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While most MLB sets are filled entirely with baseball talent, 2019 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball does not limit itself to just one facet of the collecting world. Sure, baseball cards are still the focal point in A&G, but the set also offers a wide array of content the stretches well beyond the diamond.

As was the case in 2018, Hobby boxes contain three hits that can be any combination of autographs, cut signatures, relics, book cards, original buybacks or rip cards.

There is also the online-only 2019 Allen & Ginter X version with black card stock.

2019 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Base / Minis

The 2019 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball checklist is built around the 300-card base set that features top baseball players as well as champions from other walks of life. The Base Short Print cards add 50 more options that are not in the main set.

Full-size parallels include one-of-one Glossy editions, and the Gold Bordered Foil cards only available in Hot Boxes.

Decreasing in size from the base set and ramping up the choices, each pack has one mini parallel. These have several different versions, as well.

2019 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Mini Parallel Breakdown

Base Mini Base Mini - 1 per pack

- 1 per pack Allen & Ginter - 1:5 packs

- 1:5 packs Black Bordered - 1:10 packs

- 1:10 packs No Number - 50 copies

- 50 copies Brooklyn Back - #/25

- #/25 Wood - 1/1 (Hobby only)

- 1/1 (Hobby only) Glossy - 1/1

Mini SP Base Mini -1:13 packs

-1:13 packs Allen & Ginter - 1:65 packs

- 1:65 packs Black Bordered - 1:30 packs

- 1:30 packs No Number - 50 copies

- 50 copies Brooklyn Back - #/25

- #/25 Wood - 1/1 (Hobby only)

- 1/1 (Hobby only) Glossy - 1/1

There are also Framed Mini Printing Plates (1/1) and Hobby-only Cloth (#/10) cards. The Mini Metal (3 copies - Hobby only) and new Mini Stained Glass (25 copies) options cap the list at 150 subjects.

2019 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Inserts

Coming in full-size and mini form, the 2019 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball inserts really dive into the oddball nature of the release. Full-size sets include Baseball Star Signs that combines players with their astrological signs, and Ginter Greats, which features 50 all-time baseball legends.

In addition, Incredible Equipment highlights the weapons and tools utilized by fictional characters, and the horse-based Mares and Stallions provides some animal coverage. Looking back on the human fixation with getting off the ground, The History of Flight starts with Kitty Hawk and goes deep into outer space.

Mini inserts include Collectible Canines with various dogs, Chugging Along for trains, and Dreams of Blue Ribbons featuring the bizarre contests that take place around the world. Collectors can also dig for In Bloom to find unique flowers and plants, Look Out Below for impressive waterfalls, and Lost Languages, which covers forms of communication that are no longer in active use.

2019 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Autographs

Another thing that is unique to A&G is the Framed Mini Autograph cards that have a signed mini card sealed within a larger frame. These are back once more in 2019 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball for baseball and non-baseball subjects. Parallels include Black Frame (#/25) and Hobby-only Red Ink.

Among the more limited autographs are Allen & Ginter Autograph Relic Book (#/10), Dual Autograph Relic Book (#/10) and Cut Signature cards.

2019 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Relics

On the other hand, the 2019 A&G Relics offer a wider variety of choices. The standard Full-Size Relics and Mini Framed Relics cards are the most common.

Much more rare, collectors can reach back in history via DNA Mini Relic cards (Hobby only) with actual fossils, Presidential Pieces Mini Relic cards (#/25 - Hobby only), which contain memorabilia from the commander-in-chief and White House, or the new Full-Size Arrowhead Relics (#/5 - Hobby only). Also new in 2019, the Have Ball, Will Travel Token Relic cards (#/5 - Hobby only) combine a player and a mass transit token from the city where they play ball.

Each numbered one-of-one and exclusive to Hobby, the 100 A&G Framed Originals cards contain buybacks.

2019 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Rip Cards

In every Hobby case of 2019 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball, collectors have two decisions to make regarding the infamous Rip Card hit. The main set has up 100 numbered cards and the Double Rip Card lineup is exclusive to Hobby with as many as 45 duos.

Inside the Rip Card is a miniature exclusive that could be even more interesting. This includes Mini Exclusive cards as well as Mini Metal (#/3), Mini Wood (1/1), and hand-drawn Mini Artist Originals (1/1).

2019 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Box Toppers

Whether you call them box loaders or box toppers, 2019 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball has one in every Hobby box.

Choices consist of Allen & Ginter Box Loaders, Box Loader Autographs (#/15), and new Look Out Below Box Loaders, along with N43 Box Loaders and N43 Box Loader Autographs (#/15).

There is also a new Box Loader Rip Card. The Stained Glass Variation Exclusives only come in this oversized card-within-a-card.

Release Date: July 17, 2019

Product Configuration: 8 cards per pack, 24 packs per box, 12 boxes per case



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