1996 Fleer Matte finish/foil question

heavy_hitter · Feb 15, 2014

Ruben started out 1996 on the Yanks before he was traded as part of the Cecil Fielder deal.

Did the Yanks give him a WS ring? I know he fell out of favor with Torre that year.

Yanks2151 · Feb 15, 2014

It's funny you asked that. Before I decided on a card to have signed I have a Beckett magazine with a bunch of '96 guys on the cover and I thought about maybe adding Sierra to it and decided not to for that reason. I do not know if he got a ring. Maybe that will keep me busy tonight at work trying to find that info out.

jacksoncoupage · Jul 27, 2014

1996 Fleer comes in 4 different variations:

-Base: matte finish, gold foil lettering
-Base: matte finish, silver foil lettering (rare, unless you hit a full box at once like mentioned in this thread)
-Tiffany; glossy finish, holographic/rainbow foil lettering
-Tiffany; glossy finish, gold foil lettering (very rare)

heavy_hitter · Jul 27, 2014

jacksoncoupage said:
1996 Fleer comes in 4 different variations:

-Base: matte finish, gold foil lettering
-Base: matte finish, silver foil lettering (rare, unless you hit a full box at once like mentioned in this thread)
-Tiffany; glossy finish, holographic/rainbow foil lettering
-Tiffany; glossy finish, gold foil lettering (very rare)

That is accurate.

When I opened my full box of base (with matte finish, silver foil lettering), the tiffany card in each pack had a glossy finish with gold foil lettering.

olerud363 · Jul 28, 2014

Yikes. Another rare 90's variation to chase. Oh well, may as well add them to my list. Aficionado FPP made sure I'd finish 1996 anyways.

henderson939 · Aug 1, 2014

heavy_hitter said:
I found the box of 1996 Fleer. To clarify, the box was a 36 count retail box and not a hobby box as I originally thought.

All of the base cards were the printing variations (matte finish with silver foil lettering).

I'm wondering whether the fact that the cards were retail had anything to do with the printing variations.

Any Henderson?

heavy_hitter · Aug 3, 2014

Sorry, no Rickey.

RStadlerASU22 · Aug 3, 2014

heavy_hitter said:
Sorry, no Rickey.

Lmk if you had any Clark's if you go back through. Thanks
Ryan

henderson939 · Aug 3, 2014

Thanks for checking.

TramFan3 · Aug 3, 2014

Any Trammells in there?

I already have the bobby higginson, and I always just believed them to be misprints, but maybe they are hobby/retail variants.

K34PuckettAddict · May 19, 2016

I'm searching for one of these matte finish silver foil variations of Kirby Puckett. Please let me know if anyone has one available for sale.

DonnieBaseball · May 19, 2016

I'll take a mattingly if anyone comes across one

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mouschi · May 19, 2016

Canseco here of course please!

RStadlerASU22 · Apr 30, 2017

Old thread but happy that when I went through some extras I found a Clark Gold Tiffany , and bought the Silver Base last month for 25% of what last sold for , so I'm done with this variation.

Ryan
Will Clark / Mike Brown Collector

Hawk8 · Apr 30, 2017

RStadlerASU22 said:
Old thread but happy that when I went through some extras I found a Clark Gold Tiffany , and bought the Silver Base last month for 25% of what last sold for , so I'm done with this variation.

Ryan
Will Clark / Mike Brown Collector

Congrats!

RStadlerASU22 · Apr 30, 2017

Thanks Dustin. It's these type of Player Collector things that makes my wife question my sanity, but I love it l.

Ryan
Will Clark / Mike Brown Collector

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