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Johan Santana's "Best" / Most Valuable Card

JackWESQJackWESQ Posts: 2,133 ✭✭✭
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What is Johan Santana's "best" or most valuable card? Is it the 2000 Finest Serial Numbered to 3000? If so, this card seems to be selling around $100.00.

2000 Finest Johan Santana BGS 9.5 for $96.00

Seems like odd of that Santana's most valuable card is only $100.00. Any other potential candidates? I can only the imagine the love Santana would get if he were to pitch in say ... New York.

/s/ JackWESQ

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  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    Definitely his best card, with the Refactors (/1000) and Gold Refractors (/100) being more valuable. Unfortunately, he plays in Minnesota, so he doesn't get much attention, and he isn't a native English speaker (Venezuelan) which just alienates him more from domestic collectors.

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  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,627 ✭✭✭✭
    Santana's best mainstream rookie (all refractors, autos, inserts, jerseys, etc. aside) is 2000 Bowman's Best. Finest sells for a comparable amount, but BB is a much tougher card in high grade. There are only 21 BB 10's, compared with 39 Finest. SMR for a BB 10 is $130, while SMR for a Finest 10 is $80. And not that it really matters, but there was also one less BB made than Finest.

    For key rookie card sets, PSA does not use any of the issues I detailed above, so the BB is the way to go if you're thinking in those terms. This isn't set in stone yet, but I looked into it in-depth a while back. Hope this helps!
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  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭
    The bowman best was easy to chip, not nearly as bad as the 04's, but still sensitive. Finest is still the card to own, and the gold refractor was die cut with little
    notches if I remember right..brutal in high grade.

    Kevin
  • JackWESQJackWESQ Posts: 2,133 ✭✭✭
    Many thanks to this educated group! I hope Santana elects not to stay in Minnesota.

    /s/ JackWESQ
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  • sagardsagard Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭
    Quit trying to poach Santana. At least have the decency to let us enjoy him for the rest of this season and next.
  • ThulnanthThulnanth Posts: 502
    Yeah, what sagard said!!

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