1999 Flair Showcase

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1999 Flair Showcase box

Description

1999 Flair Showcase is a 432-card set released by Fleer. Like with previous Flair Showcase sets, each of the 144 players in the set were featured on different levels/"Rows", which each Row featuring a unique front design:

• Row 3: "Power" design
• Row 2: "Passion" design
• Row 1: "Showcase" design

The Row 3 cards were easiest to find, while the Row 1 cards were the toughest.

Each "Row" was then subdivided into

• Showpiece: Black and white background, portrait picture, yellow banner
• Showtime: Team-colored background, full-body picture, grey banner
• Showdown: Team-colored wave background, full-body picture, silver banner

Each of the 144 players in the set had one card in each of the three rows, with a specifically assigned cardback design per Row, meaning each player had 3 base cards total. The "Seat" number on the back represented the card number in the set.

Insertion Ratios

(Section 2)	Showpiece	Showtime	Showdown
Power (Row 3)	97-144 (1:1.2)	1-48 (1:0.9)	49-96 (1:1.1)
Passion (Row 2)	49-96 (1:1.33)	97-144 (1:2)	1-48 (1:3)
Showcase (Row 1)	1-48 (serial-numbered to 1500)	49-96 (serial-numbered to 3000 copies)	97-144 (serial-numbered to 6000 copies)

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	432	-	?
Legacy Collection	432	99	?
Masterpiece	432	one-of-one	?
Wave of the Future	15	1000	?
Measures of Greatness	10	500	?

Checklist

Promos

Fleer distributed a 3-card promotional set to dealers and the Hobby prior to the release of 1999 Flair showcase. The 3 promos featured Scott Rolen on each of the three Rows and featured "PROMOTIONAL SAMPLE" diagonally across the front and back.

• 17 Scott Rolen Row 1
• 17 Scott Rolen Row 2
• 17 Scott Rolen Row 3

Base Set

• Row 3 (Power front; Showdown back)

• Row 2 (Passion front; Showtime back)

• Row 1 (Showcase; Showpiece back)

NOTE: Only the "Row 3" card is a true rookie card.

• 1 Mark McGwire
• 2 Sammy Sosa
• 3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 4 Chipper Jones
• 5 Ben Grieve
• 6 J.D. Drew
• 7 Jeff Bagwell
• 8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 9 Tony Gwynn
• 10 Nomar Garciaparra
• 11 Travis Lee
• 12 Troy Glaus
• 13 Mike Piazza
• 14 Alex Rodriguez
• 15 Kevin Brown
• 16 Darin Erstad
• 17 Scott Rolen
• 18 Micah Bowie RC
• 19 Juan Gonzalez
• 20 Kerry Wood
• 21 Roger Clemens
• 22 Derek Jeter
• 23 Pat Burrell RC
• 24 Tim Salmon
• 25 Barry Bonds
• 26 Roosevelt Brown RC
• 27 Vladimir Guerrero
• 28 Randy Johnson
• 29 Mo Vaughn
• 30 Fernando Seguignol
• 31 Greg Maddux
• 32 Tony Clark
• 33 Eric Chavez
• 34 Kris Benson
• 35 Frank Thomas
• 36 Mario Encarnacion RC
• 37 Gabe Kapler
• 38 Jeremy Giambi
• 39 Peter Tucci
• 40 Manny Ramirez
• 41 Albert Belle
• 42 Warren Morris
• 43 Michael Barrett
• 44 Andruw Jones
• 45 Carlos Delgado
• 46 Jaret Wright
• 47 Juan Encarnacion
• 48 Scott Hunter RC*
• 49 Tino Martinez
• 50 Craig Biggio
• 51 Jim Thome
• 52 Vinny Castilla
• 53 Tom Glavine
• 54 Bob Higginson
• 55 Moises Alou
• 56 Robin Ventura
• 57 Bernie Williams
• 58 Pedro Martinez
• 59 Greg Vaughn
• 60 Ray Lankford
• 61 Jose Canseco
• 62 Ivan Rodriguez
• 63 Shawn Green
• 64 Rafael Palmeiro
• 65 Ellis Burks
• 66 Jason Kendall
• 67 David Wells
• 68 Rondell White
• 69 Gary Sheffield
• 70 Ken Caminiti
• 71 Cliff Floyd
• 72 Larry Walker
• 73 Bartolo Colon
• 74 Barry Larkin
• 75 Calvin Pickering
• 76 Jim Edmonds
• 77 Henry Rodriguez
• 78 Roberto Alomar
• 79 Andres Galarraga
• 80 Richie Sexson
• 81 Todd Helton
• 82 Damion Easley
• 83 Livan Hernandez
• 84 Carlos Beltran
• 85 Todd Hundley
• 86 Todd Walker
• 87 Scott Brosius
• 88 Bob Abreu
• 89 Corey Koskie
• 90 Ruben Rivera
• 91 Edgar Renteria
• 92 Quinton McCracken
• 93 Bernard Gilkey
• 94 Shannon Stewart
• 95 Dustin Hermanson
• 96 Mike Caruso
• 97 Alex Gonzalez
• 98 Raul Mondesi
• 99 David Cone
• 100 Curt Schilling
• 101 Brian Giles
• 102 Edgar Martinez
• 103 Rolando Arrojo
• 104 Derek Bell
• 105 Denny Neagle
• 106 Marquis Grissom
• 107 Bret Boone
• 108 Mike Mussina
• 109 John Smoltz
• 110 Brett Tomko
• 111 Dave Justice
• 112 Andy Pettitte
• 113 Eric Karros
• 114 Dante Bichette
• 115 Jeromy Burnitz
• 116 Paul Konerko
• 117 Steve Finley
• 118 Ricky Ledee
• 119 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 120 Dean Palmer
• 121 Rusty Greer
• 122 Luis Gonzalez
• 123 Randy Winn
• 124 Jeff Kent
• 125 Doug Glanville
• 126 Justin Thompson
• 127 Bret Saberhagen
• 128 Wade Boggs
• 129 Al Leiter
• 130 Paul O'Neill
• 131 Chan Ho Park
• 132 Johnny Damon
• 133 Darryl Kile
• 134 Reggie Sanders
• 135 Kevin Millwood
• 136 Charles Johnson
• 137 Ray Durham
• 138 Rico Brogna
• 139 Matt Williams
• 140 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
• 141 Jeff Cirillo
• 142 Devon White
• 143 Andy Benes
• 144 Mike Stanley

Parallels

Each card is available in the following parallels.

• Legacy Collection (serial-numbered to 98 copies)
• Masterpiece (one-of-one)

Inserts

Wave of the Future

• 1 WF Kerry Wood
• 2 WF Ben Grieve
• 3 WF J.D. Drew
• 4 WF Juan Encarnacion
• 5 WF Travis Lee
• 6 WF Todd Helton
• 7 WF Troy Glaus
• 8 WF Ricky Ledee
• 9 WF Eric Chavez
• 10 WF Ben Davis
• 11 WF George Lombard
• 12 WF Jeremy Giambi
• 13 WF Roosevelt Brown
• 14 WF Pat Burrell
• 15 WF Preston Wilson

Measure of Greatness

• 1 Roger Clemens
• 2 Nomar Garciaparra
• 3 Juan Gonzalez
• 4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 5 Vladimir Guerrero
• 6 Tony Gwynn
• 7 Derek Jeter
• 8 Chipper Jones
• 9 Mark McGwire
• 10 Mike Piazza
• 11 Manny Ramirez
• 12 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 13 Alex Rodriguez
• 14 Sammy Sosa
• 15 Frank Thomas