I'm guessing it's because there are a lot of the Finest cards to be had AT THE MOMENT. I imagine the prices will settle down soon.

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Originally posted by Raj:
Has anyone noticed the prices of the Starfleet's Finest. The cards are numbered to 399 but can be had for about £15. The Mirror Mirror cards from TOS season 2 were numbered to 400 and go upwards of £300.

While the Mirror Mirror were a better format card, the price disparity seems strange.

You can't compare the two.
The Tos Season 2 cards were made many years ago.

Come back in a few years and lets see how much the finest cards are selling for.

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Originally posted by Trek&Scifi:

You can't compare the two.
The Tos Season 2 cards were made many years ago.

Come back in a few years and lets see how much the finest cards are selling for.

Don't see why not. The prices were pretty much the same, if not more, for the Mirror Mirror cards on release.

I guess the Mirror cards were only in one series. The Starfleet finest have been in several series, although with differnt characters.

The mirror cards were limited to 200, not 400 and were spread throgh a print run of..20,000 boxes, I think....? Or 18,000...at a time when collectors opened but a few boxes and even dealers cracked only a few cases. The whole print run was NOT up on Ebay at the same time within days of release.

I got my two boxes delivered yesterday and here's the breakdowns....

Box #1745
Final Frontier - 8 of 9 cards (missing #7)
Game Card - Picard
Comic Book Covers - #CB1, #CB3, and #CB5
TV Guide Covers - #TV8
Costume - #C5 (Black Only)
Auto - Suzie Plakson

Box #5621
Final Frontier - 8 of 9 cards (missing #2)
Game Card - Picard (again!)
Comic Book Covers - #CB1, #CB3, and #CB5 (same again!)
TV Guide Covers - #TV5
Costume - #C2 (Black Only)
Auto - Marina Sirtis

What a nice set. Great to read through the base cards and the Comic Book cards, which opened up were a lovely touch. Hats off to whoever thought of that one.

My three boxes Quotable Star Trek: The Next Generation arrived today.
Here's wjat i pulled

US Box # 3774/6000
8 out of 9 Space: The Final Frontier
3 Comic Book Covers CB2, CB5 & CB6
1 TV Guide cover TV4
0 Starfleet’s Finest
1 Costume card C4 Troi (Black)
1 Auto card PATTI YASUTAKE (Nurse ALYSSA OGAWA)
0 Sketchafex cards
Jean-Luc Picard CCG card #0P4 © 1993

US Box # 4982/6000
8 out of 9 Space: The Final Frontier
3 Comic Book Covers CB2, CB3 & CB5
1 TV Guide cover TV8
1 Starfleet’s Finest F9 Wesley #224/399
1 Costume card C5 La Forge (Black)
1 Auto card JULIE CAITLIN BROWN (VEKOR)
0 Sketchafex cards
SELA CCG card #0P5 © 1993

US Box # 5363/6000
8 out of 9 Space: The Final Frontier
3 Comic Book Covers CB1, CB4 & CB6
1 TV Guide cover TV4 (again)
0 Starfleet’s Finest
1 Costume card C1 Picard (Black)
1 Auto card FAMKE JANSSEN (The PERFECT MATE))
0 Sketchafex cards
Jean-Luc Picard CCG card #0P4 © 1993

A lovely, well-made set. Strong pics and really nice auto format. A crew auto card would have made my day though.

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Originally posted by STCardGeek:
The mirror cards were limited to 200, not 400 and were spread throgh a print run of..20,000 boxes, I think....? Or 18,000...at a time when collectors opened but a few boxes and even dealers cracked only a few cases. The whole print run was NOT up on Ebay at the same time within days of release.

Yeah, I remembered the quantity incorrectly. The differential makes more sense now when you consider that there would more people wanting a set and, because of the larger print run, able to do so.

Got my second box and got a 2nd Mr Hom Auto think I might just start buying from ebay

I opened my first of 4 boxes of ST:TNG Quotable last night and this is what I pulled.

UK Box 203 of 3000
8 out of 9 space cards
2 Comic Book Covers: CB1, CB4
1 Captains Women: W7 (Lwaxana Troi)
0 Starfleets Finest
Costume Card: La Forge - Gold
Auto Card: Michael Dorn as Worf

I must say I was rather pleased with the gold costume pull and the worf auto. Definitely a very good box.

Cheers - Peter

UK box from the NEC.....

Starfleets finest, Tasha Yar # 143 of 399

Captains Women, W5

Costume card, C4 Deanna Troi - Black
Auto card, John de Lancie - Q
CCG card, Sela

Bought 2 boxes from that internet site.

US Edition # 1598

1 base set
Space: The Final Frontier: 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Comic Book Covers: CB3 and CB5
TV Guide cover:TV3 and TV7
Costume card: C1 (Black)
Auto card: Julie Caitlin Brown-Vekor
Sela CCG card

US Edition # 5804

1 Base Set
Space: The Final Frontier: 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9
Comic Book Covers: CB3 and CB5
TV Guide cover: TV1
Starfleet’s Finest: F9
Costume card: C5 (Black)
Auto card: Julie Caitlin Brown-Vekor and Patrick Stewart-Dixon Hill
Sela CCG card

Dixon Hill

Hi, First time poster so be gently.
As well as a basic set,8 of the 9 St cards, 3 comic covers. All black Picard costume and Patrick Stewart as Picard auto.

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Originally posted by AJJ27UK:
Hi, First time poster so be gently.
As well as a basic set,8 of the 9 St cards, 3 comic covers. All black Picard costume and Patrick Stewart as Picard auto.

Very nice first post with the Picard auto

Welcome aboard here,have fun and enjoy your stay.

North American Edition Box# 1678 of 6000

1 Base set
Space: The Final Frontiern ST# 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9
Comic book CB# 1,3,4
TV Guide Card TV8
Costume C1 Picard (1/3 red, 1/3 Black Seam, 1/3 Black)
Autograph (Double) Michael Dorn/ Suzie Plakson
CCG Card Picard

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Originally posted by perfinpuz:
North American Edition Box# 1678 of 6000

1 Base set
Space: The Final Frontiern ST# 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9
Comic book CB# 1,3,4
TV Guide Card TV8
Costume C1 Picard (1/3 red, 1/3 Black Seam, 1/3 Black)
Autograph (Double) Michael Dorn/ Suzie Plakson
CCG Card Picard

Looks like you got a great box.
Any chance you can post a pic of the costume card

I wasn't going to get these but my local comic/card dealer ordered 2 boxes and a binder for someone that never turned up so he offered them to me for a discount

first box

CB1,4,6
ST1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9
game card #3
W2
Starfleets Finest F8 (126/399)
Michael Dorn auto
C4 Troi ( all black but with a big stitch in the middle )

http://tinyurl.com/73d4h

hopefully it shows up in the scan

second box

CB1,4,6
ST1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9
game card #3
Will Wheaton auto
C3 Riker (all Black)


The lesson of the day - If you order something,pick it up or else someone else will have your good fortune

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Originally posted by Kesmit:
C4 Troi ( all black but with a big stitch in the middle )

http://tinyurl.com/73d4h

hopefully it shows up in the scan

Darn totting it shows up!!! Very sweet card you got there!

Got my fourth box:

Space The Final Frontier: ST1-ST4, ST6-ST9
Comic Books: CB2, CB5, CB6
Captain's Women: W4 ( allready have that card)
CCG card: Picard
Autograph: Denise Crosby
Costume Card: C5 LaForge (all black)

Normally I would have been happy with the Denise Crosby Auto, but I allready have that card too...