Sell Sheet - Chicagoland Sports Cards

T
he product with a surprise in every pack is back with even more exciting discoveries to be made
with each rip; this time with retired greats from throughout MLB® history! 2012 Topps Allen & Ginter
Baseball promises all the greatest MLB® stars, as well as champions from all across the world of sports.
With 3 hits per box – including autograph cards, relic cards, cut signatures, original Allen & Ginter
cards, and Rip cards – along with the unexpected hits you’ve come to expect, 2012 Topps Allen &
Ginter Baseball continues to deliver!
BASE CARDS
N E W! Retired Stars!
350 veterans, rookies, retired stars, public figures, and non-baseball champions.
The last 50 card numbers are short-printed and inserted 1:2 packs.
Base Card
Base Card
Base Legend Card
MINI PARALLEL CARDS
Mini Parallel
Original-sized version of the base cards.
Allen & Ginter Back
Featuring a new Allen & Ginter-logo back.
Allen & Ginter Black-Bordered
Allen & Ginter No Number
Limited to 50.
Allen & Ginter Baseball Back
Featuring a specially created Allen & Ginter-logo
back and hand-numbered to 25.
Allen & Ginter Wood
Hand-numbered 1 of 1. HOBBY ONLY
Printing Plates
Featuring all four plates used to print every mini parallel and
mini exclusive card. Framed and numbered 1 of 1. HOBBY ONLY
Allen & Ginter Cloth Cards
A partial parallel featuring 150 base cards printed
on cloth and framed. Sequentially numbered to 10. HOBBY ONLY
Black Border Mini Parallel Card
RELIC CARDS
Allen & Ginter Relics Framed mini cards featuring relics from over 50 MLB® superstars,
both active and retired, and all the other non-baseball athletes and champions.
Allen & Ginter DNA Relics 10 framed mini cards including a strand of
hair from a historical figure. Numbered 1 of 1.
Relic Card
Relic Card
DNA Relic Card
RELIC CARDS
Lepidoptery Cards An exciting, never-before-seen type of card! These hand-crafted cards will
each feature a full, pressed butterfly in an exquisite window-box-style card. These cards will be
inserted into packs as redemptions and numbered. HOBBY ONLY
Allen & Ginter Book Cards 25 book cards featuring players and two autographs,
two relics, or an autograph and a relic. Numbered 1 of 1. HOBBY ONLY
Allen & Ginter Framed Originals 100 framed original
Allen & Ginter buybacks. Numbered 1 of 1. HOBBY ONLY
Allen & Ginter Book Card
AUTOGRAPH CARDS
Allen & Ginter Autographs
Framed mini cards featuring on-card autographs from
over 30 MLB® superstars, both active and retired,
and all the other non-baseball athletes and champions.
Cut Signatures
20 cards featuring cut signatures
of political and historical figures.
Numbered 1 of 1.
Autograph Card
Cut Signature Card
RIP CARDS
ONE PER HOBBY CASE!
100 cards featuring active and retired
MLB® stars, numbered and HOBBY ONLY.
Keep it or RIP it? The choice is yours.
If you rip it, inside you may find:
Allen & Ginter Originals
30 actual, original, 1-of-1 paintings on
a mini card and only found in Rip Cards.
Allen & Ginter Red Autographs
On-card autographs from many of the Allen & Ginter
Framed autograph subjects, signed in red
and hand-numbered in red to 10.
Allen & Ginter Mini Exclusives
50 cards numbered 351-400 and found only in Rip Cards,
these are mini-card variations of players’ base cards.
Allen & Ginter Mini Wood Exclusives
A wood parallel of the mini exclusives. Numbered 1 of 1.
Rip Card
Rip Card Reserve
25 redemption cards for prizes, such
as an autographed jersey or bat!
FULL-SIZED INSERT CARDS
What’s in a Name? 100 cards featuring baseball players
from the past and present. Inserted 1:2 packs.
Historical Turning Points 20 cards featuring great battles, speeches, and
decisions that have helped determine the course of civilization. Inserted 1:10 packs.
You’ve Gotta Be Kidding Me! 15 cards telling some of the
most unbelievable tales from history. Inserted 1:10 packs.
What’s in a Name? Card
Historical Turning Points Card
FULL-SIZED INSERT CARDS
World’s Tallest Buildings 10 cards celebrating the
most impressive edifices in the world. Inserted 1:10 packs.
Baseball Highlights Sketches 25 cards featuring reproductions of original, commissioned
sketches showing some of the greatest baseball highlights of the year. Inserted 1:10 packs.
Colony in a Card This amazing, groundbreaking new type of card can be busted open and,
when combined with water, will sprout a living, breathing colony to enjoy! 1 per case.
World’s Tallest Buildings Card
Colony in a Card
MINI INSERTS
Overall insertion rate for mini inserts is 1:5 packs.
People of the Bible 15 cards featuring some of the
most important figures from the Bible.
Man’s Best Friend 20 cards celebrating some of the
most popular breeds of man’s most popular companion.
World’s Greatest Military Leaders 20 cards
featuring the greatest military leaders in history.
Giants of the Deep 15 cards featuring various species of whale.
Musical Masters 16 musically minded cards
featuring famous composers from throughout history.
Culinary Curiosities 10 cards highlighting some of the
oddest dishes and most bizarre delicacies from around the world.
Man’s Best Friend Card
People of the Bible Card
Giants of the Deep Card
World’s Greatest Military Leaders
THE GINTER CODE
Be sure to keep an eye out for the Ginter Code. It will return,
but in an all-new, surprising, engaging, and accessible format!
The first one to crack the code will win a complete set of Framed Allen & Ginter Autograph Subjects!
BOX LOADERS
HOBBY ONLY – ONE PER BOX!
N43 Box Loader 15 cards styled after
the original N43 card and in the
original size, featuring baseball players.
N43 Box Loader Relic 10 of the above cards
with a relic piece and hand-numbered to 25.
N43 Box Loader Autograph 10 of the
above cards with an on-card autograph
and hand-numbered to 15.
N43 Box Loader Autographed Relic
5 of the above cards with an on-card autograph,
a relic piece, and hand-numbered to 5.
N43 Artifacts Box Loader 5 cards
featuring real relics from civilizations of
days past. Numbered.
N43 Boxloader Autographed Relic Card
BOX LOADERS
HOBBY ONLY – ONE PER BOX!
Baseball Highlight Cabinet Box Loaders
5 cabinet-card-sized box loaders will feature a 2011 baseball highlight
with superimposed mini cards of the players involved in the highlight.
Baseball Highlight
Cabinet Boxloader Card
Rollercoaster Cabinet Box Loaders
5 Cabinet-card-sized box loaders featuring some of the
most famous, fearsome rollercoasters from around the world.
Cabinet Relics 10 cabinet-card-sized box loaders featuring relics
you can’t find anywhere else – full jersey pieces featuring player’s
names or numbers. Numbered 1 of 1.
Currency of the World Cabinet Relic Box Loaders
30 cabinet-sized cards featuring an embedded coin from
countries around the world. Numbered to 50.
Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball returns with all the fun you’ve come
to expect, from baseball and beyond! This year, with retired MLB®
stars, Lepidoptery Cards featuring actual butterflies, the unique
Colony in a Card allowing collectors to create their own ecosystem,
and artifacts and currency from around the world, 2012 Topps Allen
& Ginter Baseball steps up its game and delivers like never before!
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Currency of the World Cabinet Relic Box Loader
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