Wednesday, June 24, 2020

2020 Topps Series 2 Yount checklist and gallery

Robin is featured in a few of the inserts this series and all of the corresponding parallels.  Here's the list and I'll add images as I find them, I'll also update the checklist when some inserts parallels are announced or figured out.

2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Baseball All-Stars #85AS-22
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Baseball All-Stars #85AS-22 Blue
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Baseball All-Stars #85AS-22 Black #/299
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Baseball All-Stars #85AS-22 Gold #/50
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Baseball All-Stars #85AS-22 Red #/10
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Baseball All-Stars #85AS-22 Platinum #/1
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Baseball 35th Anniversary All-Stars Autographs #85ASA-RYO
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Baseball 35th Anniversary All-Stars Autographs #85ASA-RYO Black #/199
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Baseball 35th Anniversary All-Stars Autographs #85ASA-RYO  Gold #/50
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Baseball 35th Anniversary All-Stars Autographs #85ASA-RYO  Red #/25
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Baseball 35th Anniversary All-Stars Autographs #85ASA-RYO Platinum #/1
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Chrome Silver Pack #85TC-25
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Chrome Silver Pack #85TC-25 Black #/199
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Chrome Silver Pack #85TC-25 Blue #/150
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Chrome Silver Pack #85TC-25 Gold #/50
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Chrome Silver Pack #85TC-25 Green #/99
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Chrome Silver Pack #85TC-25 Orange #/25
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Chrome Silver Pack #85TC-25 Purple #/75
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Chrome Silver Pack #85TC-25 Red #/5
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Chrome Silver Pack #85TC-25 SuperFractor #/1
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Chrome Silver Pack Autographs #85TC-25 #/25
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Chrome Silver Pack Autographs #85TC-25 Orange
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Chrome Silver Pack Autographs #85TC-25 Red #/25
2020 Topps Series 2 - 1985 Topps Chrome Silver Pack Autographs #85TC-25 SuperFractor #/1
2020 Topps Series 2 - WARriors of the Diamond #WOD-48
2020 Topps Series 2 - WARriors of the Diamond #WOD-48 Blue
2020 Topps Series 2 - WARriors of the Diamond #WOD-48 Black #/299
2020 Topps Series 2 - WARriors of the Diamond #WOD-48 Gold #/50
2020 Topps Series 2 - WARriors of the Diamond #WOD-48 Red #/10
2020 Topps Series 2 - WARriors of the Diamond #WOD-48 Platinum #/1
2020 Topps Series 2 - WARriors of the Diamond Autographs #WARA-RY #/25
2020 Topps Series 2 - Turkey Red 2020 #TR-51
2020 Topps Series 2 - Turkey Red 2020 #TR-51 Blue #/50
2020 Topps Series 2 - Turkey Red 2020 #TR-51 Green #/10
2020 Topps Series 2 - Turkey Red 2020 #TR-51 Black #/1
2020 Topps Series 2 - Turkey Red 2020 Chrome #TRC-51
2020 Topps Series 2 - Turkey Red 2020 Chrome #TRC-51 Blue #/50
2020 Topps Series 2 - Turkey Red 2020 Chrome #TRC-51 Green #/10
2020 Topps Series 2 - Turkey Red 2020 Chrome #TRC-51 SuperFractor #/1




Wednesday, June 10, 2020

2003 Donruss Timeless Treasures HOF Materials Jersey Relic

Year: 2003
Manufacturer: Donruss
Card Set: Timeless Treasures
Card Number: HOF-43
Card Type: Insert Relic
Card Attributes: Relic, Serial numbered
Insert Set: HOF Materials
Relic Type: Jersey
Serial number: 034/100

In 2003 there were almost 100 different baseball card releases. And that's a lot of sets, but what made this year and the next couple so crazy was the explosion of parallels within the sets, inserts, relic, autograph, and relic autograph cards.  Robin has 16 different cards in this set with all the parallels.  He also happens to two cards in the HOF Materials insert set.  He's also featured on card #HOF-18 with a bat relic.  But what is really great about this set and especially this card is the jersey that this swatch is taken from is featured and fully recognized as the source on the back of the card.  Something that is sorely missing in today's, not from any specific event, date, or game,  relic cards.  The card features a very young, maybe still in his teens, Yount in batting pose, although very little of him.  Still this is from a time where relics were still a pretty sought after hit in products and with both his relics in this set being numbered to only 100 fairly rare.  



Monday, June 8, 2020

2020 Topps Diamond Icons Robin Yount Checklist and Gallery



2020 Topps Diamond Icons - Autographs #AC-RY #/25 or so
2020 Topps Diamond Icons - Autographs Purple #AC-RY #/10
2020 Topps Diamond Icons - Autographs Red #AC-RY #/5
2020 Topps Diamond Icons - Autographs Gold #AC-RY #/1
2020 Topps Diamond Icons - Diamond Icons Autographs #DIA-RY #/25 or so
2020 Topps Diamond Icons - Diamond Icons Autographs Purple #DIA-RY #/10
2020 Topps Diamond Icons - Diamond Icons Autographs Red #DIA-RY #/5
2020 Topps Diamond Icons - Diamond Icons Autographs Gold #DIA-RY #/1
2020 Topps Diamond Icons - Single Player Autographed Relic #SPA-RY #/10 or so
2020 Topps Diamond Icons - Single Player Autographed Relic Red #SPA-RY #/5
2020 Topps Diamond Icons - Single Player Autographed Relic Gold #SPA-RY #/1












2020 Panini Diamond Kings Robin Yount Checklist

Robin's got a few cards to chase and lots of parallels.  I'll fix card numbering when this comes out as it's very likely they aren't correct.

2020 Panini Diamond Kings - All-Time Diamond Kings #12
2020 Panini Diamond Kings - All-Time Diamond Kings #12 Artist Proof Blue
2020 Panini Diamond Kings - All-Time Diamond Kings #12 Artist Proof Gold #/49
2020 Panini Diamond Kings - All-Time Diamond Kings #12 Artist Proof Masterpiece #/1
2020 Panini Diamond Kings - All-Time Diamond Kings #12 Litho Proof Base #/25
2020 Panini Diamond Kings - All-Time Diamond Kings #12 Litho Proof Black Framed Masterpiece #/1
2020 Panini Diamond Kings - All-Time Diamond Kings #12  Framed Blue
2020 Panini Diamond Kings - All-Time Diamond Kings #12 Framed Gray
2020 Panini Diamond Kings - All-Time Diamond Kings #12 Framed Plum
2020 Panini Diamond Kings - All-Time Diamond Kings #12 Framed Red
2020 Panini Diamond Kings - All-Time Diamond Kings #12 Framed Wood FOTL #/13
2020 Panini Diamond Kings - All-Time Diamond Kings #12 Framed Black Masterpiece #/1
2020 Panini Diamond Kings - Bat Kings Relic #38
2020 Panini Diamond Kings - Bat Kings Relic #38 Holo Blue #/25
2020 Panini Diamond Kings - Bat Kings Relic #38 Purple FOTL #/20
2020 Panini Diamond Kings - Bat Kings Relic #38 Masterpiece #/1




Sunday, May 31, 2020

1987 General Mills Booklets PSA Graded 8

Year: 1987
Manufacturer: MSA
Set: General Mills Booklet
Card Number: NNO
Card Type: Food Issue Oddball

Another PSA graded Yount that I got from fellow Yount collector Matt many years ago.  A beautiful hand cut Robin Yount from the 1987 General Mills Booklets.  I'm pretty sure I have an uncut one of these somewhere, but looked in my Excel spreadsheet inventory but don't see it listed.  I'll have to dig deeper to see if I actually do.  Regardless the "card" was cut out of booklet that was inserted in Cherrios and Honey Nut Cheerios in Canada back in 1987.  There were 6 different booklets and each booklet featured 10 players.  Robin's booklet is the AL East booklet and  features Don Mattingly, Ricky Henderson, Kirk Gibson, Eddie Murray, among others.  

Produced by MSA and if you collect Robin Yount you probably recognized this well used airbrushed photo.  A great looking specimen for the Yount collection.




Wednesday, May 27, 2020

1991 Studio

Year: 1991
Manufacturer: Leaf/Donruss
Set: Studio
Card Number: 80
Card Type: Base

In 1991 the trading card market was starting to get crowded.  Not as crowded as it would be come by the mid to late 90s and early 2000s, but the writing was on the wall and the race for innovation was on.  Fleer and Donruss were still playing catch up into the more premium card market that Upper Deck launched in 1989 and Topps countered with Stadium Club.  In 1991 Fleer would launch Ultra and Donruss gave us Studio.  Studio was meant to be a stately set.  A throwback to the cabinet cards of the turn of the century.  And Donruss did a pretty good job with this inaugural issue.  The magenta borders work well with the black and white photos and there is a nice write up on the back.  The 1992 issue was a step backward for the set and wasn't a great follow-up to this first set, but in 1993 Donruss really stepped up there game with a glossy finish and holofoil and never looked back putting out some pretty nice versions of this set.  In 1991 this was all you got.  Just a really nice base set, no foil or color parallels, absolutely no autographs or relics, just the standard puzzle piece insert for the black and white Rod Carew.





Thursday, May 21, 2020

On the Radar - 2020 Topps Kenny Mayne 52 Card Baseball Game Series 2

Just a heads up Robin has a variation card in the new 2020 Series 2 Edition of the Kenny Mayne 52 Card Baseball Game.  Since the card is a variation, of one of the 7's, it's not guaranteed when you purchase the box set.  There are 5 variations included with each set. Alternatively you can buy 5 card variations packs.