2005 Artbox Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone trading cards began the task of filling in the gaps from the card maker not gaining the license until the third film. Coming out between their Prisoner of Azkaban Update set and The Goblet of Fire, the set looks at the beginning of the films. Despite jumping back, the set has the same mix of autographs, costume cards and prop cards their other releases of Harry Potter trading cards.
The base set has 90 cards, standard for releases connected directly to the films. Artbox would stray from this number for some of their spinoff releases, but it was always a dependable number when it came to the actual film sets. The design also falls in line with the other film-based sets. The color scheme is a little different but there’s some definite continuity between the releases.
2005 Artbox Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Autographs
Autographs, which are found approximately every other box, have a couple of stars more notable for their work outside Harry Potter. However, it is one of the few sets of Artbox Harry Potter trading cards not to include at least one of the big three of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. However, it does count John Cleese among the checklist 14 cards.
Additional Inserts
Costume and Prop cards are also inserted 1:48 packs. All of these come serial numbered. As you might expect, the rarest of these are generally the most valuable.
Nine Cinema Filmcards are numbered to 397 copies each. These have a pair of cels from a print used to play the film in theaters.
Holographic Foil cards are the only other inserts included in 2005 Artbox Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone packs. These nine cards have a collage on the front. Backs go together to form a puzzle.
A total of 8,000 boxes of the product were produced.
Artbox wasn’t the first company to make a set of cards for the film. Wizards of the Coast, traditionally a company for trading card games, released a set of cards upon the movie’s release. The “widescreen” set was poorly received, though.
2005 Artbox Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Checklist
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Cards per pack: 8
Packs per box: 24
Boxes per case: 10
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Base Set
90 cards.
1 Title Card
2 Harry Potter
3 Ron Weasley
4 Hermione Granger
5 Albus Dumbledore
6 Minerva McGonagall
7 Rubeus Hagrid
8 Severus Snape
9 Professor Quirrell
10 Draco Malfoy
11 Neville Longbottom
12 Seamus Finnigan
13 Madam Hooch
14 Argus Filch
15 Professor Flitwick
16 Vernon Dursley
17 Petunia Dursley
18 Dudley Dursley
19 The Rumors Are True
20 The Boy Who Lived
21 No Funny Business
22 Like Magic
23 A New Exhibit?
24 There’s No Such Thing as Magic!
25 Harry’s Letter
26 Going Mad
27 Make a Wish
28 Dry Up!
29 P-pleased to Meet You
30 No Safer Place
31 The Vaults of Gringotts
32 Curious
33 A Mother’s Love
34 A Bit of a Run
35 Is it True?
36 Let’s See Then
37 Firs’ Years
38 Welcome to Hogwarts
39 Start of Term
40 A Sharp, Hot Pain
41 Not Slytherin
42 Nearly Headless?
43 Caput Draconis
44 Transfiguration
45 Subtle Science and Exact Art
46 I Can’t Remember…
47 Break-in at Gringotts
48 Up!
49 A Bit Beyond Your Reach?
50 It’s in Your Blood
51 The Third-Floor Corridor
52 Three Heads Are Better Than One
53 Easy Enough
54 Troll in the Dungeon!
55 Do Something!
56 Explain Yourselves!
57 That’s Not Just a Broomstick…
58 A Nice Clean Game
59 Eye Contact
60 Gryffindor Wins!
61 I Shouldn’t ‘ve Said That
62 Some Kind of Cloak
63 The Restricted Section
64 Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsti
65 Neither Knowledge Nor Truth
66 Nicolas Flamel
67 He Knows ‘Is Mummy
68 Detention
69 Got to Have Your Wits About You
70 A Monstrous Deed
71 A Cursed Life
72 The Stranger in the Pub
73 Standing up to Your Friends
74 Does It Seem A Bit Quiet?
75 Sulk in the Sun
76 They’re Not Birds
77 It’s a Chessboard
78 Checkmate
79 P-poor St-stuttering Professor Quirrell
80 What Do You See?
81 We Can Bring Them Back
82 Kill Him!
83 What Is This Magic?
84 A Terrifying Apparition
85 Relax Dear Boy
86 Well Done Slytherin
87 A Few Last-Minute Points
88 A Goodbye Gift
89 Not Going Home…Not Really
90 Checklist
Autographs
14 cards, 1:48 packs.
John Cleese as Nearly Headless Nick
Warwick Davis as Goblin Bank Teller
Warwick Davis as Professor Flitwick
Alfred Enoch as Dean Thomas
Ray Fearon as Firenze
Ian Hart as Professor Quirrell
Joshua Herdman as Gregory Goyle
John Hurt as Mr. Ollivander
Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom
Devon Murray as Seamus Finnigan
Leslie Phillips as The Sorting Hat
Adrian Rawlins as James Potter
Geraldine Somerville as Lily Potter
Luke Youngblood as Lee Jordan
Costume Cards
13 cards, 1:48 packs.
Slytherin Student Costume given out at to those pre-ordering product at the New York Toy Fair.
Sean Biggerstaff as Oliver Wood – Sweater /300
David Bradley as Filch – Coat /360
Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid – Shirt /710
Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy – Scarf /485
Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom – Pajamas /520
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter – Pajamas /360
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter (Holding Broom) – Quidditch Robe /335
Female Hogwarts Students Costume /510
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter (One Arm Raised) – Quidditch Robe /410
Gryffindor Student Costume /460
Gryffindor Student Tie 360
Male Hogwarts Student Costume /750
Slytherin Student Costume /165
Prop Cards
18 cards, 1:48 packs.
Wand distributed as a ten-case incentive. Those ordering 25 cases received one of the three Wizard Coins. Platform Ticket given as 50-case incentive.
Bronze Knut Wizard Coin /40
Cake Box /490
Chocolate Frog /127
Daily Prophet /733
Devil’s Snare /100
Fluffy’s Fur /700
Gold Galleon Wizard Coin /40
Gringotts Top Secret Letter /140
Harry’s Letter Delivered to 4 Privet Drive /130
Harry’s Shopping List /130
Platform 9-3/4 Ticket /40
Practice Broom /450
Restricted Section Library Book /485
Sorcerer’s Stone /265
Wand /205
Wand Box /842
Wizard Candy /538
Wizard – Silver Sickle /40
Cinema Filmcards
9 cards, 1:80 packs.
Battle with a Troll/397
Hagrid in Diagon Alley/397
Hagrid Prepares Hogwarts for Christmas/397
Harry Being Sorted/397
Harry with New Wand in Ollivander’s /397
Hedwig Delivers the Nimbus 2000 /397
Lord Voldemort is Revealed /397
Quidditch – Harry /397
Wizard’s Chess /397
Holographic Foil
9 cards, 1:5 packs.
R1 Harry Potter
R2 Dear Mr. Potter…
R3 Gringotts
R4 Platform 9-3/4
R5 The First Flying Lesson
R6 “Wingardium Leviosa”
R7 Quidditch
R8 Horbert the Norwegian Ridgeback
R9 The Sorcerer’s Stone
Box Toppers
4 cards, 1 per box.
BT1 Slytherin vs. Gryffindor
BT2 Ten Points for Gryffindor!
BT3 Neck and Neck
BT4 Nearly Swallowed It
Lenticular Case Toppers
3 cards, 1 per case. Print runs noted for each.
Neville’s Flying Lesson – 300
Professor McGonagall – 200
Soaring Owl – 300
Promo Cards
Regular promo cards have gold foil. Other sets include:
- Blue Foil – Three-Case Binder Incentive
- Green Foil – Five-Case Binder Incentive
- Red Foil – Five-Case Incentive
- Silver Foil – One-Case Binder Incentive
01 Goblin and Harry – General Distribution
02 First Years Crossing Lake – General Distribution
03 Hermione, Harry, Ron – Binder
04 Harry as Quidditch Seeker – Non-Sport Update Magazine
