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Over 2,400 Rene Tosoni 2008 Bowman Chrome Autos Turn Up on eBay

dailywax — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:38:22 +0000

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:

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?

Wilmer Flores 2008 Bowman Chrome Draft to go Live

dailywax — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:39:55 +0000

In a recent tweet on Twitter, Topps has announced that Wilmer Flores has begun to sign his 2008 Bowman Chrome Draft cards. These originally were inserted in packs as redemption only and may collectors were growing inpatient and speculating that Flores would not sign and these cards would be deemed as replacements only.

2008 Bowman Chrome Baseball Review

dailywax — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:20:56 +0000

Review
It’s that time of year again. No, not the pennant races, but, the release of Bowman Chrome’s baseball product. Each year this product becomes more and more anticipated, and pack busters are constantly looking for their next pot-of-gold prospect.

This year product follows on the footsteps of the 2008 Bowman releases that was packed with an all-star line-up of future talent. The Chrome release features the rookie card of Kosuke Fukudome, as well as autographs of some great prospects. Engel Beltre, Austin Jackson, Andrew Lambo, Lars Anderson, Angel Villalona, and Ryan Kalish (just to mention a few) each are featured on Prospect Autograph cards that come in base, refractor, xfractor, blue refractor, gold refractor, orange refractor, red refractor, superfractor, and printing plat variations. Each of the refractor versions are number stamped on the rear of the card. I have seen some preliminary pricing for the autographs on eBay, and the Beltre and Jackson are selling for around $50 each.

A disappointing find from the autographs is that Angel Villalona is a redemption card. From what I hear, he is nearly impossible to obtain an autograph from, and has been called the Barry Bond of the minor leagues, because of his stingy habits. On the bright side, if you do get one, you can be on of the first to try out Topps’ new online redemption program.

The base set carries some of the same characteristics as the prospect set, offering a variety of refractors, but without the autographs. Each hobby pack contains 4 cards, 2 of which are prospect cards.

As always, Bowman Chrome does not disappoint this year. Plenty of people will stock piling up on the prospect autographs hoping to land their needle-in-the-haystack.

Checklist
Checklist coming soon.

Topps Confirms 2008 Allen & Ginter Short Print List

dailywax — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:40:14 +0000

Topps confirms that there are several short printed autographed cards, relic cards and base cards in the recently-released 2008 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball. In addition there are RED INK autograph variations limited to just 10 copies each. The subjects and quantities are as follows.

SHORT PRINTED AUTOGRAPHS

Ryan Howard	90
David Ortiz	90
Manny Ramirez	90
Matt Holliday	90
Prince Fielder	90
Jose Reyes	90
Hunter Pence	90
Bruce Jenner	190
Andrea Farina	190
Allen Fisher	190
Andrew “William Ocean” Litz	190
Bonnie Blair	190
Bob Motley	190
Billy Mitchell	190
Dan Jansen	190
Dean Karnazes	190
Frank Morris	190
Joey Chestnut	190
Jeff King	190
Jeanette Lee	190
Kerri Strug	190
Kevin Van Dam	190
Lisa Leslie	190
Les Miles	190
Matt Biondi	190
Mark Spitz	190
Pete Weber	190
“Rampage” Jackson	190
Serena Williams	190
Todd Clever	190
Takudzwa Ngwenya	190
Adriano Moraes	190
Deep Blue	190
David Wright	240
Brad Penny	240
Hanley Ramirez	240
Travis Hafner	240
Carl Crawford	240
Torii Hunter	240
Nicky Hayden	240
Stevie Williams	240

AUTOGRAPHED RELICS

Marcus Henderson 100

SHORT PRINTED RELICS

Aaron Pryor	100
Andre Ward	100
Danny Green	100
Edison Miranda	100
Jeff Fenech	100
Joel Casamayor	100
Kelly Pavlik	100
Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini	100
Samuel Peter	100
Archie Moore	100
Nicky Hayden	250
Stevie Williams	250
Bonnie Blair	250
Dan Jansen	250
Kerri Strug	250
Matt Biondi	250
Todd Clever	250
Takudzwa Ngwenya	250
Lisa Leslie	250
Serena Williams	250
Joey Chestnut	250
Billy Mitchell	250
Mark Spitz	250
Frank Morris	250
Andrea Farina	250
Dean Karnazes	250
Kevin Van Dam	250
Jeanette Lee	250
Andrew “William Ocean” Litz	250
Pete Weber	250
Allen Fisher	250
Les Miles	250
“Rampage” Jackson	250
Jeff King	250
Bruce Jenner	250
Bigfoot	250
Adriano Moraes	250

SHORT PRINTED BASE CARDS (1: 2 packs)

301	Felix Pie	Chicago Cubs
302	Brad Lidge	Philadelphia Phillies
303	Jason Bay	Pittsburgh Pirates
304	Victor Hugo	Poet/Playwright/Novelist
305	Randy Johnson	Arizona Diamondbacks
306	Carlos Gomez	Minnesota Twins
307	Pat Neshek	Minnesota Twins
308	Jed Lowrie	Boston Red Sox
309	Ryan Church	New York Mets
310	Michael Bourn	Houston Astros
311	B.J. Ryan	Toronto Blue Jays
312	Brandon Wood	Angels
313	Harriet Beecher Stowe	Author/Abolitionist
314	Mike Cameron	Milwaukee Brewers
315	Tom Glavine	Atlanta Braves
316	Ervin Santana	Angels
317	Geoff Jenkins	Philadelphia Phillies
318	Andre Ethier	Los Angeles Dodgers
319	Jason Giambi	New York Yankees
320	Dmitri Young	Washington Nationals
321	Wily Mo Pena	Washington Nationals
322	Hank Blalock	Texas Rangers
323	James Bowie	American Pioneer/Soldier
324	Casey Kotchman	Angels
325	Stephen Drew	Arizona Diamondbacks
326	Adam Kennedy	St. Louis Cardinals
327	A.J. Pierzynski	Chicago White Sox
328	Richie Sexson	Seattle Mariners
329	Jeff Clement	Seattle Mariners
330	Luke Hochevar	Kansas City Royals
331	Luis Castillo	New York Mets
332	Dave Roberts	San Francisco Giants
333	Coco Crisp	Boston Red Sox
334	Jo-Jo Reyes	Atlanta Braves
335	Phil Hughes	New York Yankees
336	Allen Fisher	Arm Wrestling Champion
337	Jason Schmidt	Los Angeles Dodgers
338	Placido Polanco	Detroit Tigers
339	Jack Cust	Oakland Athletics
340	Carl Crawford	Tampa Bay Rays
341	Ty Wigginton	Houston Astros
342	Aubrey Huff	Baltimore Orioles
343	Bengie Molina	San Francisco Giants
344	Matt Diaz	Atlanta Braves
345	Francisco Liriano	Minnesota Twins
346	Brandon Boggs	Texas Rangers
347	David DeJesus	Kansas City Royals
348	Justin Masterson	Boston Red Sox
349	Frank Morris	Rubik’s Cube Champion
350	Kevin Youkilis	Boston Red Sox