Inserts and parallels

This was an interesting lot I picked up. 1,000 inserts and parallels, mostly from the mid-1990s. ~3 cents a card. This was a fun thing to get, but I wouldn't do it all the time.

A lot of cards from the 1993 and 1994 Topps Gold parallels, and the 1995 Topps cyberstats parallels. I think with parallels, it's a little more fun to get them one or two at a time, rather than a whole lot at once. Still, it's fun to bulk up my holdings of these sets. Plenty to trade from, if you need some for your set. Also, if you have a PC or mini-collection where parallels are useful, let me know.

Some early 90's insert sets - '92 Pinnacle Team 2000, and '93 Select Stat Leaders. I needed maybe half of them, so lots to trade. No huge stars but some mid-level HOFers like Alomar and Smoltz. The '94 Pinnacle Museum Collection I needed just about all. That's a nice looking parallel.

Score put out the nicest looking parallels. I love the '95 Gold Rush, and the bronze '96 parallels are very nice too. I do have a few to trade from here.

Two Bowman parallel sets that were well represented - '97 Bowman International and '00 Bowman Retro/Future. I do have a couple from here to trade.

Some more parallel sets that had solid representation in the lot - '94 UD Electric Diamond, '94 Pinnacle Gold Rainbow, '98 Topps Minted in Cooperstown.

There was plenty of variety, it wasn't just those few sets. Here are a few shiny cards that stood out to me. Score really put out some nice inserts in the mid-'90s.

For some reason there was a bunch of Robinson Cano cards at one point. I needed half the Yankee cards (the parallels) and all the Mariner cards.

This was my personal favorite individual card in the lot. I hadn't realized how many nice insert sets Score made in the '90s. I like the view of Chicago, and the red foil really pops against the dark background.

Does anyone collect buybacks? Last time I asked this, I got directed to a Youtuber named Shoebox Legends but he never got back to me.

This is a much cooler buyback. I actually thought this was a reprint at first, but apparently the American Pie set included buybacks of old Topps nonsport sets. This is from the 1967 Maya: Mysteries of India set. That's Jay North, Dennis the Menace all grown up. It's a cool card but doesn't exactly fit in my collection so I'd be open to a trade.

These two cards are also available for trade. They appear to be run-of-the-mill 1993 Fleer cards, but they are blank backed. As far as I can tell that was not a parallel, so I guess they are just a printing error. Maybe they fit in someone's collection?

 

I haven't even shown some really fun minor league sets that were in there. I'll post those another time.