From the (lack of) brains that brought you 'The Wax Fantastic' – The Baseball Card Blog from the 'Other' side of the Atlantic
Configuration: 1 pack per box, 10 cards per pack (Hobby Only) Release: 22nd August 2018 Click here to view a PDF of the sell sheet. The Bowman brand is BIG business for Topps! Prospect cards are amongst some of the most prized and highly sought after cards in the Hobby, with collectors scrambling over themselves to … Continue reading Preview: 2018 Bowman High Tek
Configuration: 1 pack per box, 6 cards per pack (Hobby Only) Release: 1st August 2018 Click here to view a PDF of the sell sheet. Panini has nowhere near the number of Baseball releases that Topps has each year, but they've been consistent in their approach to cross-sport releases, with each individual product getting it's own … Continue reading Preview: 2018 Panini Immaculate
Buck List From kick the bucket (“to die”) + list, hence a "list of things to do before you die". The term was coined by American and British screenwriter Justin Zackham in his screenplay for the 2007 film The Bucket List. Zackham had created his own list called “Justin’s List of Things to Do Before I Kick the Bucket” which he then shortened … Continue reading The Bucket List (Pt.1)
Welcome to Throwback Thursday! Every now and again I'll be digging through the archives and revisiting some of my favourite posts from back in the days of my original card blog, The Wax Fantastic. These pieces may be ones that I particularly enjoyed writing; they may be ones that were particularly well received in the … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: “Hey, do you remember that time Upper Deck cut up that Babe Ruth bat?”
Last week I posted about the sale of the 2009 Bowman Chrome Mike Trout Superfractor Autograph, which had sold for a cool $400,000. Here's the link in case you missed it - The Most Toys Since I wrote that piece I've laboured under the romantic illusion that this card is now heading into the loving … Continue reading The Most Toys – Revisited
Configuration: 2 Mini Boxes, 6 packs per box, 5 cards per pack (Hobby) Release: 5th September 2018 Click here to view a PDF of the sell sheet. The flagship Bowman product returns in early September in all its Chrome glory, but is it just me or does it feel that Bowman Chrome is falling prey to … Continue reading Preview: 2018 Bowman Chrome
Configuration: 20 packs per box, 4 cards per pack (Hobby) Release: 18th July 2018 Click here to view a PDF of the sell sheet. Being out in the Hobby wilderness for a few years has meant that I've missed some of the newer products that have been released, particularly the never ending high-end stuff that crops … Continue reading Preview: 2018 Donruss Optic
From the (lack of) brains that brought you 'The Wax Fantastic' - The Baseball Card Blog from the 'Other' side of the Atlantic
Just some guys that love cards and sharing thoughts.
From the (lack of) brains that brought you 'The Wax Fantastic' - The Baseball Card Blog from the 'Other' side of the Atlantic
From the (lack of) brains that brought you 'The Wax Fantastic' - The Baseball Card Blog from the 'Other' side of the Atlantic
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From the (lack of) brains that brought you 'The Wax Fantastic' - The Baseball Card Blog from the 'Other' side of the Atlantic
From the (lack of) brains that brought you 'The Wax Fantastic' - The Baseball Card Blog from the 'Other' side of the Atlantic
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