Show Off Your Rare 90's Inserts Thread

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by PuddleMonkey

95>94>00>96>97>99>98

book it

I see what you did there.

[PZero]

1999 Upper Deck Century Legends Epic Signatures. I've never seen another one. Must be very short printed.

[PuddleMonkey]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

I see what you did there.

My inner troll simply cannot help itself.

[bbteamw]

https://ebay.us/m/tqX1hI

[DylanPowers92]

Went to my parents house recently and dug through some old binders and this card stuck out as cool and different to me. I had no idea what it was but it was different than the other Topps tek cards I had flipped past. Brought it home and looked it up to discover it’s a diffractor parallel and pretty rare! Thought I would share. I also didn’t realize how many patterns early Topps tek cards had!




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[vinson24]

Got a huge card in today. Been looking for one of these for 17 years. Never have seen one, and finally after a long long wait it’s in hand.

Almost impossible for me to get a rare 90’s insert that I don’t have one in at least a Biggio or Bagwell… and this was one. Seen a Biggio awhile back in an auction that got taken down.

Wouldn’t have cared if this was raw, or graded a PSA 1







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[bbteamw]

Love the Mirror Image Fusion Atomic Refractors.

I've been working on that set since it released.

Easily a top 10 90s insert.

[vinson24]

Originally Posted by bbteamw

Love the Mirror Image Fusion Atomic Refractors.

I've been working on that set since it released.

Easily a top 10 90s insert.

Good luck to you these inserts almost feel extinct lol. How many do you have right now?

If you ever decide to stop trying and have the Biggio reach out to me and I’ll take it off your hands


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[OhioLawyerF5]

Just took the kids out for some family photographs today. I tell all my kids that I love them all equally, but these are some of the ones I love more equally than others.

[NYBBFAN]

Damn that is the who’s who of 90s inserts and parallels.

[hatchd]

Eh, pretty average. It’s no cherry blossom parallel


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[anusinha]

Originally Posted by hatchd

Eh, pretty average. It’s no cherry blossom parallel


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Tacofractor>90s parallels






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[bbteamw]

Originally Posted by vinson24

Good luck to you these inserts almost feel extinct lol. How many do you have right now?

If you ever decide to stop trying and have the Biggio reach out to me and I’ll take it off your hands


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I'm at 12/20. Still missing some real big names, including the Griffey/Grieve, which makes completion seem like a pipe dream.

[gradedeflator]

Awesome congrats! I know that feeling and it is wonderful!!!!

Originally Posted by vinson24

Got a huge card in today. Been looking for one of these for 17 years. Never have seen one, and finally after a long long wait it’s in hand.

Almost impossible for me to get a rare 90’s insert that I don’t have one in at least a Biggio or Bagwell… and this was one. Seen a Biggio awhile back in an auction that got taken down.

Wouldn’t have cared if this was raw, or graded a PSA 1







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[mrmojorisin71]

I have a decent Moises Alou collection.


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[NYBBFAN]

That’s a great collection! The Gold Label 1/1 is awesome.

[OhioLawyerF5]

Amazing Alou collection! What are the Credentials numbered to?

[SleepyWill]

Quick fun story.

This past weekend my son and I met a local seller at a near by mall so that my son could grab his first PSA 10 Charizard & Snorlax. It was his first in person pick-up and loved seeing how excited he got once he had the cards in hand.

I chatted with the seller for a few moments and asked if he had any big plans for the holiday weekend. He replied that he was actually meeting another buyer there and he was likely just going to window-shop for the next 30 minutes until the next customer arrived.

Asked what he was selling, and he very calmly pulled a Fleer Brilliance 24KT Gold Ken Griffey Jr. (raw) from his backpack. I let an audible "holy f*ck" go and asked where exactly he got that. He claimed that he pulled it originally back in 2002 and has had it since, guess he liquidated his entire Griffey collection except that card in 2021-22. First time seeing one of those in person and it's now without a doubt my favorite Griffey Jr. card from the 90's.

[General Tso]

Here is one of my favorites.

[mouschi]

Sorry for the book!

“From the Jays to the Rays, you’re all about givin’ us happy days. What can we say, Jose? You can play.” – The back of the '99 Skybox Thunder card. ������



When it comes to the hall of fame, you typically think if a player hit 500 home runs, had 3,000 hits, or pitched 300 wins, you are an automatic shoe-in (sans steroid use.) For baseball cards, when it comes to 90s cards, if it is a serial numbered card to /25 or less, that is typically a good indicator of it being grail status.

The 1999 Skybox Thunder Super Rave /25 is no exception.

In 1996, Skybox released the first “Rave” parallel, numbered to /150. That continued for each year up to 1999. 1998 saw the first ultra rare “Super Rave”, a card numbered to /25. The legendary cardboard effort was duplicated in 1999, as Skybox gave us the 2nd and final Super Rave offering numbered to /25 as well.

For Canseco, the hardest card to find by far has been the 1999 Super Rave. While both 98 and 99 are numbered to /25, I’ve only personally seen the ’99 pop once – and it didn’t even have the word “rave” in the title!
That isn’t to say the ’98 is common. It has cemented itself as a grail for 90s collectors. Whenever one pops, they go for big money. But the ’99 just never seems to hit. In fact, most all 90s grails have been available on the open market more often than the ’99 Super Rave.

From a design perspective, the ’99 Raves and Super Raves are by far the most muted of them all, and there might be a reason for that. Prior to this release, Skybox operated under the Marvel banner, which may explain why it abruptly went from crazy, loud colors, to a more calm design. That is complete speculation, but it seems to line up for me, anyway!



Still, I wonder why the ’99 Super Rave is so much tougher than the ’98. The number of them printed is the same, so where are they? A deeper dive shows that not only is the ’99 Super Rave toughest of the run, but the ’99 Rave numbered to /150 is also significantly more difficult than the others. Sales data over the past 20 years show that the ’96-’98 /150 Raves have popped between just 5-10 times each. The ’99 Rave? Once.

Diving even further into PSA POP reports, the ’98s have been graded about twice as often as the ’99s. But why is this? The world may never know. One interesting thing to note that I recently discovered...

Both the ’99 Rave and Super Rave Canseco cards had metallic flake material in the upper left corner of the card where there shouldn’t be any. I’ve seen this on others as well. Perhaps that is why there are NO ’99 Raves graded by PSA and ONE ’99 Super Rave graded by PSA. Was this residue from foil on the backing of other serial numbered Rave/Super Rave parallels? If so, why were they stacked together ever? So, so, so many questions!

(Helpful tip! I spent time on my ’99 Super, and found that a soft rag wiped the metallic flakes off, though it did take a firm hand, and a long time. WARNING: Do NOT rub *too* hard, or you may cause issues on the surface of your card!)

I am happy to report that after over a decade of searching, the final piece to my “Rave Party” – the 1999 Super Rave came in this past week, and was able to grab the Rave /150 a few months ago. Interestingly enough, the ’99 Rave I picked up a few months ago is the exact copy that was in my previous collection that I sold out years ago!

[NaylorVahjeinke]

This thread is absolutely sick. Going through it makes me feel like a kid again.

Man, I love looking at sweet cards, and there are nothing but in this thread. Good for you dudes.

[vegetable]

Thank you thank you thank you for writing all that up! Its really interesting. I just got the Vladdy 99 super rave in the mail and i had a feeling if i didnt get it this time i may not see it for a while.

Originally Posted by mouschi

Sorry for the book!

“From the Jays to the Rays, you’re all about givin’ us happy days. What can we say, Jose? You can play.” – The back of the '99 Skybox Thunder card. ������



When it comes to the hall of fame, you typically think if a player hit 500 home runs, had 3,000 hits, or pitched 300 wins, you are an automatic shoe-in (sans steroid use.) For baseball cards, when it comes to 90s cards, if it is a serial numbered card to /25 or less, that is typically a good indicator of it being grail status.

The 1999 Skybox Thunder Super Rave /25 is no exception.

In 1996, Skybox released the first “Rave” parallel, numbered to /150. That continued for each year up to 1999. 1998 saw the first ultra rare “Super Rave”, a card numbered to /25. The legendary cardboard effort was duplicated in 1999, as Skybox gave us the 2nd and final Super Rave offering numbered to /25 as well.

For Canseco, the hardest card to find by far has been the 1999 Super Rave. While both 98 and 99 are numbered to /25, I’ve only personally seen the ’99 pop once – and it didn’t even have the word “rave” in the title!
That isn’t to say the ’98 is common. It has cemented itself as a grail for 90s collectors. Whenever one pops, they go for big money. But the ’99 just never seems to hit. In fact, most all 90s grails have been available on the open market more often than the ’99 Super Rave.

From a design perspective, the ’99 Raves and Super Raves are by far the most muted of them all, and there might be a reason for that. Prior to this release, Skybox operated under the Marvel banner, which may explain why it abruptly went from crazy, loud colors, to a more calm design. That is complete speculation, but it seems to line up for me, anyway!



Still, I wonder why the ’99 Super Rave is so much tougher than the ’98. The number of them printed is the same, so where are they? A deeper dive shows that not only is the ’99 Super Rave toughest of the run, but the ’99 Rave numbered to /150 is also significantly more difficult than the others. Sales data over the past 20 years show that the ’96-’98 /150 Raves have popped between just 5-10 times each. The ’99 Rave? Once.

Diving even further into PSA POP reports, the ’98s have been graded about twice as often as the ’99s. But why is this? The world may never know. One interesting thing to note that I recently discovered...

Both the ’99 Rave and Super Rave Canseco cards had metallic flake material in the upper left corner of the card where there shouldn’t be any. I’ve seen this on others as well. Perhaps that is why there are NO ’99 Raves graded by PSA and ONE ’99 Super Rave graded by PSA. Was this residue from foil on the backing of other serial numbered Rave/Super Rave parallels? If so, why were they stacked together ever? So, so, so many questions!

(Helpful tip! I spent time on my ’99 Super, and found that a soft rag wiped the metallic flakes off, though it did take a firm hand, and a long time. WARNING: Do NOT rub *too* hard, or you may cause issues on the surface of your card!)

I am happy to report that after over a decade of searching, the final piece to my “Rave Party” – the 1999 Super Rave came in this past week, and was able to grab the Rave /150 a few months ago. Interestingly enough, the ’99 Rave I picked up a few months ago is the exact copy that was in my previous collection that I sold out years ago!

[mouschi]

Originally Posted by vegetable

Thank you thank you thank you for writing all that up! Its really interesting. I just got the Vladdy 99 super rave in the mail and i had a feeling if i didnt get it this time i may not see it for a while.

I'm glad to hear you liked it, and congratulations on getting the Vladdy - party time!!!

[corockies]

Last week I purchased 33 Todd Helton 1998 Topps Tek diffractors from the famous Richard Roth collection. I wasn't sure if the seller would ever move them since he PCs Helton - he finally decided to make them available. An impossible set to complete, but what a score for me! Never again will there be a chance to acquire so many rarities all at once.

30/89 diffractors for Larry Walker
45/89 diffractors for Todd Helton

[hearseguy]

Picked these up at a show last weekend
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