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charliehustle said:I was going to post a pic with this but cant quite get a clear enough picture. I wanted to ask about the 1998 Finest No Protector "refractor" that's actually missing the "refractor finish" on it but labled as "#145 R" on the back? How rare are these? I remember in late '98 seeing a Beckett that featured a write up on these error refractors but I have honestly not seen that many at all since.
Any ideas on this one?
Thanks!
charliehustle
docdw25 said:charliehustle said:I was going to post a pic with this but cant quite get a clear enough picture. I wanted to ask about the 1998 Finest No Protector "refractor" that's actually missing the "refractor finish" on it but labled as "#145 R" on the back? How rare are these? I remember in late '98 seeing a Beckett that featured a write up on these error refractors but I have honestly not seen that many at all since.
Any ideas on this one?
Thanks!
charliehustle
There were two versions of the ref for 1998. The protector ref had the ref finish on the front only the no protector ref had the ref finish on the front and back. If your card has the ref finish on the front only someone pulled the protector off the front of the card. If your card has no ref finish anywhere then you have an error card. Not sure if Joe has an example on his site but Topps screwed up the Mystery Finest cards from that year so it wouldn't be too surprising if they screwed up the regular ref as well.
charliehustle said:docdw25 said:charliehustle said:I was going to post a pic with this but cant quite get a clear enough picture. I wanted to ask about the 1998 Finest No Protector "refractor" that's actually missing the "refractor finish" on it but labled as "#145 R" on the back? How rare are these? I remember in late '98 seeing a Beckett that featured a write up on these error refractors but I have honestly not seen that many at all since.
Any ideas on this one?
Thanks!
charliehustle
There were two versions of the ref for 1998. The protector ref had the ref finish on the front only the no protector ref had the ref finish on the front and back. If your card has the ref finish on the front only someone pulled the protector off the front of the card. If your card has no ref finish anywhere then you have an error card. Not sure if Joe has an example on his site but Topps screwed up the Mystery Finest cards from that year so it wouldn't be too surprising if they screwed up the regular ref as well.
Yeah actually mine came from a box that I busted for a shop that I worked at when I was younger. During that time, McGwire stuff was on fire and I happened to just turn the card over before I was getting ready to put it out with the rest of the McGwire items we had for sale then decided to but that one for myself because of the error lol. Shortly after this particular error was featured in a write up in Beckett and I should have grabbed an issue of that Beckett just to be safe...
docdw25 said:charliehustle said:docdw25 said:charliehustle said:I was going to post a pic with this but cant quite get a clear enough picture. I wanted to ask about the 1998 Finest No Protector "refractor" that's actually missing the "refractor finish" on it but labled as "#145 R" on the back? How rare are these? I remember in late '98 seeing a Beckett that featured a write up on these error refractors but I have honestly not seen that many at all since.
Any ideas on this one?
Thanks!
charliehustle
There were two versions of the ref for 1998. The protector ref had the ref finish on the front only the no protector ref had the ref finish on the front and back. If your card has the ref finish on the front only someone pulled the protector off the front of the card. If your card has no ref finish anywhere then you have an error card. Not sure if Joe has an example on his site but Topps screwed up the Mystery Finest cards from that year so it wouldn't be too surprising if they screwed up the regular ref as well.
Yeah actually mine came from a box that I busted for a shop that I worked at when I was younger. During that time, McGwire stuff was on fire and I happened to just turn the card over before I was getting ready to put it out with the rest of the McGwire items we had for sale then decided to but that one for myself because of the error lol. Shortly after this particular error was featured in a write up in Beckett and I should have grabbed an issue of that Beckett just to be safe...
Looks like I have another card to look for and we need to update the McGwire web site.
charliehustle said:docdw25 said:charliehustle said:docdw25 said:charliehustle said:I was going to post a pic with this but cant quite get a clear enough picture. I wanted to ask about the 1998 Finest No Protector "refractor" that's actually missing the "refractor finish" on it but labled as "#145 R" on the back? How rare are these? I remember in late '98 seeing a Beckett that featured a write up on these error refractors but I have honestly not seen that many at all since.
Any ideas on this one?
Thanks!
charliehustle
There were two versions of the ref for 1998. The protector ref had the ref finish on the front only the no protector ref had the ref finish on the front and back. If your card has the ref finish on the front only someone pulled the protector off the front of the card. If your card has no ref finish anywhere then you have an error card. Not sure if Joe has an example on his site but Topps screwed up the Mystery Finest cards from that year so it wouldn't be too surprising if they screwed up the regular ref as well.
Yeah actually mine came from a box that I busted for a shop that I worked at when I was younger. During that time, McGwire stuff was on fire and I happened to just turn the card over before I was getting ready to put it out with the rest of the McGwire items we had for sale then decided to but that one for myself because of the error lol. Shortly after this particular error was featured in a write up in Beckett and I should have grabbed an issue of that Beckett just to be safe...
Looks like I have another card to look for and we need to update the McGwire web site.
I just came across this on a Collectors Universe forum thread, could this be something to it:
"1998 Finest Mystery Finest: Base, refractor number identified with 'R', Refractor number identified with 'Refractor', Refractor identified with 'R' with no refraction"
charliehustle said:docdw25 said:charliehustle said:docdw25 said:charliehustle said:I was going to post a pic with this but cant quite get a clear enough picture. I wanted to ask about the 1998 Finest No Protector "refractor" that's actually missing the "refractor finish" on it but labled as "#145 R" on the back? How rare are these? I remember in late '98 seeing a Beckett that featured a write up on these error refractors but I have honestly not seen that many at all since.
Any ideas on this one?
Thanks!
charliehustle
There were two versions of the ref for 1998. The protector ref had the ref finish on the front only the no protector ref had the ref finish on the front and back. If your card has the ref finish on the front only someone pulled the protector off the front of the card. If your card has no ref finish anywhere then you have an error card. Not sure if Joe has an example on his site but Topps screwed up the Mystery Finest cards from that year so it wouldn't be too surprising if they screwed up the regular ref as well.
Yeah actually mine came from a box that I busted for a shop that I worked at when I was younger. During that time, McGwire stuff was on fire and I happened to just turn the card over before I was getting ready to put it out with the rest of the McGwire items we had for sale then decided to but that one for myself because of the error lol. Shortly after this particular error was featured in a write up in Beckett and I should have grabbed an issue of that Beckett just to be safe...
Looks like I have another card to look for and we need to update the McGwire web site.
I just came across this on a Collectors Universe forum thread, could this be something to it:
"1998 Finest Mystery Finest: Base, refractor number identified with 'R', Refractor number identified with 'Refractor', Refractor identified with 'R' with no refraction"
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docdw25 said:Anyone ever buy a card you already own. I bought my 3rd copy of this tonight since there were no bids. Listed as a reg ref but the picture shows an Atomic Ref
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Yuppppdocdw25 said:Anyone ever buy a card you already own. I bought my 3rd copy of this tonight since there were no bids. Listed as a reg ref but the picture shows an Atomic Ref
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