
Glenn Braggs
1990 • Donruss
#264

The 1996 Bowman Jim Cole #195 card captures a Milwaukee Brewers prospect from one of baseball's most celebrated prospect-focused sets of the 1990s.
1996 • Bowman
MLB • Milwaukee Brewers
Near Mint
195
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Jim Cole's 1996 Bowman card occupies the lower tier of the mid-90s Bowman prospector-era issues, reflecting his limited MLB career impact with the Milwaukee Brewers. With only a single active listing, price discovery is essentially absent, meaning the card trades on collector nostalgia rather than competitive demand. His career significance is modest, placing this card firmly in the budget bin relative to higher-profile 1996 Bowman prospects who reached stardom.
The 1996 Bowman base set carried a relatively standard print run for the era, meaning this is not a short print or parallel, and no serial numbering applies. Graded population reports for Cole's 1996 Bowman are expectedly thin, as third-party grading submissions are rarely pursued for non-star prospects from this set. The overwhelming majority of copies in circulation remain raw, with graded examples being incidental rather than strategically submitted.
Cole's limited professional trajectory and absence from the hobby conversation make this card a low-momentum hold with minimal upside in the current market. There is no discernible collector base driving grading submissions or secondary market activity, and the single active listing signals illiquidity rather than scarcity-driven demand. Unless a compelling retrospective narrative emerges around late-90s Brewers roster nostalgia, this card is unlikely to see meaningful appreciation over any reasonable investment horizon.

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