1993 Finest cards refractor or not

[JohnMark]

New member on the site and would appreciate your expertise. I have had a lot of 20000 cards I bought from a warehouse a few years back. Going through them and I saw some 93 Finest cards. I do not know how to tell the difference. I would be grateful f you could help. I will post some pics. I have David Cone, Tom Glavine, Will Clark (2) and Greg Jeffries that I have found so far.

 

[George_Calfas]

Welcome to the site.

As a owner of 10+ sets I can without a doubt say these are all non-refractors.

 

[JohnMark]

Thanks for the reply!

 

[George_Calfas]

my recent purchase for comparison and a non-AS card as well

 

[mrmopar]

This reminds me of a shop owner I used to buy from. It was a husband/wife team and they were older. Not really sure if they were fans/collectors, but they were not the typical card shop owners.

Anyway, the lady couldn't see refractors at all and it boggled my mind. Apparently she could hold the two cards side by side and saw nothing different between the two. I could not understand how someone couldn't tell, but eventually realized that it had to be less of a lack of skill and more of an actual sight impairment, much like color blindness. Apparently some people just can't physically see the refractor effect, hence the need for marking them later.

 

[Ghumbs]

Seeing refractors is a skill.

 

[D-Lite]

Seeing refractors is a skill.

That lady shop owner is probably a 30 on the 20-80 refractor sight scale.

I find that it's easiest to spot the refractor when sorting the pack, just looking at the edges. I pull those first when doing the primary sort during ripping. Then of course you turn it over and it says REFRACTOR under the number.

 

[saucywombat]

I've found that in bright light they are usually harder to tell apart. Standing in a darker room with only a single light on they really pop. I think this has something to do with the fact they were made with the same stuff that makes stops signs reflect at night.