2024 Topps Pristine Baseball: The Nesting Doll Of The Hobby Returns

Most card products have something they are known for. Bowman is the home of the rookie card (or more accurately, the home of the 1^st Bowman). Topps Flagship is, well, the flagship product that the rest of the hobby builds off of. Topps Chrome offers the shine.

Topps Pristine is a higher-end, colorful product that brings a fun twist with nested packs for your breaking fun.

But what will collectors find inside 2024 Topps Pristine Baseball?

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2024 Topps Pristine Baseball release date & release format

The scheduled release date for 2024 Topps Pristine Baseball is August 23, 2024 (subject to change).

Each hobby box of 2024 Topps Pristine Baseball contains 6 packs per box. Each hobby pack contains 10 cards per pack. But that’s not the whole story. Each of those 6 packs actually contains another pack.

Inside of THAT pack is a third pack. So, in reality, you get to rip 18 packs from a single 6-pack box. There are 8 hobby boxes per hobby case.

Each hobby box of 2024 Topps Pristine Baseball will contain 3 autograph cards per box. One of those autographed cards will contain a relic. Each hobby box also contains five inserts per box and 10 parallels per box.

2024 Topps Pristine Baseball quickly sold out when released as a pre-sale on Topps.com. Pre-sales on the open market are mostly in the $430 to $500 range.

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2024 Topps Pristine Baseball base set & design

The base set of 2024 Topps Pristine Baseball contains 300 cards. The checklist consists of a mix of current players and greats from the past, with a heavy dose of rookie cards. The set also contains a new-for-2024 All Star subset, which consists of 50 cards.

The base set design offers up player photos over a stylized, modern art background.

The team name, player name, and rookie card logo (where applicable) appear at the bottom of the card near some stylized lines that help break up the design. The Topps Pristine logo appears in the upper right hand side of the card.

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2024 Topps Pristine Baseball parallels

Parallels, which fall about 10 per box, are a big part of the fun of Topps Pristine.

Standard parallels include:

• Refractors
• Green Refractors
• Purple Refractors
• Blue Refractors
• Gold Refractors
• Orange Refractors
• Pink Refractors
• Red Refractors
• Superfractors

Pristine Parallels, with their pattern backgrounds, add another dose of chase.

Pristine Parallels include:

• Pristine
• Purple Pristine
• Blue Pristine
• Gold Pristine
• Orange Pristine
• Pink Pristine
• Red Pristine
• Black Pristine

2024 Topps Pristine Baseball inserts

Inserts fall roughly five per hobby box and offer an additional element to chase beyond parallels and autographs. There are some fun designs and interesting themes here.

Pristine Production contains 25 cards and is seeded 1:3 packs, making them far from rare. The checklist contains Ty Cobb and Hank Aaron among many popular current players.

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Parallels include:

• Blue Refractors – (1:91 packs)
• Gold Refractors – (1:136 packs)
• Orange Refractors – (1:271 packs)
• Red Refractors – (1:1,362 packs)
• Superfractors – (1:6,752 packs)

Frozen Ropes contains 28 cards, with 27 current major leaguers and David Ortiz. These are guys who hit the ball hard on a line, aka a “frozen rope”. Seeded 1:6 packs.

Parallels include:

• Blue – (1:81 packs)
• Gold – (1:122 packs)
• Orange – (1:243 packs)
• Red – (1:1,210 packs)
• Foilfractors – (1:6,001 packs)

Oh Snap! Contains 18 cards, with one retired player (Derek Jeter) mixed into a collection of current players. Seeded 1:6 packs.

Parallels include:

• Gold Refractors – (1:189 packs)
• Orange Refractors – (1:377 packs)
• Red Refractors – (1:1,845 packs)
• Superfractors – (1:9,532 packs)

Squeaky Clean has 15 cards and are seeded 1:6 packs. The checklist consists of current major leaguers, plus icons Brooks Robinson and Steve Garvey.

Parallels include:

• Blue Refractors – (1:151 packs)
• Gold Refractors – (1:227 packs)
• Orange Refractors – (1:453 packs)
• Red Refractors – (1:2,250 packs)
• Superfractors – (1:10,804 packs)

Northern Lights is made up of 23 cards and are seeded 1:19 packs. In this one, Ken Griffey Jr. is the only retired player featured.

Parallels include:

• Gold Refractors – (1:148 packs)
• Orange Refractors – (1:296 packs)
• Red Refractors – (1:1,473 packs)
• Superfractors – (1:7,047 packs)

Swings of Summer contains 10 cards, which are seeded 1:85 packs.

Parallels include:

• Orange Refractors – (1:678 packs)
• Red Refractors – (1:3,376 packs)
• Superfractors – (1:16,206 packs)

7 Wonders consists of, you guessed it, seven cards. The seven featured include some of the biggest names of today and the history of the game. Seeded 1:346 packs with Red Refractors (1:4,767 packs) and Superfractors (1:23,150 packs) also available.

Let’s Go has only 5 cards, and they are seeded a tough 1:676 packs. Parallels include Red Refractors (1:6,752 packs) and Superfractors (1:32,410 packs).

2024 Topps Pristine Baseball autographs

Autographs are a big part of 2024 Topps Pristine Baseball, with three per hobby box, with one being a relic. The ink sets offered range from pretty regular to downright tough to pull, with a variety of themes and color palettes.

Pristine Autographs is the largest autograph offering in the product and draws its design from the base set. The set contains 81 cards and is seeded in 1:9 packs.

The deep checklist is a potential blessing and a curse, as you may get an autograph of someone who isn’t in every product. But you may get the autograph of someone who’s not a big name.

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Parallels include:

• Green Pristine – (1:22 packs)
• Purple Pristine – (1:28 packs)
• Blue Pristine – (1:32 packs)
• Gold Pristine – (1:43 packs)
• Orange Pristine – (1:87 packs)
• Red Pristine – (1:441 packs)
• Black Pristine – (1:2,189 packs)

Pristine Pieces Autograph Relics contains 66 cards, all of which contain both a relic and an autograph. These cards are seeded in 1:12 packs.

Parallels include:

• Pristine – (1:27 packs)
• Gold Refractors – (1:52 packs)
• Orange Refractors – (1:104 packs)
• Red Refractors – (1:534 packs)
• Superfractors – (1:2,656 packs)

Frozen Ropes Autographs brings the ink to 23 cards from the Frozen Ropes insert set. Seeded 1:95 packs.

Parallels include:

• Gold Refractors – (1:226 packs)
• Orange Refractors – (1:313 packs)
• Red Refractors – (1:1,514 packs)
• Foilfractors – (1:7,716 packs)

Pristine Production Autographs contains 18 cards of big producers. Seeded 1:100 packs.

Parallels include:

• Blue Refractors – (1:132 packs)
• Gold Refractors – (1:187 packs)
• Orange Refractors – (1:376 packs)
• Red Refractors – (1:1,842 packs)
• Superfractors – (1:10,128 packs)

Popular Demand Autograph Relics offers 33 cards each featuring a relic and an autograph. Seeded 1:102 packs. The checklist is a fun mix of current stars and greats of the past.

Parallels include:

• Gold Refractors – (1:126 packs)
• Orange Refractors – (1:204 packs)
• Pink Refractors – (1:339 packs)
• Red Refractors – (1:1,025 packs)
• Superfractors – (1:5,228 packs)

Oh Snap! Autographs contain 19 cards, seeded 1:164 packs. The loudly designed set features current stars plus icons of the past like Bo Jackson, Ichiro, and Derek Jeter.

Parallels include:

• Gold Refractors – (1:240 packs)
• Orange Refractors – (1:350 packs)
• Superfractors – (1:10,128 packs)

Pristine Personal Endorsements Autographs features 34 cards and a checklist that includes a mix of young players, established stars, and greats of the past. This insert is seeded 1:201 packs. Parallels include Red Refractors (1:1,073 packs) and Superfractors (1:5,401 packs).

Pristine Pair Dual Autographs feature 8 cards, each with a pair of players, all iconic pairings. Seeded 1:831 packs with Red Refractors (1:4,155 packs) and Superfractors (1:20,256 packs) versions also available.

All-Star Game Pristine Pieces Autograph Relics offer up an autograph and a relic, with an All-Star theme. The set consists of 27 cards and are seeded 1:6,233 packs.

2024 Topps Pristine Baseball value

2024 Topps Pristine is a higher-end, pack-inside-a-pack product with 3 autographs per box. But is this product a good candidate to buy and hold unopened? Let’s see what recent comps for hobby boxes from the last few years can tell us.

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The price ranges offer a bit of a range, and there aren’t a ton of comps. At the high end, these do suggest some potential for good ROI. On the low end, perhaps less so. I think it’s safe to say they hold their value reasonably well, especially if you’re willing to wait for the right buyer.

What about in terms of singles? Let’s take a look at recent sales of 2023 Topps Pristine to see what the potential high water mark might look like for 2024 Topps Pristine.

The high water mark is a 2023 Topps Pristine Aaron Judge Oh Snap Superfractor Auto 1/1 that sold for somewhere below $3,500 on a Best Offer. Beyond that, a 2023 Topps Pristine Shohei Ohtani Popular Demand Orange Patch Auto /25 sold for $1,261.

A 2023 Topps Pristine Julio Rodriguez Oh Snap Superfractor Auto 1/1 and a 2023 Topps Pristine Shohei Ohtani Personal Endorsement Auto /5 in PSA 9/10 both sold for around $1,125.

There are a few more for around $1,000, with prices falling from there. But there’s some real value available here in terms of the rarer parallels and autographs of the most popular players. While ROI is far from guaranteed, there’s some potential there.

2024 Topps Pristine Baseball pros & cons

Every product has pros and cons when deciding whether to purchase and break them. What are some of the pros and cons with 2024 Topps Pristine Baseball?

Pros

• With a fun pack-in-a-pack setup, 3 guaranteed autographs, and a nice mix of parallels and inserts, these should be a fun break.
• With several 2023 Topps Pristine cards selling for north of $1,000, the chance for impressive hits is very much there.
• These cards come on premium stock and offer some colorful, stylized designs. While not exactly traditional, these are some quite attractive cards.

Cons

• With a buy-in between $430 and $500 for a hobby box, these aren’t within every budget. While there’s a chance at a strong ROI, it is far from guaranteed.
• The deep Pristine Autographs checklist can offer up some fun and less-seen autographs, but it also adds a level of risk. If your three autograph hits aren’t big names, the chances of having a productive break fall considerably.

Final Thoughts on 2024 Topps Pristine Baseball

2024 Topps Pristine Baseball offers a pack-in-a-pack layout and three guaranteed autographs per box. The product is premium in nature and therefore the buy-in price is far from low, but these have the making of a fun, and potentially productive break.

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