TOPPS TO ISSUE ITS FIRST EVER ICHIRO AUTOGRAPHED CARDS
                
                 
                
                
                    
                        
                        Tuesday May 12, 2015
                    
                
             
            
                                                                            The Topps Company (�Topps:�) is pleased to announce that for the first time ever, Ichiro will be signing autographs for its trading card products.
 
Collectors will find the first autograph of the 10-time All-Star in packs of the highly anticipated 2015 Allen & Ginter Baseball, which comes out in July.  Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the brand, Topps plans to introduce Ichiro with a bang.
 
Three different autograph cards of Ichiro will be offered in Allen & Ginter, picturing him with the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees and Miami Marlins.
 
�We�ve worked hard to get this deal done over the past decade and have come close many times.  This is a special day for Topps and its collectors, and I want to personally thank Ichiro and his management team for their help in making this happen,� said David Leiner, Topps Vice President of Finance and Operations.
Following the release of Allen & Ginter, Ichiro will appear on autographed cards in the high-end releases of Topps� Supreme and Topps�  Triple Threads�. Collectors will also find Ichiro autographs in products such as Topps�  Five Star�, Topps�  Dynasty�, Topps� High Tek and more.
Celebrate Ichiro�s MLB� accomplishments and his chase to 3,000 hits with Topps this season.