Gold Label Goodness

I added a small handful of new Griffeys in the past few weeks.  Today we focus on a GORGEOUS pair from 1998 Topps Gold Label.  This is one of those sets where in my opinion, if you have a player you collect in the base set, then picking up a copy is an absolute MUST. They are THAT nice.  The card stock is very sturdy and super glossy, the background is done in a "refractor" style, and the script lettering for the player names is beautiful.

Each player has 3 cards in the set.  "Class 1" cards have the name in gold foil and have a background shot of the player fielding, like so:

 "Class 2" cards have the name in a sparkly silver foil and show the player running:

And "Class 3" cards (the most rare) have the name in sparkly gold foil, with the background photo being a hitting or pitching shot.  I didn't add the "Class 3" Griffey yet, so no pic of that one.

Here is the player checklist.  Like I said, well worth tracking one down for your favorite players!

1 Kevin Brown

2 Greg Maddux

3 Albert Belle

4 Andres Galarraga

5 Craig Biggio

6 Matt Williams

7 Derek Jeter

8 Randy Johnson

9 Jay Bell

10 Jim Thome

11 Roberto Alomar

12 Tom Glavine

13 Reggie Sanders

14 Tony Gwynn

15 Mark McGwire

16 Jeromy Burnitz

17 Andruw Jones

18 Jay Buhner

19 Robin Ventura

20 Jeff Bagwell

21 Roger Clemens

22 Masato Yoshii RC

23 Travis Fryman

24 Rafael Palmeiro

25 Alex Rodriguez

26 Sandy Alomar, Jr.

27 Chipper Jones

28 Rusty Greer

29 Cal Ripken, Jr.

30 Tony Clark

31 Derek Bell

32 Fred McGriff

33 Paul O'Neill

34 Moises Alou

35 Henry Rodriguez

36 Steve Finley

37 Marquis Grissom

38 Jason Giambi

39 Javy Lopez

40 Damion Easley

41 Mariano Rivera

42 Mo Vaughn

43 Mike Mussina

44 Jason Kendall

45 Pedro Martinez

46 Frank Thomas

47 Jim Edmonds

48 Hideki Irabu

49 Eric Karros

50 Juan Gonzalez

51 Ellis Burks

52 Dean Palmer

53 Scott Rolen

54 Raul Mondesi

55 Quinton McCracken

56 John Olerud

57 Ken Caminiti

58 Brian Jordan

59 Wade Boggs

60 Mike Piazza

61 Darin Erstad

62 Curt Schilling

63 Dave Justice

64 Kenny Lofton

65 Barry Bonds

66 Ray Lankford

67 Brian Hunter

68 Chuck Knoblauch

69 Vinny Castilla

70 Vladimir Guerrero

71 Tim Salmon

72 Larry Walker

73 Paul Molitor

74 Barry Larkin

75 Edgar Martinez

76 Bernie Williams

77 Dante Bichette

78 Nomar Garciaparra

79 Ben Grieve

80 Ivan Rodriguez

81 Todd Helton

82 Ryan Klesko

83 Sammy Sosa

84 Travis Lee

85 Jose Cruz, Jr.

86 Mark Kotsay

87 Richard Hidalgo

88 Rondell White

89 Greg Vaughn

90 Gary Sheffield

91 Paul Konerko

92 Mark Grace

93 Kevin Millwood RC

94 Manny Ramirez

95 Tino Martinez

96 Brad Fullmer

97 Todd Walker

98 Carlos Delgado

99 Kerry Wood

100 Ken Griffey, Jr.