Congrats to Richard Nebe Jr. on being the lucky winner of the Tristen Lutz 2018 Bowman High Tek Prospects Auto. Once Richard Nebe Jr. sends me his mailing address, I will ship this card ASAP. Thanks!
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This contest is for a Tristen Lutz 2018 Bowman High Tek Prospects Auto. Good luck!!!
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Holy smokes! What a box! This is by far the best Heritage High Number Baseball box that I’ve opened!!!
The original 1969 Topps Baseball set brings two cards to my mind. The first is Reggie Jackson’s rookie card #260. Coming in second would be Mickey Mantle’s final card as an active player #500. Given that its a vintage set, non-rookies of popular players in mint condition can fetch quite the price. Its definitely worth a look if you’re wanting to put together a vintage set.
Between Heritage, Heritage High Number, and Heritage Minor League Baseball, collectors have gotten their fill of the 1969 Topps Baseball design this year. In 2019, the 1970 design will be used. Its going to be interesting how they handle 1971 with all of those black borders.
2018 Topps Heritage High Number picks up right where the regular Heritage set left off. It consists of (225) cards (#501-#725). The last (25) cards (#701-#725) are short prints and fall 1:3 packs. The main set has four parallels – Black Border (50 copies, hobby), 100th Anniversary (25 copies), Magenta Backs (10 copies), Flip Stock (5 copies, hobby). Of those four, the Flip Stock would be the one that could easily be skipped over. I pulled one of these in the past and almost missed it. When it comes to these, the fronts are rough with the backs being smooth.
(50) players have Chrome cards. Parallels include Hot Box Refractors, Refractors #’ed/569, Black Refractors #’ed/69, Gold Refractors #’ed/5, and Superfractors #’ed 1/1. (50) players also have mini parallels #’ed/100.
You wouldn’t be wrong to make the observation that many products today feature photo variations. The ones found in the Heritage lines seem to garner the most attention. CMP codes can help.
The folks at Topps made it even easier to spot these variations without having to look at the CMP codes. Beneath the card number it will state what type of variation it is. That helps a bunch.
Every hobby box comes with (1) relic or autograph. For the most part, you’re going to pull a Clubhouse Collection Relic. At least that’s what I’m use to pulling. I’ve always appreciated the high-end autographs and patches that come out of this product. I think it has a lot to do with the retro designs and on-card signatures. Gotta love that Wendy’s Founder Dave Thomas has a cut signature in here. Wendy’s was founded in 1969.
Here is what I pulled:
Auto
Parallel
Photo Variation
Short Prints
Inserts
Notable Rookies
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This contest is for a Shane Baz 2018 Bowman High Tek Prospects Auto. Good luck!!!
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Within the last week some big cards have been on the auction block. First off, the Shohei Ohtani 2018 Bowman Chrome RC Auto Superfractor #’ed 1/1 sold for an outstanding $184,000. That’s an incredible amount of money for a modern day card of a rookie. Especially one who’s future is up in the air upon hearing that it’s recommended he should have Tommy John surgery. Who knows what he’ll be like after that happens. Considering all of the unknown factors, I believe it was a good idea to sell it.
Another big card to popup recently is the Juan Soto 2016 Bowman Chrome Auto Superfractor #’ed 1/1. This one has some controversy behind it. At one time this card was graded by BGS a 9 with a 9 autograph grade. Sometime after that it was removed from it’s BGS holder, had the autograph altered, and then submitted to PSA which gave it a Gem Mint 10 grade. No card in my book should get a 10 grade after the autograph has been altered. There’s also talk of it being trimmed too. PSA really dropped the ball on this one. I don’t see how anyone could do this to a Superfractor.
Speaking of rookies and prospects, 2018 Bowman High Tek recently came out. Its loaded with lots of good stuff. I know rookies and prospects that come from products like Bowman, Bowman Chrome, and Bowman Draft tend to garner more attention. But I enjoy how products like Bowman Tek are configured. One box, one pack, and four autographs. It gets right to business.
Tek has and always will be known for it’s acetate card stock and crazy background patterns. Just as it was when it debuted in the late 90’s. There are (56) cards to the base set. All a mix of prospects and rookies. (10) different patterns can be found. The base pattern (Pattern #1) has the following parallels: Purple Rainbow #’ed/191, Green Rainbow #’ed/99, Ocean Blue Tidal #’ed/75, Gold Rainbow #’ed/50, Orange Magma Diffractor #’ed/25, Red Orbit Diffractor #’ed/10, Black Galactic Diffractor #’ed 1/1, and Printing Proofs #’ed 1/1. Patterns #2-8 do not have parallels. Pattern #9 are SpecTEKular Diffractors #’ed 1/1. The tenth pattern only comes in Black Galactic Diffractor form also #’ed 1/1.
As I mentioned before, (4) autographs come per box. When it comes to the base autographs, Pattern #1 is all you’ll find along with it’s accompanying parallels. Having autographs cover all ten patterns would be too much.
Three inserts are available – 1st Bowman Tek, PyroTEKnics, and Tides of Youth. Each has their own set of parallels and autographs. Of those three, I like the 1st Bowman Tek inserts the most.
If you’re into rookies and prospects, but don’t want tons of base cards, Bowman High Tek would be an excellent product to open.
Here is what I pulled:
Autos
Parallel
Base
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