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Review:
2006 Bowman Sterling Baseball (Review
by Bill Kovacs A.K.A. chiliwilly)
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2006 Bowman Sterling Baseball
Each sealed box contains 6 packs of 5 cards each in a 115 card base set. >>> Each PACK contains ONE Prospect card, ONE Rookie card, ONE Memorabilia card, ONE Autograph card, and ONE Autograph Memorabilia card. >>> Each BOX contains ONE box loader (featuring one of the following cards: Gold parallel > #`d to 50, Black parallel > #`d to 25, Red parallel > each is a 1-of-1, Printing Plate > each is a 1-of-1, Autograph Printing Plate > each is a 1-of-1, and Autograph original Bowman and Bowman Chrome cards). Parallel set: Rainbow Refractor (#`d to 199).
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Rookie Card Scan |
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The rookies have the rookie logo on the bottom center of the card. We pulled (1) actual rookie card ( Kevin Frandsen) from this one pack of Bowman Sterling. This card is a refractor #d to /199. Most of the cards pulled were prospect cards. The back of the rookie/prospects cards has a short bio of the player along with sections titled either;
- Bowman Reflection
- Bowman Sterling Rookie Revelation
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GU Card Scan |
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The Game Used card we pulled were of Todd Helton of the Colorado Rockies. The jersey card has a nice pinstripe running through it. The back of the card has a section called Bowman Standard.
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Auto Card Scan |
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The autographs pulled from this pack included (2) prospects autographed cards. The autos are of Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Brett Hayes of the Florida Marlins. Both cards have nice autographs with no bubbling or separation. The Hayes card is a refractor and is #d to /199.
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The
Final Verdict! |
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rate this pack a 4 of 5 HI Fives. 2006 Bowman Sterling baseball
is a nice high-quality card product. You can usually
find these packs in the $23 to $50 price range. As far as value for the money, it's hard to determine when only opening one pack from a box. And we didn't get the autographed/memorabilia card as the odds state.
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