I opened 2 entire cases of these things back in 1991 and never got an elite card. I then met a friend a few years later who had about 100 baseball cards in his drawer in his room and he had a canseco elite among them. he said he bought 3 packs and got it and had no idea it was rare. *sigh* it was pretty beaten up at that point too.
1 in 10,000 I checked... I once bought 1 pack of them when I was like 10 years old and hit the Ryan Sandberg signed elite card. I got 600 $ for it back then so they are very rare my friend
when I was in 3rd grade I went to a card shop with my dad and got 1 pack of topps and 1 pack of donruss and in that 1 pack of donruss I got the frank Thomas elite series card ... I remember opening the pack in the car and when the card showed up I was like "hey this looks like something special can we go back to the store to find out about it?" so we turned around went back and the guy was like "wow you bought 1 pack and got this in it??????" he was so shocked. maybe a year later I sold it to a guy at a card show for $400 (which was like a million dollars to me considering I was in 3rd grade lol)
uhmmmmmm @5:04 you skim past Fernando "Look to the skys" Valenzuela! Lol
I don't know how I missed it. I'll casually see myself out...LOL
Is a all stare ken griffy jr a good card
About as good as it gets in 91 Donruss. Value wise it's probably only $1 at most
@@HeadlocksHotPacks how about a normal ken griffy
@@sportyhits6275 Same as the all star basically
@@HeadlocksHotPacks aww man 😥 I was hopeful for some money
I pulled a mark McGwire
What do the elite look like and are they in the complete sets.
You can only find them in these wax boxes, not found in sets
I opened 2 entire cases of these things back in 1991 and never got an elite card. I then met a friend a few years later who had about 100 baseball cards in his drawer in his room and he had a canseco elite among them. he said he bought 3 packs and got it and had no idea it was rare. *sigh* it was pretty beaten up at that point too.
Can you tell me what an elite card would be and the number of that Canseco card
1 in 10,000 I checked... I once bought 1 pack of them when I was like 10 years old and hit the Ryan Sandberg signed elite card. I got 600 $ for it back then so they are very rare my friend
Interesting, I never even knew about the Elite cards. Might have to buy about 20 boxes to see if we can find one.
They're pretty hard to find considering how overproduced these years of Donruss were. Happy hunting!
@@HeadlocksHotPacks I wonder if these were so overproduced that Elite cards are not actually very rare?
@@COGSportsCards Yea I dunno that "rare" would be the right term to describe them. "Hard to pull" is probably more accurate
Where can you buy the packs from these days?
when I was in 3rd grade I went to a card shop with my dad and got 1 pack of topps and 1 pack of donruss and in that 1 pack of donruss I got the frank Thomas elite series card ... I remember opening the pack in the car and when the card showed up I was like "hey this looks like something special can we go back to the store to find out about it?" so we turned around went back and the guy was like "wow you bought 1 pack and got this in it??????" he was so shocked. maybe a year later I sold it to a guy at a card show for $400 (which was like a million dollars to me considering I was in 3rd grade lol)
Great memory to have, thanks for sharing it!
I have to buy a box now! Great video!
Thanks! Chances of finding an Elite are pretty slim, but can't beat trying for the price of these!
I have the card
The highest valued cards in this set are the regular issue cards of Griffey and Nolan Ryan at $1 apiece. Barry Bonds in series 2 is also at $1. 😄
And that's only if you can find someone willing to pay that much for them!
@@HeadlocksHotPacks Lmao, tell that to the eBay and OfferUp scammers who list them for $50 each. 😄
I have been blessed with tons of these. Are you still searching
I must have opened 20 boxes back in the day, never pulled 1 elite.
I have pulled 3 in my lifetime but you use to be able buy these boxes at big lots for 5 bucks.
Good video !!! Liked and Sub !!!
Thanks for watching!
What does the elite card look like?
They look like this:
www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/153/cid/72441/1991-Donruss---Elite-1-Barry-Bonds?PageIndex=1
Yeah I know, I picked this year to collect with my kids.
How many boxes do you have to bust to get an elite insert?
I've never actually pulled one, the stated odds are 1:2700, but it certainly feels like the odds against you are higher than that!
I've read 1:55 to 1:75 boxes
Lmao box for 10$ ????? Guy in my area has one on Kijiji for 70$ !!!!! And Jose Canseco elite series PSA 10 pop of 11 sold on eBay for 1200$ !!!!!!
Yeah a lot of people still selling for pandemic prices. I remember when these boxes only fetched about $5!
@@HeadlocksHotPacks I offered him 30$ lol he said 50$ I said no lol damn
@@Brutalized10 You're better than me because I wouldn't have gone as high as 30 lol
@@HeadlocksHotPacks lol fuck no not for that lol, I prob would've payed 25$
these cards are awful 1 dang !
Off memory.. 1 in 252 packs
I have Babe Ruth baseball card thanks Ryan hank Aaron I got all kind a need to make a look at them tell me what date night and then have an
These were awful. 1991 Leaf was just as a awful too.
Yeah 1991 didn't offer much good in hindsight except for maybe Bowman.
Odds are approximately 1 Elite card per case:)