[djohn]

As I said before, the subtle parallel versions of insert cards can make them tough to distinguish, especially if you don't know what to look for. Some of these parallels are inserted at astronomical odds. Today's example is the 1997 Fleer Goudey Foil card. This foil parallel is distinguishable by the use of gold foil on the players name and company logo on the front of the card, by contrast the regular version simply used black ink. What makes matters worse is that they were inserted 1 in 800 packs. It is a 15 card set, so the odds of pulling a specific player are 1 in 12,000 packs. By contrast the non-foil version of the set was inserted 1 in every 8 packs. So these foil versions were not easy pulls and if you only opened a few packs and happened to get one you might not have even noticed the foil, as it really didn't stand out that well. I was lucky enough to pull a Frank Thomas foil version back in 1997 and at the time the book value was around $100. I still have the card, though sadly it's value is much less now. I have actually seen these foil versions in commons bins, as the regular insert isn't that valuable and a lot of people simply didn't know about the foil version, or didn't notice the small amount of foil on the card to distinguish it. Here is the Chipper Jones version, which I think is a nice looking card and in the picture you can clearly see the gold foil.