2012 Bowman Sterling box (my first); 2010 BDP hobby box

[bmp1971]

Just busted a 2012 Bowman Sterling box (my first of this stuff) and 1 2010 BDP hobby box.

2010 BDP was first:

Culver bcp/chrome au
Machado bcp blue ref /199
Bumgarner RC ref
V.Velasquez bcp ref (Astros)
Strasburg chrome RC
Heyward chrome RC
Machado bp
Kratz blue /399 RC
Stanton RC
D.Brown RC
Almora USA
Harvey bcp
Sale, J. bcp
Biddle bcp
Vitek bcp
Lopes, T. bcp-USA
Castro RC
Kalish RC
Bumgarner RC

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2012 Bowman Sterling

Non-auto

Gary Brown prospect card
Hultzen refractor prospect /199
Montero refractor RC /199
Tommy Milone gold ref RC /50
Harper/Rendon Next In Line dual chrome insert
Montero/Zunino Next In Line dual chrome insert

Autos

Heaney Bowman Black au #25/25 (Marlins)
Chris Heston ref au /199 (Giants)
Mike Zunino au (Mariners)
Billy Hamilton au (Reds)
Addison Russell au (redemption) (A's)
Courtney Hawkins au (White Sox)
Ty Hensley au (Yankees)
Pete O'Brien au (Yankees)
DJ Davis au (Blue Jays)
Anthony Gose au (Blue Jays)
Paul Blackburn au (Cubs)
Brian Johnson au (Red Sox)
Bruce Maxwell au (A's)
Matthew Olson au (A's)
Pierce Johnson au (Cubs)
Jamie Jarmon au (Rangers)
Travis Jankowski au (Padres) x 2


Seems I got some good cards in the Sterling box. What do you think? Is this a better-than-average box?

 

[bmp1971]

scans...

 

[rcspur]

Id say that was pretty good.

 

[bmp1971]

Id say that was pretty good.

Thanks. Seems I got a lot of top name autos for one box. A parallel would have been nice, however, on one of the top five guys. Oh well.

Here's the Machado blue in digital pic form (surface has zero lines or scratches!):

 

[rcspur]

That looks like it would grade at lleast a 9.5.