2021 Topps Finest Baseball Cards

Hey Trey , I have a question for you concerning the pics of cards that are in any given set of cards that you and the Cardboard Connection provide all the excellent information and details about . Are these pics provided to you by the Topps Company and are these mock – ups supposed to be very well centered ?The reason that I am asking is because I would like to know if the average collector could use your pics as a reference as to what a well centered card is supposed to look like ? Especially these Topps Finest cards . I would appreciate a reply whenever you have spare time . Thanks very much , Jim

Love 2021 Finest. A nice mix of veteran Autos. I did find an error card though. I pulled a green sparkle Freddy Freeman /125, but there is no number. the xxx/125 is completely missing. Not faded or rubbed off. It was omitted. Anyone else find this error?

Considering the average price for a Hobby Box of Topps Series 1 & 2 comes in around the $85-$100 range, I was pleasantly surprised to see a $205 asking price for a master box of ’21 Finest. Given how Finest has 2 chrome autos vs the 1 auto (hard to come by) OR 1 (usually crappy) relic in a standard Topps hobby box, this almost seems like a bargain.

This is especially true considering how I got burned on box of 2020 Bowman’s Finest just a few months ago when I purchased a master box for $190. That was on a Saturday. When I went back on Monday, cash in hand, to buy the last box the shop had I was SOL! The price shot up a little more than $100 in less than 48 hours bringing the master box price to almost $300 for the same thing I had just paid less than $200 for 2 days prior. I can see that happening with these in the near future.

Also, given the ridiculousness of hobby box pricing today, products that I once considered out of my price range and reach, like Finest and Bowman’s Best, are now among the more affordable products currently available. It’s funny how that worked out….

This weekend I’ll be doing a 2021 Finest vs. Panini Select head-to-head hobby box break. I can’t wait!!! I may not be able to scoop up decent, quality boxes in the $50-$80 range in the same fashion & frequency that I used to, it has forced me to make adjustments to the way I pick and choose what and when I buy. So far it’s been a net positive experience. I may not be able to buy the quantity that I once did but the quality of my purchases has risen dramatically. And that’s a good thing.

*On a side note: I avoid older, mid-to-higher end Topps products like the plague when there’s a chance it could contain an expired redemption. Missing out on a Nolan Ryan on-card auto by a few weeks due to an expired code really, really ticked me off. Sadly, Topps just doesn’t care about it’s customer base the was Panini seems to but that’s a gripe that’s too far off topic for here :) I suggest if you’re a fan of Finest, now is the time to scoop up what you can before their prices start climbing!

2021 Finest is just the latest reflection of TOPPS Company failing to perform any level of QA/QC of their products. Beginning in 2020, the level of defects on cards across a broad spectrum of products has caused me to return a portion of my last 10 hobby box purchases. After 55 years of collecting Topps products, I am just about done with them. My local hobby shop, a bulk buyer, has shown me more examples than I can count of defective cards that they can do nothing with. Print lines, scratches and creases underneath the chrome coating are the most common examples of lousy, lazy, incompetent QA/QC. Too big to fail, Topps?

Hey Josh Melton , why are you WHINING about other people’s WHINING . This is a review of this product forum , it allows people to voice their opinion . You are just causing a domino effect . Jim

Being a college graduate with an art major and a commercial art minor , I have always liked the Topps Finest brand of cards since their inception years ago. The majority of the designs are usually pretty cool with a few exceptions . I like the fact that this years set has only 3 subsets or inserts . I’m not real fond of the amount of auto sets this year topping out at 7 but if you add the ” mystery auto’s ” , it goes up to 8 . I would really like to see the Topps Company try something different with this specific brand by working in a real on field pic of a baseball game in the background of the front of the card . The swirling and geometrical artwork is fine but try to work in the game of baseball with that .I really think that it would work , which would not make this brand so 1 dimensional . The flood of auto’s in this particular brand is the attraction overall and as I’ve said about the massive amount of auto’s will backfire in the future because there are just way too many and is getting worse every year . Overall a good product though but it’s time for a little tweaking on the artwork . Definitely worth the money . Jim

Two boxes a Soto and Orange Alonso auto Alec Bohm /50 and Soto/50 not bad easy to build set just overpriced but resellers are sucking the life out of the hobby and companies are producing more product then ever

Really love to give it 3.5 Stars. Bought 2 master boxes, got decent auto pulls, good refractor selection, but no high #s.

I managed some decents hits from just 2 loose hobby packs, not complaining there, but I’m on board with the other person who said this design was a bit “busy”. Just too much going on, I prefer cleaner look of just as recent as 2020. But to each his own.

Why do people insist on coming on this forum and WHINING about prices? 60 cards, 2 autos ( possibly Trouts, and a great list of other players) is extremely solid for the price point… that being said, WHERE is MANNY MACHADO on the autograph list? Hard to believe Topps left out one of the best overall players in MLB in the autograph list…

great product!

WAAAY too much purple and pink… hard to look at..
worst design in sports card history

Somebody is pre-selling a case on eBay for $2,150. The case has eight hobby boxes so you’re paying a cool $268.75 per box! For Finest Baseball! They’re also charging $19.95 for shipping. What an excellent deal and price!

Haha, what a joke. I cannot believe the hobby is coming to this with these INSANE prices. Just wait a month or two after release and individually buy the cards you want. You’ll save some money.

Cards look nice though.

Somebody tell me Trout can’t get a champ finally,Topps😂