2015 Topps Finest Baseball Cards

At first, I didn’t like the design. As I went through a box, it started to grow on me a bit. It truly felt like a collection, that is nonstandard. The variety of color was nice. But in the end, it’s still too busy for my tastes. Some of the inserts are really nice. Not sure that I would purchase another box. One and done. It was fun breaking my first box. But like watching a big block-buster movie like Star Wars, the second go-around is a bit stale. Too afraid that is how it would feel if I were to get a second box.

If these end up in a retail buy-back package, it would be cool to come across one or two. Just, not sure that I could take them in large doses.

@ Chas, no. Not like buying scratch off lottery tickets. Not at all. There is no guarantee that there is ever to be any money to be made for anyone. Scratch off lottery tickets guarantee at least one, or a handful of winners. Sorry, but baseball cards are still a hobby. Not an investment.

I love the on card autographs, and that only a couple of players were redemptions (except multi-player signed cards). A lot of excitement in the store I go to when we were busting cases and we saw the redemption cards knowing it was almost certainly a Bryant. The look is much better than the last two years, but the ability to keep value is awful. I stick to Finest mostly for tradition’s sake, and 80% of my cases did not have enough hits to make up for the $800-ish price tag for a case. It’s buying an entire pack of scratchoff lottery tickets. But I guess that is what we do now… hope we get the one Superfractor to pay for the case and move on to the next product, leaving commons and refractors and useless inserts as casualties on the store counter.

Dear Topps, please go back to putting the word “Refractor” under the card number if the card is a refractor. This takes away any guess work for us. I have a hard enough time determining what is for dinner that night.

Thanks

Purchased 2 boxes.
Out of the 82 regular base cards – 38 doubles.
Even received two autos of the same player, though one
was a blue parallel.
Went through all doubles and they were not refractors.

Do you know how many base short prints there are per case?
Thanks

The color and design looks even better up close. However, I would rather they leave out the Generations inserts in favor of a few more color refractors.

@Samir: You may want to check your doubles again. I had a few doubles which turned out to be refractors instead of another base card. I missed the refractors the first time through. Same with the prism refractors.

I like this design, very contemporary look. One question about the autographs set list. On the secondary market I have not seen a single “base” auto for most of the veterans on this checklist. No Kershaw, Sale, Trout, Freeman, etc. Only parallel autos listed, which does not make sense. Are there no base autographs for most of these players in the checklist?

Like this years design better than last years. Although some of the Refractors are hard to pick out. overall great product

Love Topps Finest. I like this years style better than last years. To all those who say Panini doesn’t count: For years Topps has had the market, doing their best to keep others out. For that alone Panini counts. They make a great product at a great price. This years Diamond Kings is a great example. Not to mention the 1st Babe Ruth Relics and Autographs since 2005.

Do you know why there are pictures of a ’15 Finest Tom Seaver autograph card when they are showing pics of what these cards look like but I don’t see a Seaver auto listed in the checklist? Am I missing something?

I actually purchased a box today of the 2015 Topps finest and I love the cards look and design. The only issue I had was that I got a number of doubles, which isn’t cool because each box contains 60 cards. Overall its worth the $98.

Tell the collectors that pay thousands and thousands to buy Panini cards or those that make thousands and thousands selling Panini cards that Panini doesn’t count

I agree with Dan, I’d say First Kris Bryant RC. I know Archives comes out on the same day and also has a Kris Bryant SP RC, but I think Finest has to get the nod because it will be the first Kris Bryant RC with an original design. I don’t think you can count Panini……you can’t have a “first RC” card with no team logos.

Card #111 is Kris Bryants rookie card. Panini does count, but he has not had a card in a Panini base set yet.

No checklist yet?

1st Kris Bryant rc? I would say so. I don’t think panini counts as a true mlb card.

While I don’t personally like the mock up of these cards I’m glad to see a set like this focusing on veteran and retired players. Let the bowman sets like this deal with rookies. Hopefully the price of the boxes don’t get super expensive and the value is there when you actually buy a box.

Bowman Sterling, Bowman Platinum and Finest….Mashup style! Not really liking the look personally.