BGS Submission Result Number EIGHT - 2015 Bowman Chrome : Alex Verdugo Base Chrome Twitter Parallel (10/10) Now Graded Mint 9.0

2015 Bowman Chrome Alex Verdugo Twitter Refractor /10

Going back to back on these Twitter parallels Alex here gets the 2nd spot (edit: I took out the other one as I sold it for a premium that I couldn't pass up) as he is further out from the big leagues but he did quite well in Rancho Cucamonga so he might make it sooner than I and others think. Condition wise this cards looks to be in fine form and say there is more than a 50/50 chance that it earns a 9.5. Only the centering on the front gives me a little concern but everything else should prop it up.

Going forward starting with this Verdugo entry the remaining cards of this batch either either met or exceeded my expectations. So this being card 8 of 33 that means 26 from the batch were met with a smile. Woo hoo.

While I had hoped this very limited (10 of 10) parallel of up and comer Alex would earn a gold banner I gave myself a 50/50 shot that it would and it came ever so close to getting that 9.5. Corners and surface both received a 9 which dropped the overall to a 9. It is only .5 from gem mint and I have put this card in my "we shall see" pile of cards that I might resubmit to BGS in March in hopes of getting a bump to gold banner status.

Oh so close to a gem mint.

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

Card of the Day - 2015 Bowman : Alex Verdugo Base Chrome Blue Twitter Refractor Parallel (10/10)

With the same parallel of Jose De Leon in possession I have been on the lookout for the 3 remaining Dodgers left that were in this Bowman Twitter special. Jose was one of the two big names along with Julio Urias so I expected the other two to be easier. Verdugo here fit that bill to a "T".

With only 10 copies there would be only so many chances to pick this up but at the same time even though it is limited if the player(s) are not hobby hot it doesn't make a difference and they can be had for cheap. With that said I expected to pay a little more than I did for Verdugo here. While he isn't the biggest name he is no scrub on the aftermarket. Check on eBay for sales of his autographs from Bowman Chrome. Not cheap my friends. A couple of these had already been sold so I had a rough idea what I was willing to fork over to pick this up. I wasn't expecting $4.30 that's for sure but that is all I had to send over to acquire this nice blue beauty.

Once in hand the card looks to be in great condition. To grade or not to grade that is the question.

Ten

of

Ten

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

Card of the Day - 2015 Bowman : Scott Schebler Base Chrome Blue Refractor Parallel (90/150)

Once again wanting to check off some cards off my need list but not wanting to play the bidding war I looked at my 2015 Bowman needs and cross referenced it with eBay BIN auctions and came away with only one that fit those requirements.

Though I felt that $4 was a tad much for this card as it books for $6 and I always try to at least get 50% if not 60-70% off of book I just wanted a "win" on this particular day so I hit the BIN button and sent over my 400 pennies and a few days later I had a plain white envelope aka PWE arrive with this blue parallel tucked in between 2 pieces of cardboard. Since it was free shipping I won't bitch about it being in a PWE for an eBay transaction as that is a pet peeve of mine.

90

of

150

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

Card of the Day - 2015 Bowman : Jose De Leon Base Chrome Blue Twitter Refractor Parallel (8/10)

At 1st glance this looks like your basic run of the mill blue refractor parallel that Topps/Bowman puts out every year in their products but you would be wrong if you thought that.

This is the special Bowman blue Twitter parallel that on the front you can only tell the difference from the "normal" blue parallels by the slight lighter blue hue. For those that don't know Twitter ran contests on their account and gave away these cards to the lucky winners. They came in clear packs and each card is numbered to only 10. Much rarer than than most parallels which means harder to acquire. I was never lucky enough to win a pack but I knew they would pop up on eBay once people received them from Bowman. I totally forgot about these as there are 4 Dodgers (De Leon, Urias, Verdugo and Schebler) in the set and I had written them down for me to acquire but for some reason I never searched for them. That is until one day I was looking for a De Leon autograph and came across this copy.

At the time this was the 3rd of the 10 to hit the bay as the two previous ones sold and this was the only one that was live. I used the closing costs of the other two to figure what my ceiling would be and hoped I could score this beauty. Of the 4 Dodgers this one is actually the most important one for me to pick up as the other 3 already have had their rookie cards released but this is Jose's first year so I gave myself a little more leeway price wise. Thankfully I can say that after 7 days I was the winner for a little under my cap.

Once in hand I promptly put it in my next BGS submission stack as only the centering gives me a slight pause towards a gem mint grade but I still think it earns it.

8

of only

10

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin