This set came as a bit of a surprise. Released in March 2025, the 2024 Topps Heritage High Numbers set is a bit late to the game. It's a nice surprise, but this unfortunately pushes the boundaries of a set for a particular year. At the time of release, the next year was already roughly one-fourth of the way through.
With that unpleasantness out of the way, let's get into this release.
Since 2008, the Topps Heritage set has had a high numbers release later in the year. It originally threw me for a loop. I had committed myself to collecting the entire 2008 set, not just the White Sox cards. I had come really close to completing the set and then a whole bunch of new cards were unleashed onto the public.
I still haven't completed either the regular of the high number set from 2008, but I'm inching closer every year. I still haven't found either of the name variations for 2008. I've pretty much given that pursuit up and have been concentrating on completing the set. This is just another in a long line of uncompleted sets from the overbearing glut of releases from 2008. My grandiose ideas of collecting that year really bit me in the butt.
In other words, the multiple releases have become the standard for the Heritage line. Not that I need another set to chase, but I think it's probably time to resurrect the Bowman Heritage line. Enough time has passed and after the fifties sets are completed, they can jump right into 1989.
This set borrows from the 1975 Topps flagship set. It's simple, bold and distinctive. The original set is one that really stood out when I was exploring older sets. I started my collecting journey in 1983 and was born one year after this sets design. This was also a really fun card to create in my Birth Years project. There were so many color combinations to choose from. It was never a boring endeavor.
The White Sox have six cards in this set.
554 - Andrew Vaughn
616 - Jonathan Cannon (multi-rookie)
622 - Zach DeLoach (multi-rookie)
627 - Garrett Crochet
647 - Nick Nastrini
694 - Gavin Sheets
716 - Jordan Leasure
Gavin Sheets has a throwback image gimmick in this set.
There are eight parallels to the set. White border, aqua border, green border (blasters only), dark blue border (hobby only), black and white image, mini, black border (/50) (hobby only) and flip stock (/5) (hobby only). Important note: all borders are marked as "white border" above the number on the back of the card. Who knows why. It just makes it more frustrating to identify the different types of borders.
There are also chrome cards of each card numbered to 699. Along with refractor (/225), black refractor (/75) (hobby only), gold refractor (/5) (hobby only) and superfractor (/1).
A little late to the game, but welcome anyway. That's my general impression of this release. If you like the Heritage line, you know exactly what to expect here. Probably the most exciting for me is the mini cards. Those were always fascinating to me when I was a young collector, so it's a sense of nostalgia, which is what these type of releases are meant to conjure up.
A solid, yet not super exciting set. If you love the vintage feel with a few modern twists, you really can't go wrong with this one. If you're lucky enough to find an autograph in your pack, rest assured, it will be on card.