Collecting the 2012 Topps Valor set. (scan heavy don't open with Iphone)

Largentcollector

Any board members working on this set?

When I originally started on this set, I was only going to collect the base set limited to 170 copies each. Shortly after I got started I was slowly plucking off some of the Glory cards (working on this set also) along the way. For this first post I'll just focus on the base set. This is by far my favorite modern football set, the cards are printed on a thick 75pt card stock. A gold foil stamp is used for the Valor logo and serial number. The image of the player is almost floating on top of the card surface bold and glossy (can't see in the scan). I think the background is both subtle and bold at the same time. Some kind of stone or slate giving way to storm clouds, w/o being so loud to drown out the player. This high end Topps issue was sold in eight boxes to a case, and six cards per box. Four of the six cards in the pack/box were auto or patch cards with only two cards being #base cards per box. I've never opened any boxes myself ($), but I think the Glory #50 or the valor 1/1 parallel would take the place of one the base cards when inserted. I was trying to stick to a budget with these two sets but player collectors eat these suckers up lol. Pushing up the cost of my two sets. I've been at a stalemate for a while with this set, the further we get from 2012 the number of these being listed gets less and less. I included a scan of all three base types. The Valor is the only card I have at this time, I always passed (wish I didn't) on them in the past. The set that is scanned below is short 14 cards (one card in route). Well thanks for looking and I hope to find someone else into these sets.

DanBessette

I don't know if those images are photographs or artwork, but they look fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

Stone193

Beautiful set.

I was thinking the same thing as Dan.

Is that artwork? If so. Who?

I checked in Toppsvault and there's nothing from this set.

VitoCo1972

I'm not starting a signed set of these. I'm not starting a signed set of these. I'm not starting a signed set of these.

Largentcollector

I think they are photo's of the players, somehow touched up for dramatic effect.

Vito these cards would look amazing signed. These cards are killer in hand scans don't do them justice.

slum22

Tim,

Thanks for sharing. This is a really nice looking set. Nice to have RCs of Luck and Wilson in there for the long term value of the set. Some of the modern sets out there (like this one) are really great looking. It would be great to rip some boxes and put a set together but unfortunately issues like this would be way too cost prohibitive to do that (you could break a case and with perfect collation be less than 1/6 of the way to a set). How are the conditions of the cards? I know with some of the thicker high end stuff (like five star baseball), corners and edges have been prone to chipping. Great set, keep the updates coming.

Largentcollector

Thanks Steve,

The corners and edges do get a lot of chipping, but it dosn't hold back what these sell for last two Wilson's eBay auctions for the base #170 sold for $155 and $110 they both had white corners. If it's a star player collected it dosn't seem to affect the price. luck, Rogers, lynch, manning Brady and others do well no matter condition.