Anyone remember?
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Been trying to recall. Back in the 90's Bowman baseball offered a price guarantee on the value of a complete hand collated set,were no factory sets for Bowman Baseball.Not sure if it was a set between years 94-97. Anyone else remember or partook in the offer? IIRC they stated in the offer if the set went below $125.00 in value(?),Beckett book value(?) you could redeem the set for cash with them. I think the offer was good for 1 year. You may have needed a redemption card as well. This was the only time a buyback was offered for a set as best as I can recall.
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I was going through some boxes of misc. cards recently when I encountered some foil wrappers and redemption "Certificate Request Card" forms for a turn-of-the-century (seems funny to describe the late 1990s that way) Bowman promotion.
To bolster the notion that its "Home of the Rookie Card" brand would retain its value in the future when collected as a complete set, from 1996-2000 Bowman offered a guaranteed value program. Packed in some (many? most? all?) foil packs were forms that could be filled out and mailed in before the end of the the year along with $5 to receive a certificate from Bowman that entitled the bearer to return it with a complete base set three years down the line for a guaranteed payment of $100 (1996) or $125 (1997-2000).
I don't know whether or not Bowman sets from those years held that kind of value, but those who chose to redeem their sets probably made the wise decision. Typical on-line sales (including delivery) of Bowman complete sets in recent weeks have averaged:
1996 $15-20
1997 25-30
1998 20-25
1999 45-50
2000 45-50
Just thought you'd enjoy a blast from the past.
<< <i>Packed in some (many? most? all?) foil packs were forms that could be filled out and mailed in before the end of the the year along with $5 to receive a certificate from Bowman that entitled the bearer to return it with a complete base set three years down the line for a guaranteed payment of $100 (1996) or $125 (1997-2000). >>
I'll have to double check the 96, 98, & 99, but for 2000 there was one in every pack (paper fold out) and 1997 (both series) every third pack (on cardstock alternating with checklists 1 & 2).