Jabs @7:30 you mentioned Duryea.........it's in my back yard......... it's up near a city called Pittston........close to the bigger city of Wilkes-Barre..... I'll take ya on a tour :D
@garygilkenson
7 ай бұрын
Love these boxes. Do not love incorrect info babble between cards
@Rick_Dunaway
10 күн бұрын
Recently sold sealed box in 2024 is $1499 and a PSA 9 Griffey Refractor $4077
@MoDave82
Жыл бұрын
Really good eye appeal
@joesylvester3852
2 жыл бұрын
Remember the Hot boxes i know the basketball had jumbo Hot packs and Boxes
@G3ZAAHS
4 жыл бұрын
These sold for about $23 a pack back then
@anb740
2 жыл бұрын
The packs containing a refractor had a printing variation on the wrapper. And sure enough at 15:08, you can see that variation on the player’s shirt; there are no black wrinkle shadows on it. Look for that, and you’ll have your refractor. Typically only one per box.
@lostnfoundllc
2 жыл бұрын
I collected this complete set and all the best stars graded psa10s. Also had 93 sp set with duplicates of all the rookies. I sold both sets for $1000 a few years ago when I needed money. I miss them&their probably worth alot more now if I wanted to buy them back..
@walkerwashburn19
2 жыл бұрын
Loved finest
@MclaughlinTV
3 жыл бұрын
I remember how big the buzz was when i was younger as to pulling a Refractor. Great memories!!!
@josephdurham4611
Жыл бұрын
I was 7 I think and our card shop picked this up. I think it was $20 a pack so it was out of my range but my brother got one pack.
@macofalltrades6396
5 жыл бұрын
4:10 Chad Curtis. First pack and I'm already playing Count The Jailbirds.
@macofalltrades6396
5 жыл бұрын
10:05 "We won't speak about him." And he's not number two, the pants-wetter already showed up as well.
@macofalltrades6396
5 жыл бұрын
13:28 NEXT
@macofalltrades6396
5 жыл бұрын
25:23 NEXT
@macofalltrades6396
5 жыл бұрын
27:25 RIP Ken Caminiti, author of one of the great fluke seasons of all time. Likely powered by... something, but still a great season.
@macofalltrades6396
5 жыл бұрын
28:40 The most observant comment yet. Mattingly was, at his peak, twice the player that Baines was; had he played in literally ANY other decade, Donnie Baseball would have had three or four rings and would be enshrined. Instead, he is to the 1980s what Charlie Keller was to the 1940's. And that is no insult.
@Tuxguy863
5 жыл бұрын
Lip on bottom is because there are 18 packs. 2 more packs on bottom have then the top
@sventremendousson2641
5 жыл бұрын
The lip is there because there are 18 card packs in the box (not divisible by 4). So in order to keep the top 2 packs from shifting around when moving the box, they put in the lip.
@JesseBookout
4 жыл бұрын
Robin Ventura is the only man to get 6 hits off of Nolan Ryan in the same game, same inning!!!
@anb740
2 жыл бұрын
The second box refractor, once again the minor printing variation on the wrapper. The player’s shirt has less pronounced black wrinkle shadows on it. A dead giveway!
@getdagr4665
3 жыл бұрын
Nigel Wilson is from my hometown of Ajax Ontario CANADA. He owned AAA, but whenever he was called up he was never healthy and could not perform then I think he went to Japan...
@JasonH6741
4 жыл бұрын
All reds cards would find nice home with me
@smartluck100
3 жыл бұрын
Why mention some HOF'ers and not others? Cool Green Maddux! Baines? Hardly...
@gw78787
4 жыл бұрын
I loved those cards!!!! Bought and opened two boxes.
@michaelmcfarlandjr9015
5 жыл бұрын
Awsome, so much fun to watch you open these!
@jacobjordan7586
2 жыл бұрын
You keep saying only notable rookie is JT Snow. Tim Salmon and Piazza came in the same year as JT Snow. I know because Salmon is my cousin. So if the JT Snow is considered a RC then so is Piazza and Salmon. Piazza and Salmon both won ROY in 1993. Piazza only played 20 games in 1992 and Karros won ROY that year. So obviously its their RC too.
@DaveDurango
5 жыл бұрын
I have no watched yet but I've been asking for this since your first TBT. So excited. This and 94 are my favorite sets ever. Shame I'll never afford 93 :(
@robsoldstuff1670
5 жыл бұрын
Let me know
@DaveDurango
5 жыл бұрын
@@robsoldstuff1670 Let you know what?
@robsoldstuff1670
5 жыл бұрын
How you want our first kiss too take place the cards you want lol
@chadhopkins8508
5 жыл бұрын
Very very cool Erik. Great TBT. Love those cards. Thanks for doing this for us.
@letitride1853
5 жыл бұрын
Refractor pulls at 16:50 & 21:50
@SethInSD
2 жыл бұрын
The card store isn't around and the address is now a Bank of America.
@daletrent1937
5 жыл бұрын
I bought a collection back when I was big into cards and it had two sealed boxes of this product. This brings back bad memories of the fire because losing boxes of this was a big hit. I hated losing these. Thanks for sharing Erik even though I lost them it was nice seeing some opened.
@kingcox9
5 жыл бұрын
The Fisk is mine!!!
@DaveDurango
5 жыл бұрын
big congrats clayton! awesome card
@gameinformationpokertheory
5 жыл бұрын
The Refractors was always in the same spot in all 1992 Finest Boxes. Congratulations on the card. 🤓⚾️ Remember it being Pack 2 (Top Right).
@tomlangley6236
5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful cards
@GoreMadeBreaks
5 жыл бұрын
"Hitting a weak grounder back to the mound"...that's the kind of sarcasm I can get behind. Well done sir!
@campinnfishin963
4 жыл бұрын
I worked in a card shop in 93 as a kid, played pack wars with customers, so many refractors pulled, so much fun, I was 13 at the time
@billygoatsportscards5316
5 жыл бұрын
Those refractors are so awesome! Great to see this set again!
@toddrichardson8595
5 жыл бұрын
Nice job Erik! Those Refractors were in HIGH DEMAND in 1993! I bought pack after pack trying to find the Limited Edition John Wathan Parallel Refractor Game Used Patch Autographed Relic Double Sided Reverse Negative!!!
@Metsfan7232
5 жыл бұрын
1993 refractors still in much demand. John Wathan cards, not so much 😆
@zacspacks384
5 жыл бұрын
Nostalgia in a box! Fun video, thanks
@SAULCHAN
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for the Blast from the Past!! This was a hugh release back in 1993. I bought 2 boxes online at $150 each in 94. I opened one and no refractor. Sold the second box years later. Your lucky those boxes were not searched. If I remembered corrected, 1993 Finest Baseball boxes were not wrapped in plastic or cellophaned. Thanks again!!!
@steverademacher
5 жыл бұрын
Back in the day when I owned my own card business I actually had to buy cases of this from topps to remain a customer of theirs. And they did have hot boxes back then where every pack did have a refractor. And one my cases actually had one of those. Not every case had HotBox I believe it was one in five or ten back in the day that had hot box. The refractor would always replace the All-Star card unless the All-Star card was the refractor.
@Damageonthestack
5 жыл бұрын
I bought a box when they first came out - every single card in every single pack was a refractor. I opened each pack in front of the store owner, who bought all the hot cards on the spot - Frank Thomas was a couple hundred I think. Nice day that was :-)
@steverademacher
5 жыл бұрын
@@Damageonthestack I have never heard of a super hot box back then. You must have gotten one of the luckiest mispack boxes ever. I Was A store owner for years up in Wisconsin and this is still the first I've heard of this. Congratulations my friend.
@Damageonthestack
5 жыл бұрын
@@steverademacher Actually it was 1994 Finest :-) Sportscards, Etc., Steubenville Pike, McKees Rocks, PA. My one brief, shining moment in life. They probably still tell stories...
@markosborne2663
2 жыл бұрын
Ive had a very honest person told me they got a hot box where every single card was a refractor but it was the first year finest basketball 93-94
@MessOfThings
5 жыл бұрын
Neat looking packs.
@baddhasima2602
5 жыл бұрын
Luv ur story telling style, Fans from Taiwan !
@saiyanape3373
4 жыл бұрын
Love your vids brother getting us through this quarantine 👏 thank you
@johnnybaseball6986
5 жыл бұрын
YES!! Thanks JABS!!!
@canadianmade3701
5 жыл бұрын
Anyone know a good FREE website for checking card values?????
@Metsfan7232
5 жыл бұрын
Imagine how much a Jeter RC refractor from this set would go for.
@ad6maddenshorts
5 жыл бұрын
Jeter isn’t in this set
@ryandeffley7652
5 жыл бұрын
@@ad6maddenshorts - That's why he said "imagine". LOL
@andawg221
5 жыл бұрын
Probably 15 grand or more.
@bowmanchrome
5 жыл бұрын
Congrats on getting 2 clean boxes. These were easily searchable back in the day.
@FranksCardCorner
5 жыл бұрын
Wow I remember buying these who they came out. Top premium cards at the time!
@ryandeffley7652
5 жыл бұрын
I had three sealed 93 Finest boxes for YEARS. Finally caved because I always wanted to know if I had a Nolan Ryan promo retractor which is 10x as rare as the normal NR refractor (only 50 were made). Turns out my refractors were Darren Daulton, Bip Roberts, and Chuck Knoblach. Makes me sick I gave up $2200-2400 not selling the boxes for three common refractors.
@smartluck100
3 жыл бұрын
Al Martin...whah, whah, whah. How depressing
@maligatorbaseball2789
5 жыл бұрын
This was a cool break to watch.
@redfire2987
5 жыл бұрын
Never bought any packs of 93 Finest they were either going for $16 or $18 a pack when they first came out at my local card shop
@joeyrulz86
5 жыл бұрын
So those recent auctions for several finest refractors were me! We had several walk into the shop and we had no idea what they were worth. We sold about 1100 in refractors including barry Larkin, Key, Deion Sanders and more. We had a local sell a Ken griffey Refractor ungraded for $2400!!!! This was great to watch. Didnt know they were so rare.
@1survivor566
5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Carlton Fisk in that first box. I've always been more of a basketball card collector than a baseball guy but I can very much relate to this product. I loved NBA Topps Finest from the same era. Finest was always a great product.
@DeadGuyCardboard
5 жыл бұрын
Love this break
@jtm3711
5 жыл бұрын
I had pack 17 in box 1. I was getting really excited when we got to pack 16 without a refractor...oh well : ). Congrats on the Fisk.
@jeffbunnell
5 жыл бұрын
The irony of getting a Jose Canseco and a Ruben sierra in the same pack....😳
@jeffbunnell
5 жыл бұрын
@@sum-tim-Wong actually Canseco was most valuable player in 1988. In spring training of 1989 Jose went on the DL with a Hammett bone injury... only played half a year and they still won the division.
@jeffbunnell
5 жыл бұрын
Jayme Patton I had no problem with Sierra until that trade. Really a bad trade for both teams if you think about it. LaRussa really had a hard on for Rueben, until the trade also. Then he just became another player (like Rickey) that didn’t really buy into what LaRussa was teaching.
@jeffbunnell
4 жыл бұрын
@Luke Enno the A's haven't been back to the World Series since he was traded.
@DawgnutzCardznJunk
5 жыл бұрын
Very cool to see u open these!
@_ck2_459
5 жыл бұрын
One of the best And one of my personal favorites
@nealarnett4300
5 жыл бұрын
Great video!! Extremely tough set to get in my area back in the day. Loved these cards! Only got hooked up with a couple packs. Thanks for sharing!! God Bless!!
@RFP15
5 жыл бұрын
I believe that there were only 241 of each refractor.
@ericzdrojewski137
5 жыл бұрын
Love the Fisk. The spacer was because there was 18 packs. 5 packs in a stack on the bottom and 4 pack on the top. That lip helped make the stacks even then.
@dmm5159
5 жыл бұрын
These also were always out of my price range. The first one I ever owned is a Dante bichette that came out of a Fairfield box I bought last year lol
@ericj5173
5 жыл бұрын
I have always enjoyed this set. Enough that I collected the 199 base cards. I opened maybe 5 to 10 packs total and traded for the rest. Was a lot of fun doing that. The only refractor I ever got is a Robin Yount - lucky to have gotten this one given that I am a Brewers fan. Loved seeing the pulls here - Congrats to the owner that got the Fisk refractor.
@Ibenhead16
5 жыл бұрын
so cool, thanks for sharing i enjoy these breaks.
@bhuff557
5 жыл бұрын
Nice break on the 93 Topps Finest very nice cards👍
@macofalltrades6396
5 жыл бұрын
18:20 The lip is intended to account for the two extra packs - 18 packs = 2 stacks of 5 and 2 stacks of 4.
@macofalltrades6396
5 жыл бұрын
30:35 Yep
@sugarphantom7837
5 жыл бұрын
For 1993, these cards were for sure high end. They are still nice today! Great break!
@80sFreak100
5 жыл бұрын
Dale Murphy needs to get into the Hall of Fame!
@thedrewavintagelegacy6455
5 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing these for the first time in a local card shop for $10 per pack. Didn’t buy any but then went to another shop across town who didn’t have them and found out how scarce they were. The second shop owner told me he would buy any card from the set for 50% Beckett. I went back to the first shop and bought two packs. Don’t remember who I pulled but sold them all to the second shop to get money to buy more from the first. I went back and forth between the two all day doing this until my I ran out of money from my original two pack purchase. In the middle of this I learned about refractors and found I had pulled a Terry Pendleton refractor. I was in Georgia and the Braves were the hottest team around so I sold that for bigger bucks and kept my streak going. I finally ran out of resale money and stopped buying and selling when I decided to keep a Griffey, Nolan Ryan and Piazza that I had pulled. Still have the Griffey and Ryan. One of the most fun collecting days I remember back from my pack buying days. Spent a total of $20 of my money and ended up with those two cards in my pc and and full day of fun. I wonder how much of the complete set I could have put together with the cards I pulled that day.
@josephlombardo16
5 жыл бұрын
Nice cards. Sweet Fisk refractor. Thanks for sharing!
@vaibanez17
5 жыл бұрын
My ultimate PC want is right in this set: Frank Thomas finest refractor. I need this card badly.
@krazykyfan
5 жыл бұрын
Same! The Big Hurt was my PC as a kid and favorite player. I still grab cards of his and have all the ones I collected back then. A Thomas refractor would be super sick!
@ALeagueofHerOwn
5 жыл бұрын
I have never seen these cards. Very nice looking. Great break!
@randyluxenberg7245
5 жыл бұрын
Orestes Is now a Rays pre and post game commentator
@octaviusgreen
4 жыл бұрын
Sure like Finest. This is a nice break! Loaded, as always, with info.
@octaviusgreen
5 жыл бұрын
Finest! Good info.
@hunterbuescher4107
5 жыл бұрын
Love 1993 topps finest
@OuchesVonDoom
5 жыл бұрын
Me and Jabs were born in 1981
@n.parker4062
5 жыл бұрын
I know Andy Benes and he said he doesn't give a rat's ass about you, one way or the other.
@masterbuilder2856
5 жыл бұрын
The early Finest sets were some of my favorites. Great box break. Go Mets.... 👍
@WBCHelpSaint
5 жыл бұрын
I know you are all shocked but that card shop isnt around anymore here in the Portland area.
@Primant
5 жыл бұрын
crazy stuff
@finetoothcombpickers9916
5 жыл бұрын
Nice break Jabs! Really enjoyed seeing that juiced Canseco card in box 2. Always wanted one of those.
@houseofbaseballcards4672
4 жыл бұрын
Could never afford a pack when I was a kid. Cool break
@dmm5159
5 жыл бұрын
Yes come to Philly
@d-mo733
5 жыл бұрын
Dont think Alex Fernandez threw no Hitter..Had 1 Hitters but do t think He had nono?! I think it was Wilson Alvarez who had the 90_91 no Hitter
@17Helton
5 жыл бұрын
The Fisk PSA 9 on EBay is 338 and the PSA 10 Fisk is 2500 (asking prices)
@ericbrieschke4251
5 жыл бұрын
Psa10 Jefferson sold for $370 back in June.
@Goodall10
5 жыл бұрын
Something I've always wondered....Cards like these that are bowed over time (like the Fisk refractor), does PSA count the bowing against the grade of the card? Or could a bowed card still theoretically get a 10 grade?
@slun80
5 жыл бұрын
Goodall10 could still get a 10
@dmm5159
5 жыл бұрын
That refractor is nice
@ericbrieschke4251
5 жыл бұрын
Refractor psa9 sold for $190 a day ago
@ILOVE2WATCH2
5 жыл бұрын
I was paying $20-$23 per pack in the day.
@michealwetzel1975
5 жыл бұрын
Sweet and awesome baseball cards
@rong7676
5 жыл бұрын
I bought a few packs of these when they came out and I think they were going for at least $18 a pack. I lucked out and got a John Smoltz refractor.
@MayhemAndGridlock
5 жыл бұрын
Most recent eBay auctions have the Fisk card selling for near $200 graded, and $40 ungraded. Reggie Jefferson $25-30 ungraded. Not too bad.
@danielphipps2781
4 жыл бұрын
You know it serious when Jab pulls out the one touch.
@blamm5348
5 жыл бұрын
Keeping Score Sports Cards moved to 475 NW Saltzman Rd, Portland, OR 97229 but appears they are permanently closed now
@DonBlomdahlHOF
5 жыл бұрын
they are about $699-$850 per box quite expensive.
@ronsilvia8127
4 жыл бұрын
This was at a time when collecting was fun and the high end product was affordable unlike today the price of cards have gotten ridiculous and if it continues like this card collecting will be a forgotten hobby thank god for card shows where you can find real deals and have fun doing it those boxes of assorted cards at shows can be a gold mine 👍👍👍
@TheGodYouWishYouKnew
4 жыл бұрын
Ron Silvia I remember these being $10 a pack which was not affordable to a kid in 1993.
@andyn9003
5 жыл бұрын
I never seen this set before
@joebrooks7349
5 жыл бұрын
Not a bad couple of boxes...the only thing I saw that I found worrisome were all the printing lines. I remember going into a card shop back In the early 90's and the guy refusing to deal with me because of a printing line issue.
@patrickstroup9347
5 жыл бұрын
How do u tell if it's a refractor? I got a collection gave to me with lots of the green all star cards.
@patrickstroup9347
5 жыл бұрын
Ok looked through them all now I can see it .. the 2 griffeys are not.. but I did find a David justice refractor maybe it's worth a buck or 2 lol
@patrickstroup9347
5 жыл бұрын
@jessesam sold it for 200. :)
@aaronscollectinganddetecti3018
5 жыл бұрын
i got a bunch of these cards from a collection i bought in 2015 in mesa arizona!
Пікірлер: 179