If all the various Bowman Parallels were unnumbered and equally available...

[VandyDan]

How would you order them in terms of preference?

that is, forgetting their rarity or how they multiply value, what would your preferences be for BC parallels?

For me:

Super
Blue
Ref
Gold
Base
Red
Orange
Purple

This also stems from conversations I have with non-collectors, incidentally. I've been wondering how folks would prefer their parallels if value and scarcity had absolutely nothing to do with it.

Related question: which of the above would you pay a premium for? For me, only the top 3. the rest I could take or leave.

 

[corockies]

I totally agree with you on the blue refractors - ever since they made their debut (2005 I think?) I've always been a big fan. Purple refractors rank higher on my list too because my team is the Rockies and having the main team color as the border just makes the card a bit more special to me.

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

Its probably the same order with Topps Chrome. Although sometimes Topps changes the Super design in all its products - some years the Super is better than others.

 

[Brewer Andy]

I still think supers are rather ugly so if they were equally as available as any other, they honestly would probably be at the bottom.

For me:
Gold
Blue
Red
Reg Ref
Purple
Orange
Super

Pinks, cammos, sepias all come in around Reg Ref area

 

[cmnkb8]

The green refractors from 2005 Bowman Chrome would top my list . Followed by orange.

 

[mudflap02]

To me, the 2002 Xfractor design was awesome. The cards look stunning in person. These days, it's hard to even tell if a card is a refractor.

 

[vwnut13]

Superfractor
Red
Orange
Blue
Green
Purple
Gold
Refractor
Base


I like Orange, but hate gold. I seem to be opposite from most people.

 

[sigma_chi]

I used to think super fractures were boring until I pulled my first one last year and saw it in person...especially with that blue autograph to set it off! They are beautiful. I think Blue is my next favorite then red. Really hate that gold and orange are almost indistinguishable some years.

 

[vwnut13]

I used to think super fractures were boring until I pulled my first one last year and saw it in person...especially with that blue autograph to set it off! They are beautiful. I think Blue is my next favorite then red. Really hate that gold and orange are almost indistinguishable some years.

I like that oranges are consistently orange. Golds? Sometimes orangish, sometimes brownish (or flat out brown as in 2008 BDPP)

 

[hive17]

Blue is my favorite. It has everything to do with my team being Milwaukee, but I also think teams with black unis (White Sox I guess, Pirates somewhat) pop.

 

[jbmm161]

I like blue and orange.

 

[ballerskrip]

For me, it is blue and red, as I LOVE how they mesh with the teams colors.....

Oh chrome, how i love theeee

 

[gt2590]

I'm on the Blue bandwagon too and sometimes just grab cheap ones for that reason.

Then I'd go:

Regular
Red
Gold

 

[Dilferules]

I own a 2006 super (in the sig) and unless they've significantly changed the design it isn't even really a "refractor". It's an etched foil finish, not a refractive foil. Personally I don't think their looks stand up to the truly refractive cards without that 1/1 "best" mystique. Anyways I've put them in this order:

Red
Blue
Purple
Green (regular green, not x-fractor green)
Gold
Regular (silver)
Orange
Super
X (seriously I think they are ugly)

I really like the Atomic Refractors they've put in Topps Chrome the last couple of years, I would probably rank those #1 if they were in Bowman Chrome.