nice 'vintage' hit and question. (if the mid-late 90's are vintage to you!)

isotopes4 · Jan 29, 2013

I was opening some old packs at the LCS. I opened several topps finest from the mid-late 90's. out of one of the packs, I pulled a card with a black plastic coating on each side. Im assuming its a mystery refractor? are they rare/worth anything? I don't even know what year it is, as the wrappers were all thrown away. :benson:

TopOffLikeWALLACE · Jan 29, 2013

It's just a mystery card. You've got to peel to find out if it's a base, refracctor, or atomic. Make sure to only peel the black sticker and not the surface of the card.

GOOD LUCK, do it on video!

wolfmanalfredo · Jan 29, 2013

Like the op said. Mystery finest card. To know if its a refractor or not you've got to carefully peel. Some of them might even be 1 sided refractors too if I'm not mistaken

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isotopes4 · Jan 29, 2013

It looks like its a 1998. I haven't peeled it, but I can see a vague silhouette of the card design and player outline. I think its one of the dual player cards. PSA 10 Derek Jeter Bernie Williams 1998 Mystery Refractor Pop 1 Yankees Legend | eBay I can tell by the outline of the player that its not this card, but its definitely the same design. pretty cool hit 15 years later!

wolfmanalfredo · Jan 29, 2013

Yea, back in the day I pulled the Griffey Jose Cruz junior refractor. also a Pippen and someone else out of basketball. don't think it was Jordan though

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Gwynn545 · Jan 29, 2013

THose refracters are pretty tough...I still need a Gwynn or two...

George_Calfas · Jan 29, 2013

Nice hit, player collectors look for their PC guy both peeled and unpeeled. Non-refactors are 4/case and refractors are 1/case.

isotopes4 · Jan 29, 2013

George_Calfas said:
Nice hit, player collectors look for their PC guy both peeled and unpeeled. Non-refactors are 4/case and refractors are 1/case.

Thanks for the info, guys. I am trying to determine who it is by the player outline. Im leaning towards leaving it unpeeled.

isotopes4 · Jan 29, 2013

How kick ass would these be as a box/case hit in current finest releases. one per box, and one auto per case.... one side is definitely Jeff Bagwell. The other side is not mo vaughn though. 1998 Topps Finest M22 Jeff Bagwell MO Vaughn Mystery | eBay

George_Calfas · Jan 29, 2013

isotopes4 said:
How kick ass would these be as a box/case hit in current finest releases. one per box, and one auto per case.... one side is definitely Jeff Bagwell. The other side is not mo vaughn though. 1998 Topps Finest M22 Jeff Bagwell MO Vaughn Mystery | eBay

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1998 Finest - BaseballCardPedia.com

docdw25 · Jan 29, 2013

Is it 1998 Finest series 1 or 2? 1998 Finest series 1 has multiple variations of the Mystery Finest cards.

Reg

Refractor

Refractor -no refractor finish

Refractor- No "R"

Calripkenjrcollector · Jan 29, 2013

1998 Topps Mystery Finest?

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