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Back by popular demand, DailyWax is holding another contest for all of our readers. Our first contest was a success, and we hope to continue to offer more contests in the near future. To enter the contest, simply reply to this entry with your name and email address (which will not be visible) along with your guess of final price of this 2006 Bowman Chrome Alex Gordon Superfractor Auto auction on eBay. The closest, without going over, to the final price listed in the auction will win a 2009 Bowman Jose Reyes Printing Plate 1/1. In the event of multiple correct guesses, it will be randomly awarded to one of the correct guessers. You are only allowed to enter your guess once, multiple guesses from the same email address will result in disqualification from the contest. Be sure you use a valid email address, as I will be contacting the winner via email on where to send their prize.

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MLB.com is reporting that 19-year-old San Francisco Giants Prospect, Angel Villalona, who considered one of the top prospects of the franchise, has turned himself in to Dominican Republic authorities following the murder in La Romana, DR.

The shooting occurred on Saturday, September 19 around 11 PM local time, and the authorities have named Villalona as the prime suspect.

This year, Villalona hit .267 with 9 home runs, and 42 RBIs in 74 games with the San Jose Giants at the Class A Advanced level before a season ending injury in July. As a 16-year-old rookie, Villalona received a $2.1 million signing bonus, one of the largest ever at the time.

Villalona had a 2008 Bowman Chrome Prospect Autograph that has been an anchor for the set and one of the years more highly sought-after prospect cards. If convicted, this could really damper a once very bright and aspiring future.

While, we’re not exactly sure how they all ended up on in the sellers hands, over 2,400 2008 Rene Tosoni Bowman Chrome Auto’s have been placed up for auction on eBay. The seller, who deals in “buying lost freight shipments, unclaimed freight, manufacturer and distributor overstocks, and close-out merchandise”.

The seller currently has auctions for 2,412 of the cards, that were originally inserted as redemptions from Topps in their 2008 Bowman Chrome product:

• 500 base autographs
• 498 base autographs
• 484 base autographs
• 480 of 500 Refractor autographs
• 241 of 250 Xfractor autographs
• 142 of 150 Blue Refractor autographs
• 44 of 50 Gold Refractor autographs
• 23 of 25 Orange Refractor autographs

The lot of the Orange refractors also contains 24 of 25 Tim Bascom Orange Refractors autographs too. If you ever wanted to own a near entire print run of an card, here is your chance.

This has to make you wonder what Topps will do to replace the redemptions currently in circulation or which have been redeemed?

The push for the exclusive invites to this years Post Season Party is in full effect. A number of teams are jockeying daily atop of the Wild Card standings with the look of a photo finish almost imminent. This month, some of our hottest cards are from players helping their team lay a stake in this years Post Season.

Here is the Top 25 Baseball Cards for September 2009:

1. 2007 Bowman Chrome Tim Lincecum RC Auto
2. 2007 Bowman Sterling Tim Lincecum RC Auto
3. 2007 Bowman Chrome Prospects Tommy Hanson RC
4. 2008 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Gordon Beckham RC Auto
5. 2008 Donruss EEE Pablo Sandoval RC Auto
6. 2009 Topps Chrome Tommy Hanson RC Auto
7. 2004 Bowman Chrome Felix Hernandez Auto
8. 2009 Bowman Aflac Bryce Harper PROMO
9. 2002 Bowman Chrome Joe Mauer RC Auto
10. 2008 Donruss Elite Neftali Feliz RC Auto
11. 2006 Bowman Chrome Prospects Pablo Sandoval
12. 1993 Upper Deck SP Derek Jeter RC
13. 2009 Bowman Prospects Gordon Beckham Auto
14. 2008 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Buster Posey RC Auto
15. 2002 Bowman Chrome Prospect Zack Greinke
16. 2008 Sweet Spot USA Signatures Black Stitch Red Auto Stephen Strasburg
17. 2002 Upper Deck Prospect Premieres Prince Fielder RC auto
18. 2008 Upper Deck USA Stephen Strasburg
19. 2004 Bowman Chrome Aflac Andrew McCutchen
20. 2005 Topps Chrome Update Andrew McCutchen Auto
21. 2008 Bowman Chrome Draft Rick Porcello RC
22. 2006 Bowman Chrome Draft Pick Evan Longoria RC AU
23. 2005 Bowman Chrome Pospects Justin Verlander Auto
24. 2009 SPx Matt Wieters Auto
25. 2008 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Jesus Montero RC Auto

Happy collecting!