The Most EXPENSIVE Marvel Trading Cards Set of the 90's | 1996 MARVEL MASTERPIECES

[@fisheattoast]

Crazy how I’m 38 years old and still love pulling out my X-men card binders that I’ve had since childhood. I wish I would have put more thought into completing sets when I was a kid, but I didn’t know much about collecting and completing sets, value and all. I still remember the sound and feeling of opening new packs and even the smell of new cards. Nostalgic for sure. Great vid, my dude and thanks for taking me back to simpler times.

[@dcsportsmark4996]

The first Marvel Masterpieces always hold a special place in my heart.

[@GemMintCollectibles]

same

[@Shmyrk]

Same

[@bnferguson9827]

Me too!!!!

[@thelasvegaskid]

Do you think they will go up in price? The 1994 edition Holo foil is pretty cool, been looking at them.

[@TheMegatron673]

i actually still have those in my binder right now.

[@drunkredninja]

i had this set as kids. we destroyed them cuz we threw our cards around like we were gambit.

[@RuggzNet]

Awesome

[@seandoe3740]

Also did this

[@noquieropuerco]

This is both funny and sad at the same time.

[@johnvincentdantes3427]

Damn You Gambo

[@dudeman0811]

BAMF!

[@mrdrewsomething]

1994 is completely painted by Greg & Tim Hildebrant, even the bonus cards! Gotta love Boris and Julie - thanks for sharing this.

[@tiredsentinel1724]

This take me back to the golden days of collecting. I love the Masterpiece Collections. Thanks!

[@siluxkhan6544]

This is so awesome. I used to collect comic cards when I was little. I haven't seen them in years!! I love this so much.

[@iselect1012]

Love this! I had these in a binder & took them everywhere with me as a kid. Left them in my back pack at a boys & girls club & came back & someone stole them. Broke my heart as a kid. I would still have them till this day if that didn’t happen. Thanks for sharing brings back memories.

[@gloe9362]

In Carlsbad?

[@seminolewind158]

I saw who did it, it was a Latino kid.

[@williamahyo7251]

Damn! I remember going to a card store and seeing the Marvel Masterpiece back in '92 and feel in love with the artwork. I bought boxes to complete the set, but my nephew got a hold of it and yeah.... got demolished. 😭😭😭

[@Joe_Friday]

Hopefully he got demolished in return 😄

[@musickislife1]

Worth at least 3× more today haha This is one of my favorite sets

[@davec2444]

Man this just brought back a TON of memories for me collecting these sets in the '90s. Now I want to collect them all over again!

[@jellyranger1706]

Dave C Same...let me know, Dave! We can trade duplicates old-school. 👍

[@NFLDude56]

Those are some killer cards. When you covered the '92 set I picked up three boxes of the 2003 TMNT cards on ebay.

[@EivinSukoi]

1998 a kid sold me an entire album of 94's on Marvel cards, I kept them for my kids , they became hook on them bought lots of them , kept them in plastic , I still have them , pretty sure i have double sets . Now my kids are abroad serving , the album , and cards are still in my safe .

[@jrvaughn9038]

I had no idea this was worth so much. I have all these plus Marvel Comic Card Series 1, 2, 3 & 4 (1990-93) in great condition. The bad news is that the Master Piece set isn't complete. It's missing a couple cards. Guess I'm on a mission now to find those cards, buy them & complete the set.

[@JSan-ek2np]

Man you always coming with that heat Gem! These are a blast from the past and hit the nostalgia factor big time! Thanks for the great content always. Keep it up!

[@kmartnintendork]

Good score. 1996 was a turning point for Marvel with the bankruptcy. Many of the heroes who had their own titles wouldn’t be seen much for a few years. I got a lot of nostalgic feels looking at these with you, man. Thank you for sharing.

[@585totodamgood]

I have a nice set of both Marvel and DC cards not really sure they're worth but I also have a couple Superman Holograms I heard they're pretty sought-after.

[@matthewlee9879]

Hey gem,I use to collect marvel trading cards in the 90s but over the years lost them due to moving constantly.however seeing the trade card collection brought back memories to me and I really enjoyed and appreciated it.

[@Slim-Boss]

Impeccable timing on the video I just dug out my marvel masterpieces 94' and 95 marvel flair.

[@highendtrends3508]

When I was a kid I was starting to collect this set as well, but once Jordan came back, RIP to the marvel sets.

[@adamdarrar121]

Dude that was me! 🤣 I saved all my lunch money and when he came back I said bye to marvel lol

[@nerdming]

Love your videos Gem! They really bring back my childhood memories. Slight correction though...the 94 masterpiece set were done by the Hildebrandt bros. So a consistent set as well.

[@jrox1904]

1994 fleer ultra x-men was my favorite loved the variety of art work on does .

[@briangmurray6367]

Very nice set of cards, I am envious. It’s funny that my favourite set is the 1996 Fleer Ultra X-Men: Wolverine set. This set was made into a comic, Wolverine 102.5 which I own graded 9.6 unsigned and raw (NM) signed comic. Funny thing, the comic cover is based on the Wolverine in 1996 Marvel Masterpieces card (No 93). I also have the promo vinyl ‘poster’ for the 1996 Fleer Ultra X-Men: Wolverine set called the Evolution of Wolverine which fits 12 cards framed on my wall.

[@ericvasquez161]

This is awesome! Just the other day I was cleaning and found an entire binder of Marvel Masterpiece cards from my childhood in mint condition. I must have 200 cards from 92-96.

[@steelbat54]

Nice set. Now I have to go look and see if I have that set. I was buying mostly shrink wrapped boxes of cards back then and just putting them away without opening them..

[@ImperiusWREX]

Julia Carpenter Spider-Woman with red hair & b/w suit. Cool set thanks for sharing.

[@Jmillz181]

My favorite set. Glad you made a video on it and got them.

[@Trumanz]

FYI the 1994 set is paint by 2 brothers with the same style.

[@jimandrews89]

The Hildebrandts. I have this set. It's great.

[@tygrus3495]

The cards from the Hildebrandt Brothers are amazing too. In my home town some guys picked only the female characters, so it was pretty hard to get these cards, Psylocke and Rogue, were the hardest ones (today we have internet and everything is happiness). Vallejo and Julie also created some of the art for the cards of Cybernary, some of them were also very appreciated for the collectors in the 90s. Besides Eternal Champions, Boris Vallejo also painted the art cover for Golden Axe II for Sega Genesis.

[@CollectorZown]

Killer set. Man, brought me back.

[@ModeSOLOgaming]

I got the complete 94 set. The artwork is all over the place but i love it.

[@Briar27]

Beautiful set! Going to look killer framed with your other set. Look forward to seeing them side by side when you get it finished.

[@06mrselfdestruct]

Awesome set bro, i have the 92 set too and always wondered why it was never worth that much money, over production killed a lot of collectibles in the 90's! My favorite two cards from the 92 set are Spider-man and Hulk

[@cardflopper3307]

I recently dug out my boxed marvel cards. Have a few full sets of marvel universe series 199x and masterpieces '92. Sadly stopped collecting around 1994. I bought a pack of ultra-pro pages to insert the cards and look through them once again... Nice memories

[@kelkel3201]

Very cool set but 93 was my favorite! Also the older ones w/ purple embroidery were cool! Even the wrestling cards and batman cards were awesome! Miss the best days ever! The Superman cards from the 90s were awesome too

[@chronoxiong]

I remember seeing these cards when I was young. Such great artwork. Miss these times. Congrats on getting this set.

[@comiccollectionagency7581]

I love trading cards, a sealed box of those goes for like $1000 if you can find one

[@Girundy]

1994 Marvel Flair Set was my favorite.

[@trooper0155]

I had so many of these cards growing up. Thanks for sharing

[@biggdigg84]

I collected a lot of comic book cards when I was younger, but Marvel Masterpiece was always my favorite. I had most of this set. Beast is by far my favorite.

[@cormacmcgahon1021]

I've a similar spiderman collection same type folder too.. I it in Florida in the 90s still l9ve it

[@robertaustin6302]

Loved this set as a kid and still do at 45. Classic stuff man!

[@strangerofthe2067]

I still have my complete first and second series in albums put away from when I was a kid. I absolutely love the Masterpieces series, and the first was my favorite.

[@pankbot]

I never knew they came out with that set. I have the 92 set which were awesome!!! Man I wish they brought this series back.

[@spaceasteroid6528]

My favorite was the 1994 Fleer Ultra X-Men base set.. This was my first time seeing this set though.

[@drok3333]

I still have those. I like the 94 Flairs as well. So much pop in the color

[@grailcollector713]

You could frame the double impact cards in a shadow box style frame with a mirror back to show the art on the back. Do a nice marvel logo on it to set it off , that will allow you to frame , display , and see both sides of the cards and not have to buy two sets.

[@Joe_Friday]

Would there be a way to setup the mirrors to where you're not looking at a reverse image? This sounds quite interesting.

[@jesterdelossantos]

Joe Jusko Marvel Masterpieces are timeless and so special to a lot of us. Always brings me back to when I was kid. I mean the smell alone of the 1992 set just brings it all back.

[@tommyboi682]

Good stuff man! Keep up the great content

[@ReyRoblesJunior]

Damn thats sick, I swear I have this set somewhere in my garage, its midnight and Im gonna have to run and get my binder. I did find a box full of cards that are not in binders nor sleeves. Bunch of masterpieces and gold foiled signature ones. I iwll have to do something with them on my channel. Great video as always my guy.

[@daymeinvanblocken3407]

Love the artwork. Thanks, Gem Mint.

[@AdrianLopezpuntocom]

Very nice collection! I still have some from back in the day. BTW, when you comment about the anatomy on some of the cards, let me tell you that Vallejo always uses pictures for reference, many times of his and Julie Bell's bodies, as they are/were both bodybuilders. :)

[@snapboosterespana9515]

"Most sought-after TCGs from the 90s are worthless" *laughs in Magic*

[@almosthardlol]

If only I had stopped collecting marvel cards one year sooner while transitioning into mtg. Still have my 94' marvel masterpiece set which was my last collected before getting into mtg during 4th/ice age

[@darkmagician8188]

So happy to see some cards on the channel

[@Jmillz181]

3 best card art imo: wolverine in sewer, psylocke from double impact, and ghost rider card

[@RTsunami23]

I picked up at a local flea market 2 Impel factory sealed in box Jim Lee X-men trading cards (1 box with Wolverine, the other with Magneto) if and when i have the time, I wanted to look into a double-sided frame for these cards, so I can appreciate both sides. Loved these 90s trading cards.

[@don.3595]

Yoooo u my best friend...92 Masterpieces is definitely what got me into comic along with fox kids Marvel line up

[@doomchild6666]

90-92 was the sickest ...still got mine

[@merkalmadness8641]

damn! $800 thats commitment. Boris and julies art is iconic. its def a gem to have this set in your collection. Im still missing the checklist, portraits, and 5/6 double impacts.

[@ColorfulDarknessHD]

This is such a dope set of cards 👀 Great Artwork!

[@DrPollo1985]

Bro those are so bad ass cards, im still working on my 95 set. Good luck to you on those double sided set.

[@merkalmadness8641]

nice addition! Im with you, 92 and 96 are amazing sets with consistent art. I picked up the 96MM for $24 over 20 years ago and its crazy how much they can go for. But they are worth it.

[@Lamesauce85]

I have a few of the 94 masterpieces, I have a full set of the Fleer Ultra 95 X-men set. I remember only buying the packs because they were all foil printed, then they had the smaller sets within the main set. They had the Wolverine timeline cards, Lethal Weapons rainbow foil set, Haunted X-Mansion holloween set, and the 3D embossed Alternate X set. Took me back to elementary school with this vid, had to bust out the old card album lol

[@thedeafgenius]

I loved the masterpiece issues that collected all the artwork. Really beautiful work and it did hook me further in as well.

[@reijiriffic]

I didnt know these existed! Thank u for making a video on it.

[@jlasiter042178]

Can you show the framed 92 set and how you displayed it?

[@StonedHeros]

Brought me back on these cards, love the channel keep it up

[@frankievelasco1738]

I really liked collecting 95' Fleer Ultra Spider-Man trading cards. Still own em' n in a binder like that. Kinda wished it Marvel Vs. DC still was a thing.

[@BeyondMe2]

Just saw your 92 framed and subbed. 2 mins ago. This is only set I didn’t complete (to include 2000’s). I stopped in 94-95ish. Soon as I got my license. Faves: 92>96>95>94>93 Current project 2023 : 96 MM

[@stephmbl]

I used to collect theses card like crazy ! Beautiful artwork

[@knivezinsane1839]

wow... I remember collecting this set. crazy how much is cost, never knew. I have the full base set, and the full golden frame set. Also 4 of the double impact ones. I remember searching ebay some years ago to try and complete my double impact. Just didn't feel like spending that much.

[@DirtCheapFU]

I miss my Marvel Masterpiece. I stole and traded for that set. Came home after basic training. What cards? What comic books?

[@mkentleckie]

No mention of the Tim and Greg Hildebrandt 1994 Set. I really enjoyed their work. 1996 is my missing set though. I was out of the country from 95 to 97. But I also started with 1992 and Joe Jusko.

[@superproducercbiz]

Nice Boris is one of my favorite artists as well as Alex Ross which I believe he also has a marvel card set.

[@GemMintCollectibles]

i dont thin alex ross does...if he does, i need it asap lol

[@superproducercbiz]

Look up Alex Ross - kingdom come trading card set. Thank me later lol

[@themonkeyhand]

I still love the old 90's X-men set, series 1. All Jim Lee art. For the $500 double cards get a double sided frame and rig some sort of sliding rack so you can flip it while wall-mounted.

[@ExecutionerO]

Great lookin set. So nostalgic. I missed out on this set but was in deep on the first few sets of marvel masterpieces. Loved how real they looked and a great way to learn about the characters.

[@RoB9009]

Congrats on getting the set, man!!! Some great looking cards there

[@4renzycollect919]

Nice pickup! Maybe as a display idea- is to get a custom glass/plexiglas frame so that you can flip the display when you want to see the back? Keep it up Gem!

[@jasonhicks800]

I will have to look and see which series I have then. I remember getting the series one year and thought they were cool and collected the subsequent years. Not sure if I have complete sets or not as I want to say I was missing some cards b/c I left spots in the binder sleeves blank. I could have been the special inserts or limited cards that I was missing. Some of these cards do look very familiar.

[@SITH_AF]

Love this!! Yo this takes me back to my chilhood... the hunt is on once again..another black hole..thanks bro..lol keep this nostalgia coming..

[@GemMintCollectibles]

lol...i keep doing it to myself too

[@Clappincardboard]

Awesome video! Jealous. Very cool set that is super rare for sure!

[@thatguyronwaiters6485]

You the man Gem I love those 90’s marvel cards the art was just mind blowing

[@saintarchangel9547]

Yes!! 1992 MM by Joe Jusko is my all time favorite! I literally subscribed just because u said that 😂

[@GemMintCollectibles]

i have that set framed too

[@nycronezeith1528]

Really..i didn't know if cost that much...I have that set a long time ago...I buy it in the 1998...but because is a card set I don't put so much attention to...but thanks for the information now I have to look for old boxes in the basement...also I have the DC set...

[@AleksIvic]

Can’t wait to see this framed! Such a sick purchase and worth every penny 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@gandalfthegayasinhappynothomo]

Hey bro i have a serious question. i'm from Trinidad and Tobago with no experience in the selling of trading cards but i just found a folder that belonged to my older brother containing 63 x-men cards from different series. i have from the marvel masterpiece picks series the 95 fleer ultra series and as well as some with gold writing. What i really want to know is how to go about selling them because i know they would make a collector very happy and i dont want them thrown away. i hope anyone with information responds to this. please and thanks

[@bigvis497]

Gem, I had this whole set. They were going for 20 bucks 10 years ago lol. Don't even get me started on all the Overpower cards from later series I sold...

[@lotsalube]

I bought a complete jim lee card set for $110 at the time. Still have it & still great after all this time despite how they have changed. Loved the marvel master peice series.

[@peloneretana5924]

That's cool I got a bunch of those master piece card in a binder with signatures on them

[@jellyranger1706]

Different set than this, but my friend pulled an un-numbered Weapon X card when we were cracking packs from this era and I haven’t ever stopped coveting it. Loved this set too.

[@robocoppd11]

Actually the Marvel FLAIR set pack wise is more expensive for the time. I was doing shows at the time it was released pack price on these were $5 ea and instead of a pack they came sealed in a box

[@jimmyju76]

I have two sets of that, one complete the other missing a few, loved those old cards

[@tommullings9912]

Bruh hearing u say ur gonna frame them next to ur other set makes me so happy. Cant wait to see it. Can u elaborate a little more on these cards a bit? Did the artists actually do big paintings of these and then they shrunk them down to make em card size?

[@GemMintCollectibles]

yes! they actually had special cards in this set that allowed you to get the original art!

[@comicbookjoe3554]

Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell are amazing artists!!! Nice bro! 🔥🔥🔥

[@fedenciogonzalezjr9051]

I thought 1991 and 1992 was the best art work in the masterpiece sets. I have the first two sets and only half of the 1996 soon I'll have it all lol good video brother brings back memories.

[@UNCANNYGEORGE]

Very cool!!! Still love Marvel Masterpieces, I pick these up whenever I find them!!!

[@zanesawesome369]

You going old school with this one! I think I was one of the only kids who would buy these from my local comic shop. The art is amazing on the MM 96's but I gotta go with the 95's as my favorite, and that's probably due to, from what I remember, the MM 95 set coming out at the height of the comic card collecting game. Looking forward to seeing what this looks like framed!

[@mike6526]

Damn brother! I'm def jelly! Congrats!!

[@TomorrowSorrowReview]

I Still got mine! Sweet to.know they are cool AND sought after!

[@dyingbreed5386]

I had no idea these were worth anything. I don't have the full set but I think I have 1 or 2 uncut sheets from that year floating around... And the 92's were by far my favorite series. I have at least 2 sets with the specials.

[@mailoyndavis1975]

Oh yeah! Got the 91-92sets..thinking of getting them graded

[@trevorchristie8992]

Ahh man for me its the Fleer ultra 95 which i have 2 complete mint sets i love it so much lol