A few boxes of 14 Finest and 14 Donruss S2

[blanning71]

Went to the LCS today to catch up on the local chatter and to see if anything new had arrived. My friend had received a few boxes of Finest and Donruss Series 2. I pulled the trigger on a couple of each just to get a pulse on what each product was like. I liked Donruss Series 1 and had decent luck with that. I haven't ever really done well with Finest but everyone on here persuaded me to buy in.....dang peer pressure....


As for the Donruss, I got my slew of inserts from various sets....Tanaka and Abreu. I also got some low serial #'d inserts in the Press Proofs and Statlines...pretty pleased.

The autos were so so with my favorites being a Paul Konerko Turn of the Century auto, JR Murphy TOTC auto, and this.....

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv299/blanning712/mauerauto.jpg (http://s693.photobucket.com/user/blanning712/media/mauerauto.jpg.html)

So, onto the Finest. I must say, the base cards are really REALLY colorful. Almost too colorful! I was pleased with the number of refractors in each box. The on card autos were a nice touch too. I had low expectations going in, as I was really hoping for an Abreu auto. I did manage to pull a JR Murphy, Wilmer Flores, and this dude.....

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv299/blanning712/bogeyauto.jpg (http://s693.photobucket.com/user/blanning712/media/bogeyauto.jpg.html)

I had one auto left to go and was simply hoping for a nice finish to an already colorful box. The refractor parallels were kinda hard to differentiate but I figured it would just be a base refractor RC auto.....well.....I was wrong....



I hit this......



http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv299/blanning712/griffeyauto.jpg (http://s693.photobucket.com/user/blanning712/media/griffeyauto.jpg.html)


Not a bad day. :)

[Yankees_Pride]

Any jeters for me???

[blanning71]

I honestly don't remember pulling any Jeters in my boxes which is strange! I will have to go back and look but I'm a Yankee fan too so I'm kinda partial about moving Yanks stuff! LOL

[joelopr20]

That Griffey Auto is sick!!


Can't wait to rip into my box when I get home!!

[bluejet66]

Griffey available?

[HoustonCollectr]

Any Springer #'d?

[blanning71]

The Griffey is gonna hang with me for a while. And I will have to check on the #'d Springer parallels. I don't remember any but I will double check.

[steven21]

Awesome Griffey.

[blanning71]

Thank you! The gold really pops!

[patsfan52]

what do you need for red sox??

[YouFold2Me]

awesome junior griffey OP.

[mikemaynard25]

WOW to the Griffey

[TrueNE_09]

These "Finest Greats" autos I've seen (Bo Jack, Junior, etc) have got to be some of the best looking cards I've ever seen; I don't know what it is about them but I LOVE them.

Congrats on a few great hits!

[ads912]

Sick hit on Jr!

[blanning71]

These "Finest Greats" autos I've seen (Bo Jack, Junior, etc) have got to be some of the best looking cards I've ever seen; I don't know what it is about them but I LOVE them.

Congrats on a few great hits!

I agree. And the fact that they are on card makes them such a draw to me. I would love to pick up a few more. Topps really did well with this particular set.

[85GoCards]

Man that's a great Griffey auto.

[lee7786]

Yeah, that Griffey auto is unbelievable...congrats!

[armyatc22]

Please don't tell me these were lost at sea too!!!!!

[nera20]

if you sell the griffey let me know I am looking for one thanks