He's got a torn UCL but that recent dose of bad news was still A-OK with bidders who chased Shohei Ohtani's most famous American baseball card in an online auction. The 1/1 autographed Superfractor from 2018 Bowman Chrome sold Thursday night for $184,056. There was no immediate word on the identity of the winning bidder but Beckett Media, which facilitated … [Read more...]
Rise of the Bowman Chrome Autograph
We spent the past couple of weeks talking about the likely impact that case breakers are having on inflating the supply of new card issues, and whether or not case breakers are good or bad for the hobby. Regardless of where you stand on the latter issue, the one thing that is clear is that increasing supply creates logistical issues of great impact for manufacturers, … [Read more...]
2014 Bowman Sterling Football Preview
Once again a Hobby Exclusive product, the 2014 Bowman Sterling releases in December. While it's a bit hard to judge the potential merits without any kind of logos yet attached to the 2014 NFL Draft Class, we do know it will come with 6 packs per box, and every pack of 5 cards promises to deliver the following: 3 Base Cards 1 Autograph Rookie or Veteran Card 1 Jumbo … [Read more...]
2013 Bowman Chrome Superfractor Yasiel Puig Sold
The golden child of 2013 baseball cards has been sold. The 1/1 2013 Bowman Chrome Superfractor Yasiel Puig autograph was listed on eBay Tuesday, three weeks after it was pulled from a repack product called Super Box Rookies & Phenoms during a live box break. By late Wednesday afternoon, it was gone. The lucky winner, Canadian collector Adam Davidson, consigned the … [Read more...]
2013 Bowman Chrome Baseball Review
Over the past few years we have talked about what advantages Topps has in creating baseball products. The major, and obvious one, is they are the only licensed company to produce both major and minor league cards. Having that license enables them to print cards of both the players we hear about on a nightly basis during the season as well as those players who are better known … [Read more...]
What’s Hot in the Shop? 2013 Finest NFL is En Fuego
by Mike Fruitman When you name a product Finest, you should try to put a little time and effort into it. It is safe to say that Topps did both with 2013 Finest NFL. In one week since its release we have sold three and a half of the five cases we started with and with an in store case cracker this Saturday, we should be well into our restocks come Monday. For years … [Read more...]