2026 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball came out on October 7, 2026, the date on Topps' own product page. The first sold hobby boxes are in: a median of $200.00 across 5 sales, Sep 13–Oct 9, 2026. Four of them sold after release day, at $180.00 to $200.00. A 2026 box is 18 packs of 8 cards with two hits. That works out to about $11.11 a pack, against about $9.19 a pack for a sealed 2025 box (24 packs) at its September sold median. On eBay on October 10 the cheapest single box is lowest ask $199.90 · 44 live (Oct 10). That is an ask, not a sale.
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These are the first dated sales of the 2026 set, read from SportsCardsPro's completed-sales tables on October 10, 2026. Each figure is the median of the counted sales in the stated dates. It is three days of selling, so the counts are small.
| Sealed box | Sold median | Sales · dates | Per pack | What it says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 hobby box18 packs × 8 · 2 hits | $200.00 | 5 sales · Sep 13–Oct 9, 2026 | $11.11 | Four sold after release day: $180.00 and $200.00 on Oct 7, $189.95 and $200.00 on Oct 9. The fifth was a presale box at $205.46 on Sep 13. |
| 2025 hobby box24 packs × 8 · 2 hits | $220.50 | 3 sales · Sep 10–17, 2026 | $9.19 | Last year's box, ten months after its release. A Sep 23 sale of a Mitchell & Ness-branded box is left out, since it is sold as a different box. |
| 2026 value blaster8 packs × 6 | $29.97 | 2 sales · Oct 8–9, 2026 | $3.75 | Two sales, $29.99 on Oct 8 and $29.95 on Oct 9. With fewer than three sales this is a two-sale median, and it is labelled that way. |
Per pack is the sold median divided by the packs in the box: $200.00 ÷ 18, $220.50 ÷ 24, $29.97 ÷ 8. It is arithmetic on sold comps, not a separate price. SportsCardsPro lists the four post-release 2026 hobby sales and both blaster sales as fixed-price sales on Fanatics; the Sep 13 hobby sale was on eBay. Titles and sellers are never published.
| 2026 rookie (raw base) | Sold median | Sales · dates | Shop |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munetaka Murakami RC #5White Sox | $4.29 | 3 sales · Oct 7, 2026 | Murakami #5 on eBay → |
| Konnor Griffin RC #103Pirates | $3.00 | 3 sales · Oct 7, 2026 | Griffin #103 on eBay → |
| Kevin McGonigle RC #206Tigers | $2.99 | 8 sales · Oct 7–10, 2026 | McGonigle #206 on eBay → |
| Roman Anthony RC #200Red Sox | No sold read | 1 sale · Oct 10, 2026 | Anthony #200 on eBay → |
Raw base cards only, from each card's SportsCardsPro page, read October 10, 2026. Left out by eye: a Murakami sale on Oct 6 whose title names a second card number, and a McGonigle listing that sold two cards together. One sale is not enough for a read, so Roman Anthony shows "No sold read". No graded 2026 A&G card has a sale on these pages yet. For comparison, the 2025 set's top raw rookie, Nick Kurtz #296, sold for a $1.75 median (15 sales, Aug 31–Sep 29, 2026).
The hobby configuration is from Topps' product page, read September 28, 2026. The presale price is Topps' own, as Checklist Insider recorded it on September 8. These are stated prices and asks, not sold comps. Topps showed both formats sold out before release, so most boxes now come from resellers. The sold figures are in the table above.
| Format | Packs × cards | Hits per box | Price | Shop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby boxthe investor format | 18 × 8 | 2 (auto, relic, rip card or printing plate) | $139.99 Topps presale (per Checklist Insider) · lowest ask $199.90 · 44 live (Oct 10) | Hobby boxes on eBay → |
| Value blasterretail | 8 × 6 | not stated (Topps says autos and relics are possible, no count per box) | Topps price not stated · lowest ask $28.85 · 16 live (Oct 10) | Blasters on eBay → |
Street date and both configurations: topps.com product pages, re-read October 2, 2026. Both say "October 7, 2026" and both showed sold out at Topps. Topps does not print a price on either page, so the $139.99 hobby presale figure is Topps' price as Checklist Insider recorded it (page dated Sep 11, updated Sep 17, 2026). The hobby ask is the lowest of 44 single-box, fixed-price listings among the 50 cheapest eBay listings returned for the query on Oct 10, 2026, after removing a "lot of 5" listing and one titled 24 packs; the middle of the 44 asked $210.00. It was $199.99 on Oct 2. The blaster ask is the lowest of 16 single-box listings on Oct 10, after removing team-break spots, a single pack and a two-box listing; the middle two asked $39.98 and $39.99. All of these are asks, not sales. eBay links are live searches, not prices. ShopCardHub earns an eBay Partner Network commission on qualifying purchases.
The box got smaller. A 2025 hobby box was 24 packs of 8 cards. The 2026 hobby box is 18 packs of 8. That is 48 fewer cards, for a presale price $10 higher than 2025's $129.99. The hit count stayed at two. Checklist Insider notes it was three a box before 2025.
Topps sold out of both formats before release, so most boxes now come from resellers. Five things are worth a look before you pay.
| Check | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| The year on the box | 2025 A&G boxes are still for sale, and some listings mix the years. A 2025 hobby box is 24 packs; a 2026 hobby box is 18. Our box links on this page leave 2025 out of the search. |
| Hobby box or value box | Topps promises 2 hits in a hobby box. It does not promise a hit in a value box. The hobby-only cards, such as rip cards and the base mini exclusives, are not in value boxes. |
| The pack count in the listing | Topps says 18 packs of 8. At least one retailer's product page (Steel City, read Oct 2) still describes 24 packs per box. Trust the box and Topps' page. |
| In hand or presale | The set is out, but some Oct 10 listings still say "presale" in the title. If you want the box this week, buy from a listing that says it is in hand and check the ship date. |
| The price with shipping | The first four boxes sold after release went for $180.00 to $200.00 (Oct 7–9). On Oct 10, half of the 44 single-box asks were $210.00 or less before shipping. Add shipping to the ask before you compare it with what boxes have actually sold for. |
Names and card numbers are from Checklist Insider's checklist (updated Sep 17), which it marks as subject to change. The first raw rookie sales are in the First Week Tape above; inserts and autographs here do not have enough sales for a read yet, so every link in this table is a live eBay search, not a price.
| Card / insert | Why it matters | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Munetaka Murakami RC #5 | The White Sox's Japanese slugger, in his rookie A&G. Our Murakami rookie card page tracks his other rookies. | Live search → |
| Roman Anthony RC #200 | Red Sox outfielder. There is also a hobby-only mini of him, #308. See our Roman Anthony page. | Live search → |
| Konnor Griffin RC #103 · Kevin McGonigle RC #206 | Two of the most-watched prospects on the rookie list, for the Pirates and the Tigers. | Griffin → · McGonigle → |
| Jacob Misiorowski RC #163 · Travis Bazzana RC #159 | Brewers flamethrower and the Guardians' 2024 first-overall pick. Misiorowski also has a hobby mini, #318. See our Misiorowski page. | Misiorowski → · Bazzana → |
| Framed Mini Non-Baseball Autographs | The reason people buy A&G. Signers include Anne Hathaway, Patrick Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg, Rob Lowe, Megan Fox, Luke Combs, Tim McGraw, David Spade and members of Linkin Park. | Live search → |
| Dynasty Autograph Patch /10 | Miley Cyrus, Seth Meyers and Tony Hawk sign only here, three cards each, numbered to 10. | Live search → |
| Rip Cards /199 · Double Rip /50 | Hobby only. A sealed rip card is a bet on the card inside; once ripped, the rip card itself is worth less. | Live search → |
| Gavin McKenna #253 | A Penn State hockey player in a baseball set. He is on the base checklist, not a rookie card in the MLB sense. | Live search → |
Base parallels per Checklist Insider: Foil Filagree, then Blue /150, Green /99, Gold /50, Orange /25, Black /10, Red /5, Purple 1/1 and Silver Portrait Glossy 1/1. The 50-card Base Mini Exclusives (#301–350) are hobby only.
2025 Topps Allen & Ginter released December 3, 2025, at $129.99 a hobby box on presale and $139.99 on release day (Checklist Insider). Here is its dated sold record from SportsCardsPro. Each figure is the median of the counted sales in the stated window, the same method every index on this site uses. The box row was re-read on October 10, 2026; the single cards were last read September 30, 2026.
| 2025 A&G item | Sold median | Sales · window | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby box, sealed24 packs × 8 | $220.50 | 3 sales · Sep 10–17, 2026 | A box that cost $139.99 on its December 2025 release day sells near $220 ten months later. No 2025 box has sold since Sep 17 except one Mitchell & Ness-branded box on Sep 23, left out here. Re-read Oct 10. |
| Nick Kurtz RC #296raw base rookie | $1.75 | 15 sales · Aug 31–Sep 29, 2026 | The top hitter from that rookie class. A raw base A&G rookie is a two-dollar card. |
| Nick Kurtz RC #296PSA 10 | $36.40 | 11 sales · Jul 3–Sep 14, 2026 (90-day) | Only 2 PSA 10 sales fell in the last 30 days, too few for a 30-day median, so this is the 90-day read. The latest single sale was PSA 10 at $42.00 on Sep 14. |
| Roki Sasaki RC #92raw base rookie | $1.00 | 5 sales · Aug 31–Sep 17, 2026 | The most-hyped rookie in the 2025 set sells for a dollar raw. |
| Shohei Ohtani #132raw base veteran | $3.33 | 30 most recent sales · Sep 22–30, 2026 | The biggest name in the hobby, on a base A&G card, sells for about $3. |
All figures are dated sold comps from SportsCardsPro's completed-sales tables, re-read September 30, 2026 (the hobby box row on October 10, 2026). Each is the median of the counted sales in the stated window. A 30-day median needs at least 3 sales; with fewer, the 90-day median is shown and labelled. The Ohtani tab is capped at the 30 most recent sales, so its window is shorter than 30 days. Graded sales were read from the PSA 10 tab only; titles and sellers are never published. These are 2025 product sales. Nothing here is a price for a 2026 card.
The 2026 box opened near $200. Five dated sales give a $200.00 median, Sep 13–Oct 9, 2026, and the four after release day sit between $180.00 and $200.00. That is close to the $220.50 a sealed 2025 box sold for in September. Five sales over three days is a thin read, and it can move.
Per pack, 2026 costs more. At those medians a 2026 pack works out to about $11.11 and a 2025 pack to about $9.19, because the 2026 box has 18 packs and the 2025 box had 24. Both promise two hits. If you open boxes to chase hits, you are paying a similar price for the same two hits and fewer base cards.
The base rookies start at a few dollars. Murakami #5 sold for a $4.29 median (3 sales, Oct 7) and McGonigle #206 for $2.99 (8 sales, Oct 7–10). Last year's top raw rookie, Kurtz #296, sells for $1.75 ten months on. We do not know yet where they settle.
What we will do. We will re-read the box and these rookies as sales build up, and add graded sales once dated PSA 10 rows show up. Until a figure has three dated sales, it stays labelled or shows "No sold read".
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