1986 Topps Traded Baseball Cards

Set Notes

With rookie cards including Barry Bonds, Jose Canseco, Bo Jackson and Will Clark the '86 Topps Traded was one of the most sought after sets of it's time. The Cardboard Connection notes that time has not been kind to this card set.

Curator of Collections, Card Cyber Museum

The 1986 Topps Traded Baseball set - a faded crown jewel?

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At one point, 1986 Topps Traded Baseball was one of the crown jewels of 1980s baseball card sets. Time, scandals and easy availability have brought it down several notches. However, there's still no denying the star power of the loaded checklist.

The roster of 1986 Topps Traded Baseball rookie cards is a roll call of greats from the late-80s through the mid-90s. Barry Bonds, Jose Canseco, Bo Jackson and Will Clark all have rookies in the set. The second tier includes Wally Joyner, Andres Galarraga, John Kruk, Bobby Bonilla and Kevin Mitchell.

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This set consists of 792 standard-size cards. Cards were primarily issued in 17-card wax packs, 50-card rack packs and factory sets. Card fronts feature wood grain borders encasing a color photo (reminiscent of Topps classic 1962 baseball set). Subsets include Record Breakers (1-7), Turn Back The Clock (311-315), All-Star selections (595-616), and Team Leaders (scattered throughout the set). The manager cards contain a team checklist on back.

The 1991 Topps Traded set contains 132 standard-size cards. The cards were issued primarily in factory set form through hobby dealers but was also made available on a limited basis in wax packs (grey backs) and collated factory sets (white backs) are from different card stock. Both versions are valued equally. The card design is identical to the regular issue 1991 Topps cards except for the white stock (for factory card sets) and T-suffix numbering. The set is numbered in alphabetical order. The set includes a Team USA subset, featuring 25 of America's top collegiate players.

The 1992 Topps set contains 792 standard-size cards. Cards were distributed in plastic wrap packs, jumbo packs, rack packs and facotry sets. The fronts have either posed or action color player photos on a white card face. Different color stripes frame the pictures, and the player's name and team name appear in two short color stripes respectively at the bottom. Special subsets included are Record Breakers (2-5), Prospects (58, 126, 179, 473, 551, 591, 618, 656, 676) and All-Stars (386-407). The key Rookie Cards in this set are Shawn Green and Manny Ramirez.

This set contains 165 standard-size cards and was sold in 11-card packs for $1.29. The 1995 Topps Traded set features rookies, draft picks and players who had been traded. The fronts contain a photo with a white border. The backs have a player picture in a scoreboard and his statistics and information. Subsets featured are At The Break ((1T-10T) and All-Stars (156T-164T). Rookie Cards in this set include Michael Barrett, Carlos Beltran, Ben Davis, Hideo Nomo and Richie Sexson.

This 508-card set was distributed in two separate series: 282 cards in first series and and 221 cards in second series. 11-card packs carried a suggested retail price of $1.29. Cards were also distributed in Home Team Advantage jumbo packs, and hobby, retail and Christmas factory sets. Card fronts feature color action player photos printed on 16 pt. stock with player information and career statistics on the back. Card number 7 was permanently retired in1996 to honor the memory of Mickey Mantle.

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