Anyone know the aprox print run of 1997 Bowman's Best Baseball Atomic Refractor autographs?

digicat

According to Beckett, they were seeded at a rate of 1 per 6107 packs, which roughly translates into 1 in every 22 cases (if it's 12 boxes per case). However, I'm not sure how heavily they printed this product.

vladguerrero

Tough because there's no stated print run but I gave the math a shot...

1998 Bowman's Best has serial numbered refractors so...

200 atomic refractors x 100 of each = 20,000 total atomics
20,000 x 82 (seeded 1:82 packs) = 1,640,000 packs
1,640,000 packs divided by 6437 (atomic autos seeded 1:6437) = 254 total atomic autos
254 atomic autos divided by 10 players = 25 cards per player

1997
atomic refs seeded 1:24 instead of 1:82, for simplicity since a box is 20 packs I'm going to change the ratio to 1:4, making 1998 refs 4x more scarce
1998 atomics 20,000 x4 for the more plentiful 1997's = 80,000 atomics
80,000 atomics x 24 (seeded 1:24) = 1,920,000 packs
1,920,000 packs divided by 6107 (atomic autos 1:6107) = 314 atomic autos
314 atomic autos divded by 10 players = 30 cards per player

Looks about right?