1995 Select Certified Mirror Gold #103

Up next is the Mirror Gold version of the 1995 Select Certified card.  The only difference is the chrome color of the card front is now gold!  Gold!

On the back they have the Mirror Gold designation.

Current Total = 8

1995 Select Certified #103

Behold, the 1995 Select Certified #103!  I'm not a huge fan of this card because of the goofy face he is making but I do like the thickness and glossy aspect of it.

The back could use some work too.  No stats and another goofy picture.  It's pretty good for a candid photo but with no stats they could have made it a little bigger at least.

Current Total = 24

1995 Flair #280

I like this card because it is a little thicker than most cards and with the shiny gold and silver on it it looks fancy!  I'm not usually a fan of sideways cards but this one looks pretty good.  They went with the tough guy photos, no smiling.  Gotta make sure he keeps up that street cred.

A full photo on the back which is pretty cool along with full minor league stats.

Current total = 24

1995 Collector's Choice SE Gold, Silver #7

Next up we have the two parallel cards for the 1995 Collector's Choice SE.  These feature a Gold and Silver signature and SE logo on the front.  The gold version is a little tougher to find than the silver but that's ok, I think the silver one looks cooler anyways!

Nothing special on the back, same as the standard card.

Current totals: Gold = 2
                      Silver = 12

1995 Collector's Choice SE #7

This is one of my favorite cards.  I like the posed/candid photo and he has a good smile but what I really like is his hat.  He wrote, "Hawk, Top Dawg" on the underside of the bill.  I think it's pretty cool to show how a player has customized their equipment.

A nice little story of his Minor's career so far and some combined stats round out the back.

Current total = 70

1995 Bowman's Best Refractor #53

Nearly identical card as yesterday but this one has a rainbow sheen to it.

It also says Refractor on the back to the left of the card number.

Current total = 7

1995 Bowman's Best #53

Chrome cards are some of my favorites and this one is a good one.  It has a nice action photo with the team logo in the background with the vertical lines behind that.  I like how that have just enough of the field in the middle to offset all of the silver on the front.

On the back they have a different photo potentially taken just before the one on the front.  Super Skills is a feature that you don't usually see on the back of a card now days.

Current total = 30

1995 Bowman Gold #256

This is the Gold parallel version of yesterdays Bowman card.  The same loosey-goosey goodness in a golden version.

Kind of hard to tell in my poor photo but I swear it is gold.  Not real gold though.  Just golden in color.

Current total = 9

1995 Bowman #256

I like the shiny and sparkly cards and this one is in my list of favorites.  It seems like such a random photo too, like he is looking for someone who wants to play catch.

Under skills they list his loosey-goosey body and arm as the first key point.  I haven't seen that term on too many baseball cards.

Current total = 24

1995 Split Second Arizona Fall League

This is a pretty neat card in my opinion, it’s cool to see the AFL represented in a card set.  Pretty decent picture and design with the mountains along the bottom.

Another mountain scene on the back along with some stats.  When I first found this card I had thought that it was card number 36, but they also have No. 36 listed on the front next to the position so I am guessing that was his jersey number.  I still list this card as number 36 in my master list even if that is his jersey number.

Current total = 11

1995 Action Packed Franchise Gem 24K Gold #15G

Same card as yesterday only this variation has a little bit of gold leaf on it and has a new card number.

Gold!  Not much more to say about this one.

Total = 2

1995 Action Packed Franchise Gem #76

This card reminds me a lot of a couple of previous cards I have posted about.  It's a pretty good photo so I guess they wanted to use it as many times as possible.  Again putting the Buzz logo on this card but showing him with the Miracle.  But, there is a huge baseball right behind him which makes the top of the card look pretty cool.

A large photo on the back.  I like that they really used the full size of the card on the back.  A combined abbreviated stat line on the back works well with the big photo.

Total = 19

1995 Action Packed #28

Action Packed!  Not a card full of action but rather a fat puffy card that needs to make a comeback.  I always liked these cards because they were different and much thicker and fancier than the standard cards from other companies.  They used a nice action shot with the ball just leaving his hand.

Lots of good info on the back.  The first bullet point under the stats is probably my favorite.  It's odd that they have the Buzz logo on the back of this card but picture him with the Miracle.  But I guess since he started the season with the Miracle it's all good.

Total = 25

1995 Holsum Bread Full Sheet

Today's post is a continuation of sorts from yesterday.  Today we are featuring an uncut sheet of 1995 Holsum bread cards.  The sheet features 12 cards from the Holsum bread series.  I don't know if this was the complete set or just a part of it.  I got this a number of years ago before I had found the individual card.

I remember a couple of the guys on there but most I had never heard of.  Beside the LaTroy card I like that they included Torii Hunter in the set.  He was always a fan favorite with the Twins and one of my favorite Twins players.  I like the angle of his photo and the concentration you see on his face.

And here's the back side.  Not too exciting but fun to read the short player bios on each card.  I'd like to find a nice frame for this sometime so I can hang it up and enjoy it.

1995 Holsum Bread

We are going to jump ahead here a little bit for this next card. I thought we would stay with the Wizards cards for a bit longer.  This is what I call the 1995 Holsum Bread card. I do not know exactly what year this card came out but it has stats on the back from the 1994 season, so my guess is this came out in 1995 or maybe late 1994.  The front has a nice action photo of LaTroy along with the team logo and the Holsum logo.

The back of the card has his full minor league stats, some career highlights, and the logos again.  No card number though which I find to be odd.

I have only seen one of these cards over the years.  My guess is that this was only available in the Ft. Wayne area in packages of bread or possible was a stadium giveaway.  If anyone has any more info on this card or the card set I would love to hear from you.