FCB Weekly Hotlist – March 5th Edition

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 March 2010 11:21 Written by masonphillip Friday, 5 March 2010 02:14 1 Comment

1. Sidney Crosby 2005-06 Rookie Cards

Comments: There aren’t enough words to describe how hot his cards are. Game winning goal, biggest Olympic hockey game in a long time. This only added gas to an already roaring fire of hype. The Young Guns 9.5 above sold for $600 this week, remember, Ovechkin made this list earlier this year when his Young Guns 9.5 was selling for near $175…Crosby is en fuego.

Topps announces USA Chrome cards in 2010 Bowman Products

Last Updated on Thursday, 4 March 2010 10:54 Written by cgilmo Thursday, 4 March 2010 10:25 0 Comments

Today the official announcement came down from Topps that they would in fact be including USA chrome cards in 2010 Bowman products.  It was widely hinted at with teaser scans of the Harper displayed at the top of this entry that this would happen, however until the announcement came down it was purely speculation.

This move strenghtens an already strong 2010 Bowman line that includes on card autographs of Donovan Tate, Dustin Ackley, and Stephen Strasburg.  The addition of highly anticipated prospects like Bryce Harper, James Taillon, Bryce Brentz, and Gerrit Cole are sure to be huge as Topps says this will be the first and last time collectors will have a shot at the 2009 teams in Topps products.

The USA cards will be inserted at a rate of 1:4 packs with the following serial numbers.

Refractor Parallel Sequentially numbered to 750.
Blue Refractor Parallel Sequentially numbered to 250.
Gold Refractor Parallel Sequentially numbered to 50.
Orange Refractor Parallel Sequentially numbered to 25.
Red Refractor Parallel Sequentially numbered to 5.
Hobby OnlySuper-Fractor Parallel Sequentially numbered 1/1.
Hobby OnlyPrinting Plates Sequentially numbered 1/1. Jumbo Box Only

So yes chrome heads, you will get your Bryce Harper superfractor.  See the Checklist after the jump….

Topps Adds USA to Their List of Products.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:11 Written by cgilmo Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:07 0 Comments

Topps announced on Twitter today that they had secured the rights to produce team USA Baseball cards from this day forth.  This is potentially a big deal, because it will allow them to include Topps cards of the next Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg in various products.  A chrome line with USA inserts instead of WBC inserts could potentially be a very big deal.   As long as the inserts are kept to base chromes and not on card chrome autographs, I think they could be a huge hit among prospectors.

I have to wonder how much UD’s current legal troubles played into this, as they have faced a very rough year and still aren’t completely through their self created mess.  The decision certainly can’t be about product.  Upper Deck produced an outstanding line of USA cards that performed very well on the secondary market.

It still remains to be seen if Topps will take full advantage of this newly acquired license by integrating some of the USA guys into their prospector friendly sets like Bowman Draft.  If they chose to do this, it could add some much needed pop to a bowman draft line that has been on the decline since the stellar 2005 release.