto 1/1, which sold for $6,700. Other sales of note include a Shohei Ohtani on card Auto Jumbo Patch /25, which sold for $2,600 and some other Ohtani variations including Jumbo Patch Gold Auto Shohei Ohtani /10 at $2,500 and Shohei Ohtani Auto Jumbo Patch Relic Green /15 sold for around $2,000.
A decent number of other cards have sold recently for over $1,000, with many more selling for $500 plus.
So, the potential for a bit hit, or at least making your money back. On the other hand, some 2023 Topps Five Star singles sold for as little as $1, which is tough when you’re talking about a box that will cost around $350 in 2024.
Every product has pros and cons when deciding whether to purchase and break them. What are some of the pros and cons of 2024 Topps Five Star?
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Pros
Cons
2024 Topps Five Star is a high-end product that brings all the autographs with no filler. While the potential for big hits are here, the rising price tag only increases the risk.
What’s your take on 2024 Topps Five Star? Ready to roll the dice on a bit hit? Or does the price point give you pause? Tell us about it at CardLines on Twitter.
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