Lance Parrish Autographed 1992 Topps Gold #360 California Angels Card

This is another important parallel in the Lance Parrish run. The 1992 Topps Gold #360 takes Parrish's regular 1992 Topps card and upgrades it with the distinctive gold-foil player and team identification, creating one of the early mainstream parallels from an era when parallel cards were only beginning to become an important part of the hobby. Beckett separately catalogs Parrish as 1992 Topps Gold #360.

The distinction between this card and the regular 1992 Topps #360 is significant for a comprehensive player collection. The regular issue was produced in enormous quantities, while the Gold version had much more limited distribution. Contemporary collector information indicates that regular 1992 Topps Gold cards could be found one per wax box, three per Grand Slam jumbo pack, ten per standard factory set, through the Match-the-Stats promotion, and in special complete Gold factory sets.

There is also an important distinction between Topps Gold and Topps Gold Winner cards. The Gold Winner cards were created for Topps' promotional game and carry a "Winner" designation, while the regular Gold parallel does not. Beckett catalogs them as two separate sets, including a separate 1992 Topps Gold Winners #360 Lance Parrish.

So for the Parrish collection, Gold #360 and Gold Winner #360 are legitimately two different cards to pursue. That's exactly the kind of variation that can easily be overlooked when assembling a deep signed run.

The card itself comes from the final season of Parrish's California Angels tenure. He began 1992 with California before moving to the Seattle Mariners, making this one of the last Topps issues to picture him as an Angel.

Parrish's time in California included an outstanding 1990 campaign in which he earned his eighth All-Star selection and sixth Silver Slugger Award. By the conclusion of his 19-year Major League career, Parrish had accumulated 324 home runs and 1,070 RBI, along with three Gold Gloves and a World Series championship as the starting catcher for the 1984 Detroit Tigers.

Card Details:

• Player: Lance Parrish
• Team: California Angels
• Year: 1992
• Manufacturer: Topps
• Set: Topps Gold
• Card Number: #360
• Parallel of regular 1992 Topps #360
• Features distinctive gold-foil identification
• Early mainstream Topps parallel issue
• Regular Gold version not the Gold Winner variation
• A separate Gold Winner #360 also exists 
• One of Parrish's final California Angels-era cards
• Eight-time MLB All-Star
• Three-time Gold Glove Award winner
• Six-time Silver Slugger Award winner
• Starting catcher for the 1984 World Series Champion Detroit Tigers
• 324 career home runs
• 1,070 career RBI
• Personally autographed
• Condition: NM-MT or better

Authentication: Signature obtained through a private signing conducted by Under the Radar Sports Promotions and guaranteed to pass any third-party authentication service.

For the Parrish run, I would absolutely treat this separately from both the regular #360 and the Gold Winner #360. The Gold parallel is one of those early-1990s variations that becomes considerably more interesting when you're assembling a comprehensive autographed player collection.