Ken Griffey 1996 Bowman's Best Atomic Refractor

Albertdidit · April 25, 2011 9:31AM

Finallly obtained this! A card I have been looking for a while now. Any other 96 Atomic collectors out there? Always liked them and wanted the Griffey

vladguerrero · April 25, 2011 9:40AM

yeah those are nice, would make a nice set goal, I think CDsNuts had some...

Albertdidit · April 25, 2011 9:53AM

Cool - ya that would be some set to build

BunchOBull · April 25, 2011 10:23AM

This was an awesome SS gift this past year from K (Adam).

Stone193 · April 25, 2011 1:00PM

Very cool card!

I remember opening packs - can't believe how time flies!

Is this one an AF also?

Don't know where the card is.

Albertdidit · April 25, 2011 1:29PM

Def love the Thomas!

jackstraw · April 25, 2011 6:10PM

<< <i>Very cool card!

I remember opening packs - can't believe how time flies!

Is this one an AF also?

Don't know where the card is.

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Mike thats the preview and were in Bowman packs.

mariotown · April 26, 2011 2:43AM

That last card looks like those charts you see at the eye doctor to test if you are color blind.

Kevin

digicat · April 26, 2011 3:04AM

Did Topps mention the print run of the 1996 Atomic Refractors? Did any collectors manage to figure out an estimate?

jackstraw · April 26, 2011 5:06AM

No print run but they were inserted 1:192 packs

hammered · April 26, 2011 8:58AM

In 96 I pulled the atomic refractor of Jose Guillen (a prominent rookie at the time)
Promptly sold it for just over $100
Those were the days

Stone193 · April 26, 2011 9:10AM

Thanx John - I do - now - remember that I was buying Bowman back then at the Px.

digicat · April 26, 2011 9:14AM

<< <i>No print run but they were inserted 1:192 packs >>

Beckett's website says they were inserted 1:48 hobby packs and 1:80 retail packs.

Still, w/o production numbers, there may be tens or hundreds of thousands of each of these cards.

CDsNuts · April 26, 2011 10:19AM

I generally have a good feel for 90s print runs based on what I see popping up on ebay. If I had to guess I would say there are between 250-400 of each 96 atomic made. I tried building a set for a couple months but they just weren't showing up. There are more up now than I have ever seen at one time, mostly due to Burbank. I think 96 football are a little more plentiful but not by much.

Albertdidit · April 26, 2011 12:07PM

At least you know these werent backdoor like many inserts were from the mid 90's

BunchOBull · April 26, 2011 12:19PM

I've also always like this '97 Silver Embossed Refractor with a similar design:

jackstraw · April 26, 2011 5:42PM

Sorry that was the mirror image atomic.

vladguerrero · April 27, 2011 8:54AM

Personally, I've always preferred the 1995 Bowman's Best Refractors, more plentiful but 10x more condition sensitive, incredible RC class, incredible All-Star/HOF selection, the first set where the Bowman Chrome model was used successfully...

Mobster57 · July 9, 2011 11:51PM

Mobster57 · July 10, 2011 12:10AM

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Panama Mutiny · January 17, 2019 9:22AM

whats the run on the atomic refractor cards

Albertdidit · January 17, 2019 9:49AM

@lawyer05 said:
whats the run on the atomic refractor cards

Apparently was never stated.

CDsNuts said 250-400 as his best estimate if you want to take his knowledge on it into consideration

Panama Mutiny · January 17, 2019 9:50AM

they were no superfractors back then ?

LarkinCollector · January 17, 2019 10:09AM

No superfractors, they started SN the refractors/atomics in 98/99. Refractors had a print run of 400, Atomics 100. No idea if they were roughly the same print runs in 96/97, I'll have to check my boxes and see if odds were the same.

Albertdidit · January 17, 2019 12:27PM

Also as far as 96 goes it seems theres a decent amount more of basketball and football printed than baseball based on looking through ebay from time to time over the years

So I would bet the atomic from baseball was the lowest print of the 3 from that year

Ken Griffey 1996 Bowman's Best Atomic Refractor

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