Bowman baseball is a collector’s pipeline to youth and rising talent, so it’s hard to imagine that the brand itself is actually a senior citizen. The annual release makes its return at hobby shops on Wednesday. The 2017 Bowman baseball set will pay tribute to what Topps is calling a 70th anniversary tear with a mixture of old and new. From the early 1950s … [Read more...]
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2016 Bowman’s Best Baseball Preview and Checklist
2016 Bowman's Best Baseball is back after re-launching last year as the product again puts a bow on the Bowman brand for this year. Each case will include eight master boxes with each master box made up of two mini boxes. Mini boxes will consist of six packs. A total of four autographs will be in each master box. The base set will include 100 cards; … [Read more...]
2016 Bowman Baseball Arrives: Prospects, Rookies And Parallels
It's always been about rookies and prospects, and 2016 Bowman Baseball is no different. But Topps is introducing a few new wrinkles that will build upon that tradition as the product hits store shelves and online dealer stock this week. A full checklist is linked below. 2016 Bowman Baseball Basics A 2016 Bowman Baseball Hobby box will contain 24 packs, with 10 cards to a … [Read more...]
2015 Bowman Draft to Have Super Jumbo Packs
2015 Bowman Draft Baseball is coming and Topps is promising a “reinvigorated” product when it arrives. Bowman Draft features base cards and autographs of the prospects who are seen in their MLB uniforms for the first time. A full checklist is below. Topps has announced plans to have Super Jumbo boxes with five autographed cards in addition to its regular hobby and jumbo … [Read more...]
2015 Bowman Baseball Info, Checklist, Newest Listings
Geared more toward prospects and inserts than ever, 2015 Bowman Baseball made its official debut Wednesday. Every 24-pack hobby box has one autographed card. Jumbo boxes, with 12 packs of 32 cards, have three autographed cards. Among the big prizes: Signed cards of White Sox phenom Carlos Rodon. Several had already been listed on eBay by Wednesday night, including a … [Read more...]
2014 Bowman Sterling Baseball Preview
If you are a collector who thrives on building sets, especially base sets of cards, the 2014 Bowman Sterling is not for you. Of course, if you are familiar with Bowman Sterling you already know that it has not been about building sets. Rather, this annual installment from Bowman features prospect and rookie ink…and a good flow of it, too. That is what you get when the … [Read more...]
Bowman Prospect Challenge Marries Cards with Minor League Fantasy Baseball
Topps is using its Bowman line to introduce a fantasy baseball concept to its cards through the use of its now familiar online game cards inserted into packs. The company will insert the code cards into three upcoming Bowman branded lines, tying minor league performances to prize giveaways. The more card packs you open, the more chances you’ll have to build a team of top … [Read more...]
Got Trout? Autographed Cards of Angels’ Young Star Are Red Hot
He plays more than half of his games past the bedtimes of a lot of west coasters, but that hasn't stopped the coast-to-coast craziness for Mike Trout autographed baseball cards. The Angels' young star is the American League's answer to Bryce Harper, a very young breakout star putting up big numbers in the box score and the auction listings. Like Harper, he began his season … [Read more...]
Minor Leaguers Galore in 2012 Topps Pro Debut Baseball
Now in their third year as the exclusive licensee of both Major League and Minor League Baseball, Topps has just released information regarding 2012 Topps Pro Debut Baseball – their nationally-distributed MiLB-licensed card set. And as has been the case with the previous two years, Pro Debut will have a look and feel similar to collectors of Topps’ Major League flagship, but … [Read more...]
Guest Columnist: Tired of Sports Card Company Promises
Guest column by Jamie Kennedy Ah, the biggest pull in this week’s monster release, 2011 Bowman Baseball, is not a six-colored patch, nor a nor a beautiful on-card auto of one of the biggest prospects in the last 20 years. No, the biggest pull...is an IOU. A Bryce Harper auto IOU currently at $800 with less than two days to go nonetheless. Yep, just like the ones we … [Read more...]
