While I am primarily a vintage and junk wax collector, I have been intrigued by 90s/early 2000s card technology. In my opinion, some of the prettiest cards came out of that era, but I haven't dug into the different sets and early parallels very much. I decided to start an arm of my collection focused on "emerging card technology." I added a mid 90s Bowman's Best refractor yesterday, along with this card from the 1997 Pinnacle Certified Team Gold set. This is a pop 11 with only one higher. Like the refractor I picked up, this one was not super expensive. It's nice to know there are great cards, with low population, and somewhat affordable still sitting out there for the taking!

This card caught my eye years ago when I was hunting for low numbered Kobe cards from the 90s, I had a hunch this card would grow in popularity with Kobe collectors over time due to its absolutely amazing design and rainbow reflection. The first chance I had to snag a raw copy, I took it, and this card has been locked into my PC ever since. 🔥🔥

Man, these bright, brash, colorful, foil, die-cut cards just SCREAM 1990’s insert innovation, don’t they? They are fun and bright examples of everything card companies did right back then!