2006 Bowman Sterling Baseball Cards Hobby Box

[Smileyman9]

Has anybody here bought a box? I feel the urge to splurge - BUT, $350 is a lot of money...the last time I shelled out a chunk like that I ended up being rather disappointed in what I ended up with...

*(Nothing more depressing then opening a box to find that Dimitri Young or Scott Podsednik are your "big cards")

Set info...

Base Cards
115 BASE CARDS!
Veteran Relics-1 Per Pack!
45 Relic cards featuring the biggest names in the game.

Autographed Rookies
8 Rookie subjects with autographs and the MLB Rookie logo.

Autographed Rookie Relics
12 top Rookies featuring the MLB TM Rookie logo along with autographs and relic pieces.

Rookies-1 Per Pack!
Fifty 2006 MLB Rookies with the Rookie logo. 1 PER PACK!



Prospect Cards
NEW! 112 PROSPECTS IN MLB UNIFORMS!
Autographed Prospects
27 Autographed Prospect cards featuring non-Major League players.

Autographed Prospect Relics
35 non-Major League Prospects with Autographs and Relics.

Prospects-1 Per Pack!
50 Prospects who have yet to make their Major League debut. 1 PER PACK!



Parallel Cards
ALL 227 BASE AND PROPECTS CARDS!
Rainbow Refractors
A Rainbow Refractor parallel of all 227 Base and Prospect cards including all Autographed and Autographed Relic Rookie and Prospect cards, and Veteran Relic cards.
Sequentially numbered* to 199.



Encased Box Loader
ONE IN EVERY BOX!
1 of 1 Red Parallel
All 227 Base and Prospect cards including all Autographed and Autographed Relic versions.
Each is a 1 of 1!

Black Parallel
All 227 Base and Prospect cards including all Autographed and Autographed Relic versions.
Sequentially numbered* to 25.

Gold Parallel
The 100 Non-Autographed Rookie and Relic cards sequentially numbered* to 50.

Printing Plates
The 4 plates used to make all 100 non-autographed Rookie and Prospect cards. 400 plates in all.
Each is a 1 of 1!

Autographed Printing Plates
The 4 plates used to make all 35 Autographed Rookie and Prospect cards are included with Autographs. 140 autographed plates in all.
Each is a 1 of 1!

Bowman Originals
Repurchased Bowman and Bowman Chrome cards are autographed, hand-numbered and encased.
1 PER CASE!


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[Madison]

That's really one of the reasons I quit collecting. The sheer amount of cards on the market, and then the crazy amount of inserts. Toss on the prices, and it just wasn't all that fun anymore.

Best of luck getting some awesome ones out of that box though.

[bigken117]

*(Nothing more depressing then opening a box to find that Dimitri Young or Scott Podsednik are your "big cards")

I'll second that

You think the companies send loaded bozes to Beckett for review? They always seem to pull the Babe Ruth/Lou Gehrig/Barry Bonds game used jeresy autographs #d to 5...and I get a freaking Bob Welch/Tommy John or Paul Maholm/Sean Marshall

Yeah, that's a lot to splurge on a box...normally I would either buy singles off eBay or buy $50 in packs and hope to get lucky. Best of luck to you though, and if you do go through with it, please let us know how you do

[birdbrains]

It's always a gamble, I don't recommend it...but those who do well with those high end series buy sealed cases and there is always that coveted random case card they are looking for....Bowman Sterling is cetainly a high end top quality product...
I think you are better off with this years SPx which is less than half the price...just my opinion

[CadensDad]

That's really one of the reasons I quit collecting. The sheer amount of cards on the market, and then the crazy amount of inserts. Toss on the prices, and it just wasn't all that fun anymore.

Best of luck getting some awesome ones out of that box though.

Yea me too, too many cards IMO and you would spend 5 bucks for 20 cards and have only ever heard of 2 or 3

[Sticky Spice]

I agree that you should just buy singles off ebay.

Of all the possible cards in Bowman Sterling, how many are worth more on ebay than $350? It's really a bad gamble, and you could put together an awesome collection of cards on ebay for $350. Plus you get the players you want, the inserts you want, and usually the condition you want.

[overoceans]

I agree that all of the fun is leaving the baseball card collecting hobby. It's all about money these days, and taking advantage of others, it seems like. Nowadays kids are interested in Pokemon and all that junk instead. What are you going to do?

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