2011 Topps Lineage Baseball Checklist

2011 Topps Lineage: a 200-card base set built for Topps' 60th anniversary, with retro tribute inserts, mini relics and autographed reprints

2011 Topps Lineage was released on August 3, 2011 to mark Topps' 60th anniversary. The base design is new, but the inserts recreate classic Topps issues: 1975 Minis, 1968 3D, 1972 Cloth Stickers, 1964 Stand Ups and 1964 Giants. Each 24-pack hobby box promised two autographs, a relic and a Giants box loader. The following year Topps brought the idea back under the Archives name.

What's in the checklist

• Base: 200 cards mixing current players and legends, with 1975 Mini, Diamond Anniversary, Platinum Diamond, Canary Diamond 1/1 and Printing Plate parallels. Cards 191-200 are All-Star Rookie Cup tributes.
• Inserts: Venezuelan Spanish-back cards, unnumbered 1968 Topps 3D cards with Linegraph parallels (/99 and red-back 1/1), 1972 Cloth Stickers, Topps Rookies, unnumbered 1964 Stand Ups and oversized 1964 Giants box loaders
• Relics: 1975 Mini Relics (Canary /10), 60th Anniversary Jumbo Relics /25 with Patch /5, and 1964 Giants Relics /64
• Autographs: on-card Autographed Reprints of classic cards (heavy on 1952 Topps players) and sticker-signed 1952 Autographs, each with Canary Diamond /10 parallels

Key subjects

The rookie class includes Freddie Freeman, Chris Sale, Brandon Belt, Michael Pineda and Aroldis Chapman. Autographs include Sandy Koufax, Stan Musial, Hank Aaron, Nolan Ryan and a 1952 Autographs Buster Posey.

Grading considerations

The Freddie Freeman rookie (146), its parallels and the Canary Diamond parallels are the cards most worth grading. The Diamond Anniversary foil scratches easily. The 3D cards have rounded corners and the Stand Ups are die-cut, so both need a careful edge inspection. The 1975 Minis and Mini Relics are undersized cards.