Today, Sports Cards Uncensored reported about a fake Mickey Mantle 1952 Bowman PSA Mint 9 that has been popping-up on eBay. It looks as if somone has learned how to counterfeit the PSA lable and holder. Getting a card from that era graded a Mint 9 is so hard, you really just have to stop and think. If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is. Its almost getting to the point that the only way you know a vintage card like this is real, is if you find one in a trunk locked away in your grandma’s attic.
I would like to thank TRISTAR for sending over this hobby box of 2009 PROjections Series 1. It was very fun to open, and I pulled some great stuff. Now lets review it!
Key:
1 Baseball = Poor
5 Baseballs = Perfect
Design:
I enjoy the design of this product. Some card manufacturers can make a design to busy and complicated, but the design of ’09 PROjections is quite simple. The plain white background makes the players standout more. This being a minor league product, I thought it was interesting to see all the different logos of the of the various minor league teams printed on the front and back. This makes it easy to research a particular team you might be interested in learning about.
Price:
A hobby box will cost around $70.00. I think that is a reasonable price considering you get 9 hits per box. I don’t think a lot of collectors would pay much more than that, especially in this economy, for a box of minor league cards.
Hit Quality:
Every hobby box contains 20 packs with 5 cards per pack. It states on the box that you will recieve 9 hits per box: 4 autographs, 1 memorabilia, and 4 parallel cards numbered to 50 or less. My hits included:
Lance Lynn base autograph
Christian Friedrich base autograph
Jordan Zimmermann Green parallel autograph #’ed/50
Jarrod Parker Yellow parallel autograph #’ed/25
Mike Lyon Yellow parallel #’ed/25
Dusty Coleman Yellow parallel #’ed/25
Craig Kimbrel Yellow parallel #’ed/25
Che – Hsuan Lin Yellow parallel #’ed/25
Shane Peterson Tailor Made Jersey #’ed/144
The biggest hit of the box would have to be the Parker Yellow parallel autograph #’ed/25. TRISTAR only produced 75 cases, which means there are only 1,800 boxes floating around. Each box is serial numbered, mine being 378/1800. This indicates that you have a good chance at getting some decent hits.
Overall:
Overall, I give this box a total of 4 baseballs out of 5. I received all the guaranteed hits, which included some very nice prospects. If you’re a prospect collector, I think you would really enjoy opening this product based on my results. 2009 TRISTAR PROjections Series 1 is a good alternative to the standard Bowman Chrome product.
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