2023 Topps 582 Montgomery Club 20-Card Set

The Topps 582 Montgomery Club has been scaled back quite a bit for 2023.

Members this year receive (1) 20-card set in the Spring, and the Montgomery Club stamped factory set in the Fall.

Club members also get first access to buy these 2023 products:

• 2023 Bowman Chrome Baseball Sapphire
• 2023 Topps Chrome Baseball Sapphire
• 2023 Topps Chrome Star Wars Sapphire
• 2023 Topps Chrome Bundesliga Sapphire
• 2023 Topps Finest Flashbacks Baseball
• 2023 Topps Chrome Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire

The design Topps went with reminds me a lot of 1990 Topps Baseball mixed in with some of the graphics from the opening credits to Saved By The Bell.

Given that this is the only 20-card set club members will receive this year, I believe Topps should have done something BIG for this set. It would have been cool to see a 20-card Topps Chrome Sapphire set made just for club members featuring players/managers/mascots who have never had cards printed on Topps Chrome Sapphire stock before.

Here is the checklist for the 20-card set:

• Michael Harris II RC #1
• Mike Trout #2
• Aaron Judge #3
• Justin Verlander #4
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. #5
• Jacob deGrom #6
• Gunnar Henderson RC #7
• Jeremy Peña #8
• Julio Rodriguez #9
• Shohei Ohtani #10
• Juan Soto #11
• Mookie Betts #12
• Masataka Yoshida RC #13
• Adley Rutschman RC #14
• Dansby Swanson #15
• Riley Greene RC #16
• Bobby Witt Jr. #17
• Triston Casas RC #18
• Wander Franco #19
• Kodai Senga RC #20

Topps Printed Autograph COA On ’22 Stadium Club Cards Not Meant To Be Signed

Accidentally printing the autograph COA on cards that were never intended to be signed opens up the possibility for all types of fraud. We’ve seen it happen with products such as 2018 Panini Illusions Football, and 2021 Topps Archives Baseball.

Absolutely nothing stops some deadbeat scammer from forging the player’s signature, and attempting to pass it off as the real thing. A collector who doesn’t know any better could easily see the COA, believe the autograph is authentic, and easily be taken advantage of.

Topps recently made this mistake again in 2022 Stadium Club. I’ve talked about this before, but wanted to bring the subject up again to help clear some things up. Especially now with the release of the standalone 2022 Stadium Club Chrome product.

2022 Topps Stadium Club – Chrome Refractor Non-autograph (front)

2022 Topps Stadium Club – Chrome Refractor Non-autograph (back)

The 2022 Stadium Club set has (300) cards in it. (90) of those cards have Chrome versions with accompanying parallels. The non-autographed Refractor parallel of those cards come with the Topps autograph COA on the back that reads “THE SIGNING OF ALL AUTOGRAPH CARDS IS WITNESSED BY A TOPPS REPRESENTATIVE TO GUARANTEE AUTHENTICITY.” These specific cards were not meant to have this COA printed on them. It looks like this is isolated to just the regular non-autographed Refractor parallel. Non-autographed Orange Refractors #’ed/99, Pearl White Refractors #’ed/30, Gold Minted Refractors, and SuperFractors #’ed 1/1 do not have this COA printed on the back.

2022 Topps Stadium Club – Chrome Autograph (authentic front)

2022 Topps Stadium Club – Chrome Autograph (authentic back)

With all of that being said, there are legitimate pack-inserted Chrome autographs. If you’re looking for an authentic 2022 Topps Stadium Club – Chrome Autograph not only should it have the COA printed on the back, but the front should have the “TOPPS CERTIFIED AUTOGRAPH ISSUE” message as well. It should also be serial numbered.

2022 Topps Stadium Club Chrome – Refractor Non-autograph (front)

2022 Topps Stadium Club Chrome – Refractor Non-autograph (back)

2022 Topps Stadium Club Chrome Autograph (front)

2022 Topps Stadium Club Chrome Autograph (back)

In addition to including Chrome cards within the regular 2022 Stadium Club set, Topps issued a standalone 2022 Stadium Club Chrome set. Its a completely separate product. No errors were made to those non-autographed Refractors.

Card manufacturers can sometimes make things so confusing.

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Torkelson, Witt, & Rodriguez 2022 Topps 582 Montgomery Club Stamped Rookies Arrive

Members of the Topps 582 Montgomery Club were a little disappointed when they opened their club-exclusive factory set to find that rookie cards of Spencer Torkelson, Bobby Witt, Jr., and Julio Rodriguez did not include the 582 Montgomery Club stamp.

Topps made up for the mistake and sent members corrected versions of these three cards which just arrived.

IMPORTANT NOTE – The card stock used for these corrected versions is thicker when compared to the cards found in the 582 Montgomery Club factory set. Both sides of the corrected versions have a glossy finish too. Cards found in the factory set only have gloss on the front.

This officially wraps things up for the 2022 membership.

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ALERT: Watch Out When Buying These 2022 Topps Stadium Club Baseball Chrome Refractor Autographs

The 2022 Topps Stadium Club Baseball Chrome set consists of (90) cards.

Collectors ripping through their packs/boxes have noticed that the Refractor parallels of these cards contain the Topps autograph COA printed on the back. The only problem is that these specific cards were never meant to have that COA printed on them.

As you can imagine it wouldn’t take much for a scammer to forge the player’s autograph on the front, and attempt to pass it off as the real thing. An individual who didn’t know any better might look at that card, see the COA, and believe the autograph is authentic.

It looks like this is isolated to just the regular non-autographed Refractor parallels. Non-autographed Orange Refractors #’ed/99, Pearl White Refractors #’ed/30, Gold Minted Refractors, and SuperFractors #’ed 1/1 do not have this COA printed on the back.

If you’re looking for an authentic 2022 Topps Stadium Club Baseball Chrome Refractor Autograph not only should it have the COA printed on the back, but the front should have the “TOPPS CERTIFIED AUTOGRAPH ISSUE” message as well. It should also be serial numbered.

A similar situation took place with 2021 Topps Archives Baseball.