1998 Topps Autographs and Memorabilia

In 1998, Topps didn’t insert any autographs directly into packs of their base product.  They had done so with Willie Mays autos the year before, and a Derek Jeter auto into series 2.

Clemente Memorabilia Madness Redemption – 19 cards (1:2,400 series 1)

Series 1 also included a Clemente Memorabilia promotion where you could get a bunch of different memorabilia related to Clemente.  You needed to pull one of the winner cards and also include one of the Wild Cards above.

Here are the prizes you could win:

• 227 of Clemente’s old Topps cards (3 of his 1955 Rookie Card),
• 500 uncut sheets of Topps “Minted in Cooperstown” parallels,
• 10 different autographed Topps cards of Clemente (1 was his 1970 Topps Super),
• 1 Clemente Game-Used Jersey,
• 2 autographed Pirates team World Series baseballs (1960, 1971),
• 3 other Clemente Autographed balls,
• 3 different signed posters/photos,
• 4 game-used bats,
• 4 canceled checks,
• 1 cut autograph with a photo, and
• 99 Clemente Pirates jerseys issued by Topps specifically for this promotion.

Here’s a picture of one of the Pirates jerseys you could have won.  A few of these have popped up on eBay over the years – this one was on somewhat recently.  Notice the patch on the upper right arm – it’s the same as the Clemente logo Topps put onto his 1998 reprint cards.