Review of 2006 Topps Finest Baseball Cards
The base set of 2006 Topps Finest Baseball Cards will consist of 155 total cards. The first 131 cards will be of current MLB players such as Derek Jeter, David Ortiz, and Alex Rodriguez. The next 9 cards will be of rookies for the 2006 season. The last 15 cards in the set will be Autographed Rookie cards of some of the top rookies for 2006.
The 12 parallel cards that are inserted in every hobby box on average will come from the following sets:
1 of1 Die-Cut SuperFractor - sequentially numbered to 1
1of 1 White-Framed Refractor - sequentially numbered to 1
Gold Refractor - sequentially numbered to 49
Black Refractor - sequentially numbered to 99
Green Refractor - sequentially numbered to 199
Blue Refractor - sequentially numbered to 299
Refractor - sequentially numbered to 399
1 of 1 White-Framed X-Fractor - sequentially numbered to 1
Gold X-Fractor - sequentially numbered to10
Black X-Fractor - sequentially numbered to 25
Green X-Fractor - sequentially numbered to 50
Blue X-Fractor - sequentially numbered to 150
X-Fractor - sequentially numbered to 250
The 2 Mickey Mantle cards inserted per box come from the set Mantle Finest Moments. It is a 20 card set. Every card from the set is sequentially numbered to 599. The cards from this set also have the parallels listed above.
The 3 Autograph cards that are inserted in every hobby box on average have the following parallels:
1 of 1 SuperFractor Autographs - sequentially numbered to 1
X-Fractor Autographs - sequentially numbered to 25
Refractor Autographs
Inserted randomly into boxes of 2006 Topps Finest Baseball Cards are the following framed printing plates, which are all 1 of 1s:
Framed Printing Plates
Framed Autographed Rookie Printing Plates
Framed Finest Autographed Printing Plates
Through the entire production run of 2006 Topps Finest Baseball Cards, two Mickey Mantle Cut Signature Cards were randomly inserted. Each of the two cards is its own 1 of 1. The odds of finding these cards are relatively impossible, but whoever finds them will be able to sell them for a huge amount.
Also, every hobby includes 1 box loader. The box loader will be a Barry Bonds Finest Moments Gold Refractor. They come from a 50 card set. There is also a 1 of 1 parallel for each of the 50 cards that are randomly inserted as the box topper. The 1 of 1 parallel is called a Die-Cut Autographed Barry Bonds Finest Moments Gold Refractor.
Finest Baseball Cards should be a very popular set among collectors yet again in 2006. The Barry Bonds box loaders will get a lot of collectors to buy boxes, while the guarantee of pulling autographs and Mickey Mantle cards will draw in even more. 2006 Finest Baseball Cards should be a successful set due to its impressive card designs.
Published by Shane Carney
I am a graduate of USC. I have worked for the USC Sports Information Department, the Los Angeles Avengers, Sports Fan Magazine and Realfootball365. I have been a freelance writer for the Contra Costa Times f... View profile
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1 Comments
Post a CommentI used to collect soo many cards growing up. I remember Topps being the classic and most popular to purchase. Back then however they produced soo many that the value barley if every went up. Is that still the case or have i been out of the game too long?