WHERE IS THE EVAN LONGORIA SUPERFRACTOR???

[jesrockz]

Just curious to see what people think. Do you think it's in a hobby box of 2006 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects? Or is someone hanging onto it for an unknown reason? Or maybe some kid got some packs for x-mas and has no idea what they have? Thoughts?

 

[Canocollector#1]

I have a really weird feeling its C

 

[bradical]

Still out there in a box.

 

[Jaypers]

It's currently in the hands of a now-15 year old young man in Abilene Texas, who pulled it from a pack at his local card shop three years ago.

The card is currently tacked to his bulletin board in his room where he can admire it from time to time, because "it looks cool".

That's as good an explanation as any other.

 

[Groat]

Oh, that thing? I pulled it out of a single pack purchase way back in 2006. I didn't like the look of it, so it went into a commons box that I donated to the local preschool.

 

[brouthercard]

It has been pulled, sold to a collector in a private transaction, and is sitting in that collector's collection who wants nobody but his closest friends to know about it. And we probably won't see it this generation, unless the guy is hard up for some cash. In other words, he's Wossaing Wossa.

 

[AKA Coastal]

I bet its just in a box sitting around a shop, storage, or in a case someone is sitting on.

 

[donrusscrusademan]

Just curious to see what people think. Do you think it's in a hobby box of 2006 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects? Or is someone hanging onto it for an unknown reason? Or maybe some kid got some packs for x-mas and has no idea what they have? Thoughts?

its one of the most speculated things in the whole hobby.

sure, it could have been pulled by a kid, but odds are kids who know very little about baseball wouldnt have bought a prospecting product to begin with, but instead a base topps/ud product with Pujols or Griffey on the cover.

I hear theres about 10-20 of the 06B still out there. so odds are it could very well still be in one of those packs. I tend to think it is.

It would be cool to do a "search effort" with everyone buying a box(/case) and busting it on a certain day. maybe we could knock that 10-20% to 5-10% remainder.

 

[muchuckwagon]

It has been pulled, sold to a collector in a private transaction, and is sitting in that collector's collection

Close...it is pulled and sitting in a collection. Not everyone who busted that product is a FCB or BMB member. It's existence is not necessarily a secret.

 

[cjb9421]

You think this could be in a retail case??

 

[phillyfan0417]

I heard they were going to make a "Lord of the Rings" type trilogy about what it would be like if it was found...

 

[bradical]

Close...it is pulled and sitting in a collection. Not everyone who busted that product is a FCB or BMB member. It's existence is not necessarily a secret.

I would like to hear more on this claim. It's been published in multiple magazines and across multiple sites/blogs. I am guessing if it was "not necessarily a secret" then more information would have been divulged.

 

[muchuckwagon]

I hear theres about 10-20 of the 06B still out there. so odds are it could very well still be in one of those packs. I tend to think it is.

How does someone calculate the 10-20% number? It doesn't seem possible...even more so when you consider the number of cases that go overseas.

Ever think it might be sitting in Twain in a collection?

 

[madbull34]

Could also be overseas. I know shops in Japan have pulled some nice cards.

 

[mudflap02]

I hear theres about 10-20 of the 06B still out there. so odds are it could very well still be in one of those packs. I tend to think it is.

How does someone calculate the 10-20% number? It doesn't seem possible...even more so when you consider the number of cases that go overseas.

Ever think it might be sitting in Twain in a collection?

I'm sitting in twain right now just thinking about the Longoria superfractor.

 

[donrusscrusademan]

I hear theres about 10-20 of the 06B still out there. so odds are it could very well still be in one of those packs. I tend to think it is.

How does someone calculate the 10-20% number? It doesn't seem possible...even more so when you consider the number of cases that go overseas.

Ever think it might be sitting in Twain in a collection?

thats just a rough estimate of the numbers people are throwing around. it seems about right but I have 0 clue.
good question, I would like to see someone with some math skills tackle it and make a sharper estimate than mine.

 

[brouthercard]

It's actually a not so well-known fact that the 2006 Bowman Chrome Draft Evan Longoria superfractor was an error card.

Topps accidentally replaced a photo of Longoria with a picture of an unknown minor league prospect from the Pirates organization, and it turns out, Topps actually got one of their employees to sign the card. Apparently, the prospect has even less hope of actually making it to the majors, though no one is really sure where he is at this time.

Now, presenting for the first time ever, the granddaddy superfractor of them all:


The 2006 Bowman chrome draft Evan Longoria superfractor auto 1/1 ERROR card!

should I ask topps for a replacement? really, i'll even take a non-error Longoria red auto /5 for it. Darn Topps!

 

[muchuckwagon]

I'm sitting in twain right now just thinking about the Longoria superfractor.

How is that possible? How can you be in two places at the same time since you were just running through my dreams, you sexy beast.

 

[jeff550]

what exact producet is it in, Bowan Draft w Chrome or something i dont know about

 

[brouthercard]

Close...it is pulled and sitting in a collection. Not everyone who busted that product is a FCB or BMB member. It's existence is not necessarily a secret.

I would like to hear more on this claim. It's been published in multiple magazines and across multiple sites/blogs. I am guessing if it was "not necessarily a secret" then more information would have been divulged.

I did find two different responses in two different blogs stating that the card has been pulled, and the guy is keeping it in his collection. Granted, one of the responses claims it was on ebay at one time, so I doubt the legitimacy of that one.