1999 Black Diamond
Description
1999 Black Diamond is a 120-card set released by Upper Deck in December, 1998. The last 30 cards in the base set make up a Diamond Debuts subset, which is short-printed. There are no rookie cards in the set.
Distribution
Hobby: 30 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $3.99).
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 120 | - | ? | ? |
| short set | 90 | - | ? | ? |
| Diamond Debut | 30 | - | 1:4 | ? |
| Double Diamond short set | 90 | 3000 | ? | ? |
| Double Diamond Debut Debut | 30 | 2500 | ? | ? |
| Triple Diamond short set | 90 | 1500 | ? | ? |
| Triple Diamond Debut | 30 | 1000 | ? | ? |
| Quadruple Diamond short set | 90 | 150 | ? | ? |
| Quadruple Diamond Debut | 30 | 100 | ? | ? |
| Diamond Dominance | 30 | 1500 | ? | ? |
| Diamond Dominance Emerald | 30 | one-of-one | ? | ? |
| Mystery Numbers | 30 | varies | ? | ? |
| Mystery Numbers Emerald | 30 | varies | ? | ? |
| A Piece of History | 6 | 350 | ? | ? |
Checklist
Base Set
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Diamond Debut
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = 'Black Diamond') AND (num > 90); </sql2wiki>
Parallels
Each base card is available in one of three "Diamond" parallels: Double, Triple, and Quadruple. Each is serial-numbered to the following production figures EXCEPT the cards of Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey, Jr., and Mark McGwire.
- Double (Red foil): short set, 3000; Debuts, 2500
- Triple (Yellow foil): short set, 1500; Debuts, 1000
- Quadruple (Green foil): short set, 150; Debuts, 100
For Sosa, Griffey, and McGwire their Double, Triple, and Quadruple Diamond parallels are as follows.
- Double (serial-numbered to 1998)
- Triple (Sosa: 273 copies, Griffey: 350, McGwire: 457)
- Quadruple (Sosa: 66 copies, Griffey: 56, McGwire: 70)
The Triple Diamonds were serial-numbered to their career home run total after the 1998 season. The Quadruple Diamonds were numbered to their 1998 season home run total.
Inserts
Diamond Dominance
Each Diamond Dominance card is serial-numbered to 1500 copies, with a one-of-one Emerald parallel also available.
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = 'Black Diamond Dominance'); </sql2wiki>
Mystery Numbers
Each Mystery Numbers card is serial-numbered based on its sequential number in the set multiplied by 100. For example card #M1 is serial-numbered to 100 copies, card #M14 is numbered to 1400, et al. Each card is also available in an Emerald parallel which is serial-numbered to its set sequential number.
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = 'Black Diamond Mystery Numbers'); </sql2wiki>
Autographs & Game-Used
A Piece of History
Although each A Piece of History bat card is not serial-numbered, Upper Deck stated that only 350 copies of each were produced. Shortly before this product's release, Mark McGwire publicly stated his disapproval with Upper Deck cutting up one of his bats for this set. It would be years before another McGwire game-used card would be produced.
<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = 'Black Diamond A Piece of History'); </sql2wiki>