This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/4/2020
While the base example of Topps' 1993 Derek Jeter rookie card has over 2600 GEM MINT 10 examples, the embossed gold foil parallel edition has seen fewer than 70 copies emerge from the PSA grading room with the same designation. Offered here is one of those, from the Colorado Rockies Inaugural factory set. The Rockies inaugural edition was limited in distribution to just four team-owned stores as well as the Rockies home at the time, Mile High Stadium, and distribution was a mere fraction of the standard Topps release. Bearing the grade of GEM MINT 10, this card is nearly flawless in every discernible fashion, and is worthy of inclusion in any world-class collection. The ever-popular Yankee captain was inducted into the Hall of Fame earlier this year, in his first year of eligibility, and the scramble for GEM MINT 10 rookie cards in in full force. But this is no ordinary rookie card, and examples of this parallel edition don't often come up for auction.