Night Owl Cards

When I left the card-collecting world after the 1993 season, foil-stamping and holograms were the latest thing. But that was just the beginning. I missed a lot during my collecting dark period. From 1994 through 2005, while I was attending to other matters, collectors who stayed behind witnessed a lot. The birth of chrome. Die-cuts and dufex . Cards became shiny. Parallels became commonplace. Refractors blew up. Old players appeared on new cards, and new players appeared on old-looking cards. Some of it I'm sorry I missed. Other innovations I could do without. But the one set that I can't believe appeared when I wasn't paying attention is the Upper Deck Vintage Night Gamers insert set in 2002. How could UD do that to me? This set was made for a night owl like me -- from the night-game topic to the black borders -- but I didn't even know it existed until I started blogging. Since then, some alert traders have sent me some of the cards from the set. I have no idea how ma...