2025 Bowman Sapphire Returns with its Trademark Blue Sparkle

2024 bowman chrome sapphire

Bowman Sapphire has forged a reputation as a unique, streamlined, product with a premium flare. They also have a reputation for providing fairly solid value, as well. We will soon get the chance to see if 2025 Bowman Sapphire is a fitting entry into the Sapphire line.

What will collectors find inside 2025 Bowman Sapphire? What are the hits? What is the release format? And these shiny cards worth a break?

2025 Bowman Sapphire release date & format

2025 Bowman Sapphire became available on Topps.com on June 4th at 12pm ET and quickly sold out at around $550. Prices on the secondary market are sure to be significantly higher.

Hobby boxes of 2025 Bowman Sapphire contain 8 packs per box. Each hobby pack contains 4 cards per pack.

Hobby boxes of 2025 Bowman Sapphire contain one Chrome Autograph card and three or more exclusive Sapphire parallels.

2025 Bowman Sapphire Hobby Box

2025 Bowman Sapphire base set, design, & checklist

The 2025 Bowman Sapphire product offers up a 150 card base set, with the trademark chromium Sapphire blue sparkle finish. The design matches that of 2024 Bowman, but with the Sapphire flair.

The checklist is a subset of the 2025 Bowman product, with a number of 1st Bowman cards.

Key players on the checklist include:

  • Jesus Made
  • JJ Wetherholt
  • Jac Caglianone
  • Charlie Condon
  • Kevin McGonigle

Many more exciting young players appear on the checklist as well.

2025 Bowman Sapphire parallels

Parallels, which fall at least three per hobby box, offer up another layer of chase for the base set.

Speaking of parallels, a rainbow of options exist, including:

  • Green Sapphire /99
  • Gold Sapphire /50
  • Orange Sapphire / 25
  • Black Sapphire /10
  • Red Sapphire /5
  • Padparadscha Sapphire 1/1
  • SuperFractor 1/1

2025 Bowman Sapphire inserts

The streamlined 2025 Bowman Sapphire offering only has a single insert offering, although a rainbow of parallels adds to the chase.

Sapphire Selections offers up 20 cards with a focus on some of the top young players in the game.

Parallel versions include:

  • Gold Sapphire Refractor /50
  • Orange Sapphire Refractors /25
  • Red Sapphire Refractors /5
  • Padparadscha Refractor 1/1

2025 Bowman Sapphire autographs

Autographs come one per hobby box and are sure to be among the most sought-after hits in the product.

Sapphire Autographs offer up autographs of 28 top prospects from across the minor leagues.

Parallels include:

  • Green Sapphire Refractor /99
  • Gold Sapphire Refractor /50
  • Orange Sapphire Refractors /25
  • Black Sapphire Refractors /10
  • Red Sapphire Refractors /5
  • Padparadscha Refractor 1/1

Sapphire Selections Autographs brings us autographed versions of seven cards from the Sapphire Selections insert set.

Parallels include:

  • Orange Sapphire Refractors /25
  • Red Sapphire Refractors /5
  • Padparadscha Refractor 1/1

2025 Bowman Sapphire value

2025 Bowman Sapphire brings the premium blue Sapphire sparkle in a streamlined product offering. But are these a good candidate to buy-and-hold unopened? Let’s see what a look at recent hobby box comp prices suggest about the potential for 2025?

YearRecent Hobby Box Comp Price
2025$550 (drop price)
2024$700-775
2023NA
2022$500-625

Based on recent comp prices, these appear to have some upside, perhaps significantly so, if you can get these at or near their drop prices. That can be a tall order will quick sell-outs, but if you can grab one, the upside is there, whether you hold it for days or a few years.

What about in terms of singles? What can a look at recent sales of 2024 Bowman Sapphire singles tell us about the potential high water mark for 2025?

A Red Refractor Auto of Walker Jenkins /5 in PSA 10 sold for $3,500. George Lombard Jr. Black Autograph cards /10 have sold for $2,425 in a PSA 10 and $2,100 in PSA 9. A Pablo Guerrero Superfractor Auto sold for $2,000, as did an Arjun Nimmala Orange Auto /25 in a PSA 10 slab.

Prices go down from there, with lots of cards between $1,000 and $2,000. It is clear that these do offer the chance at some significant value. All the usual caveats apply: the high priced cards are rare, these boxes don’t have a ton of cards, the box price certainly isn’t cheap, and prospect will break your heart. That being said, the chance at a big hit is absolutely present in these.

2025 Bowman Sapphire Cards

2025 Bowman Sapphire pros & cons

All hobby products have pros and cons that you should consider when deciding whether to purchase or not. What are some of the pros and cons of 2025 Bowman Sapphire?

Pros

  • This streamlined product has the making of a fast, fun break with an autograph in every box and some color, too. Even the base cards look really nice!
  • There are some strong names on the checklist, and the rarer parallels and autographs should hold solid value based on prices from prior years.
  • These are a good candidate to buy-and-hold or flip unopened if you can get them at or near the buy-in price.

Cons

  • The price tag on these is high, and seems to be getting higher every year. For a box with not that many cards, the chance of striking out on a break is high.

With any prospect-driven product, there’s what’s good now…and what will be good later. Only time will help sort that out, so it may take years to know the winners and losers in this product.

Final Thoughts on 2025 Bowman Sapphire

2025 Bowman Sapphire offers up a streamlined product offering with a cool Sapphire finish and some very cool hits. But the price tag should give you pause, unless you can get it at or near the drop price.

What’s your take on 2025 Bowman Sapphire? Looking to break a box? Buying into a break? Buying singles? Or are you passing on this product? Tell us about it at CardLines on X.

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Mike's collecting focus is centered on graded cards, mostly rookie cards, of Hall of Famers and future Hall of Famers. Lately, he's been enjoying dabbling in graded minor league cards. A collector/investor with a "buy and hold" approach, Mike takes the long-term view with his collection.

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