2006 Bowman Sterling

Description

2006 Bowman Sterling is a 117-card set, supplemented by a 110-card Prospects insert, released by Topps in January 2nd, 2007. Each five-card Hobby-exclusive pack will contain one of the following: a Rookie base card, a Prospect insert, a Veteran Relic base card, an Autographed Rookie or Prospect card, and either a second Autographed Prospect or an Autographed Rookie Jersey card.

Each six-pack Hobby box will also come with a box loader pack containing either a low-numbered Refractor parallel, or a buyback autograph from the 2006 Bowman Originals set.

Distribution

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

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	117	-	?
Rookies	50	-	one-per-pack
Veteran Relics	45	-	1:4
Autographed Rookies	9	-	1:4
Autographed Rookie Relics	11	-	1:4
Rookies Refractors	50	199	1:6
Veteran Relics Refractors	45	199	1:7
Autographed Rookies Refractors	9	199	1:5
Autographed Rookie Relics Refractors	11	199	1:20
Rookies Black Refractors	50	25	1:8/boxes*
Veteran Relics Black Refractors	45	25	1:8/boxes*
Autographed Rookies Black Refractors	9	25	?
Autographed Rookie Relics Black Refractors	11	25	1:26/boxes*
Rookies Gold Refractors	50	10	1:18/boxes*
Rookies Red Refractors	50	one-of-one	1:182/boxes*
Veteran Relics Red Refractors	45	one-of-one	1:199/boxes*
Autographed Rookies Red Refractors	9	one-of-one	?
Autographed Rookie Relics Red Refractors	11	one-of-one	1:610/boxes*
Encased Printing Plates Rookies	49	four for each	PP*
Encased Printing Plates Autographed Rookies	9	four for each	PP*
Prospects	51	-	one-per-pack
Autographed Prospects	59	-	one-per-pack
Prospects Refractor	51	199	1:6
Autographed Prospects Refractor	59	199	1:5
Prospects Black Refractor	51	25	1:8/boxes*
Autographed Prospects Black Refractor	59	25	1:6/boxes*
Prospects Gold Refractor	51	10	1:18/boxes*
Prospects Red Refractor	51	one-of-one	1:182/boxes*
Autographed Prospects Red Refractor	59	one-of-one	1:133/boxes*
Encased Printing Plates Prospects	51	four for each	PP*
Encased Printing Plates Autographed Prospects	59	four for each	PP*
Original Autographs	45	varies	1:8/boxes*

* Black, Gold, Red Refractors, Encased Printing Plates, and Original Autographs are exclusive to the one-per-box Box Topper pack.
PP: The aggregate odds of finding any Encase Printing Plate: 1:23/boxes.

Checklist

Base Set

NOTE: All redemptions expired December 31st, 2008.

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Parallels

All 117 base cards are available as a Refractor parallel, which is serial-numbered to 199 copies.

Encased Refractors

Inserted into each sealed Hobby box as a box topper is one encased card. Each box topper pack will contain either a Buyback Autograph (see below) or one of the following Refractor parallels.

• Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red Refractor (one-of-one)
• Encased Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

Encased Gold Refractor

All 50 base Rookie cards (i.e. all non-autographed, and non Relics) are available in a Hobby box topper-exclusive Encased Gold Refractor parallel, which is serial-numbered to ten copies.

Inserts

Prospects

Every pack contains one un-autographed Prospect and an Autographed Prospect. Half the packs yielded an Autographed Prospect from Group A, the other half from Group B. It is believed that the Group B Autographed Prospects were intended to have a jersey swatch, but Topps nixed that at the last minute.

NOTE: All redemptions expired December 31st, 2008.

All 110 Prospect inserts are available in a Refractor parallel, which is serial-numbered to 199 copies.

Encased Refractors

Inserted into each sealed Hobby box as a box topper is one encased card. Each box topper pack will contain either a Buyback Autograph (see below) or one of the following Refractor parallels.

• Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Red Refractor (one-of-one)
• Encased Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

Encased Gold Refractor

All 50 base Prospects (i.e. all non-autographed, and non Relics) are available in a Hobby box topper-exclusive Gold Refractor parallel, which is serial-numbered to ten copies.

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Autographs

Original Autographs

Randomly inserted into Hobby box topper packs at the rate of one per case is a Bowman Original Autograph from one of nine selected players. Each card is an autographed buyback that is hand-numbered to the production figures listed below and encased. The odds of finding a specific Original Autograph are as follows.

• Manny Ramirez: 1:356/boxes
• Barry Bonds or Marcus Giles: 1:90/boxes
• Chipper Jones or Johnny Damon: 1:45/boxes
• Justin Morneau, Joe Nathan, Jonathan Papelbon, or Justin Verlander: 1:8/boxes

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