2021 Topps Archives Signature Series Question

[OakAth]

Pardon my ignorance with this set but I am hoping the community can help me understand the concept so I can correctly catalog my cards. Several of my recent purchases from this set are 1/1's. Does this mean that Topps bought back a 1/1 and had it signed and reinserted into the hobby or is this not a previously serial numbered card and a new 1/1? I suppose this question applies to all cards that I have purchased in this set, not just 1/1's. For example the 2019 Topps Allen & Ginter is serial numbered 03/10....does this serial number apply to the 2019 card or the 2021 card? I have searched the internet and cannot find a clear cut answer in regards to this.

 

[madbull34]

All those cards were previously unnumbered commons. Topps took regular ol cards, had them signed and stamped various serial numbers on them. The numbers are truly random. I've seen /92, /26, /22, /17 and of course a bunch of 1/1s.

 

[olerud363]

And what's really frustrating is that they don't release a checklist, so cataloguing is nearly impossible. Olerud has been in a couple of Archives Signature releases, and at first I used to scour sites like ebay just to try to record all the variations. Eventually I gave up. Still bothers me that I don't have accurate data for that part of my Olerud checklist.

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[OakAth]

Thank you for the replies, it clears up my confusion.