Need help with weird 2016 Topps Pete Rose cards!

[energyrater1]

Ok, these are strange ones. Cannot find anything on it, not on Topps or any Rose databases. Any help or information is appreciated. I have to think they are real Topps cards from 2016. People say the last Pete Rose Topps card was the 2015 WWE card. Any information or suggestions would be appreciated.

[jacksoncoupage]

Originally Posted by energyrater1

Ok, these are strange ones. Cannot find anything on it, not on Topps or any Rose databases. Any help or information is appreciated. I have to think they are real Topps cards from 2016. People say the last Pete Rose Topps card was the 2015 WWE card. Any information or suggestions would be appreciated.

Topps did not produce these for issue in product. These are custom made cards that someone unrelated to Topps created using Topps' template system. They shut it down just before the Fanatics purchase and without warning, I might ad. They had a variety of border templates to use: 1952, 1987, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, etc etc.

I frequently used this service, which was a great value ($10 per 20 cards) and is missed.

[jacksoncoupage]

Originally Posted by jacksoncoupage

Topps did not produce these for issue in product. These are custom made cards that someone unrelated to Topps created using Topps' template system. They shut it down just before the Fanatics purchase and without warning, I might ad. They had a variety of border templates to use: 1952, 1987, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, etc etc.

I frequently used this service, which was a great value ($10 per 20 cards) and is missed.

Example 1

Example 2

[energyrater1]

Thank you for helping me figure this out! Surprised I have not seen more Rose cards like this floating around. Even more amazing is Topps not making an issue of it, seeing that Rose was banned, and the MLB logo being on the card.

[energyrater1]

Originally Posted by jacksoncoupage

Example 1

Example 2

After reading the descriptions under the 2 examples you posted i'm gussing the Rose cards are pretty rare!

[jacksoncoupage]

Originally Posted by energyrater1

After reading the descriptions under the 2 examples you posted i'm gussing the Rose cards are pretty rare!

The thing is, only the person who made them knows how many they ordered. They could have ordered 2000 or 20 of each. At minimum there are 20 of each of those cards (minimum req. order at Topps). It looks like they cut one to insert the sig piece and glue into another so we are down to 18 of that design.

Originally Posted by energyrater1

Thank you for helping me figure this out! Surprised I have not seen more Rose cards like this floating around. Even more amazing is Topps not making an issue of it, seeing that Rose was banned, and the MLB logo being on the card.

I'm really surprised that Topps allowed the use of Rose and I'm sure someone was asleep during the processing. It was my understanding that you couldnt use licensed photos or current/former major league players. AT the end of the day, these are fan made but printed by Topps.

[Gary Dunaier]

Originally Posted by jacksoncoupage

These are custom made cards that someone unrelated to Topps created using Topps' template system. They shut it down just before the Fanatics purchase and without warning, I might ad. They had a variety of border templates to use: 1952, 1987, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, etc etc.

I frequently used this service, which was a great value ($10 per 20 cards) and is missed.

Agreed. I used their service in 2017 to make my first Thumbs Down Guy business cards.





The one thing I didn't like was that if the chosen card design included team logos, as was the case with the 2017 design I used, you HAD to include one on your card; either one of the MLB teams, or your own design, but it had to be something. There was no option for a logo-free variant of the design. At the time I made the card, I hadn't yet reached out to the master cartoonist Tom Beland to create my caricature logo, so I was forced to use a generic thumbs-down image; I'd have preferred no logo at all.