I almost never show the cards I receive to people around me. What's the point? They don't care and they have no appreciation. Why waste everyone's time? But every once in awhile there is a card that makes me forget myself and I show it to real live human beings. The idea behind the card is just too cool, and I think even a noncollector would understand. One of those kinds of cards are the Bowman Asia black refractors. The cards by themselves wouldn't interest someone who thinks collecting cards is silly. They're shiny with a black border and that's nothing particularly interesting to a commoner. But the idea behind the Bowman Asia cards just might bridge the gap if only for a minute. We tend to take for granted how small our collector world is. We can obtain cards from anywhere thanks to the internet and our collecting network. Bowman Asia cards are created in the U.S., but then shipped to Asia and opened only in Asia. Group breakers actually travel t...
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