Topps Project 2020

pdub1819 · April 1, 2020 9:45AM

Good morning everyone,
Have any of you had the opportunity to purchase any of the Topps Project 2020 artist interpretations of iconic cards?

Beckett has an article: https://beckett.com/news/topps-project-2020-baseball-offering-new-artistic-interpretations-of-iconic-cards/

I've bought a couple of the bundles, but haven't been able to get on quick enough to purchase one of the numbered artist proofs.

dad2cl3 · April 1, 2020 10:01AM

I debated buying the Rivera and Clemente proofs but didn’t pull the trigger.

brad31 · April 1, 2020 12:40PM

I was excited about this when I thought it was going to be a 20 card set. Now that it is a 400 card set at a price of $17.50 a card (when you buy both) my excitement died. That is a cost of $7K to complete. The concept is awesome - each artist assigned one card I would have bought even at these prices. Was really excited for this set until I saw how it is being executed. Think they are really cool - just too much of a good thing and too expensive per card. Even if they did 20 - 20 card sets - one for each artist for about $30 bucks it would have been better. I would have bought a few of them from the artists I liked best.

pdub1819 · April 1, 2020 8:03PM

@brad31 - I agree, I have no intentions of completing the whole set. I've been buying what I like and most likely will complete the Clemente run.

brad31 · April 2, 2020 10:22AM

Makes sense for player collectors. Getting all 20 takes on the Clemente is doable and will be a very cool set. Likely what Topps has in mind.

Ironmanfan · April 2, 2020 10:47AM

I was too late for the Ripken card

IMF

rexvos · April 2, 2020 10:57AM

I saw these and thought they looked terrible. 0 interest.

brad31 · April 2, 2020 11:02AM

@Ironmanfan said:
I was too late for the Ripken card

IMF

There will be 19 more takes on the ‘82 Topps Traded Ripken for you to obtain.

dad2cl3 · April 2, 2020 2:22PM

not a big fan of the Mattingly that came out today

DBesse27 · April 2, 2020 2:31PM

God these look like crap

daltex · April 2, 2020 3:17PM

@Ironmanfan said:
I was too late for the Ripken card

IMF

I'm sure they'll show up on eBay.

krisd3279 · April 3, 2020 2:14PM

That Mattingly is horrific so I bought one lol.

LarkinCollector · April 3, 2020 2:26PM

@krisd3279 said:
That Mattingly is horrific so I bought one lol.

I'm guessing that's got to be their concept? "That's so awful I have to have one!"

The Clemente in the OP is about the only tolerable one I've seen, though I question the choice of white text in the yellow background that is nearly illegible.

craig44 · April 3, 2020 6:35PM

this "art" is just so so bad. Ripken without a face? good grief. I like the concept, but good heavens, the execution is just really bad.

pdub1819 · April 10, 2020 12:43PM

I received my first two Topps Project 2020 in the mail today. The presentation, with each card coming in its' own black Topps Project 2020 envelope and enclosed in its' own case is very nice. I know that not everyone is enjoying all the different artist renditions, but I'm more disappointed that Topps would allow such a relatively small print run to not have perfect centering.

After the first few that I have purchased, I have decided to pick up the 20 card Clemente run and I may put these up for sale in the future.

brad31 · April 10, 2020 4:33PM

Really like the last Henderson and the ‘69 Ryan. Been some nice ones of late. The fact that Topps is able to fulfill anything right now is surprising to me - with Covid 19. On the Robinson I wonder if the centering is designed to be that way.

fiveniner · April 11, 2020 7:27AM

Not for me.

pdub1819 · April 14, 2020 6:17PM

Here's my latest two pick ups... from Project 2020...I may put the Williams on eBay..but right now I like the way it looks in hand.

DBesse27 · April 14, 2020 6:36PM

Does it bother you that you can’t see ‘Berto’s face??

brad31 · April 14, 2020 9:57PM

Looks kind of like Ted has a Boba Fett mask.

pdub1819 · April 14, 2020 10:36PM

@DBesse27 said:
Does it bother you that you can’t see ‘Berto’s face??

After seeing what some of the other cards look like in this set, I think I’m happy with seeing part of his face.

The more I’ve been thinking about Topps’ choices on artists, the more I want to believe that this Project was more to get the artists followers to buy the pieces of art then it was for the traditional collector to purchase.

blurryface · April 15, 2020 6:31AM

Like all art, I like some. Other's, I do not.

KingBen · April 15, 2020 3:21PM

Useless waste of money garbage..... to me.

ldferg · April 16, 2020 9:30PM

Not a fan at all, but agree with Brad - the Robinson is not centered by design.

momo1234 · April 19, 2020 8:58AM

anyone have any luck picking up any of the artist proofs?

pdub1819 · April 19, 2020 9:16AM

@momo1234 said:
anyone have any luck picking up any of the artist proofs?

Everything I've seen through social media says they are gone in less than 20 secs. When I look on ebay, it seems like the same sellers have artist proofs from multiple cards...I have no idea how they do it.

krisd3279 · April 19, 2020 9:29AM

@brad31 said:
Looks kind of like Ted has a Boba Fett mask.

I thought he was Cyclops.

GoDodgersFan · April 19, 2020 10:21AM

The 2nd Mike Trout print run was 13,200. Topps made some good change.

robert67 · April 19, 2020 7:12PM

@pdub1819 said:

@momo1234 said:
anyone have any luck picking up any of the artist proofs?

Everything I've seen through social media says they are gone in less than 20 secs. When I look on ebay, it seems like the same sellers have artist proofs from multiple cards...I have no idea how they do it.

Apparently, bots are being used in most cases.

The 1st Trout card issued is now selling for over $200. The gold 1/1 went for $4500.

pdub1819 · April 19, 2020 7:22PM

@robert67 said:

@pdub1819 said:

@momo1234 said:
anyone have any luck picking up any of the artist proofs?

Everything I've seen through social media says they are gone in less than 20 secs. When I look on ebay, it seems like the same sellers have artist proofs from multiple cards...I have no idea how they do it.

Apparently, bots are being used in most cases.

The 1st Trout card issued is now selling for over $200. The gold 1/1 went for $4500.

I just sold my Trout for $190.
How cool would it be to get the gold 1/1 in the mail?!

brad31 · April 19, 2020 9:16PM

Glad you did well on the first Trout. Still haven't bought any but liked the last Koufax a lot.

momo1234 · April 20, 2020 6:34AM

anyone know when they release the next cards?

daltex · April 20, 2020 7:52PM

@momo1234 said:
anyone know when they release the next cards?

Pretty much every weekday.

pdub1819 · April 29, 2020 6:55PM

Just received my 2nd of 20 Clemente's in the mail today. If you're not following @topps on IG, there are some cool cards out there and there are some not so cool...to each his own...

Here's the first Clemente in the set:

robert67 · April 29, 2020 7:50PM

While not for everyone, I think this has been a fun program to follow.

It certainly has brought a lot of attention and discussion to cards when there is nothing going on gamewise. That's not a bad thing.

pdub1819 · May 14, 2020 7:54PM

Here is my latest purchases from the Topps Project 2020. Some of these cards are going for crazy money on eBay.

pdub1819 · May 15, 2020 7:14PM

Received these two in the mail today...was worried for a minute because the tracking was showing that the package was delivered to a different address.

brad31 · May 15, 2020 8:56PM

The Koufax you posted is my favorite one so far.

krisd3279 · May 16, 2020 7:47AM

I like what Ben Baller has done so far. Eagerly awaiting the Mattingly from him.

pdub1819 · May 16, 2020 2:12PM

@krisd3279 said:
I like what Ben Baller has done so far. Eagerly awaiting the Mattingly from him.

I agree... and the last Frank Thomas... the gold one.. is legit.

emar · May 16, 2020 2:20PM

Not feelin it. Seems to be a fad. Ridiculous prices. To each his own

jasoneggert · May 21, 2020 2:10PM

Hit the lottery today. Ordered five of this one, and this was in the last package. It was noticeably heavier than the others.

brad31 · May 21, 2020 2:12PM

That is awesome. Congrats on the big Jackie pull.

DBesse27 · May 21, 2020 2:44PM

I didn’t know there were rare parallels of these

burghman · May 21, 2020 2:47PM

@DBesse27 said:
I didn’t know there were rare parallels of these

The gold border is a 1-of-1, randomly inserted in someone’s order; there are also 20 silver border artist proofs of each card, but those are purchased separately for $199 and are typically snagged faster than most humans can navigate the purchase process. No other inserts or parallels.

pdub1819 · May 22, 2020 12:02PM

@jasoneggert said:
Hit the lottery today. Ordered five of this one, and this was in the last package. It was noticeably heavier than the others.

This incredible!! Do you plan on selling? Those 1 of 1s are going for crazy money.

Here's an article that that ESPN put out yesterday. I thought they did a good job explaining the process.
https://espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29197170/when-baseball-cards-become-pop-art-topps-2020-project

jasoneggert · May 22, 2020 12:06PM

It is really beautiful, and I would love to keep it, but I am going to sell it. I just can't justify passing up on a few thousand dollars for a modern card.

jayhawke · May 22, 2020 12:08PM

Congrats on the Robinson! These cards have sky rocketed.

GoDodgersFan · May 22, 2020 12:22PM

Congrats on the Jackie ! Nice hit.

robert67 · May 22, 2020 5:46PM

I think the artist for that great Jackie card, Blake Jamieson, has done outstanding work on this project.

As I stated before, this may not be for everyone, but it sure has been fun to follow.

robert67 · May 22, 2020 5:52PM

Topps Project 2020

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