The Blog about collecting baseball cards and memorabilia of the 2 time MVP, 3142 hit, 1999 HOF inductee, Brewer's Franchise player Mr. Robin Yount.
If you've got some deep pockets there are a couple insane 1 of 1's in this set, but also an attainable sketch reproduction numbered to 95. Here is the checklist
Not included in the regular Stadium Club set the Chrome product extends the checklist by another 100 cards to a 400 card set and Robin is include. As a matter of fact the Brewers add 5 more cards to the checklist with the extra 100 cards.
2020 Topps Stadium Club Chrome #315
A 582 Montgomery Club members exclusive release Robin has a couple autos to chase.
Robin is featured in the base relic set, as well as, a couple of the 1 of 1 relic sets. I'll update card designations once stuff starts showing up.
2020 Panini National Treasures Base Relic #71 #/99
Robin is featured in the base auto relic. Topps hasn't actually released an actual checklist for the base set, and hasn't for years actually, with card designations. What usually happens is each player featured in the checklist has multiple cards with a number designation behind the player initials like in 2019 DAP-RY1, RY2, etc. I would expect no different this year. The base auto relics are serial numbered to 10, with a silver parallel numbered to 5, and a gold parallel numbered 1 of 1. I'll update the checklist when I can verify the actual card designation and how many Robin has.
Robin is featured in one of the insert sets in this year's Topps Update. It's also possible that he'll get a varaition card in the main checklist, but we'll have to wait till the set comes out to see if that happens.
I guess it was only a matter of time. Rip cards, one of the most popular aspects of Topps Allen and Ginter product, although not an A&G original idea, are now a set amongst themselves.
Available exclusively on the Topps website at the end of October, each $100 box boasts one pack of 4 rip cards. Do you keep the card or rip it for what's inside. And what could be inside? Autos, rarer mini cards and of course parallels of those.
Robin's not in the base rip card set, but is featured in the mini card set and mini auto set. Here's the checklist for his cards. I add images as stuff starts popping up.
Topps has a new online set as part of there Topps x brands this time is 70s themed with the Topps x Super 70s Sports - Curated Set. Curated by Ricky Cobb who created and posts funny bits on his twitter account @Super70sSports. I personally hadn't heard of him, but I'm not hip or with it at all so that's not surprising. Regardless Robin as a card in the base set. Sadly he's not featured in any of the inserts or the autograph checklist and I'm not sure if there will be base card parallels to the set. There's no indication that there are on the Topps website, but doesn't mean there's not.
2020 Topps Online - Topps x Super 70s Sports # 47
Since Robin was in the base A&G set it's no surprise we have X cards to chase. I'm also expecting he'll have a Chrome cards and refractors in the first edition of Allen and Ginter chrome later this year. Here's Robins card in this year's product.
Rejoice Yountophiles, Robin is in the base set of this year's Gold Label, that means lots of card to chase. I think this might be the first time since the brand was introduced in the 90s that he's featured in the base set. In previous sets he has been in the inserts.
Distributed as an exclusive insert to the K-Mart 100 card blister packs these Career Batting Leader cards are not all that easy to find. Robin's 1990 card features the exact same photo and layout as his 1989 K-Mart card, except in red. I found this well loved copy in the 50 cent box at Don's Sportcards, one of my LCS', here in Anchorage, Alaska. The bottom part of the card has some issues, but I knew I didn't have a copy of this card or it's 1989 twin so picking it up for a couple quarters was an easy decision.
I would have labeled this post the 2020 Leaf Superlative Sports Yount checklist, but Robin has only one card in this set. Literally one card. And it's been pulled and up on eBay, so to document the card here you go. I've added this one lone card to the 2020 master checklist.
2020 Leaf Superlative Sports - Spectacular Patch #SP-51 #/1
Robin's featured in the base set this year, which means plenty of parallels to chase and he has a few auto relics and relics to chase, those are all very low numbered
2020 Topps Triple Thread #53
I just had this beauty arrive the other day. I had the good luck to pull a Kyle Lewis rookie auto out of Donruss Optic a couple months ago and sold it for a very good price. Good enough that I was able to pick up this card and have money left over. I'll be honest I got a surprisingly good deal on this card, but currently the market is flooded with autographed Yount cards and has been for the last couple years. As is the trend the first few new autos tend to sell for a premium, but if you're patient and find the right auction well things like this fall into your lap.
Since getting married and having a child my discretionary spending has tanked, but I do try to add at least one new Yount auto a year. That didn't happen last year as I took a year off of buying and selling on eBay, but have just recently started dipping my toes in again. As a matter of fact I've got quite a few new Younts I've acquired over last couple months to show off.
Five star is always a favorite and how can you go wrong with a low numbered on-card autograph? Plus I love the look of the silver paint marker used to sign this card. It really makes it pop. The Silver Signatures set comes in 7 different varieties with the base autographs being numbered to only 40. And truth be told I would have been happy with any of the higher number versions, but I do love the color blue.
Year: 2020
Manufacturer: Topps
Set: Flagship (Series 1)
Card Number: 85-61
Card Type: Insert, Parallel
Insert Set: 1985 Topps
Parallel: Black
Card Attributes: Serial Numbered
As a card collector there are a few routes we can take to pick up new cards. With the pandemic those options have been slightly reduced, but as a mainstay of the hobby eBay has been one of the main options for most of us for almost two decades. I took a hiatus on eBay, both buying and selling for over a year, but just dipped my toes back in about a month ago selling a couple cards of some current hot players to turn those cards into cards I wanted. For me the biggest hurdle about diving back into eBay was the rise in shipping costs. As a seller I know how much a parcel is going to cost, so selling lower value cards really isn't an option for me anymore and the $4+ price tag for shipping on a lot of cards has really made picking up these lower value card less appealing as well. But there are a few sellers that have embraced using the PWE (plain white envelope). So if you're willing to take the risk of this cheaper shipping option it's not a bad way to go.
So the first card I picked up on eBay in over a year was this 2020 Topps 1985 Black parallel. I've since picked up a nice handful of new Yount via eBay, one I'm really excited about that will hopefully be here by the end of the week. But with a little patience I've been able to pick up some nice additions.
I was very much to surprised to find Robin's name in the 2020 Bowman Chrome checklist. Not that I'm complaining. He's featured in the Farm to Fame insert set, which also has a couple parallels. Oddly Robin spent very little time in the Minor Leagues in 1974 before being called up.
