.394 - The Tony Gwynn Baseball Card Blog: Modern Monday

Monday, January 11, 2021

Modern Monday - Stadium Club Chrome

Tony was card #160 in the Topps Stadium Club release in 2020, and Chrome parallels were included in that set. However, Topps also released an entire set of Stadium Club Chrome at the end of the year. My friend Gawain "busted some product" and it's my good fortune that he found Tony's card in his box.

Card Number 570: Topps Stadium Club Chrome, 2020; #160

This is a different picture than the one used in the regular Stadium Club release (as blogged back in October 2020). It's a picture from earlier in Tony's career. The pinstripes and brown jacket and helmet date this to between 1985 and 1991. I would estimate it being from about 1986-7, based on Tony's moustache.

Apart from a blue tint to the background, the cardback is exactly the same as the regular Stadium Club set.

I've read different opinions of Topps's release of Chrome versions of their sets. Some collectors see it as a 'cash grab', although that could be applied to just about every Topps release. If they didn't think it would make money then they wouldn't release any sets. To me, their use of a different photo, and using one which I personally haven't seen used in other sets recently, makes this much more than just a chromatised reissue.

Total: 570 cards

3 comments:

FujiJanuary 12, 2021 at 4:56 AM
I'm not a fan of Topps creating a Chrome version for so many of their products. That being said... I've got no problem with Stadium Club Chrome. I just wish they had kept it an insert for their regular SC product. But it makes them money and people will buy it... so they will continue to produce it.
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I'm Jon. I live in Cardiff, Wales. That's a photo of me next to a historic site for baseball in Cardiff. I have supported the San Diego Padres since my first ever live baseball game in Petco Park in September 2004.

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