In 1996, Fleer/SkyBox introduced the Rubies parallel to SkyBox Premium, adding modest hints of red foil to the base cards and inserting one per box. In 1997, SkyBox dug deeper into the mine to revitalize the parallel with a touch of rarity and eccentric holofoil, rebranding it as Star Rubies – an /50 set that helped catapult serial-numbered parallels into the mainstream and beautifully accents the photography used on this Dennis Rodman issue from the subset. In nature, star ruby gemstones feature a unique internal star-shaped phenomenon called an asterism. A star ruby featuring prominent color, cut, clarity, and carat ranks among the scarcest gems on the planet, and considering these SkyBox parallels stand among the toughest-to-find cards from the ’90s, the Star Rubies name fits perfectly.
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