The first major insert card crazes early 90s

[k-dog]

I remember buying LOTS of the "Classic" and 4 sports cards desperately looking for the tri cards and #/# early cards of players like Shaq, Penny, Webber, etc...!

[DaClyde]

Originally Posted by k-dog

I remember buying LOTS of the "Classic" and 4 sports cards desperately looking for the tri cards and #/# early cards of players like Shaq, Penny, Webber, etc...!

Those cards that were "limited" to something like 5000 or 10000. I have a couple of the Classic Draft Pick sets that are "limited" to something like 145,000 sets. Does Topps even produce 145,000 of its base set anymore?

I did manage to snag a Dawson Elite from the 1991 set. Sadly, it had a dinged corner, but I still managed to sell it to a dealer for $10 at the time. I remember Fleer's ProVisions being briefly popular, and they advertised the hell out of them. Every hobby publication must have had a full page add pushing those cards.

[Rich Klein]

The finest refractor print run number was never announced by Topps, instead people took the print run, the number of boxes and did some math. Topps never confirmed nor denied the 241 figure for 1993 reftactors.

Rich

[t206fix]

These are the first inserts I can remember pulling from packs - they were really colorful and they came only in wax packs. Both National League and American League were represented and they came maybe 2 or 3 in a box. They weren't like the Topps All-stars that came on the top of rack-packs that every one had.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1986-Fleer-G...item19d12958e9

[chaddurbin]

my first chase card was the '92 upper deck ted williams auto'd heroes card. never felt the ecstasy of pulling the card out of the pack but owned my first one a couple years back.

[drc]

1996 Zenith had the little diamond on it. I had one. Zenith was a brand of Pinnacle. I remember having a 1995 Zenith Z-Team card with an etched metalic finish.

The 1994 (I think) Holoview Die Cuts were hot.

The 1995 Bowman's Best Refractors are nice looking cards.

I remember the coveted and rare Pacific Cramer's Choice inserts (see below)