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Need a little help with refractor & insert cards.

mmyncmmync Posts: 678 ✭
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I picked up a really large lot of mostly stuff from a guy who used to sell at the local card shows, and I know next to nothing about refractors, inserts, and parallels. So, I need a little crash course on what to look for on these cards. For instance, will all refractors say refractor on the back, and do some non-refractor cards also have the protective film on the front? And what look for as far as cards that are #d or die cut.

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  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Your collection manager should be able to sort everything out. Have you sent me Ted Williams pack yet?

    Allen
  • NickMNickM Posts: 4,895 ✭✭✭
    Die-cut cards are very easy to recognize.
    #d cards are usually pretty easy - they have a serial number (normally machine-stamped, but occasionally hand-printed on the older ones) somewhere on the card. Occasionally it's on a clear sticker somewhere on the card and not all that easy to see (and UD has recently put some in small sideways numbers on the right part of the card where they blend a bit into the design), but for the most part they won't be hard to recognize if you look at the front and back.

    Not all cards with the peel-off coating are refractors. In good light, refractors are easy to recognize - they refract light in multiple colors, especially when you turn them slowly from side to side.

    Not every refractor says refractor on it. Also, for some sets, the refractors were not parallels, but base cards (i.e., every one of that card was a refractor).

    Get the Beckett Almanac (or SCD's Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards).

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  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Your collection manager should be able to sort everything out. Have you sent me Ted Williams pack yet?

    Allen

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    Nice work Lee.
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    No problem. I heard you were busy today so I figured I'd help you out.
  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>And what look for as far as cards that are #d or die cut. >>



    Numbered cards have numbers on them and die-cut cards are die-cut.

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  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>And what look for as far as cards that are #d or die cut. >>



    Numbered cards have numbers on them and die-cut cards are die-cut. >>



    And refractors refract. BTW, where is Lee's Ted Williams pack?
  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,105 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> BTW, where is Lee's Ted Williams pack? >>



    Shouldn't it be in the freezer?
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    << <i>And what look for as far as cards that are #d or die cut. >>



    Numbered cards have numbers on them and die-cut cards are die-cut. >>



    And refractors refract. BTW, where is Lee's Ted Williams pack? >>



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  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭✭
    mmync, don't forget I still need those 1994 and 1995 Flair sets too; that being said if you can find any complete Flair insert sets along with any 1993 Fleer insert sets please let me know.
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  • Post25Post25 Posts: 206


    << <i>I picked up a really large lot of mostly stuff from a guy who used to sell at the local card shows, and I know next to nothing about refractors, inserts, and parallels. So, I need a little crash course on what to look for on these cards. For instance, will all refractors say refractor on the back, and do some non-refractor cards also have the protective film on the front? And what look for as far as cards that are #d or die cut. >>



    You can use the completed auction search on eBay. It is amazing what you will find and learn.
  • JeremyDie1JeremyDie1 Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭
    What about inserts?
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Post25- You're wasting your breath. Do a search of all of the threads mmync has started and you'll find an endless series of questions that could be answered by a simple completed auctions or google search. It's actually quite funny to see the collection of his work in its entirety. He's either mentally challenged, incredibly lazy, or both. That's why every time he starts a thread there are like 5 or 6 sarcastic replies.
  • samspopsamspop Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭
    Numbered cards have numbers on them and die-cut cards are die-cut.

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