Brutal Case Of Bowman Chrome

If anyone else is interested in other box breaks outside of Donruss Threads, here I have the trainwreck of a case I busted.Topps has a serious problem with the gold and orange refractors.I heard from others how horrible the gold refractors looked, but didn't know they were that bad until I had one in hand.Even the ones from last year weren't as ugly as this year.Very disappointed to pull multiple doubles autographs.Oh well, I was busting more for fun than trying to become a millionaire from this.Is one of the Fukedome versions more rare than the other?Listed below is the carnage.Only parallels and hits listed.No scans at this time.

Box 1

Refractor: Santana, Swisher, Lowe, Hawpe, Longoria, Reyes
Blue Refractor: Welker, O. Cabrera
X-fractor: Duran
Autograph: Lambo X-fractor

Box 2

Refractor: C. Young, Oswalt, Meche, Burrell, Zambrano, K. Johnson
Gold refractor: Y. Navarro
Autograph: McGee

Box 3

Refractor: Edmonds (impressed they were able to get him in a Cubs uniform and not Helton's signature on the front), Winterling, Hart, Cano, Ruggiano, Glaus, Fukomori
X-fractor: Maine
Autograph: Schafer

Box 4

Refractor: Renteria, Marrero, Gordon, Lincecum, Matsuzaka, C. Thomas, Willis
X-fractor: Suzuki
Autograph: (another) McGee

Box 5

Refractor: Uggla, Diaz, Fukedome, A. Jones, Masterson, Blackburn
Blue refractor: O. Hernandez
Autograph: Alaniz

Box 6

Refractor: Crabbe, Saltamacchia, Kent, Purcey, Beckett, D. Young
Gold refracor: Peavy
Autograph: Thompson

Box 7

Refractor: Beltran, Rolen, Patton, Pujols, Hughes, Barton
Blue refractor: Hamilton
X-fractor: D. Jones
Gold refractor: D. Lee
Autograph: (another) Alaniz X-fractor

Box 8

Refractor: Votto, Harden, A. Cabrera, Hamilton, Tejada, Barney, Pena
Blue refractor: Kline
X-fractor: Hudson
Autograph: Bard (has a crease in top corner)

Box 9

Refractor: Cueto, Haren, Kuroda, O. Cabrera, ****, Chavez
Autograph: Harrison refractor

Box 10

Refractor: Smoltz, Hernandez, Bannister, K. Matsui, Youkilis, Delgado, Fukedome
X-fractor: Haynes
Autograph: Anderson

Box 11

Refractor: Utley, Span, Tolbert, Lowell, Nix, Vineyard, Rowand
X-fractor: Overbay, Mazzara
Autograph: Zink orange refractor (I thought it was gold at first)

Box 12

Refractor: Helton, Francisco, Hochevar, Damon, Matthews, Mora
Blue refractor: A. Gonzalez
X-fractor: Dunn
Autograph: Romine refractor

lmk if anythings for trade. thanks

Nice hit on the Navarro Gold.

hamels heros said:

lmk if anythings for trade. thanks

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Would prefer to hold onto prospects at this point, though if I see something I like I might be willing to move them.What do you have?

(I don't have a scanner, so if you're not interested I completely understand).

hitforthecycle said:

Nice hit on the Navarro Gold.

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Went to BA and checked out Navarro's stats.Had a good season at Low and Hi A.Going to be tough to push Lowrie for playing time though anytime soon.

evan longoria just minors auto
david wright 2002 topps
david wright rookie just minors
danny lehman chrome auto
cedric hunter chrome auto
ian kinsler sterling 06 auto
chris dickerson sterling 06 auto
aaron poreda sterling auto
huston street sp prospects auto
huston street/joe nathan dual sweet spot auto /35
sam runion ref
fausto carmona chrome auto
j. brent cox bowman originals 3/3 auto
miguel cabrera glove jersey auto
ted williams jacket card
nolan ryan bat card
kyle skipworth jersey auto
ryan weber usa on card auto
cody satterwhite on card auto
mike moustakas tristar green auto
jed lowrie/hector gomez/brian bocock/yamacio navarro triple auto
kevin ahrens gold tristar auto
2006
joba chamberlain tristar auto
brandon morrow tristar auto
joey votto tristar auto
kyle drabek tristar auto
cory rasmus tristar auto
tyler colvin tristar auto
billy butler potential jersey

chrome:
michael main auto
j.p arencibia auto
ed easley x auto
tommy hickman x auto
mitch boggs chrome auto
mitch boggs x auto
matt dominquez x
cameron maybin 07 x and ref
ryan pope ref
jamie ortiz x
chris valaika chrome auto
bradley suttle chrome auto

sterling:
daniel bard auto
chris withrow auto
wendall fairley auto
matt chico rc auto
yovani gallardo rc auto
joe savery auto
jame simmons auto
ty weeden auto

tristar:
andrew brackman/adam olbrychowi dual /50 auto
kevin ahrens green /25 auto
corey luebke /50 x2
jason heyward auto
jarron parker auto
neil ramirez auto
tommy hunter auto x2
eddie kunz auto x2
jackson williams auto

usa autos:
travis buck auto
jonah nickerson jersey auto
jonah nickerson/wes hodges dual auto
julio borbon auto
michael main auto
preston clark auto
and others

reflections;
davud wright/scott rolen /99 dual auto
joe blanton/merkin valdez dual auto /35
mark prior/kerry wood dual jersey
david wright/ dallas mcpherson dual patch auto

eric chavez 2008 priting plate
chris young ud heros 08 /15 auto
dioner navarro bowmans best auto
ryan kalish just minors auto
alan horne just minors auto

You actually did pretty good compared to other breaks....

hamels heros said:

evan longoria just minors auto
david wright 2002 topps
david wright rookie just minors
danny lehman chrome auto
cedric hunter chrome auto
ian kinsler sterling 06 auto
chris dickerson sterling 06 auto
aaron poreda sterling auto
huston street sp prospects auto
huston street/joe nathan dual sweet spot auto /35
sam runion ref
fausto carmona chrome auto
j. brent cox bowman originals 3/3 auto
miguel cabrera glove jersey auto
ted williams jacket card
nolan ryan bat card
kyle skipworth jersey auto
ryan weber usa on card auto
cody satterwhite on card auto
mike moustakas tristar green auto
jed lowrie/hector gomez/brian bocock/yamacio navarro triple auto
kevin ahrens gold tristar auto
2006
joba chamberlain tristar auto
brandon morrow tristar auto
joey votto tristar auto
kyle drabek tristar auto
cory rasmus tristar auto
tyler colvin tristar auto
billy butler potential jersey

chrome:
michael main auto
j.p arencibia auto
ed easley x auto
tommy hickman x auto
mitch boggs chrome auto
mitch boggs x auto
matt dominquez x
cameron maybin 07 x and ref
ryan pope ref
jamie ortiz x
chris valaika chrome auto
bradley suttle chrome auto

sterling:
daniel bard auto
chris withrow auto
wendall fairley auto
matt chico rc auto
yovani gallardo rc auto
joe savery auto
jame simmons auto
ty weeden auto

tristar:
andrew brackman/adam olbrychowi dual /50 auto
kevin ahrens green /25 auto
corey luebke /50 x2
jason heyward auto
jarron parker auto
neil ramirez auto
tommy hunter auto x2
eddie kunz auto x2
jackson williams auto

usa autos:
travis buck auto
jonah nickerson jersey auto
jonah nickerson/wes hodges dual auto
julio borbon auto
michael main auto
preston clark auto
and others

reflections;
davud wright/scott rolen /99 dual auto
joe blanton/merkin valdez dual auto /35
mark prior/kerry wood dual jersey
david wright/ dallas mcpherson dual patch auto

eric chavez 2008 priting plate
chris young ud heros 08 /15 auto
dioner navarro bowmans best auto
ryan kalish just minors auto
alan horne just minors auto

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Not sure what you were interested in, but I want to hang onto the Romine, Zink, Schafer, Anderson, Lambo, Navarro for now.

Some nice pulls.

I could be wrong, but I believe the first few Navarrow golds were going close to $100 or more.

NOt too bad!

bballcardkid said:

I could be wrong, but I believe the first few Navarrow golds were going close to $100 or more.

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I saw in the latest Beckett Navarro orange refractor sold for $120, I think.Always nice to pull a prospect parallel with potential and not some 27 year old middle reliever with his 5th organization like I have in the past.

ostrander111 said:

NOt too bad!

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Thanks.Guess it wasn't as bad as I thought it was.

I'm sending in the Bard with the crease and cross my fingers I don't get some scrub in return.I'm contemplating sending in the Longoria refractor as well (has an ugly line on the back).

This was a very good case, actually. Lars Anderson auto, and a Navarro Gold Ref? This is one of the better cases.