Topps
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The Topps Company, Inc. is an American company that manufactures trading cards and other collectibles. Formerly based in New York City, Topps is best known as a leading producer of baseball and other sports and non-sports themed trading cards. Topps also produces cards under the brand names Allen & Ginter and Bowman.
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- 1938-00-00
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- Company history
- Beginning and consolidation
- Incorporation
- Topps Digital
- Topps Europe Ltd.
- Purchase of Merlin
- Topps Europe Ltd. products
- Topps baseball cards
- Entry into the baseball card market
- Competition for player contracts
- Consolidation of a monopoly
- The monopoly and its end
- Topps in the modern baseball card industry
- Card design
- Use of statistics
- Artwork and photography
- Coping with updated developments
- American Football cards
- Trading cards for other sports
- Non-sports products
- Candy and confectionery items
- Non-sports trading cards
- Disney Channel
- Comic books
- Games
- Controversy
- Awards
- Major League Baseball
- Minor League Baseball
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
The Topps Company, Inc. is an American company that manufactures trading cards and other collectibles. Formerly based in New York City, Topps is best known as a leading producer of baseball and other sports and non-sports themed trading cards. Topps also produces cards under the brand names Allen & Ginter and Bowman.
In the 2010s, Topps was the only baseball card manufacturer with a license with Major League Baseball. Following the loss of that license to Fanatics, Inc. in 2022, Fanatics acquired Topps in the same year.