FS: Beltre Int'l Refractor RC

[darwinbulldog]

1997 Bowman Chrome International Refractor Adrian Beltre. This is the best rookie card of the probable 1st ballot Hall of Famer.

The card is in mint condition. Upper left corner is just as sharp as the other three; I don't know why it looks rounded/cut off in the front scan.

$225 Just sent off to PSA. Will have it either back here or on eBay sometime before he gets to 3000 hits.

[UnVme7]

Know how many they made of these?

[darwinbulldog]

I've heard 100, but this was from the days before they started numbering each copy of the tougher parallels, so that's just an estimate. It does seem to be about right, based on how frequently show up.

PSA has 76 in their population report (including 6 PSA 10s), so I'm estimating now Bowman probably made something like 300 of them.

[darwinbulldog]

I'm adding some photographs to give a better idea of the corners. This is straight-from-the-pack-to-the-top-loader mint condition. Blemish above the "e" in "Dodgers" is on the outside of the top loader.