1991 Topps Baseball Cards Complete Factory Set (792 cards) - Chipper Jones Rookie Year !! [Unknown Binding]

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• Publisher: Topps
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• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars The 40th Anniversary Topps Baseball Card Set from 1991, February 27, 2006

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This review is from: 1991 Topps Baseball Cards Complete Factory Set (792 cards) - Chipper Jones Rookie Year !!

I find it very interesting that a complete set of 1991 Topps Baseball Cards costs less than the current set. The reason, ironically enough, is that this is because we do not know how much the current set is worth yet. After all, you get about 60 cards labeled future stars, prospects, draft picks, and first-year players, and one of them could turn out to be the official rookie card for the next Roger Clemens or Albert Pujouls. True, the card might come out years before they actually make it to the big leagues (e.g., Mark McGwire's card with the Olympic team), but in the speculation market that is modern baseball card collecting one card that can be worth half the set is the goal.

I do not buy into the speculation part because I collect what I must now quantify as the regular Topps baseball cards because they are the set that has been around since before I was born, unlike Upper Deck, Bowman, Fleer, Leaf and whatever else is out there today. Currently I have complete Topps sets going back to 1968, with 23 cards to go to finish the 1967, so I would then have complete sets back to 1964, plus 1962, 1957, 1956, and four cards to go for the 1953. Each set is arranged by teams, with the World Series winner first (the Cincinnati Reds in this case) and how each team finished in the standings. True, this become complicated in a world with three divisions and wild card teams winning the championship, but there are basic rules to all this (league leaders and highlights card up top, etc.).

With the 1991 Topps set, which was the 40th anniversary set for the company, there are seven Record Breaker cards (e.g., Bobby Thigpen sets saves record), 22 All-Star cards (left-handed and right-handed starters, and a relief pitcher, to go with the eight fielder players), seven checklist cards (arranged alphabetically by team), and ten #1 Draft Pick cards, including Chipper Jones (#33), which is the high priced rookie card in the set (and the right one to pick to show above). The second highest priced card is #100A, a Don Mattingly error card, which is not going to be part of the factory set, where the next highest card is Nolan Ryan (#1). The 1991 Topps Traded set is where the double-digit card is from this year with Jeff Giambi's team USA card; it also has the Topps rookie cards for Jeff Bagwell, Ivan Rodriguez, Phil Nevin, and Luis Gonzales.

What is missing are team cards, but you do have managers cards with team leaders listed on the back. In terms of current members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, in addition to Ryan there is Cal Ripken (#150), Tony Gwynn (#180), Dennis Eckersley (#250), Sparky Anderson (#519), George Brett (#540), and Ryne Sandberg (#740). As for future Hall of Famers, the controversy overs the likes of McGwire (#270), Barry Bonds (#570), and Sammy Sosa (#414) will continue for some time to come (Rafael Palmeiro appears to be toast at this point), but Greg Maddux (#35), Randy Johnson (#225), Roger Clemens (#530), Eddie Murray (#590), Rickey Henderson (#670), and Ken Griffey, Jr. (#790) are obvious first ballot selectees down the road. Others would be purely speculation at this point, but that is what the Hot Stove League is for, baseball fans.