2006 Finest

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Description

2006 Finest is a 155-card set released by Topps in May, 2006. The last 15 cards in the base set make up an Autographed Rookie subset which is limited (but not serial-numbered) to 963 copies. Each six-pack mini box will yield one autograph, one Mickey Mantle Moments insert serial-numbered to 850 copies or less, and four Refractor parallels serial-numbered to 399 or less.

Each Hobby box contains three mini boxes plus one Barry Bonds Moments Refractor serial-numbered to 425 copies or less. Each eight-box case will yield a Mickey Mantle Moments Refractor serial-numbered to 50 or less.

Distribution

Three, six-pack mini boxes plus one Barry Bonds Moments Refractor per box (MSRP: $50 per mini box), five cards per pack. Eight boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds per mini box
Base 155 - ?
short set 140 - ?
Autographed Rookies 15 963 1:4
Refractor short set 140 399 one-per mini box
Refractor Autographed Rookies 15 399 1:8
Blue Refractor short set 140 299 1:2
Blue Refractor Autographed Rookies 15 299 1:11
X-Fractor short set 140 250 1:2
X-Fractor Autographed Rookies 15 250 1:12
Green Refractor short set 140 199 1:2
Green Refractor Autographed Rookies 15 199 1:16
Blue X-Fractor short set 140 150 1:3
Blue X-Fractor Autographed Rookies 15 150 1:21
Black Refractor short set 140 99 1:4
Black Refractor Autographed Rookies 15 99 1:32
Green X-Fractor short set 140 50 1:7
Green X-Fractor Autographed Rookies 15 50 1:63
Gold Refractor short set 140 49 1:7
Gold Refractor Autographed Rookies 15 49 1:64
Black X-Fractor short set 140 25 1:14
Black X-Fractor Autographed Rookies 15 25 1:125
Gold X-Fractor short set 140 10 1:34
Gold X-Fractor Autographed Rookies 15 10 1:314
White Framed Refractor short set 140 one-of-one 1:340
White Framed Refractor Autographed Rookies 15 one-of-one 1:3342
White Framed X-Fractor short set 140 one-of-one 1:340
White Framed X-Fractor Autographed Rookies 15 one-of-one 1:3342
SuperFractor short set 140 one-of-one 1:340
SuperFractor Autographed Rookies 15 one-of-one 1:3342
Framed Printing Plates 155 four for each 1:792
Bonds Moments Refractor 25 425 1:2/boxes
Bonds Moments Gold Refractor 25 199 1:4/boxes
Mantle Moments 20 850 1:3
Mantle Moments Refractor 20 399 1:6
Mantle Moments Blue Refractor 20 299 1:8
Mantle Moments X-Fractor 20 250 1:10
Mantle Moments Green Refractor 20 199 1:12
Mantle Moments Blue X-Fractor 20 150 1:16
Mantle Moments Black Refractor 20 99 1:24
Mantle Moments Green X-Fractor 20 50 1:48
Mantle Moments Gold Refractor 20 49 1:49
Mantle Moments Black X-Fractor 20 25 1:85
Mantle Moments Gold X-Fractor 20 10 1:238
Mantle Moments White Framed Refractor 20 one-of-one 1:2482
Mantle Moments White Framed X-Fractor 20 one-of-one 1:2482
Mantle Moments SuperFractor 20 one-of-one 1:2482
Mantle Moments Printing Plates 20 four for each ?
Bonds Moments Autographed Gold Refractor 25 2 1:316/boxes
Autograph Refractors 18 varies varies
Autograph X-Fractors 18 25 1:104
Autograph SuperFractors 18 one-of-one 1:2751
Autograph Printing Plates 17 four for each 1:654
Mantle Moments Cut Signature 2 one-of-one 1:23,555

Checklist

Base Set

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  • 1 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 2 Troy Glaus
  • 3 Andruw Jones
  • 4 Miguel Tejada
  • 5 Manny Ramirez
  • 6 Curt Schilling
  • 7 Mark Prior
  • 8 Kerry Wood
  • 9 Tadahito Iguchi
  • 10 Freddy Garcia
  • 11 Ryan Howard
  • 12 Mark Buehrle
  • 13 Wily Mo Pena
  • 14 C.C. Sabathia
  • 15 Garret Anderson
  • 16 Shawn Green
  • 17 Rafael Furcal
  • 18 Jeff Francoeur
  • 19 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 20 Derrek Lee
  • 21 Paul Konerko
  • 22 Rickie Weeks
  • 23 Magglio Ordonez
  • 24 Juan Pierre
  • 25 Felix Hernandez
  • 26 Roger Clemens
  • 27 Zack Greinke
  • 28 Johan Santana
  • 29 Jose Reyes
  • 30 Bobby Crosby
  • 31 Jason Schmidt
  • 32 Khalil Greene
  • 33 Richie Sexson
  • 34 Mark Mulder
  • 35 Mark Teixeira
  • 36 Nick Johnson
  • 37 Vernon Wells
  • 38 Scott Kazmir
  • 39 Jim Edmonds
  • 40 Adrian Beltre
  • 41 Dan Johnson
  • 42 Carlos Lee
  • 43 Lance Berkman
  • 44 Josh Beckett
  • 45 Morgan Ensberg
  • 46 Garrett Atkins
  • 47 Chase Utley
  • 48 Joe Mauer
  • 49 Travis Hafner
  • 50 Alex Rodriguez
  • 51 Austin Kearns
  • 52 Scott Podsednik
  • 53 Jose Contreras
  • 54 Greg Maddux
  • 55 Hideki Matsui
  • 56 Matt Clement
  • 57 Javy Lopez
  • 58 Tim Hudson
  • 59 Luis Gonzalez
  • 60 Bartolo Colon
  • 61 Marcus Giles
  • 62 Justin Morneau
  • 63 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 64 Robinson Cano
  • 65 Ervin Santana
  • 66 Brady Clark
  • 67 Edgar Renteria
  • 68 Jon Garland
  • 69 Felipe Lopez
  • 70 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 71 Dontrelle Willis
  • 72 Carlos Guillen
  • 73 J.D. Drew
  • 74 Rich Harden
  • 75 Albert Pujols
  • 76 Livan Hernandez
  • 77 Roy Halladay
  • 78 Hank Blalock
  • 79 David Wright
  • 80 Jimmy Rollins
  • 81 John Smoltz
  • 82 Miguel Cabrera
  • 83 David DeJesus
  • 84 Torii Hunter
  • 85 Adam Dunn
  • 86 Randy Johnson
  • 87 Roy Oswalt
  • 88 Bobby Abreu
  • 89 Rocco Baldelli
  • 90 Ichiro
  • 91 Jorge Cantu
  • 92 Jack Wilson
  • 93 Jose Vidro
  • 94 Kevin Millwood
  • 95 David Ortiz
  • 96 Victor Martinez
  • 97 Jeremy Bonderman
  • 98 Todd Helton
  • 99 Carlos Beltran
  • 100 Barry Bonds
  • 101 Jeff Kent
  • 102 Mike Sweeney
  • 103 Ben Sheets
  • 104 Melvin Mora
  • 105 Gary Sheffield
  • 106 Craig Wilson
  • 107 Chris Carpenter
  • 108 Michael Young
  • 109 Gustavo Chacin
  • 110 Chipper Jones
  • 111 Mark Loretta
  • 112 Andy Pettitte
  • 113 Carlos Delgado
  • 114 Pat Burrell
  • 115 Jason Bay
  • 116 Brian Roberts
  • 117 Joe Crede
  • 118 Jake Peavy
  • 119 Aubrey Huff
  • 120 Pedro Martinez
  • 121 Jorge Posada
  • 122 Barry Zito
  • 123 Scott Rolen
  • 124 Brett Myers
  • 125 Derek Jeter
  • 126 Eric Chavez
  • 127 Carl Crawford
  • 128 Jim Thome
  • 129 Johnny Damon
  • 130 Alfonso Soriano
  • 131 Clint Barmes
  • 132 Dustin Nippert (RC)
  • 133 Hanley Ramirez (RC)
  • 134 Matt Capps (RC)
  • 135 Miguel Perez (RC)
  • 136 Tom Gorzelanny (RC)
  • 137 Charlton Jimerson (RC)
  • 138 Bryan Bullington (RC)
  • 139 Kenji Johjima RC
  • 140 Craig Hansen RC

Autographed Rookies

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Each Autographed Rookie is limited (but not serial-numbered) to 963 copies. Unlike previous years, all autographs are on stickers.

  • 141 Craig Breslow AU RC
  • 142 Adam Wainwright AU (RC)
  • 143 Joey Devine AU RC
  • 144 Hong-Chih Kuo AU (RC)
  • 145 Jason Botts AU (RC)
  • 146 Josh Johnson AU (RC)
  • 147 Jason Bergmann AU RC
  • 148 Scott Olsen AU (RC)
  • 149 Darrell Rasner AU (RC)
  • 150 Dan Ortmeier AU (RC)
  • 151 Chuck James AU (RC)
  • 152 Ryan Garko AU (RC)
  • 153 Nelson Cruz AU (RC)
  • 154 Anthony Lerew AU (RC)
  • 155 Francisco Liriano AU (RC)

Parallels

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All 155 base cards (including the Autographed Rookies) are available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Refractor (serial-numbered to 399 copies)
  • Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 299 copies)
  • X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
  • Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
  • Blue X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 150 copeis)
  • Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • Green X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 49 copies)
  • Black X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Gold X-Fractor (serial-numbered to ten)
  • White Framed Refractor (one-of-one)
  • White Framed X-Fractor (one-of-one)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)
  • Framed Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

Inserts

Bonds Moments Refractor

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Each sealed Hobby box contains one of 25 Bonds Moments Refractors as a box topper. Each card is serial-numbered to 425 copies and is also available in a Gold Refractor parallel, which is numbered to 199.

There are 25 cards in this set and all are of Barry Bonds. For brevity's sake, it would be pointless to list all in a checklist.

Mantle Moments

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Each Mantle Moments is serial-numbered to 850 copies and also available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Refractor (serial-numbered to 399 copies)
  • Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 299 copies)
  • X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
  • Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
  • Blue X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 150 copeis)
  • Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • Green X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 49 copies)
  • Black X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Gold X-Fractor (serial-numbered to ten)
  • White Framed Refractor (one-of-one)
  • White Framed X-Fractor (one-of-one)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)
  • Framed Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

There are 20 cards in this set and all are of Mickey Mantle. For brevity's sake, it would be pointless to list all in a checklist.

Autographs

Bonds Moments Autographed Gold Refractor

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This is an autographed parallel of the Bonds Moments Refractor set. Each card is serial-numbered to two.

Autograph Refractors

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Each Autograph Refractor is limited (but NOT serial-numbered) to the production figures listed below. Each is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • X-Fractors (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • SuperFractors (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

The specific odds of finding an Autograph Refractor is as follows:

  • 720: 1:22/mini boxes
  • 470: 1:8/mini boxes
  • 220: 1:214/mini boxes

  • AJ Andruw Jones 470
  • AR Alex Rodriguez 220
  • CJ Chipper Jones 470
  • CW Craig Wilson 470
  • DL Derrek Lee 720
  • DW David Wright 470
  • DWI Dontrelle Willis 470
  • EC Eric Chavez 720
  • GS Gary Sheffield 470
  • JB Jason Bay 470
  • JG Jose Guillen 470
  • KJ Kenji Johjima 470
  • MC Miguel Cabrera 470
  • MG Marcus Giles 470
  • RC Robinson Cano 470
  • RH Rich Harden 470
  • RO Roy Oswalt 470
  • VG Vladimir Guerrero 720

Mantle Moments Cut Signature

Each Mantle Moments Cut Signature is a one-of-one.

  • MCS1 Mickey Mantle 1
  • MCS2 Mickey Mantle 1