I won an OS sketch on eBay from cardgary and just received it in the mail. An $7 item and he included the ABS7 bonus cards as a freebie. He seems to be shedding these things left and right. Did I miss something about the Bonus Boxes? Like you, I thought the bonus cards where the only chase items. On a side note, I want to thank everyone who has not been bidding on OS sketches allowing me to snag about 10 now for under $8 apiece. No exotics yet, but they also appear to be coming down in price.
You have to realize that when this series started people didn't know what was a tough pull. Now that we have all had time to digest the series we know what is tough and what are common. The thing is no one knows going into a series so you don't know how tough something is. You also don't know what will show up again and what won't. We all probably over spent on OLDS but who is to know any different? Same with ANS7. We saw a bunch of sketches initially along with a bunch of golds and they went for high dollars. I know because I spent $1000 on one sketch and I also bought the Wiiz gold for $300 because that, to me, is the funniest and best of the ANS7 series.
Now, that a couple weeks have lapsed I now see only a couple sketches and only a couple golds on ebay. That, to me, seems really low after a new release. The sketches and golds must be a lot tougher to obtain so I, personally, am happy with my purchases but if I all of a sudden see a glut of these cards I would be pissed. I now wonder if those collectors will be upset if those other cards don't show up, especially the golds. I don't know what would be a tough tittle off hand but there has to be a couple that they don't have and it could produce big bucks if you want to sell it. That is the million dollar question as to what they still need and do you have the guts to order cases of cards to try and pull that card? I, personally don't think its to anyones best judgement to buy cases of cards hoping to pull the next best sketch or gold.
I really don't know where I am going with this but congrats on your sketch purchases.