If you love to chase after buy-back autographed cards and have an affinity towards the players of yesteryear then this product is for you. Last week Topps released, for the second year in a row, their 2016 Topps Archives Signatures brand. As you may know, it solely focuses on older Topps cards that have been signed by the respective player. In other words, there is no base set. Instead, each pack/box includes a single encased certified autographed Baseball card.
There are over a 100 different players available and several of them have Dodger ties. They include Andy Pafko, Don Drysdale, Don Zimmer, Duke Snider, Eric Davis, Frank Robinson, Gary Carter, Greg Maddux, Hoyt Wilhelm, Leo Durocher, Mike Piazza, Nomar Garciaparra, Sandy Koufax, Shawn Green and Steve Garvey. Go here for a listing of players that can be found. There is no guarantee, of course, that the players above have a signed Dodger card in the product. After all, both Hoyt Wilhelm and Frank Robinson were short-term Dodger players, and there are really only a handful of Topps cards of them as a Dodger available. Nevertheless, I've done my best to catalogue what is available. If you run across something I don't list here please let me know.
Below is a listing of known (so far to me) Dodger cards. Of note, if your a fan of Steve Garvey or Shawn Green then chances are high you'll find one in a box. There are a ton of them available. Furthermore, the list below is not likely to be complete. There are no doubt numerous "1 of 1" cards and other scarcities still lurking in unopened boxes or in private collections.
Eric Davis
- 1993 Bowman (#/39)
- 1993 Topps (#/35)
Nomar Garciaparra
- 2006 Allen & Ginter (#/5)
- 2006 Topps Update (#/6)
Steve Garvey
- 1973 Topps (#/5)
- 1977 Topps (#/2)
- 1979 Topps (#/25)
- 1981 Topps (#/32)
- 1981 Topps Squirt (#/3)
- 1981 OPC (#/6)
- 1982 Drake's (#/21)
- 1982 Kmart (#/5)
- 1982 Topps (#/23)
- 1982 Topps In Action (#/50)
- 1982 OPC (#/21)
- 1982 OPC IA (#/23)
- 2011 Topps 60 Insert (#/2)
- 2011 Topps 60 Insert Relic (#/1)
Shawn Green
- 2000 Bowman Chrome (#/10)
- 2000 Bowman Retro/Future (#/5)
- 2000 Topps Finest (#/16)
- 2000 Topps Gallery (#/10)
- 2000 Topps HD (#/10)
- 2000 Topps Stadium Club Chrome (#/10)
- 2001 Bowman Heritage (#/5)
- 2001 Topps Heritage (#/141)
- 2001 Topps Finest (#/25)
- 2002 Bowman (#/10)
- 2002 Bowman Chrome (#/10)
- 2002 Topps 206 (#/2)
- 2002 Topps 206 Series 1 (#/2)
- 2002 Topps Finest (#/25)
- 2002 Topps Stadium Club (#/10)
- 2003 Bowman's Best (#/25)
- 2003 Topps Gallery Heritage Relics (#/3)
- 2003 Topps Opening Day (#/9)
- 2003 Topps Pristine Bomb Squad Relic (#/1)
- 2004 Bowman (#/1)
Sandy Koufax
- 1958 Topps (#/1)
Mike Piazza
- 1993 OPC (#/1)
- 1994 Stadium Club (#/6)
- 1995 Topps Bazooka (#/1)
