[pyweed]

As many of you know, I am a chromie who regularly posts Bowman Chrome and Draft breaks on this board. You can see some other breaks here (along with the grades I assigned the breaks):

2008 Bowman Chrome, grade = C: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-474068.html

2008 Bowman Draft, grade = B-: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-542695.html

2008 Bowman Sterling, grade = C: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-673150.html

2009 Bowman Chrome, grade = C: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-804289.html

2009 Bowman Draft, grade = B: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-917488.html

2009 Bowman Sterling, grade = B-: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-942582.html

2010 Bowman Chrome, grade = D+: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1329872.html

2010 Bowman Platinum, grade = B: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1396290.html

2010 Bowman Sterling, grade = A: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1404523.html

2010 Bowman Draft, grade = C: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1428109.html

2011 Bowman Chrome, grade = C: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1462508.html

2011 Bowman Platinum, grade = D+: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1450190.html

2011 Bowman Sterling, grade = D: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1497295.html

2011 Bowman Draft, grade = C: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1473126.html

2012 Bowman Chrome, grade = B-: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1516414.html

2012 Bowman Platinum, grade = A+: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1508107.html

2012 Bowman Draft, grade = B: http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1519686.html

2013 Bowman Inception, grade = C:
http://www.beckett.com/forums/thread-1539597.html

Fun reading for a rainy day, maybe. Anyway, you’ll see that some of the breaks are disappointing and some are really exciting. Partly the grade is a function of the product being better or worse than expected (see for example the last two Bowman Platinum breaks), and partly the grade reflects how lucky or unlucky I am with the big hits. Tomorrow I am scheduled to receive a single 12-box case of 2013 Bowman Platinum, and hope to start busting that afternoon.

I will be listing out all numbered cards, relics, and autos, and will attempt to grade the break on a box by box basis. I invite you to stop by this thread, help me with the grading, and contribute to the discussion. I sleeve, clean, and sort as I go, but it's just one case, so I expect to start and finish on Wednesday. Please don't expect me to respond to trade requests. I'm really not a trader, and I have all I can deal with just trying to bust these boxes in my spare moments. The cards I decide not to keep will eventually end up either at a popular auction house, or at a popular consignment website.

To heighten interest in the break, I have organized the following contest. All contest information (including results) will be in this thread, and entries need to be posted here as well. This keeps the Message Board tidy.

[CONTEST CLOSED]

CONTEST DESCRIPTION: I will be giving away $50 in cards from my portfolio (instructions for selecting them will be provided via PM) to the contest winner. To participate, you need to guess the Box # and Pack # associated with the lowest print-run serial numbered card appearing during the break (i.e., the “rarest” numbered card). If there is a tie for lowest numbered card (e.g., two cards numbered /5), the winner will be the one I pull LAST. I consider a printing plate to have a print run of 4 despite the serial number. There are 12 boxes and 20 packs, so there are 240 packs from which to select. Whoever picks closest to the exact pack containing the lowest numbered card is the winner. If the winner happened to guess the EXACT PACK, the prize will be doubled. To break ties, you must also guess the number of pitches that Justin Verlander will throw in Wednesday's Tigers-Nats game. Closest wins, with any further tiebreak going to the first poster. All entries must be posted by Wednesday at 1PM Eastern. I settle all disputes.

A valid entry, therefore, will look something like this:

"Box #6, Pack #10, 100 pitches"

[CONTEST CLOSED]

Make sense? Okay, good luck!

Nathan

[ty4orce]

Box #6 pack #6....66 pitches...
Thanks for the contest hope you pull something real sweet!

[joebalazek]

I had great luck last time. Box 4 pack 5 92 pitches.

[SGC300ier]

Box #5 Pack #5 and 112 pitches.

Thanks

[stl5]

Box#8 Pack #15 105 pitches.

Thanks for the contest!

[chasescardcave]

Box 3 Pack 12, 98 pitches
Thanks as always!

[BGS_Graded_Card_Guy]

Box 5, Pack 11, 102 pitches

[cross4444]

Box #4, Pack #4, 100 pitches

[cjones2]

Box 11, Pack 18, 93 pitches

[spmgeaux]

Box 9, Pack 7, thanks for the contest and good luck!

tiebreak: 96 pitches