Topps Living Set

[ewokpelts]

Player request for our artists:

Can we get a Bobby Jenks card? Closer from the 2005 world champion white sox. He’s dying from cancer as we speak. AND! He lost his home in the LA fires recently.

[Joliet Jake]

Topps MLB® Living Set® Card #821 - Pee Wee Reese - PR: 1,767
Pee Wee Reese is the Brooklyn Dodgers 41st franchise and 3rd team member, and 99th Hall of Fame member featured.
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Topps Living Set Fine Art Print #821 - Pee Wee Reese


Topps MLB® Living Set® Card #822 - Jesse Winker - PR: 1,184
Jesse Winker is the New York Mets 32nd franchise and team member, and the 50th duplicate and 56th repeat player featured.
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Topps Living Set Fine Art Print #822 - Jesse Winker

[Chihuahuas]

Originally Posted by Joliet Jake

Topps MLB Living Set Card #821 - Pee Wee Reese
Pee Wee Reese is the Brooklyn Dodgers 41st franchise and 3rd team member, and 99th Hall of Fame member featured.
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Topps Living Set Fine Art Print #821 - Pee Wee Reese


Topps MLB Living Set Card #822 - Jesse Winker
Jesse Winker is the New York Mets 32nd franchise and team member, and the 50th duplicate and 56th repeat player featured.
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Topps Living Set Fine Art Print #822 - Jesse Winker

Holy Cow. Whoa Nelly.
Another one from 1953 set.

“Get up, get outta here, gone” Now we need a Uecker card. May he rest in peace.

[Joliet Jake]

Originally Posted by Chihuahuas

Holy Cow. Whoa Nelly.
Another one from 1953 set.

“Get up, get outta here, gone” Now we need a Uecker card. May he rest in peace.

I was pumped to see Reese today. Disappointed in the Winker selection. There are few players that warrant a second (or third) card in the set, and Winker is not one of them. That said, the artwork is fantastic as usual.

[astrotrevor]

Skyline reflection on the helmet is pretty cool.

[kidfan9]

Pee Wee looks fantastic! This is why I keep collecting this set.

[tdubs1010]

Since we recently got Bonds and have McGwire in the set, we need a Sammy Sosa card at some point. Hoping we see him sooner than later. Would rather have him than Jesse Winker as a Met... what an odd selection.

[Natsfan32]

I love the Reese card, which is classic. Winker is another example (like Lane Thomas) of a player who didn't get a card until he left the Nats.

[Joliet Jake]

Originally Posted by astrotrevor

Skyline reflection on the helmet is pretty cool.

That's a great touch.

Originally Posted by tdubs1010

Since we recently got Bonds and have McGwire in the set, we need a Sammy Sosa card at some point. Hoping we see him sooner than later. Would rather have him than Jesse Winker as a Met... what an odd selection.

I think with Sammy being welcomed back into the Cubs org, we aren't long for his inclusion in the Living Set.

No disrespect to Winker, but if you're going to feature a Mets player, why not Soto? I know we'll eventually see it, but it would've been nice to have another player drawn by all three artists.

[flyercle]

Originally Posted by Natsfan32

I love the Reese card, which is classic. Winker is another example (like Lane Thomas) of a player who didn't get a card until he left the Nats.

Did Lane Thomas get a living card that I missed?

[eldavojohn]

Originally Posted by flyercle

Did Lane Thomas get a living card that I missed?

No I think he was just saying that Lane is with the Guardians now so it's too late ... but he could be traded back!

Or I guess they could "bend the rules" and issue the nats card after he retires

[Fsegaud]

Originally Posted by eldavojohn

No I think he was just saying that Lane is with the Guardians now so it's too late ... but he could be traded back!

Or I guess they could "bend the rules" and issue the nats card after he retires

Rule would not be bent if he NEVER gets a card during his career.

[Natsfan32]

Originally Posted by eldavojohn

No I think he was just saying that Lane is with the Guardians now so it's too late ... but he could be traded back!

Or I guess they could "bend the rules" and issue the nats card after he retires

My mistake. For some reason I had a memory of a Lane Thomas Guardians card.

[Joliet Jake]

Topps MLB® Living Set® Card #823 - Adael Amador - PR: 1,176
Adael Amador is the Colorado Rockies 17th franchise and team member, and the 267th rookie featured.


Topps Living Set Fine Art Print #823 - Adael Amador


Topps MLB® Living Set® Card #824 - Spencer Schwellenbach - PR: 1,701
Spencer Schwellenbach is the Atlanta Braves 35th franchise and 33rd team member, and 268th rookie featured.


Topps Living Set Fine Art Print #824 - Spencer Schwellenbach

[Joliet Jake]

Fantastic art this week, and I really like the backgrounds for both cards.

Really enjoying the lack of maker marks and ad patches, too.

[Lawmaker]

What’s the background on Spencer’s card?? Weird

[eldavojohn]

Originally Posted by Lawmaker

What’s the background on Spencer’s card?? Weird

I flipped through getty and couldn't find the exact reference photo on their site but, given the prop glove, this is likely from a photoshoot at CoolToday Park on February 21, 2025 in North Port, Florida.

A quick google search of this spring training park shows a similar structure to the left in this photo:

[eldavojohn]

Alright a Twins card! Brooks Lee & Aramis Ramirez today

[Lawmaker]

Zzzzz

[Joliet Jake]

Topps MLB® Living Set® Card #825 - Brooks Lee - PR: 1,545
Brooks Lee is the Minnesota Twins 27th franchise and team member, and 269th rookie featured.
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Topps Living Set Fine Art Print #825 - Brooks Lee


Topps MLB® Living Set® Card #826 - Aramis Ramirez - PR: 1,140
Aramis Ramirez is the Chicago Cubs 31st franchise and team member featured.
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Topps Living Set Fine Art Print #826 - Aramis Ramirez

[eldavojohn]

Pretty great mail day today:

[Joliet Jake]

Originally Posted by eldavojohn

Pretty great mail day today:

That's awesome!

How did you go about getting them signed?

[Fsegaud]

Originally Posted by eldavojohn

Pretty great mail day today:

Beautiful items, congrats!

[eldavojohn]

There's a bunch of random signings that happen all over the place. This one was supposed to happen in like January ... then I got nervous once the season started thinking he would be busy. Then I started to get nervous that the return label wouldn't be good if it happened. Then I got it out of the blue today.

So far I've done this with Ozzie Smith and now Skenes. The same guy who ran the Skenes one (Wilder Side of Sports) has a Bill Mazeroski coming up but I'm not sure if I want to go through with it again hahahaha. Maybe we should start a thread somewhere of private signings that you can mail in for players who have prints/cards from living set? Tons of leg work to track them down and I'd feel terrible if someone's stuff got lost and didn't get a refund ... that's the only thing stopping me from broadcasting these TBH. It's great until something goes wrong.

[Joliet Jake]

Originally Posted by eldavojohn

There's a bunch of random signings that happen all over the place. This one was supposed to happen in like January ... then I got nervous once the season started thinking he would be busy. Then I started to get nervous that the return label wouldn't be good if it happened. Then I got it out of the blue today.

So far I've done this with Ozzie Smith and now Skenes. The same guy who ran the Skenes one (Wilder Side of Sports) has a Bill Mazeroski coming up but I'm not sure if I want to go through with it again hahahaha. Maybe we should start a thread somewhere of private signings that you can mail in for players who have prints/cards from living set? Tons of leg work to track them down and I'd feel terrible if someone's stuff got lost and didn't get a refund ... that's the only thing stopping me from broadcasting these TBH. It's great until something goes wrong.

I can only imagine the nerves waiting out the process.

I understand not wanting to lead collectors astray, but I trust all of us are adults that are aware of the inherent risk when mailing something off for a signing, the same as doing so for grading.

I'm also open to a new thread for private signings for Living Set players. I found the Mazeroski you mentioned. Is it common to have to email this particular person to receiving pricing and further details?