1997 Finest Jose Cruz Embossed Refractor...15 Years in the making...

[Triple B]

I have been collecting Jose Cruz, Jr. cards since the Jays traded for him back in July 1997. Always liked the guy and always hoped he'd be the "next Ken Griffey, Jr." as people thought he might have been (imagine how exciting it was for Jays fans to have traded for the "next Griffey").

I have amassed quite a collection of Cruz Jr cards in the last 15 years but the one that has eluded me in all that time was the 1997 Topps Finest Gold Die Cut Embossed Refractor. I'm told the odds of pulling one were 1:1,200 packs. I'm told that this card has only appeared for sale 3 times in the last 5 years. I'm told only 74 copies exist. One of them is finally mine...

 

[punkoholic]

Congrats, hope to see a thread on your entire Cruz collection in the near future.

 

[canucksfreak19]

Congrats on scratching that one off the list. Beauty addition.

 

[bonnev659]

sweet Finest!!! congrats on finally getting that gem into your pc

 

[chakhae1]

met cruz jr back in the day at an auto signing when he was a jay and i hear him on the radio all the time and he seems like a straight up fellow. too bad his career didn't pan out b/c he had all the tools.