My Finest Quest

This is actually a brand I should have snapped up a long time ago....

...Topps Finest.

It meets my usual criteria....multiple years worth of cards (its been issued every year since 1993), large set (early on it had 300-400 per set, though now its down to 100), and licensed (it is a Topps brand).  I'm not sure why I overlooked it, but I am now going after the Finest Cubs.

Using Teamset4u as a reference, I've come up with a Cub checklist of 144 cards.  I picked up several team sets from Ebay and then did a binge purchase at Sportlots for the rest.  My mailman will be happy when I've got all my packages because he's been a busy boy the past few days.

Once I get them all scanned and entered into my spreadsheet, I'll start showing them here.

Right now this is what my Finest folder looks like....empty.  Soon enough it will be full.

For now, here is the checklist that I've come up with.  There are a few cards in red--they are the ones that I haven't been able to pick up.....yet.

1993	3	Mark Grace
1993	79	Sammy Sosa
1993	105	Ryne Sandberg
1993	145	Jose Guzman
1993	182	Randy Myers
1993	188	Mike Morgan
1994	51	Steve Buechele
1994	77	Kevin Roberson
1994	86	Rick Wilkins
1994	93	Jose Guzman
1994	96	Mike Morgan
1994	162	Derrick May
1994	175	Jose Bautista
1994	210	Ryne Sandberg
1994	236	Sammy Sosa
1994	249	Rey Sanchez
1994	286	Willie Banks
1994	296	Steve Trachsel
1994	330	Karl Rhodes
1994	357	Randy Myers
1994	368	Shawon Dunston
1994	390	Mark Grace
1995	18	Steve Trachsel
1995	24	Kevin Foster
1995	38	Rick Wilkins
1995	65	Mark Grace
1995	66	Rey Sanchez
1995	140	Shawon Dunston
1995	162	Randy Myers
1995	197	Sammy Sosa
1995	242	Jamie Navarro
1995	256	Brian McRae
1995	314	Frank Castillo
1996	26	Brian McRae
1996	39	Ryne Sandberg
1996	171	Sammy Sosa
1996	189	Mark Grace
1996	212	Terry Adams
1996	234	Ryne Sandberg
1996	257	Sammy Sosa
1996	267	Mark Grace
1996	316	Brooks Kieschnick
1996	341	Mark Grace
1996	347	Sammy Sosa
1997	2	Ryne Sandberg
1997	20	Sammy Sosa
1997	26	Brian McRae
1997	132	Steve Trachsel
1997	141	Mark Grace
1997	168	Sammy Sosa
1997	188	Brant Brown
1997	218	Brooks Kieschnick
1997	262	Mark Grace
1997	274	Mel Rojas
1997	277	Sammy Sosa
1997	303	Ryne Sandberg
1997	307	Kevin Orie
1998	13	Jeremi Gonzalez
1998	33	Kevin Orie
1998	49	Steve Trachsel
1998	85	Sammy Sosa
1998	124	Terry Adams
1998	133	Scott Servais
1998	139	Lance Johnson
1998	160	Mark Grace
1998	238	Mark Clark
1998	264	Kevin Tapani
1998	272	Kerry Wood
1999	6	Mark Grace
1999	29	Kevin Tapani
1999	81	Kerry Wood
1999	93	Rod Beck
1999	109	Sammy Sosa
1999	124	Kerry Wood
1999	186	Mickey Morandini
1999	212	Henry Rodriguez
1999	250	Sammy Sosa
1999	261	Sammy Sosa
1999	264	Mark Grace
1999	285	Corey Patterson
2000	13	Mark Grace
2000	98	Corey Patterson
2000	115	Ben Christensen
2000	120	Julio Zuleta
2000	148	Kerry Wood
2000	200	Sammy Sosa
2000	247	Scott Downs
2000	286	Sammy Sosa
2001	65	Sammy Sosa
2001	112	Luis Montanez
2001	121	Steve Smyth
2002	11	Moises Alou
2002	58	Kerry Wood
2002	89	Sammy Sosa
2002	97	Juan Cruz
2002	101	Nic Jackson
2003	1	Sammy Sosa
2003	26	Kerry Wood
2003	34	Hee Seop Choi
2003	41	Mark Prior
2003	74	Moises Alou
2004	5	Corey Patterson
2004	70	Kerry Wood
2004	72	Greg Maddux
2005	11	Aramis Ramirez
2005	14	Greg Maddux
2005	56	Carlos Zambrano
2005	61	Jeromy Burnitz
2005	62	Corey Patterson
2005	84	Kerry Wood
2005	97	Nomar Garciaparra
2005	116	Mark Prior
2006	7	Mark Prior
2006	8	Kerry Wood
2006	20	Derrek Lee
2006	24	Juan Pierre
2006	54	Greg Maddux
2007	24	Derrek Lee
2007	28	Mark Prior
2007	48	Carlos Zambrano
2007	57	Aramis Ramirez
2007	120	Alfonso Soriano
2008	32	Carlos Zambrano
2008	55	Derrek Lee
2008	110	Alfonso Soriano
2008	114	Aramis Ramirez
2009	1	Kosuke Fukudome
2009	12	Alfonso Soriano
2009	38	Carlos Zambrano
2009	83	Ryan Dempster
2009	87	Aramis Ramirez
2009	98	Derrek Lee
2009	117	Rich Harden
2009	120	Geovany Soto
2010	8	Derrek Lee
2010	95	Ted Lilly
2010	98	Kosuke Fukudome
2011	33	Starlin Castro
2011	87	Andrew Cashner
2011	92	Darwin Barney
2012	82	Starlin Castro
2013	44	Kyuji Fujikawa
2013	72	Anthony Rizzo
2013	98	Starlin Castro