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Topps To Release One Of The Most Significant Autograph Programs Ever

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By Barbara Crews, About.com

Topps Gable AutographCourtesy of Topps
Aug 29 2004
Topps announces that this Fall it will release one of the most significant autograph programs ever offered in the hobby.

2004 Topps Tribute-Hall of Fame Edition will feature cut signature cards from 185 different members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Each card will be limited to just one.

From George Wright of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings to the 35-game winning Kid Nichols of the 1892 Boston Beaneaters, they’re all here. There’s Mordecai (3-Finger) Brown, Negro League Great Cool Papa Ball and much more. There are even 5 one of a kind cards featuring 2 players that entered the hall the same year. A dual signature card of Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb is definitely one for the ages. (Partial checklist included)

And that’s not it. Along with offering cut signature cards of the greatest to ever step onto the diamond, Topps Tribute will be home to the greatest collection of signatures of musicians, actors and leaders. Cards (1 of 1’s) featuring actual autographs of Clark Gable (image attached), Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin and many more are all in Topps Tribute-Hall of Fame. Collectors are also treated to dual cut signatures such as Abbott/Costello, Gillian Anderson/David Duchovny and Lucille Ball/Desi Arnaz.

Topps Tribute Baseball—Hall of Fame Edition releases November 1st and carries a $50 SRP for each 5-card pack. Each pack guarantees 1 Relic or Cut Signature Card and 4 Topps Tribute Base Cards.

Here is a partial list of the Cut Signature Cards:
Hall of Fame Cuts Personalities -- Cut Signature Cards
Actors - Single Cut Signature

HFC-AP Al Pacino
HFC-BD Bette Davis
HFC2-JH James Earl Jones/Mark Hamill
HFC-BH Bob Hope
HFC-BC Buster Crabbe
HFC2-MC Steve Martin/Chevy Chase
HFC-CG Cary Grant
HFC-CC Charlie Chaplin
HFC-CH Charlton Heston
HFC-CGA Clark Gable
HFC-ER Edward G. Robinson
HFC-GB George Burns
HFC-GM Groucho Marx
HFC-HF Harrison Ford
HFC-JL Jack Lord
HFC-JC James Cagney
HFC-JS Jimmy Stewart
HFC-JW John Wayne
HFC-MM Marilyn Monroe
HFC-MH Moe Howard
HFC-RW Robin Williams
HFC-RHO Ron Howard
HFC-SC Sean Connery
HFC-SL Stan Laurel
HFC-VP Vincent Price
HFC-WA Woody Allen

Dual Cut Signatures
HFC2-BA Lucille Ball/Desi Arnaz
HFC2-AC Bud Abbott/Lou Costello
HFC2-AD Gillian Anderson/David Duchovny
HFC2-KR Jack Klugman/Tony Randall
HFC2-PM George S. Patton/Douglas MacArthur
HFC2-GH Judy Garland/Jack Haley
HFC2-RB Ronald Reagan/George Bush
HFC2-CH Bing Crosby/Bob Hope
HFC2-NF Richard Nixon/Gerald Ford

Musicians - Single Cut Signature
HFC-BJ Billy Joel
HFC-EJ Elton John
HFC-FS Frank Sinatra
HFC-GG George Gershwin
HFC-LA Louis Armstrong
HFC-MJ Mick Jagger


Leaders - Single Cut Signature

HFC-RB Richard Byrd
HFC-DE Dwight D. Eisenhower
HFC-HR Hyman Rickover
HFC-JD James Doolittle
HFC-JG John Glenn
HFC-JA John Quincy Adams
HFC-OB Omar Bradley
HFC-PH Patrick Henry
HFC-RH Rutherford B. Hayes
HFC-TR Theodore Roosevelt Leaders -

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