Bonkers Cards Weekly - Happy 4th of July!
Celebrating America's birthday with its pastime. Bonkers Cards updates and more!
Hello everyone and welcome to another awesome edition of Bonkers Cards Weekly!
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The 1951 Bowman Set Break is NOW OPEN! (45/325 spots claimed)
In case you haven’t seen - this week I opened our biggest break of the year so far - a 1951 Bowman Complete set, with a $50,000 1951 Mickey Mantle PSA 6 rookie card as the grand prize!
About the 1951 Bowman Baseball Set:
The 1951 Bowman Baseball set is one of the more important sets ever created.
It features the true rookie cards of Mickey Mantle & Willie Mays.
The set also features 30 Hall of Famers including names like:
Warren Spahn
Duke Snider
Larry Doby
Ted Williams
Phil Rizzuto
Bob Feller
Yogi Berra
Pee Wee Reese
Early Wynn
Johnny Mize
… and more!
This specific set break will have 52 SLABS in total.
The rest of the cards in the set are in VG-EX condition.
There will be a total of 325 Total Spots in this set break - the 324 original cards from the set PLUS the BONUS 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle PSA 6 Rookie Card!
💸 Spot Pricing
Standard Pricing:
1 Spot = $300
2 Spots = $575
5 Spots = $1,425
10 Spots = $2,750
Bonkers Cards Club Members:
1 Spot = $270
2 Spots = $520
5 Spots = $1,325
10 Spots = $2,500
Here are the Below Methods for Payment:
• Venmo: @Gordy-Bonker
• PayPal: Gbonks123@gmail.com
• Cash App: $GordonBonker
• Zelle: Gbonks123@gmail.com
Please Caption Your Payment “1951 Bowman Spots”
You can also buy the spots on my website below, but the site will NOT give you the discount. In order to get the discount, you must send payment via Venmo, Paypal, CashApp or Zelle. (I prefer that if you are interested!)
➡️ Want to save on every break and get insider content? Join the Bonkers Cards Club Here
🎥 When’s the Break? How does it work?
Once all 325 spots are sold, I will send out the official date of the break that will happen LIVE on YouTube and TikTok!
Once all spots are sold, I enter every person’s name into a randomizer, which will assign every name to a number between 1-325.
Whatever number you land on, you get the correlated card from the set.
So let’s say for example you land on spot #165 - you would receive card #165 from the set. (Ted Williams)
Whoever lands on card #253 will receive the Mickey Mantle PSA 2MC rookie, and whoever lands on the last spot, spot #325, will win the grand prize… a 1951 Mickey Mantle PSA 6 ROOKIE!
The results of the break will then be immediately posted to our Facebook Group, and the video will be saved and posted to YouTube for playback.
Please be sure to buy your spots, and reach out to me with any questions at bonkerscards@gmail.com or via DM on any of my social media platforms.
My favorite Red, White and Blue Cards - Happy Fourth! 🇺🇸
The fourth of July has always been one of my favorite days of the year. I’m extremely thankful and proud to be an American, and I love getting to head down to the Jersey Shore every year to celebrate with my closest friends.
I thought it would be fun to share my favorite Red, White and Blue cards from my personal collection, and encourage you all to post and share your favorite Red White and Blue cards in yours!
You guys can post your favorites in the Facebook Group HERE - (If you haven’t yet joined the group, click request to join and I’ll get you in!)
1954 Topps is my favorite set of all time - and my Red White and Blue picks from my PC are some of my favorite cards from the set!
The Bill Skowron rookie card is a classic image from this set. I remember as a kid I had the reprint of this card, and even loved that card in my PC then. Skowron was a great athlete, and the first basemen for the dominant yankees teams of the 50’s. His nickname was “Moose”.
I have been considering taking my BVG 7.5 Ernie Banks rookie and crossing it to SGC and using that as the upgrade in my ‘54 Topps set. The reason I haven’t done that though is because I have always loved my SGC 4 copy I have above. I picked it up at the National last year, and have really enjoyed having it in my PC. Mr. Cub’s rookie is one of the “Big 3” of this iconic set.
The last card from my “Flag PC” is the ‘54 Ford in an SGC 8. Whitey’s nickname was “The Chairman of the Board.” He is to this day probably the greatest Yankees Starting pitcher of all time, and I’ve always loved collecting his cards. I picked up this copy at the Strongsville Ohio Show, and unless a rare SGC 9 copy pops up, this will likely be in my PC forever.
What’s your favorite Red, White, and Blue cards in your PC!?
In case you missed it: My Fanatics Fest VLOG!
I absolutely loved how this video came out - Fanatics Fest had a ton of cool moments and cards to see - plus I made my biggest deal ever on camera!
Please be sure to go watch the video, and feel free to leave a comment or share with your friends!
“got mantle” Bonkers Cards Tees OUT NOW!
My Bonkers Cards “got mantle?” tee shirts are in my online store, and made print on demand!
Shop the latest Tee Shirts here: Bonkers Cards Tee Shirts!
Check out the ZION case.
I’ll be using a Zion case for when I’m on the road and at shows the next few weekends, and I highly recommend if you haven’t got one for your own PC yet to scoop one up on the website.
Plus- I can hook you up with a 10% off discount with my code!
My Discount Code is:
GORDONBONKER
My referral link if you want to share the discount with any card buddies is also here:
What’s nice on these Zion cases as well - you can customize the color!
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Regardless of which you choose - all are great options
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I have been using these for years and can vouch they are durable and a good idea for any card collector to have.
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Happy July 4th. Enjoy!