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Topps releases $22K baseball card collection

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The price of baseball cards just aren't what they used to be.

Way back in the day, cards were given away with packs of cigarettes. More recently, packs of cards included a piece of rock-hard chewing gum.

Those days are long gone, though, as Topps has just released a set of 65 silver briefcases, called the "2016 Topps Transcendent Collection Baseball."

It can be yours for the smooth price of $22,000.

So what exactly are you buying for that much cash? Here's a look at the product description:

  • 50 gold-framed autograph cards
    • At least 1 guaranteed autograph card from each of the 39 active signers
    • At least one 1/1 autograph card is guaranteed
  • 1 Oversized Cut Signature Box Topper 1/1 Autograph Card
  • 1 Kris Bryant 1/1 Autograph Card
  • 1 Original 1/1 Sketch Card
  • 1 set of 50 Base Cards (numbered to 65)
  • 1 set of Sketch Card Reproductions (numbered to 65)
  • 1 invitation to the Topps 65th Anniversary Celebration in Las Vegas, NV with NL MVP Kris Bryant
  • 3 bonus autograph redemption cards (Boyega, Griffey, Seager)

If you're fresh out of Christmas gift ideas and have some money to burn, this should be on the buy-now list.

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