Stopped by the LCS today to try my luck with some 2017 Bowman Chrome, decided to try a box of each the Hobby and HTA.
Started with the Hobby first:
Not the biggest names, but nice to hit some color in the Hobby.
On to the HTA:
And the break saver.....
I really like the...
The auction says: You are bidding on a 2017 TOPPS HERITAGE HIGH NUMBER "BASE" PLAYER LOT of the team in the title,
Looking at your checklist, I would assume you only got the Base / Parallels for that player.
Everything is packed up for a move right now, but these are the ones I know I have off the top of my head:
2008 Topps Update Black Max Scherzer /57
2010 Topps Black Buster Posey /59
2010 Topps Update Black Giancarlo Stanton /59
2010 Topps Update Black Starlin Castro /59
2010 Topps Update Black...
I couldn't compete when Strasburgmania was happening and these cards were fetching 4-figure amounts.
For the last 3-4 years I have had people I know who went to the NSCC show looking for this card for me. It had been much longer since I saw one pop up on eBay, and last week when I saw this one...
Understood, but would you consider it a Rookie Card now considering how the paradigm has shifted?
The same can be said for the 1985 Topps Mark McGwire USA. Lots of debate over XRC versus RC. Most people today now consider his 1987 Topps his Rookie Card and his 1985 Topps a "prospect" or...
Would you consider this a Rookie Card? Even though it says Rookie Card on it?
2001 Bowman Chrome Victor Hall?
Victor Hall never played an inning in the MLB. He spent all 10 years of career in the minors. How can one have a Rookie Card without ever actually being a MLB Rookie?
In your example, Rhys Hoskins 2014 Bowman Draft card is not a major league set. Its a subset to the 2014 Bowman Prospects set. The major league set in 2014 would be 2014 Bowman - as the players are on the 40-man rosters and fully-licensed by both MLB and MLBPA.
Quick way to figure it out - if...
Incorrect.
Those are prospect cards.
You don't have a Rookie Card until you are MLB Rookie. Everything up until that point is a prospect card, everything after that is a veteran card.
I have had good luck buying loose boxes off eBay.
Typically I look at their completed auctions to see if they have sold other boxes or if they hit something big from the product and are just trying to sell "dead" boxes.
For sale:
2x 2017 Topps Heritage 400-card hand collated set. $35 ea.
2x 2017 Topps Archives 300-card hand collated set. $35 ea.
Buy all four sets for $120 shipped.
It does not appear that Theo Epstein has anything other than Blue/Red autos in the product. Could be a coincidence, since those are the Cubbies colors.