Archive for March 2024
Precious Metal Gems (PMG) Cards – The Sports Card Hobby’s Most Coveted Parallel / Insert
The History Of The Original PMG Cards Sports cards in the mid to late 1990’s are known for their new technologies and innovative designs. This era of sports cards is also famous for flashy serial-numbered parallels and scarce inserts. The most famous of them all are the Precious Metal Gems cards. While Precious Metal Gems…
Read MoreThe First True One-Of-One (1/1) Parallel Sports Cards
On Oct 12, 1997 Fleer released their Masterpiece cards in Flair Showcase Baseball. The first ever “true” one-of-one parallel baseball cards. 1997 was also the first year 1-of-1 basketball cards and football cards as well. The 1/1 concept was so successful that a variety of one-of-one iterations for inserts and parallels have been a sports…
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