What happens when you have a retail-only, hit-per-pack product that can be condition sensitive with a likely modest print run and sometimes-rocky collation? A super collecting challenge — and a product that is available now at an outrageous price as part of Blowout Cards’ Super Bowl 50 sale coinciding with the big game.
How outrageous? Keep reading …
The 2014 Topps Turkey Red football set presents a collecting challenge with some surprisingly expensive cards — even for rookies who may not have lived up to expectations. Need an example of how expensive? Click here. Yep, that much … even for Johnny Manziel. And one expensive card that’s unsigned? Click here.
There aren’t that many $100 cards popping out of retail packs regularly, but these two cards are not alone in Turkey Red. In fact that second sale above might be underselling the card based on scarcity. Overall, it seems autograph asking prices are healthy, too.
Each pack of Turkey Red includes just 11 cards — nine base card Rookie Cards, one mini parallel and one rookie autograph. The checklist (seen below) includes just 100 cards in the base set and there are 10 very short-printed photo variations of top rookies.
So, think about that. To build a mini base set one would have to open 100 packs at $20 a pack with perfect collation. That’s not likely. With there being an autograph in every pack, there’s also not a seemingly unlimited number of packs made, too, though the price per pack should also reinforce that. The mini set isn’t an impossible challenge given the singles prices there, but it would have been tough. The real challenge here are the base set short-prints, which Buzz has linked to already, and the autographs.
For the autographs, there are 78 players found on the checklist and it seems the premiere players here are much tougher autos to land than others. Any of the Green parallel autos are tough with just 10 copies made per player. The Black 1/1 parallels? Well, they’re even pricier. Overall, it seems autograph asking prices are strong, perhaps a sign that there was a good amount of this wax that went unopened, though completed auctions also show some bargains.
On top of all that, there are printing plates and that’s it. It’s a small and perhaps doable master set except for all those variables that make it tougher mentioned at the start — retail-only, hit-per-pack product that’s condition sensitive with a likely modest print run and sometimes-rocky collation.
The cello-wrapped packs were placed into somewhat loose boxes and their chipboard stock in some cases paid the price — that makes high-grade singles tougher here though there may be a perception that they’re not worth grading because of their retail status.
The rookie class here includes some big names — some who have delivered. Among them? Blake Bortles, Johnny Manziel, Derek Carr, Devonta Freeman, Khalil Mack, Teddy Bridgewater, Sammy Watkins, Allen Robinson, A.J. McCarron, Jeremy Hill and Odell Beckham Jr.
Check out the basic set and autograph checklists below.
As part of its Super Bowl 50 sale, BlowoutCards.com will present a Canton-worthy price on a single box of 2014 Topps Turkey Red — with a limit of one per household — giving many collectors a shot at some of these super-short bargain cards. (Click here for the sale price.)
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| BASE SET — 100 cards with 10 SPs (110 total) |
| Each has mini parallel & four printing plates |
| No. 1 Johnny Manziel |
| No. 1 Johnny Manziel SP |
| No. 2 Jarvis Landry |
| No. 3 Will Sutton |
| No. 4 Michael Sam |
| No. 5 Ryan Shazier |
| No. 6 Derek Carr |
| No. 6 Derek Carr SP |
| No. 7 Timmy Jernigan |
| No. 8 Michael Campanaro |
| No. 9 Brandin Cooks |
| No. 10 Arthur Lynch |
| No. 11 Devonta Freeman |
| No. 12 Tom Savage |
| No. 13 Stephen Morris |
| No. 14 Darqueze Dennard |
| No. 15 Jared Abbrederis |
| No. 16 Dominique Easley |
| No. 17 Jason Verrett |
| No. 18 Troy Niklas |
| No. 19 C.J. Mosley |
| No. 20 Zach Mettenberger |
| No. 21 Andre Williams |
| No. 22 John Brown |
| No. 23 Jordan Matthews |
| No. 24 Trey Millard |
| No. 25 Richard Rodgers |
| No. 26 Jimmy Garoppolo |
| No. 27 Trent Murphy |
| No. 28 Jeff Janis |
| No. 29 James White |
| No. 30 Khalil Mack |
| No. 31 Charles Sims |
| No. 32 Anthony Barr |
| No. 33 Jeremy Hill |
| No. 34 De’Anthony Thomas |
| No. 35A Tre Mason |
| No. 35B Tre Mason SP |
| No. 36 Kelvin Benjamin |
| No. 37 Bishop Sankey |
| No. 37 Bishop Sankey SP |
| No. 38 Lache Seastrunk |
| No. 39 Paul Richardson |
| No. 40 Henry Josey |
| No. 41 C.J. Fiedorowicz |
| No. 42 Connor Shaw |
| No. 43 Cody Latimer |
| No. 44 Calvin Pryor |
| No. 45 Jake Matthews |
| No. 46 Donte Moncrief |
| No. 47 Jadeveon Clowney |
| No. 47 Jadeveon Clowney SP |
| No. 48 Aaron Murray |
| No. 49 Ra’Shede Hageman |
| No. 50 Blake Bortles |
| No. 50 Blake Bortles SP |
| No. 51 Kyle Van Noy |
| No. 52 Damien Williams |
| No. 53 Jordan Lynch |
| No. 54 Isaiah Crowell |
| No. 55 Allen Robinson |
| No. 56 Davante Adams |
| No. 57 Eric Ebron |
| No. 57 Eric Ebron SP |
| No. 58 Bradley Roby |
| No. 59 Ka’Deem Carey |
| No. 60 Odell Beckham Jr. |
| No. 61 Tajh Boyd |
| No. 62 Rajion Neal |
| No. 63 Bruce Ellington |
| No. 64 Jerick McKinnon |
| No. 65 A.J. McCarron |
| No. 66 Stephon Tuitt |
| No. 67 Dri Archer |
| No. 68 Josh Huff |
| No. 69 Greg Robinson |
| No. 70 Aaron Donald |
| No. 71 Martavis Bryant |
| No. 72 Kevin Norwood |
| No. 73 Marqise Lee |
| No. 74 Ryan Grant |
| No. 75 Cassius Marsh |
| No. 76 Deone Bucannon |
| No. 77 Carlos Hyde |
| No. 78 Zack Martin |
| No. 79 Kony Ealy |
| No. 80 Jalen Saunders |
| No. 81 Devin Street |
| No. 82 Marion Grice |
| No. 83 Sammy Watkins |
| No. 83 Sammy Watkins SP |
| No. 84 Colt Lyerla |
| No. 85 Mike Evans |
| No. 85 Mike Evans SP |
| No. 86 Ha Ha Clinton-Dix |
| No. 87 Scott Crichton |
| No. 88 Garrett Gilbert |
| No. 89 Logan Thomas |
| No. 90 Jace Amaro |
| No. 91 Austin Seferian-Jenkins |
| No. 92 Shaquelle Evans |
| No. 93 David Fales |
| No. 94 Terrance West |
| No. 95 Ahmad Dixon |
| No. 96 Xavier Grimble |
| No. 97 Brandon Coleman |
| No. 98 Robert Herron |
| No. 99 Taylor Lewan |
| No. 100 Teddy Bridgewater |
| No. 100 Teddy Bridgewater SP |
| AUTOGRAPHS (skip-numbered set) |
| Each has a Green parallel limited to 10 |
| No. 1 Johnny Manziel |
| No. 2 Jarvis Landry |
| No. 3 Will Sutton |
| No. 6 Derek Carr |
| No. 8 Michael Campanaro |
| No. 9 Brandin Cooks |
| No. 10 Arthur Lynch |
| No. 11 Devonta Freeman |
| No. 12 Tom Savage |
| No. 13 Stephen Morris |
| No. 14 Darqueze Dennard |
| No. 15 Jared Abbrederis |
| No. 16 Dominique Easley |
| No. 18 Troy Niklas |
| No. 19 C.J. Mosley |
| No. 20 Zach Mettenberger |
| No. 21 Andre Williams |
| No. 22 John Brown |
| No. 23 Jordan Matthews |
| No. 24 Trey Millard |
| No. 26 Jimmy Garoppolo |
| No. 28 Jeff Janis |
| No. 29 James White |
| No. 31 Charles Sims |
| No. 32 Anthony Barr |
| No. 33 Jeremy Hill |
| No. 36 Kelvin Benjamin |
| No. 37 Bishop Sankey |
| No. 38 Lache Seastrunk |
| No. 40 Henry Josey |
| No. 41 C.J. Fiedorowicz |
| No. 42 Connor Shaw |
| No. 43 Cody Latimer |
| No. 44 Calvin Pryor |
| No. 45 Jake Matthews |
| No. 47 Jadeveon Clowney |
| No. 48 Aaron Murray |
| No. 50 Blake Bortles |
| No. 51 Kyle Van Noy |
| No. 52 Damien Williams |
| No. 53 Jordan Lynch |
| No. 54 Isaiah Crowell |
| No. 55 Allen Robinson |
| No. 56 Davante Adams |
| No. 57 Eric Ebron |
| No. 58 Bradley Roby |
| No. 59 Ka’Deem Carey |
| No. 61 Tajh Boyd |
| No. 62 Rajion Neal |
| No. 63 Bruce Ellington |
| No. 64 Jerick McKinnon |
| No. 65 A.J. McCarron |
| No. 66 Stephon Tuitt |
| No. 67 Dri Archer |
| No. 69 Greg Robinson |
| No. 70 Aaron Donald |
| No. 71 Martavis Bryant |
| No. 72 Kevin Norwood |
| No. 75 Cassius Marsh |
| No. 76 Deone Bucannon |
| No. 79 Kony Ealy |
| No. 81 Devin Street |
| No. 82 Marion Grice |
| No. 83 Sammy Watkins |
| No. 85 Mike Evans |
| No. 86 Ha Ha Clinton-Dix |
| No. 88 Garrett Gilbert |
| No. 89 Logan Thomas |
| No. 90 Jace Amaro |
| No. 91 Austin Seferian-Jenkins |
| No. 93 David Fales |
| No. 94 Terrance West |
| No. 95 Ahmad Dixon |
| No. 96 Xavier Grimble |
| No. 97 Brandon Coleman |
| No. 98 Robert Herron |
| No. 99 Taylor Lewan |
| No. 100 Teddy Bridgewater |
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