Kobe Bryant 1996 Finest Refractor Gold vs 1996 Bowman's Best Atomic Refractor

[Totalpackage]

Which one is considered more valuable, 96 Finest Refractor Gold PSA10 or 96 Bowman's Best Atomic Refractor PSA10?

[celtics86]

I think the Finest, but one thing I've noticed is the Bowman's Best refractors never seem to get that "greening" effect we all hate. Does anyone know if "greening" only occurs with the Chrome and Finest issues and not the Bowman's Best? If so, I'd be inclined to invest $$ in the Bowman's Best if it's a choice between the two.

[hazenuts]

Originally Posted by Totalpackage

Which one is considered more valuable, 96 Finest Refractor Gold PSA10 or 96 Bowman's Best Atomic Refractor PSA10?

Finest Gold Ref PSA 10.

Finest Gold Ref is way rarer than the Bowman's Best one, the insert ratio of Finest Gold Ref is something like 1:288

And especially in PSA 10 due to the often off-center issue of Finest Gold, 10 commands a sizable premium.

If you throw in the coating factor. I have never seen a PSA 10 Finest Gold with coating for sales.

[Bruin7]

I would say Finest because of the name however the one thing to consider is that the Bowman's Best was a parallel for every card in the set so pulling Kobe was near impossible. The Finest Gold Ref had a smaller checklist and it's not considered the true RC parallel from Finest since it was in series 2.

[stivsolovienna]

I think the Finest is rarer, love the Bowmans Best though! 96/97 Bowman was my favorite set for years...

[Airforce777]

I would take the Finest Gold Refractor PSA 10, it has more demand/value

[chocsports2000]

Originally Posted by celtics86

I think the Finest, but one thing I've noticed is the Bowman's Best refractors never seem to get that "greening" effect we all hate. Does anyone know if "greening" only occurs with the Chrome and Finest issues and not the Bowman's Best? If so, I'd be inclined to invest $$ in the Bowman's Best if it's a choice between the two.

I'm building the 96-97 and 97-98 BB Atomic Refractor sets. There are definitely cards with greening on them, however the greening is a lot less prevalent on the 96-97 issues outside of the 25-card Retro subset. I think it has something to do with the way the card was layered, but I have zero knowledge of how the processes between Finest/Chrome and BB would explain that.