While most of the same parallels listed above apply to the SP cards, there is no Blue Foil edition. Signed versions also cover the entire set with on-card base Autographs (#/5) and a one-of-one Orange parallel.

There are also more limited options with the case-hit Derek Jeter Retrospective Short Prints . These specifically highlight his debut 1993 Topps Draft Pick card and his final flagship base card in 2015 Topps.

Jeter Update: Building on the retro choices in 2017 Topps Archives Baseball, Yankees legend Derek Jeter is honored with Derek Jeter Retrospective inserts at 1:12 packs (or one per blaster). The 21-card main set reprints many of Jeter's flagship appearances from his playing career, adding a special foil stamp. In addition to the silver base version, parallels include Blue Foil (#/150), Green Foil (#/99), Gold Foil (#/50), Red Foil (#/10) and Black Foil (1/1).

Retail Update: Giving retail collectors an additional incentive, 2017 Topps Archives Baseball Retail Value Box formats offer a bonus pack with a pair of exclusive Topps Coin inserts. These, of course, are a throwback to the Topps coins of the 1980s .

Finally, a pair of standard inserts close out 2017 Topps Archives Baseball. Highlighting stars from multiple eras, the 1959 Bazooka Baseball design has been tweaked to fit in regular packs. Also, new 2016 Retro Original cards showcase seasoned superstars on a throwback design. Both inserts add color parallels.

Offering two signed cards per box, 2017 Topps Archives Baseball is led by several on-card autograph inserts. The familiar Fan Favorites Autograph set is the main option with Peach (#'d), Blue (#'d), Red (#/25), and Gold (1/1) parallels. 1960 Rookie Star Autograph (#'d) inserts borrow the famed '60 rookie design while the case-hit 1959 Bazooka Autograph (#'d) line pays homage to the box-bottom cards of the past. Collectors can also find a multitude of Topps Originals Autographs buybacks (#'d) that are foil stamped and hard-signed.

Split between 1960 Topps (100 cards), 1982 Topps (100 cards) and 1992 Topps (100 cards), the 300-card base set revisits earlier flagship designs for both retired players and current stars. Parallels include Peach (#'d), Blue (#'d), and Black (1/1), as well as new Red (#/25) versions. Another debut addition, there are also as many as 20 base SP Variations .

These changes include more depth and variety among the signers as well as some on-card autograph inserts and new base variations. However, the total hits remain the same with two autographs in each hobby box.

DJA-13 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-14 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-15 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-16 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-17 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-18 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-19 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-20 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-21 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-22 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-23 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees

DJA-1 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-2 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-3 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-4 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-5 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-6 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-7 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-8 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-9 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-10 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-11 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees DJA-12 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees

FFA-AB Aaron Boone - New York Yankees (2001) FFA-ABE Andrew Benintendi - Boston Red Sox (1985) FFA-ABR Alex Bregman - Houston Astros (1984) FFA-AJ Aaron Judge - New York Yankees (1983) FFA-AR Anthony Rizzo - Chicago Cubs (1982) FFA-BB Billy Bean - San Diego Padres (1989) FFA-BJ Brian Jordan - Atlanta Braves (2001) FFA-BL Bill "Spaceman" Lee - Boston Red Sox (1971) FFA-BT Bobby Thigpen - Chicago White Sox (1990) FFA-BV Bald Vinny - New York Yankees (1990) FFA-CC Carlos Correa - Houston Astros (1979) FFA-CJ Cleon Jones - New York Mets (1971) FFA-CK Clayton Kershaw - Los Angeles Dodgers (1983) FFA-DD David Dahl - Colorado Rockies (1990) FFA-DJ Derek Jeter - New York Yankees (2001) FFA-DMA Dave Magadan - New York Mets (1990) FFA-DS Dave Stieb - Toronto Blue Jays (1990) FFA-ER Edgar Renteria - Florida Marlins (2001) FFA-GB George Bell - Toronto Blue Jays (1984) FFA-GC Gary Cohen - New York Mets (1960) FFA-HA Hank Aaron - Milwaukee Braves (1990) FFA-JC Joe Castiglione - Boston Red Sox (1983) FFA-JE Jim Edmonds - St. Louis Cardinals (2001) FFA-JH John Hirschbeck - Major League Baseball (1979) FFA-JJ Jim Joyce - Major League Baseball (1983) FFA-JMC Joe McEwing - New York Mets (2001) FFA-JS John Smiley - Pittsburgh Pirates (1991) FFA-JST John Sterling - New York Yankees (2001) FFA-KB Kris Bryant - Chicago Cubs (1983) FFA-KM Kevin Maas - New York Yankees (1990) FFA-KR Ken Rosenthal (1982) FFA-KS Kevin Seitzer - Kansas City Royals (1989)

151 Jharel Cotton - Oakland Athletics RC 152 Victor Martinez - Detroit Tigers 153 Frank Thomas - Oakland Athletics 154 Roman Quinn - Philadelphia Phillies RC 155 Cole Hamels - Texas Rangers 156 Maikel Franco - Philadelphia Phillies 157 Aledmys Diaz - St. Louis Cardinals 158 Hunter Renfroe - San Diego Padres RC 159 Pedro Martinez - Boston Red Sox 160 Roy Oswalt - Houston Astros 161 Anthony Rizzo - Chicago Cubs 162 Roger Maris - St. Louis Cardinals 163 John Smoltz - Atlanta Braves 164 Larry Doby - Cleveland Indians 165 Wade Davis - Chicago Cubs 166 Zach Britton - Baltimore Orioles 167 Dennis Eckersley - Oakland Athletics 168 Orlando Arcia - Milwaukee Brewers RC 169 Starlin Castro - New York Yankees 170 Nelson Cruz - Seattle Mariners 171 Kevin Pillar - Toronto Blue Jays 172 Rich Hill - Los Angeles Dodgers 173 Carlos Martinez - St. Louis Cardinals 174 Jonathan Villar - Milwaukee Brewers 175 Sandy Koufax - Los Angeles Dodgers 176 Stephen Piscotty - St. Louis Cardinals 177 Nomar Garciaparra - Boston Red Sox 178 Edwin Encarnacion - Cleveland Indians 179 Early Wynn - Cleveland Indians 180 Danny Duffy - Kansas City Royals 181 Eddie Murray - Baltimore Orioles 182 Justin Turner - Los Angeles Dodgers 183 Anthony Rendon - Washington Nationals 184 Teoscar Hernandez - Houston Astros RC 185 Ivan Rodriguez - Texas Rangers 186 Monte Irvin - New York Giants 187 Jason Kipnis - Cleveland Indians 188 Ozzie Smith - San Diego Padres 189 Jeurys Familia - New York Mets 190 Zack Greinke - Arizona Diamondbacks 191 Sparky Anderson - Cincinnati Reds 192 Ryne Sandberg - Chicago Cubs 193 Tony Clark 194 Xander Bogaerts - Boston Red Sox 195 Craig Kimbrel - Boston Red Sox 196 Chris Davis - Baltimore Orioles 197 Jimmie Foxx - Philadelphia Athletics 198 Ben Zobrist - Chicago Cubs 199 Carlos Santana - Cleveland Indians 200 Kris Bryant - Chicago Cubs 1992 Topps 201 Roberto Clemente - Pittsburgh Pirates 202 Felix Hernandez - Seattle Mariners 203 Yasmani Grandal - Los Angeles Dodgers 204 Warren Spahn - Milwaukee Braves 205 Trea Turner - Washington Nationals 206 John Lackey - Chicago Cubs 207 Juan Marichal - San Francisco Giants 208 Todd Frazier - Chicago White Sox 209 George Springer - Houston Astros 210 Mookie Betts - Boston Red Sox 211 Starling Marte - Pittsburgh Pirates 212 Jacob deGrom - New York Mets 213 Paul Konerko - Chicago White Sox 214 Seung-Hwan Oh - St. Louis Cardinals 215 Tyler Austin - New York Yankees RC 216 Christian Yelich - Miami Marlins 217 Kole Calhoun - Los Angeles Angels 218 Aaron Boone - New York Yankees 219 Jim Bunning - Detroit Tigers 220 Kenta Maeda - Los Angeles Dodgers 221 JaCoby Jones - Detroit Tigers RC 222 Matt Carpenter - St. Louis Cardinals 223 Jose Abreu - Chicago White Sox 224 Bobby Abreu - Philadelphia Phillies 225 Babe Ruth - New York Yankees 226 Hanley Ramirez - Boston Red Sox 227 Manny Machado - Baltimore Orioles 228 Bob Lemon - Cleveland Indians 229 Gerrit Cole - Pittsburgh Pirates 230 Omar Vizquel - Seattle Mariners 231 Mark McGwire - St. Louis Cardinals 232 Lou Boudreau - Cleveland Indians 233 A.J. Pollock - Arizona Diamondbacks 234 Ian Kinsler - Detroit Tigers 235 Chris Sale - Boston Red Sox 236 Braden Shipley - Arizona Diamondbacks RC 237 Joe Musgrove - Houston Astros RC 238 Gregory Polanco - Pittsburgh Pirates 239 Kelvin Herrera - Kansas City Royals 240 Rick Porcello - Boston Red Sox 241 Justin Verlander - Detroit Tigers 242 Matt Olson - Oakland Athletics RC 243 David Ortiz - Boston Red Sox 244 Trevor Story - Colorado Rockies 245 Johnny Cueto - San Francisco Giants 246 Wil Myers - San Diego Padres 247 Matt Harvey - New York Mets 248 Andre Dawson - Chicago Cubs 249 Tom Glavine - Atlanta Braves 250 Bryce Harper - Washington Nationals 251 Jeff Samardzija - San Francisco Giants 252 Evan Gattis - Houston Astros 253 Jean Segura - Seattle Mariners 254 George Brett - Kansas City Royals 255 Reggie Jackson - Baltimore Orioles 256 Ian Desmond - Colorado Rockies 257 T.J. Rivera - New York Mets 258 Dustin Pedroia - Boston Red Sox 259 Tony La Russa - St. Louis Cardinals 260 Bob Feller - Cleveland Indians 261 Rob Zastryzny - Chicago Cubs RC 262 Eddie Mathews - Milwaukee Braves 263 Roberto Osuna - Toronto Blue Jays 264 Kyle Schwarber - Chicago Cubs 265 Randy Johnson - Montréal Expos 266 Daniel Murphy - Washington Nationals 267 Seth Lugo - New York Mets RC 268 Andrew McCutchen - Pittsburgh Pirates 269 Reynaldo Lopez - Chicago White Sox RC 270 Mark Melancon - San Francisco Giants 271 Justin Upton - Detroit Tigers 272 Jose Canseco - Oakland Athletics 273 Ted Williams - Boston Red Sox 274 Andrew Miller - Cleveland Indians 275 Alex Bregman - Houston Astros RC 276 Giancarlo Stanton - Miami Marlins 277 Yoan Moncada - Chicago White Sox RC 278 Tom Seaver - Cincinnati Reds 279 Kyle Seager - Seattle Mariners 280 Robin Roberts - Philadelphia Phillies 281 Charlie Blackmon - Colorado Rockies 282 David Robertson - Chicago White Sox 283 Adam Eaton - Washington Nationals 284 Jake Arrieta - Chicago Cubs 285 Michael Brantley - Cleveland Indians 286 Rougned Odor - Texas Rangers 287 Paul Goldschmidt - Arizona Diamondbacks 288 Matt Strahm - Kansas City Royals RC 289 Aroldis Chapman - New York Yankees 290 Kevin Gausman - Baltimore Orioles 291 Hunter Dozier - Kansas City Royals 292 Adam Wainwright - St. Louis Cardinals 293 Jose Altuve - Houston Astros 294 Joey Votto - Cincinnati Reds 295 Whitey Herzog - Kansas City Royals 296 Carlos Carrasco - Cleveland Indians 297 Miguel Cabrera - Detroit Tigers 298 Addison Russell - Chicago Cubs 299 Luis Gonzalez - Houston Astros 300 Derek Jeter - New York Yankees

1960 Topps 1 Mike Trout - Los Angeles Angels 2 Buster Posey - San Francisco Giants 3 Earl Weaver - Baltimore Orioles 4 Goose Gossage - New York Yankees 5 Tony Pérez - Cincinnati Reds 6 Ryan Braun - Milwaukee Brewers 7 Billy Hamilton - Cincinnati Reds 8 DJ LeMahieu - Colorado Rockies 9 Mark Trumbo - Baltimore Orioles 10 Rio Ruiz - Atlanta Braves RC 11 Nolan Ryan - New York Mets 12 Andres Galarraga - Montréal Expos 13 Jorge Alfaro - Philadelphia Phillies RC 14 Marcell Ozuna - Miami Marlins 15 Brandon Belt - San Francisco Giants 16 Jay Bruce - New York Mets 17 Melky Cabrera - Chicago White Sox 18 Sean Manaea - Oakland Athletics 19 Russell Martin - Toronto Blue Jays 20 Jonathan Lucroy - Texas Rangers 21 Jose Ramirez - Cleveland Indians 22 Raimel Tapia - Colorado Rockies RC 23 Honus Wagner - Pittsburgh Pirates 24 Willie McCovey - San Francisco Giants 25 David Dahl - Colorado Rockies RC 26 Yoenis Cespedes - New York Mets 27 Jonathan Schoop - Baltimore Orioles 28 Evan Longoria - Tampa Bay Rays 29 Josh Donaldson - Toronto Blue Jays 30 Khris Davis - Oakland Athletics 31 David Price - Boston Red Sox 32 Juan Gonzalez - Texas Rangers 33 Miguel Sano - Minnesota Twins 34 Carl Yastrzemski - Boston Red Sox 35 Brooks Robinson - Baltimore Orioles 36 Yu Darvish - Texas Rangers 37 Jon Gray - Colorado Rockies 38 Luis Aparicio - Chicago White Sox 39 Rob Segedin - Los Angeles Dodgers RC 40 Joc Pederson - Los Angeles Dodgers 41 Justin Bour - Miami Marlins 42 David Cone - New York Mets 43 Duke Snider - Los Angeles Dodgers 44 Julio Teheran - Atlanta Braves 45 Javier Baez - Chicago Cubs 46 Aaron Sanchez - Toronto Blue Jays 47 Jeff Hoffman - Colorado Rockies RC 48 Jim Palmer - Baltimore Orioles 49 Brian Dozier - Minnesota Twins 50 Hank Aaron - Atlanta Braves 51 Robert Gsellman - New York Mets RC 52 Bo Jackson - Kansas City Royals 53 Freddie Freeman - Atlanta Braves 54 Chris Archer - Tampa Bay Rays 55 Fernando Valenzuela - Los Angeles Dodgers 56 Eric Hosmer - Kansas City Royals 57 Albert Pujols - Los Angeles Angels 58 Odubel Herrera - Philadelphia Phillies 59 Rollie Fingers - Oakland Athletics 60 Catfish Hunter - Oakland Athletics 61 Gary Carter - New York Mets 62 Aaron Judge - New York Yankees RC 63 Ryon Healy - Oakland Athletics RC 64 Noah Syndergaard - New York Mets 65 Stephen Strasburg - Washington Nationals 66 Adrian Beltre - Texas Rangers 67 Edwin Diaz - Seattle Mariners 68 Lorenzo Cain - Kansas City Royals 69 Jason Heyward - Chicago Cubs 70 Ichiro - Miami Marlins 71 German Marquez - Colorado Rockies RC 72 Edgar Martinez - Seattle Mariners 73 Bobby Doerr - Boston Red Sox 74 Corey Kluber - Cleveland Indians 75 Ty Cobb - Detroit Tigers 76 Curtis Granderson - New York Mets 77 Nomar Mazara - Texas Rangers 78 Nolan Arenado - Colorado Rockies 79 Brandon Crawford - San Francisco Giants 80 Max Scherzer - Washington Nationals 81 Tyler Glasnow - Pittsburgh Pirates RC 82 Mike Piazza - Los Angeles Dodgers 83 Joe Morgan - Cincinnati Reds 84 Carson Fulmer - Chicago White Sox 85 Jon Lester - Chicago Cubs 86 Drew Smyly - Seattle Mariners 87 Dellin Betances - New York Yankees 88 Salvador Perez - Kansas City Royals 89 Adam Duvall - Cincinnati Reds 90 Kenley Jansen - Los Angeles Dodgers 91 Adam Jones - Baltimore Orioles 92 Masahiro Tanaka - New York Yankees 93 Matt Kemp - Atlanta Braves 94 Manny Margot - San Diego Padres RC 95 Don Mattingly - New York Yankees 96 Bruce Sutter - Chicago Cubs 97 Johnny Damon - Boston Red Sox 98 Jake Lamb - Arizona Diamondbacks 99 Lou Gehrig - New York Yankees 100 Corey Seager - Los Angeles Dodgers 1982 Topps 101 Dansby Swanson - Atlanta Braves RC 102 Carlos Correa - Houston Astros 103 Alex Reyes - St. Louis Cardinals RC 104 Bert Blyleven - Cleveland Indians 105 Jake Odorizzi - Tampa Bay Rays 106 Fergie Jenkins - Chicago Cubs 107 Carlos Gonzalez - Colorado Rockies 108 Steven Matz - New York Mets 109 Gavin Cecchini - New York Mets RC 110 Billy Williams - Chicago Cubs 111 Danny Salazar - Cleveland Indians 112 Francisco Lindor - Cleveland Indians 113 Elvis Andrus - Texas Rangers 114 Jose De Leon - Tampa Bay Rays RC 115 Andy Pettitte - Houston Astros 116 Curt Schilling - Philadelphia Phillies 117 Dee Gordon - Miami Marlins 118 Drew Pomeranz - Boston Red Sox 119 Yulieski Gurriel - Houston Astros RC 120 Dexter Fowler - St. Louis Cardinals 121 Marcus Stroman - Toronto Blue Jays 122 Willie Stargell - Pittsburgh Pirates 123 Gary Sanchez - New York Yankees 124 Randal Grichuk - St. Louis Cardinals 125 Jackie Robinson - Brooklyn Dodgers 126 Jacoby Ellsbury - New York Yankees 127 Troy Tulowitzki - Toronto Blue Jays 128 Roberto Alomar - Cleveland Indians 129 Yasiel Puig - Los Angeles Dodgers 130 Robinson Cano - Seattle Mariners 131 Jackie Bradley Jr. - Boston Red Sox 132 Andrew Benintendi - Boston Red Sox RC 133 Jake Thompson - Philadelphia Phillies RC 134 Whitey Ford - New York Yankees 135 Sonny Gray - Oakland Athletics 136 Rob Manfred 137 Kyle Hendricks - Chicago Cubs 138 Clayton Kershaw - Los Angeles Dodgers 139 Phil Rizzuto - New York Yankees 140 Lou Brock - St. Louis Cardinals 141 Dallas Keuchel - Houston Astros 142 Carlos Asuaje - San Diego Padres RC 143 Willson Contreras - Chicago Cubs 144 Ken Giles - Houston Astros 145 Hisashi Iwakuma - Seattle Mariners 146 Michael Fulmer - Detroit Tigers 147 Jose Bautista - Toronto Blue Jays 148 Harmon Killebrew - Washington Senators 149 J.D. Martinez - Detroit Tigers 150 Jose Quintana - Chicago White Sox

Product Review

2017 Topps Archives Baseball Product Review

Reviewed by Trey Treutel

Good: Unique parallels for each base subset, lots of Derek Jeter love, hard-signed autographs.

Bad: High peaks and low valleys with Fan Favorites Autographs list, more variations that don't add much, tough price point.

The Bottom Line: Like Heritage on steroids, 2017 Topps Archives Baseball obviously recycles old designs, but does so across the entire Topps history as opposed to just one year. The variety can be nice but it does come across as a mashup of things without any connection, which at its core, is the case. Ultimately, collectors must decide if the $120-130 box price (at the time of this review) is worth it for two autographs from a very uneven checklist.

Staff Rating: 3.4 / 5.0

Card Design: 3.5/5.0

So, the positive to the Archives design style is that there is a decent chance that a collector will like at least one (or several) of the different designs used for the base and inserts. The flip side is that virtually nothing here is fresh and there is also a likelihood that collectors won’t care for some designs.

The hardest part for me in the design department is the lack of cohesiveness when you throw a bunch of stuff together. Compounding that is the seemingly random way they jump around to different sets. At least Heritage is on a specific design path.

Following the Desert Shield parallels in 2016, I liked that Topps extended the concept to all three subsets this time around with the 1960 Grey Back, 1982 Blackless and 1992 Gold Winner. I do feel it should be specifically noted whenever there is a back change, like the 1960 parallel. This is something collectors have complained about in several sets with the same issue.

While each design evokes a different reaction, I did enjoy the 1960 base and inserts. The 1982 and 1992 designs are not quite as exciting to me.

Topps did actually incorporate a new design with 2016 Retro Original but I admit that I don’t fully understand the purpose or how it fits in.

Not technically cards, the Topps Coin retail-only inserts are an interesting addition from Topps’ past. These little elements can add something substantial and are a nice perk for retail fans.

Checklist: 3.5/5.0

Showing that Topps may eventually put photo variations in every set, 2017 Topps Archives Baseball essentially trades base short prints for new image swaps. Not especially rare, unique or valuable, at least there are several retired players featured, which is nice. I’m not sure how set collectors feel about the removal of the high-number SPs, but the full base set should be easier to build.

Another aspect that deals directly with the checklist comes in the Fan Favorites Autographs. There are some massive options here that are very hot right now, including current and former stars (Judge and Jeter), to go along with some weaker subjects. There is also a change that feels more like Allen & Ginter, with an odd mix of non-baseball players. I’m talking about subjects like Bald Vinny, Skip Bayless and Zach Hample, among others. They each do have a baseball connection, but it does seem questionable in this context.

Missing from the checklist is the themed celeb/pop culture insert of past years, like Bull Durham in 2016 and Will Ferrell in 2015. I’m guessing that is what Topps was going for in the FFA set, but the end result was not quite the same.

Stretching out the Jeter coverage with the Retrospective set, Topps reprinted and stamped every base Jeter from 1993-2015, which the exception of the infamous 2007 Mantle/Bush. However, there is an altered autograph version for 2007 despite the lack of base. While insanely rare, the on-card signature versions for the Jeter set are pretty sweet.

Value: 3.0/5.0

Even with a guarantee of two hard-signed autographs, 2017 Topps Archives Baseball is a big gamble at over $120 per box. From a nostalgia perspective, the larger variety can help fulfill the collecting value, but if you pull two $5 autographs, that can still be a very tough pill to swallow.

Other than the signed cards, a few things help value, including the limited parallels. While the variations started off decently, many can be had for a few dollars now. You mainly have to hope for a short-print signer.

The Fun Factor: 3.75/5.0

As a collector, I don’t relate to the Archives style of throwing a bunch of old designs together. I do like the variety, however, and the many different elements make it more fun. Topps is clearly open to tweaking so I hope they keep making changes to see what works and not simply resort to stuffing basic variations into every set.

2017 Topps Archives Baseball Hit Gallery and NPN / Pack Odds

The box used for this review was provided by Topps.