Stolen Cards Alert: Autographed 1993 Finest Refractors
One of the most impressive (and uniquely identifiable) collections of 1993 Finest Refractors was stolen earlier this year. Let’s help find the cards.
1993 Finest Refractors
The 2025 Refractor Report
This is the second installment of my annual look at the current market environment for the famed 1993 Finest Refractor baseball card set. Transaction and grading trends, card availability, and other insights are explored and tracked over time.
Donnie Baseball Baseball Cards
We’re two games into the 2025 World Series and the Dodgers and Blue Jays are tied at one game apiece. Coaching for the Jays is Don Mattingly, who is getting his first ever taste of Fall Classic baseball. With the end of series just days away, now is the time to look at my shiny card of “Donnie Baseball.”
Last Refractor Standing
Ah yes, the existential dread of discovering your favorite “modern” baseball cards are increasingly being seen as vintage. Someone should remind the last guy left in the checklist to hit the lights on his way out.
1993 Finest Maddux: From An Early Complete Set To The Most Recent
How one of my most frustrating refractor additions became one of the more fun acquisitions. Also, bring on automated umpires.
The Reds’ Greene
The Willie Greene refractor: A rare card seems to be really rare until it’s not.
Junk Wax on Steroids
Everyone knows that Junk Wax cards were printed to the moon. Everyone also has a name that comes to mind when the Junk Wax Era gave way to the Steroid Era. What if we’re wrong on both counts?
Death and Stadium Club
The best baseball cards are the ones you look at when you’re supposed to be in church.
My First Baseball Game and One of My Most Recent Refractor Pickups
Guess who was on the mound at my first MLB baseball game? My baseball card collection includes one of his shiny cards while his collection features some very shiny bats.
Negative Home Runs
Alex Cole could very well be the only MLB player with a negative home run total in a decade defined by the long ball.