Conference school::sports_memorabilia

    I am out of baseball now, but I was passing through Augusta last friday
    and one of the local dealers there said he wouldn't touch the stuff
    this year.  He's got crates of last years in the back room.
    
    Dick

    I pre-ordered 2 boxes at $42/box. Somehow I have this feeling that
    dealers have ordered significantly more Bowman then last hence there
    will be an abundance of it. The prices haven't gone up in SCD. Boxes
    can still be had for under $45. So I doubt that it will be as limited
    as last year but............
    
    
    
    Then again maybe there is alot more of last years Bowman available
    then we the poor customers, are led to believe  8*)
    
    Regarding -1 if your local dealer has crates of 1992 Bowman he's
    sitting on a gold mine. Packs around here are $12 and rising. Bowman
    1992 Hockey packs are $19.95. If he meant P..ast years (not last), he's
    got a problem......  Be glad to take 1992 Bowman off his hands for
    what he paid ;*)
    
    Steve

    Jeff's right. That always happens when a product is "scarce" one year.
    People will buy it the next year  with  the perception it'll be scarce
    again and the companies know this so they'll print more.
    
    The first three  years  of  Bowman  are  easy  to  find cheap. This is
    probably what that dealer has in the back.
    
    John

    
    I saw packs this sunday for $3 each!  Others have seen them for
    $2-$2.50.  They were $3 at a bedford, nh show because only 2 dealers had
    them I guess.  It seems they are plentiful on the west coast but just
    starting to show up here in new england.  The foils have a
    multi-colored boarder this year, kind of snazzier then last year's
    gold boardered foils.  The cards themselves feel a little like
    collector's choice football, on the thin side and almost plastic
    like, white boarders again.  Backs of older players have a team by 
    team breakdown of how the player hit against each team.  I like them
    on first impression better than last year.
    
    BTW, every dealer is speaking the same party line that Topps fed them:
    "Production is the same as 92 Bowman".  That maybe true, but if so it
    proves my opinion that 92 Bowman baseball is rather plentiful, I see
    it around quite a bit, jumbo packs are constantly popping up for sale
    at ridiculous prices on Internet.  If there is so little of this stuff
    were are all these people getting packs?
    
    I do believe there is very little (by comparison) Bowman football and
    even less Bowman hockey, you just don't see them around or being
    offered for sale much, but the Baseball, I don't believe it's all
    that scarce.  BG should be a good barometer, see how much 92 & 93
    Bowman baseball you see vs. 92 football or hockey.
    
    jeff
    

    Yep, Bowman 93 is everywhere I've been. Many of the stores didn't
    get 92 Bowman so how is it they got 93 Bowman so cheap? Center Sports
    in Billerica had them at $48/box Saturday ($2/pack too). Maybe there
    is alot of 92 Bowman as Jeff said.
    
    Steve

    I opened two boxes last night (pre-order at 32$ a box). Nowhere near
    a set since they only give you  24  packs a box now.  I think it's a
    nicer set than last year. Does anyone know  how  many foil cards are
    in the set ? I got about 36 different out of the 48.
    
    John

    
    John,
    Not sure on the total number of foils, I'll ask around.  Send me a
    wantlist though, cause I bought about 10 packs and have no intention
    of trying to put a set together, so you're welcome to whatever you
    need.
    
    jeff
    

    Interesting that some of the "clubs" are selling Bowman. I thought it
    was supposed to be a hobby exclusive.
    
    John

    
    Sam's (Wal-Mart) got jumbos but did any "clubs" get regular wax?
    That was supposed to be hobby only.