Well, now that I’ve collected one of each regular series basic Topps hobby box from the past 25 years, and integrated every regular series basic Topps card from my old collection into my new collection, I’ve decided to foray into Topps Traded and Topps Updates sets.  I felt bad for not getting 2008 Topps Updates and Highlights last year, and it’s gonna be a long offseason if I don’t get this year’s Update set, so the decision has been made… 25yearsofbaseball will include Topps Updates A.K.A. Topps Series 3.

I was never into the Topps Traded sets when I was collecting as a kid, probably because most of the time they were only available as complete sets.  In 1990, I did get my hands on a few packs of 1990 Topps Traded.  It’s a completely worthless set that I wouldn’t pay more than the price of a Starbucks coffee today.  The only cards of note in the set are David Justice and John Olerud rookie cards, which were cool in 1990, but with our hindsight we know that those players are not exactly Hall of Fame material.  Beckett lists the complete set as going for anywhere between $1.25 and $3.00.

1990 Topps Traded #130T Dave Winfield

So without further ado, here are my 1990 Topps Traded archives, to be integrated into my collection:

1. #4T Steve Avery
2. #6T Carlos Baerga (Rookie)
3. #9T Mike Blowers (Rookie)
4. #15T Tom Brunansky
5. #16T John Burkett
6. #19T Gary Carter
7. #20T Joe Carter
8. #27T Wayne Edwards (Rookie)
9. #32T John Franco
10. #45T Jeff Huson
11. #47T Stan Javier
12. #53T Brad Komminsk
13. #58T Tim Leary
14. #65T Candy Maldonado
15. #67T Mike Marshall
16. #69T John Marzano
17. #71T Jack McDowell
18. #75T Alan Mills (Rookie)
19. #78T Randy Myers
20. #80T Junior Noboa
21. #84T Greg Olson (Rookie)
22. #86T Dave Parker
23. #89T Alejandro Pena
24. #90T Tony Pena
25. #95T Tony Phillips
26. #100T Willie Randolph
27. #101T Jeff Reardon
28. #105T Kevin Romine
29. #108T Bill Sampen (Rookie)
30. #109T Juan Samuel
31. #110T Scott Sanderson
32. #112T Dave Schmidt
33. #116T Don Slaught
34. #119T Paul Sorrento (Rookie)
35. #121T Russ Swan (Rookie)
36. #130T Dave Winfield