How many of you have actually ever built a complete set of....

[bmp1971]

How many of you guys have ever actually built a complete set of Bowman chrome gold refractors, orange refractors, or red refractors? I really want to see a complete red ref set put together, from something in the past three years.

Post it if you got it!

 

[wolfmanalfredo]

Seems like a tall order. I doubt its been done with reds, but you never know.

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[TwinGnats]

I suppose golds could be done at a reasonable price. I'm having a hard enough time doing my 04/05 finest refractor bk set and that is /250

 

[ThoseBackPages]

agreed

 

[bradical]

Someone on here had the 2007 Bowman Chrome Draft Gold Refractor Set for sale for a while.

 

[Brewer Andy]

That would be insane. I'm willing to bet someone has done Gold but the highest I've personally seen is a blue ref set which was awesome enough in its own right

 

[dbackrob]

I did the 2005 bowman chrome and draft blue refractor set and know how tough that was, I can't imagine trying anything more limited.

Rob

 

[UMich92]

That would be insane. I'm willing to bet someone has done Gold but the highest I've personally seen is a blue ref set which was awesome enough in its own right

I believe jaypers had a blue ref set of draft. Can't recall if it was from '07 or '05. Sold them off individually.

 

[djrulz]

I believe jaypers had a blue ref set of draft. Can't recall if it was from '07 or '05. Sold them off individually.

If I remember, he purchased the completed set. I don't think he put it together himself.

 

[cubfanbudman]

I was only short 22 cards from completing the 2005 Topps Chrome Update Red Xfractor set and autos. The only big one I was missing was the Cutch. The rest were commons

The base were #/65 and the autos were #/25

 

[Brewer Andy]

I was only short 22 cards from completing the 2005 Topps Chrome Update Red Xfractor set and autos. The only big one I was missing was the Cutch. The rest were commons

The base were #/65 and the autos were #/25

Still got any?

 

[cubfanbudman]

Still got any?

Nope my Engine blew on my S-10 and I sold them. Actually paid for a good chunk of my next car with that when I sold them off. I remember I sold the Jay Bruce auto for a grand and the Ellsbury, Braun and Kemp all got good money as well. The Micah Owings even got me over 200$

 

[cubfanbudman]

I sold them to a person out in California that was putting together the set as well and they actually completed it minus the autos. I rember it sitting on eBay forever with a huge BIN

 

[rdg00001]

Not quite the same, but I built the 2004 topps chrome gold refactor set with all the autos. I still remember shelling out $200 for that Conor Jackson auto lol!

 

[smapdi]

I have a theory that in the first 30 days after release of a set that's reasonably well broken and not super-limited in print run, between 10-20% of a print run of cards #/100 or less surfaces on ebay, and then another 10-20% in six months after that. With a set like Bowman Chrome, which is almost always heavily ripped, those numbers might get a little better. So maybe 5-20 of each gold, 3-10 orange, and 0-2 red might appear on ebay in the first 6 months after release. With enough cash, you could probably get the golds, a decent shot at orange, but reds are just the luck of the draw.

 

[markakis8]

I have no idea who it was but I could've swore I was looking at a photobucket one day of an orange refractor set from BC. I don't think they were doing the autos though.

 

[bmp1971]

I have a theory that in the first 30 days after release of a set that's reasonably well broken and not super-limited in print run, between 10-20% of a print run of cards #/100 or less surfaces on ebay, and then another 10-20% in six months after that. With a set like Bowman Chrome, which is almost always heavily ripped, those numbers might get a little better. So maybe 5-20 of each gold, 3-10 orange, and 0-2 red might appear on ebay in the first 6 months after release. With enough cash, you could probably get the golds, a decent shot at orange, but reds are just the luck of the draw.

Makes sense.

I would love to have the entire 2011 BDP red ref set. 2010 BDP would be sweet also. I wonder what it would go for if fully completed?

 

[jbmm161]

I would imagine that like any other set you build your spending tons more than you will ever make back.
I have built a couple of Topps Chrome Football sets by buying boxes and trading for a few singles and I bet I spent well over $1000 per year in wax.

I have spoken with a collector here in the DFW area that builds Blue sets but have never seen them in person or in his photobucket. He buys lots of the basecard refractors on ebay to build the majority of the sets.

How much do you think an Gold or Orange would cost to build? I would imagine a Red would cost more than most homes.

 

[MartinFFcollector]

Never have. Heck just finished my 1st full 4 card Printing Plate set after numerous other failed attempts.

 

[notjomommasclint]

Someone did an 05 bowman chrome update gold refractor set.