2013-14 Topps Premier Gold Soccer Autographs Guide
2013-14 Topps Premier Gold Soccer marks a new chapter for the card maker's efforts in the sport. While their European arm has produced high-end soccer sets in the past, this is the first time a premium Topps English Premier League product has been designed with North American collectors in mind. Autographs play a major role in the product.
2013-14 Topps Premier Gold Autographs fall under four subsets: Future Stars, International Icons, Match Winners and Star Players. Besides basic versions there are Gold (#/50), Orange (#/25), Printing Plate and Platinum (1/1) parallels.
The horizontally designed cards have lots of white space. The signatures are done on clear stickers, which may be a turn off for some. The only difference between the four subsets is the name that runs up the side of the card.
Like many of company's products for other sports, the 2013-14 Topps Premier Gold autographs lineup includes a mix of current players and retired greats. Leading the way are International Icons autographs from Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Gianfranco Zola and Pelé. The first Ronaldo to sell on eBay topped $400. The one-of-one Platinum parallel for Bale closed at $1,000.
In addition to the regular autographs, 2013-14 Topps Premier Gold also has dual-, triple- and quad-signed cards as well as autographed relics.
Below is a detailed look at all of the basic autographs including a checklist, image gallery, subset info and team listings. You can shop for individual cards by clicking on the player names or images.
Future Stars Autographs
SP-AT Aleksandar Tonev, Aston Villa
SP-BD Ben Davies, Swansea City
SP-CW Connor Wickham, Sunderland
SP-AW Andreas Weimann, Aston Villa
SP-CB Christian Benteke, Aston Villa
SP-YB Yannick Bolasie, Crystal Palace
International Icons Autographs
Match Winners Autographs
Star Players Autographs
SP-JC James Collins, West Ham United
SP-JHO Jonny Howson, Norwich City
SP-MF Marouane Fellaini, Manchester United
SP-SG Steven Gerrard, Liverpool FC
SP-TK Tim Krul, Newcastle United
SP-GT George Thorne, West Bromwich Albion
SP-JH Joe Hart, Manchester City
SP-PC Peter Crouch, Stoke City
SP-SS Scott Sinclair, West Bromwich Albion
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Dustin Simpson
Nice lot of cards above, although many of the autographs here are not like the Topps autograph cards coming out of their packs. This Benteke is nothing like the one above:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHRISTIAN-BENTEKE-2013-TOPPS-PREMIER-GOLD-BARCLAYS-EPL-AUTOGRAPH-ASTON-VILLA-/181289780933?pt=US_Soccer_Trading_Cards&hash=item2a35b686c5&nma=true&si=rNc6oVIWkli73Zy9DSissMdSrbU%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Ryan Cracknell
Dustin Simpson » Wow, that is quite a difference. Sometimes you can see an autograph’s quality drop — like as they sign a lot at once and get tired. I can’t recall one changing that much within one set though.