90's Box Breaks

The Elite Series from Donruss has always been an insert set that stuck in my mind, no matter what year it was released or how the design looked. How can you not like a set that was limited to just 10,000 back in 1991?

By the time 1997 rolled around, the numbering went down from 10,000 all the way to just 2,500. Not to mention, the insert wasn’t as flashy as the first years that were released. It was a simple design, set on a marble-like background with a player photo on the front and a small blurb about their career on the back.

This is my favorite design for the set, mainly in part that it’s very simple yet eye catching in it’s own way.

1997 Donruss Elite Series Alex Rodriguez

I’m not really advertising here, as I have no affiliation with this new site, but I was contacted by the site owner to do a small article/link for the site, and while I’m recovering from a collapsed lung, I thought I would go ahead and make a post for this month.

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I welcome anyone willing to put up the time dedicated to selling singles on the internet, as we need more alternatives to eBay and the like.

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So, I promised regular updates, and until the last 10 days, I think I was doing a pretty good job of that.

Until this past Wednesday, January 27 when I went into the ER for chest pains and currently sit in the SICU unit of the hospital for a collapsed lung.

So, the posts will come to a temporary stop until I can get out of here. I have quite a few cards to review and write about so at least I won’t be without content.

Replacement Dell Ink Cartridges

Normally, I don’t find a rainbow so quick after breaking a box, but that’s just what I did when I broke 1999 Flair Showcase.

There isn’t too much to say really, that I didn’t say in that review. Basically, each player in the set actually had 3 cards, 1 in each Row. Considering I only received 8 Row 1 cards in the box, I wasn’t sure if any player in that break had shown up 3 times. But, one player did, and his rainbow is shown below.

1999 Flair Showcase Row 3, Row 2, and Row 1 Scott Brosius

Unfortunately, with the Row 1 cards being all plastic, it’s very easy to get scratches on them. This one came out of the pack this way, and you can easily see them in the scan.

Price: $29 shipped
Packs: 24, 5 cards per pack
Cards for set: 121/432; 28% complete
Duplicates: 0
Rating: 4/5

I don’t think I ever opened any packs/boxes in 1999. I was a senior in high school and was trying to save my money for other things, like books and a computer. So, I never got to see how well a product like 1999 Flair Showcase was put together.

I ended up winning this box for just under $30 on eBay last week. I thought that was pretty good, considering 1) the price tag on the outer seal was marked at $110 and 2) most boxes on eBay or through www.bbcexchange.com were at least $45, if not more, plus shipping (this is not a knock against BBC Exchange, as I’ve ordered from them in the past with great service). Imagine my surprise when the mailman actually rang the doorbell to let me know I had a package. Took a total of 4 days to get here; pretty quick considering Monday was a holiday.

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