2007 Bowman Chrome

2007 Bowman Chrome Refractor

DATA: 2007 Bowman Chrome Refractor (BDPP98)

ACQUIRED: bayTRON

PING: 2007 Bowman keeps on truckin’. I’ve got six different variations of Joey’s card from this set. I think about done with them. Maybe I’ll track down the blue border and xfractor versions and call it quits.

Posted in 2007, Bowman, Chrome, Refractor on February 26th, 2009 by vottoTRON

2008 Topps U&H Autograph

Joey Votto 2008 Topps Update & Highlights Autograph

DATA: 2008 Topps Updates & Highlights Autograph (HA-JV)

ACQUIRED: bayTRON

PING: Epic. This is a fantastic card. Great design. Though it’s a sticker autograph, it’s well placed, and the card design works with it nicely. You can’t tell from the scan, but the silver at the top and bottom of the card compliment the sticker very well. It’s a nice change of pace from the 2008 Topps design, one that makes it just a little bit more special. It’s not serial numbered, so I wonder how many of these were produced.

Posted in 2008, Autograph, Topps, Updates and Highlights on February 5th, 2009 by vottoTRON

2002 Topps 206T Mini

Joey Votto 2002 Topps t206 Mini

DATA: 2002 Topps 206 (429)

ACQUIRED: bayTRON

PING: Sweet little mini cards. I have two versions of the card – a Sweet Caporal (red) back and a Polar Bear back. I’m not exactly sure how many different backs there are and if every player has a card with each of the different backs. Just a quick search yielded this list of backs: Tolstoi, Piedmont (black), Piedmont (red), Sweet Caporal (blue), Sweet Caporal (red) and Polar Bear.

I do love all the heritage stuff and the tobacco cards are especially sweet. Very glad to add these to the collection.

Posted in 2002, Mini, T206, Topps on February 4th, 2009 by vottoTRON