1994 SP Holoview Baseball Cards

1994 SP Holoview Baseball Cards
1994 SP Holoview Baseball Cards

The 1994 SP Holoview set was and still is a really great release. While the Blue parallel hosts a hologram and a flat background, the Die-Cut Red parallel has the same hologram but with a refractor like foil background. The discrepancy in the backgrounds is something that I only discovered recently when comparing these Mark McGwires. A nice touch indeed. I’ve always liked these cards.

Statistics:

Due to the fact that this was the inaugural MLB year for both Alex Rodriguez and Michael Jordan, this product holds a somewhat premium price tag in comparison to many other products that arrived on the scene in 1994. Player demand aside, let’s have a look at the numbers and see what you’re up against.

At the time of this writing, a box of 1994 SP can be had on eBay for about $500. Each box contains 32 packs. That equates to roughly $15.50 per pack. According to Beckett, odds of pulling a Blue Holoview are 1:5 packs. That means that in order to pull one Blue Holoview, you would have to buy 5 packs of SP, setting you backs $77.50. One the other hand, the odds of pulling the Red Holoview parallel are 1:75. Money required in order to pull a Red = $1162.50! And that’s just with the $15.50 price point, I have seen these packs in hobby stores priced for as much as $25/pack!

Ok, now let’s have an even closer look at what it will require to pull your favorite player. Bear with me here. The SP Holoview set contains 38 cards. That means that in order to pull the Blue parallel of your favorite player, you’re odds are 1:5(36) = 1:180 packs (5.6 boxes) With a price point of $15.50, you would have to spend $2790! And that’s just to pull the Blue Holoview of your favorite player! You think that’s bad, let’s have a look at the Red. In order to pull the Red parallel of your favorite player, assuming the same price point of $15.50, you would have to buy 1:75(36) = 2700 packs! To give you an idea, that’s 84 boxes or 7 cases (case = 12 boxes) Price? $41,850!!! This should give you a different perspective to consider when you come across the Red’s. If you’re in the market for a Red, be prepared to spend some cash because these parallels are quite rare and there’s always a demand for them.

This one’s for you, Dan G.!

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Set Information:

SetTotal CardsOdds
Blue381:5
Die Cut381:75
1994 SP Holoview

Checklist:

Card #Player(s)Card #Player(s)
1Robert Alomar20Brooks Kieschnick
2Kevin Appier21Ryan Klesko
3Jeff Bagwell22John Kruk
4Jose Canseco23Barry Larkin
5Roger Clemens24Pat Listach
6Carlos Delgado25Don Mattingly
7Cecil Fielder26Mark McGwire
8Cliff Floyd27Raul Mondesi
9Travis Fryman28Trot Nixon
10Andres Galarraga29Mike Piazza
11Juan Gonzalez30Kirby Puckett
12Ken Griffey Jr.31Manny Ramirez
13Tony Gwynn32Cal Ripken Jr.
14Jeffrey Hammonds33Alex Rodriguez
15Bo Jackson34Tim Salmon
16Michael Jordan35Gary Sheffield
17David Justice36Ozzie Smith
18Steve Karsay37Sammy Sosa
19Jeff Kent38Andy Van Slyke
1994 SP Holoview

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