Source: Topps
June 12, 2006 - In 1887, the Allen & Ginter Tobacco Company introduced the first ever full-colored baseball cards to the world. The series, which was named Allen & Ginter’s World Champions, not only featured 10 baseball stars of the era, but also included icons from around the sports world.
Next month, Topps will reintroduce the hobby to the exotic 1887 beauty with 2006 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball –featuring all of today’s baseball stars and other sports stars outside of the diamond such as boxer Mike Tyson, race car driver Danica Patrick, track and field’s Carl Lewis, soccer player Brandi Chastain, coaching legend John Wooden, hot dog eating extraordinaire Takeru Kobayashi and many more. And if collector’s like the addition of these subjects, they’ll be pleased to know that the living legends are also signing autographs for this historic product.
Here’s the product breakdown:
350 BASE CARDS -- 300 Ball Players (image attached), 10 Reprints, 15 Sports Icons & 25 Historical Figures (from the 1880s).
PARALLELS (1 PER PACK) – (all Original Allen & Ginter-sized) includes Regular, A&G Back, Black Bordered, Bazooka Back (#’d to 50) and Wood parallels (1 of 1).
51 AUTOGRAPHS -- including 12 Sports Icons on mini cards (Original A & G-sized) in a 2 ˝ x 3 ˝ frame.
50 RELICS – including a cashmere sweater from JFK embedded in mini cards (original A&G-sized) in a 2 ˝ x 3 ˝ frame.
ORIGINALS – Original Allen & Ginter cards in a 2 ˝ x 3 ˝ frame.
375 MINI PRINTING PLATES – Four versions of each featured in a 2 ˝ x 3 ˝ frame.
Each 24-pack hobby box guarantees 2 Framed A&G Original-sized cards (including Autographs, Relics, Printing Plates and Originals).
RIP CARDS – The debut of the all-new Topps RIP CARDS. Included one per case. (Details of this exciting program will be announced later this week)
BOX LOADERS – 15 A&G N43s, 2 A&G N43 Relics, 2 A&G N43 Autographs, 15 A&G Postcards, 15 A&G Personalized Autographed Postcards.
2006 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball releases the week of July 17th and carries a $4.00 SRP for each 7-card pack (each pack includes 1 mini original-sized parallel).
