2026 Topps Update Series Baseball came out on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, the date on Topps' own hobby and jumbo box pages (read again on October 9). Topps showed every format sold out before release. The first three hobby boxes sold on eBay for $154.95, $174.95 and $175.00, Oct 14–15 (SportsCardsPro, read Oct 21). For comparison, last year's box: a sealed 2025 Update hobby box sold for a $150.00 median across 10 sales, Jul 12 to Sep 25, 2026.
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Box contents are from Topps' product pages, read again on October 9, 2026. The presale price column is what Topps charged, as recorded by Checklist Insider on September 21. The eBay column is what sellers were asking for presale boxes on October 9. Neither column is a sold comp. Topps showed every format sold out on October 9, so eBay presale listings are where the boxes are this week.
| Format | Packs × cards | Hits per box | Topps presale price | eBay presale asks (Oct 9) | Shop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby boxthe investor format | 20 × 12 | 1 autograph or relic | $109.99 presale | lowest ask $172.9440 live · middle ask $199.49 | Hobby boxes on eBay → |
| Jumbo box2 hits guaranteed | 10 × 40 | 1 autograph and 1 relic | $310.00 presale | lowest ask $315.0032 live · middle ask $387.00 | Jumbo boxes on eBay → |
| Value boxretail, no hit guarantee | retail packs | none guaranteed | $24.99 presale | not read | Value boxes on eBay → |
Hobby and jumbo configuration: topps.com product pages (read Oct 9, 2026). Topps presale prices: Checklist Insider, Sep 21, 2026. eBay asks: single-box fixed-price listings read Oct 9, 2026 through ShopCardHub's listing search; cases, multi-box lots and break spots removed by eye; shipping not included. An ask is what a seller wants, not what a box sold for. Value-box pack count is not stated by Topps on the read date and is left blank rather than guessed. eBay links are live searches, not prices; ShopCardHub earns an eBay Partner Network commission on qualifying purchases.
Names and card numbers below are from Topps' product description and Checklist Insider's checklist coverage (Sep 21). No 2026 Update card has a sold comp yet, so every link is a live eBay search, not a price claim.
| Card / insert | Why it matters | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Travis Bazzana RC #US75 | The 2024 first-overall pick's flagship rookie. Base RCs in Update trade for a dollar (see last year's tape below); the auto and numbered parallels are the investor lane. Our Bazzana card page tracks his 1st Bowman Chrome auto. | Live search → |
| Andrew Painter RC #US63 | Phillies right-hander, the pitching debut of the class. Pitcher RCs carry more downside than hitters at the same price. | Live search → |
| Joe Mack RC #US106 · Jose Fernandez RC #US66 | Marlins catcher and Diamondbacks infielder — the second tier of the rookie checklist. | Mack → · Fernandez → |
| 75 Years of Topps Die-Cut Autographs | The anniversary auto set Topps leads its product copy with. Die-cut plus on-card is the combination that has held value across prior anniversary programs. | Live search → |
| Real One Autographs | The flagship on-card auto brand, continued from Series 1 and 2. Rookie Real Ones are the standard investor pull from a hobby box. | Live search → |
| 1952 Variations · 1991 Topps inserts | Base-card 1952 design variations continue from earlier series; the 1991 Topps insert marks that design's 35th anniversary. Short-print variations are the sleeper chase in flagship. | 1952 → · 1991 → |
| City Connect Swatches · Flagship Autograph Patch | The relic side of the one-hit guarantee. Relics are the box's floor, not its ceiling. | Live search → |
Parallel exclusives per Checklist Insider: rainbow foil variants are hobby-only, Sandglitter is jumbo-only, Holo Foil is retail-only; the 75 Years of Topps foil parallel is numbered /75.
2025 Topps Update Series released November 12, 2025 at $89.99 a hobby box on presale and $94.99 on release day (Checklist Insider). Below is what it has actually sold for, from SportsCardsPro's dated sales, read October 9, 2026. Each figure is the median of the counted sales in the stated window, the same basis every index on this site uses. It tells you what last year's product did. It does not tell you what 2026 Update will do.
| 2025 Update item | Sold median | Sales · window | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby box, sealed2025 Topps Update | $150.00 | 10 sales · Jul 12–Sep 25, 2026 (90-day) | Only one single hobby box sold in the last 30 days ($159.99, Sep 25), so the 90-day median is shown. Jumbo boxes, a rip-and-ship listing and 2-pack lots filed on the same page were left out. |
| Jumbo box, sealed2025 Topps Update | $277.50 | 4 sales · Sep 12–Sep 26, 2026 | Every row's title names a jumbo box (10 packs of 40, one auto and one relic). |
| Nick Kurtz RC #US201raw base rookie | $1.44 | 10 sales · Sep 10–Oct 9, 2026 | The class's headline hitter. A raw base Update rookie is a one-to-two dollar card. |
| Nick Kurtz RC #US201PSA 10 | $100.00 | PSA 10 median of 4 sales · Jul 12–Sep 16, 2026 (90-day) | Every row's title says PSA 10. The latest was $90.00 on Sep 16, the only PSA 10 sale in the last 30 days. |
| Roki Sasaki RC #US199raw base rookie | $1.50 | 6 sales · Sep 23–Oct 3, 2026 | The most-hyped name on the 2025 checklist still sells for about the price of a pack of sleeves, raw. |
| Kristian Campbell RC #US1raw base rookie, card 1 | $0.99 | 4 sales · Jul 12–Sep 27, 2026 (90-day) | Card #1 of the set, and it does not change the price. Fewer than 3 sales in the last 30 days, so the 90-day median is shown; a numbered /250 parallel was left out. |
All figures are dated sold comps from SportsCardsPro's completed-sales tables, read October 9, 2026; median of the counted sales in the stated window, after removing rows whose titles name a different product. 30-day medians need at least 3 sales; otherwise the 90-day median is shown and labelled. A graded median uses only rows whose own titles name that grade (LANE-RULES R18). Titles and sellers are never published. These are 2025 product sales; nothing here is a price for a 2026 card.
It is out. Topps' own pages said October 14, 2026 on September 26, October 2 and October 9, and it streeted that day. A listing still marked presale should show a ship date; check it before you pay.
Know which number you are looking at. Topps' presale price was $109.99 a hobby box (Checklist Insider, Sep 21). The eBay asks on October 9 started at $172.94. Neither is a sale. The first 2026 sales ran $154.95 to $175.00 (3 sales, Oct 14–15). Last year's box: $150.00, the median of 10 sales, Jul 12 to Sep 25, 2026. We do not use that to predict where a 2026 box will trade.
Last year, the money was in the grade, not the base card. A raw 2025 Kurtz rookie sold for a $1.44 median. PSA 10 copies sold for a $100.00 median across 4 sales, Jul 12 to Sep 16, 2026. Bazzana #US75 is the 2026 rookie most likely to be watched the same way, but nothing about 2026 grades is known yet.
What we will do. The first 2026 Update sales should start showing up in the weeks after October 14. This page will add dated 2026 medians once at least three sales of a card exist, and not before.
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