2004 Bowman Sterling

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Description

2004 Bowman Sterling was a new 138-card product released by Topps in December, 2004. Each five card pack contained two First Year Player cards, one Veteran Relic, one First Year Player Autograph, and one Autographed Relic.

Each six-pack Hobby box also included a one-card Box Topper pack containing either a low-numbered Uncirculated Refractor parallel or a Bowman Originals buyback autograph.

Distribution

Six packs plus one Box Topper pack per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $50). Four boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds
Base 138 - ?
First Year Players 50 - two-per-pack
Veteran Relics 50 - one-per-pack
Autographed First Year Players 14 - one-per-pack
Autographed Relics 24 - one-per-pack
First Year Players Refractors 50 199 1:4
Veteran Relics Refractors 50 199 1:5
Autographed First Year Players Refractors 14 199 1:8
Autographed Relics Refractors 24 199 1:9
First Year Players Black Refractors 50 16 1:28/boxes*
Veteran Relics Black Refractors 50 16 1:28/boxes*
Autographed First Year Players Black Refractors 14 25 1:64/boxes*
Autographed Relics Black Refractors 24 25 1:37/boxes*
First Year Players Red Refractors 50 one-of-one 1:449/boxes*
Veteran Relics Red Refractors 50 one-of-one 1:449/boxes*
Autographed First Year Players Red Refractors 14 one-of-one 1:1507/boxes*
Autographed Relics Red Refractors 24 one-of-one 1:917/boxes*
Bowman Originals Autographs 46 varies *

* Black and Red Rafractors and Bowman Originals Autographs are exclusive to the one-per-box Box Topper pack

Checklist

Base Set

First-Year Players

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Veteran Relics

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Autographed First-Year Players

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Autographed Relics

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Parallels

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All 138 base cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Refractors (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
  • Uncirculated Black Refractors (First Year Players and Veteran Relics: serial-numbered to 16 copies; Autographed First Year Players and Autographed Relics: serial-numbered to 25. Exclusive to Hobby Box Topper packs)
  • Uncirculated Red Refractors (one-of-one; exclusive to Hobby Box Topper packs)

Autographs & Game-Used

Original Autographs

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Original Autographs are slabbed buyback autographs from previously-released Bowman products and were exclusive to the one-per Hobby box Box Topper pack. Some, but not all, autographs are hand-numbered to the production figures listed below. The stated odds of finding a Bowman Originals Autograph are as follows.

  • Alex Rodriguez or Barry Bonds: 1:221 boxes
  • Eric Chavez, Jose Reyes, or Alfonso Soriano: 1:25 boxes

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