Unlicensed and Proud: CJ Stroud Chrome Autographs

Card Ladder
Sep 11, 20242 min read

Topps has started their full scale attack on the football and basketball market which will ultimately end with licensed products come 2025 (NBA) & 2026 (NFL). Topps Composite is their first football product since losing the license in 2015, and it features just 4 active players with an assortment of retired legends. Top quarterbacks Levis, Richardson, Young, and Stroud are the featured product cover athletes.

2023 Topps Composite Football - Hobby Box

CJ Stroud is the big chase in this product due to questionable play from Levis and Young. Richardson autograph market is plentiful being a Panini athlete as well, so these wont demand as much attention.

Composite is Topps rendition on Chronicles with a plethora of brands in one product. Most notably featuring Topps; Chrome, Black, Finest, and Cosmic.

2023 Topps Composite Hobby Box

Despite being unlicensed the cards are very sharp with very strategic photographs and relatively hard to tell on first glance unlicensed. This product is people's first real chance to obtain Stroud autographs outside of Topps now or Ginter.

As a result you can see Stroud autographs are demanding big sales. After the end of last year and week 1 of this year, it's clear he a captivating talent and will be around as a top dog for years to come.