The 1/1 card is the money card. If you land a Griffey Jr 1/1 auto in his HOF year, it could be worth a few bucks. Otherwise you'd be hard pressed to make your money back. I could see some rich Cubs buying them just for the party invite.
I wish there was an ultra-premium Star Wars or WWE set like this just to see what it's like. They've only dipped their toes into the "high end" of trading cards with things like WWE Undisputed and Star Wars Masterwork. I love just looking at these manufactured collectible sets that have entirely gone off the deep end. It's literally cardboard.
Also how the hell are there redemption cards in a set with a $22,000 box, lol.
The 1/1 card is the money card. If you land a Griffey Jr 1/1 auto in his HOF year, it could be worth a few bucks. Otherwise you'd be hard pressed to make your money back. I could see some rich Cubs buying them just for the party invite.
There are too many 1/1s in general. I own about 30 myself.
They aren't as special as they once were. I can see these cards carrying a small premium for a while though.
Band new set of 50 cards with an issue price of 22k and people think videogame collecting is a bubble.
Card collecting is expensive, but it's not a bubble. At least, not in the same way.
The Big 3 need to be able to sell fewer cards at a higher cost in order to stay a float. The way to do this is to produce ultra-expensive sets and market them to the high-end collector. Selling 1 box of this stuff at $22,000 is easier than selling 11,000 packs of cards at $2 a piece in today's card market.
EDIT: They started doing this a long time ago, either in anticipation of lack of interest in the hobby, or just out of sheer greed. I'm not sure, but either way I'm not surprised that this is where they ended up.
Band new set of 50 cards with an issue price of 22k and people think videogame collecting is a bubble.
Card collecting is expensive, but it's not a bubble. At least, not in the same way.
The Big 3 need to be able to sell fewer cards at a higher cost in order to stay a float. The way to do this is to produce ultra-expensive sets and market them to the high-end collector. Selling 1 box of this stuff at $22,000 is easier than selling 11,000 packs of cards at $2 a piece in today's card market.
People think Videogame collecting is a bubble because the current prices are unsustainable. Clearly we have a long way to go before we reach unsustainability.
Topps 1952 Mickey Mantle PSA 8.5 just broke 1 million.
Band new set of 50 cards with an issue price of 22k and people think videogame collecting is a bubble.
Card collecting is expensive, but it's not a bubble. At least, not in the same way.
The Big 3 need to be able to sell fewer cards at a higher cost in order to stay a float. The way to do this is to produce ultra-expensive sets and market them to the high-end collector. Selling 1 box of this stuff at $22,000 is easier than selling 11,000 packs of cards at $2 a piece in today's card market.
People think Videogame collecting is a bubble because the current prices are unsustainable. Clearly we have a long way to go before we reach unsustainability.
Topps 1952 Mickey Mantle PSA 8.5 just broke 1 million.
That's not surprising, the '52 has been rising for a while. I abandonded my hopes of getting one long ago. It should be mentioned though that the vintage market is completely different from the modern market. In fact, I bet the vintage market will continue long after the modern market has collapsed.
Anyway, I've said it before and I'll say it again: Video game collecting is one of the cheapest hobbies in existence, maybe aside from finding rocks in the backyard. $10,000 for SE doesn't even come close to the price of basketball cards from the mid-'00s.
I don't know what the high end is like, but Lego makes NES look cheap too. Finding $500+ sets (without box) is very easy.
Yep. I keep telling my sister she could pay off her house with her Lego collection (50-60 tote bins of complete sets from the late 80s-early 00s in box).
Do sports cards go for that much anymore? I've been out of the scene for almost 20 years and back then the most expensive packs were $7 or so. For basketball anyway.
Do sports cards go for that much anymore? I've been out of the scene for almost 20 years and back then the most expensive packs were $7 or so. For basketball anyway.
I have probably 10,000 cards from 1990-1995 that are utterly worthless
Do sports cards go for that much anymore? I've been out of the scene for almost 20 years and back then the most expensive packs were $7 or so. For basketball anyway.
I have probably 10,000 cards from 1990-1995 that are utterly worthless
Does the current stuff go for much? I realize they'll always be something that goes for a high end but during my collecting days it was booming with Jordan and the Bulls along with the fresh crop of talent like Bryant and Iverson. Someone told me the scene kind of crashed a few years later.
Do sports cards go for that much anymore? I've been out of the scene for almost 20 years and back then the most expensive packs were $7 or so. For basketball anyway.
I have probably 10,000 cards from 1990-1995 that are utterly worthless
Does the current stuff go for much? I realize they'll always be something that goes for a high end but during my collecting days it was booming with Jordan and the Bulls along with the fresh crop of talent like Bryant and Iverson. Someone told me the scene kind of crashed a few years later.
No idea. Maybe some items that are truly unique. Old stuff that predates the 1990s and is legitimately rare probably didn't lose much value, if any.
Do sports cards go for that much anymore? I've been out of the scene for almost 20 years and back then the most expensive packs were $7 or so. For basketball anyway.
I have probably 10,000 cards from 1990-1995 that are utterly worthless
Does the current stuff go for much? I realize they'll always be something that goes for a high end but during my collecting days it was booming with Jordan and the Bulls along with the fresh crop of talent like Bryant and Iverson. Someone told me the scene kind of crashed a few years later.
No idea. Maybe some items that are truly unique. Old stuff that predates the 1990s and is legitimately rare probably didn't lose much value, if any.
Agreed, that's really the only stuff that interests me in sports cards. Mainly talking rookies of hall of famers or "legends".
Do sports cards go for that much anymore? I've been out of the scene for almost 20 years and back then the most expensive packs were $7 or so. For basketball anyway.
It depends. An Exquisite Lebron or Steph RC is worth more than my car, and that's not a fair comparison to my car. I remember the Strasburg hype a few years ago, and his Super (unsigned) fetched $25,000.
Do sports cards go for that much anymore? I've been out of the scene for almost 20 years and back then the most expensive packs were $7 or so. For basketball anyway.
It depends. An Exquisite Lebron or Steph RC is worth more than my car, and that's not a fair comparison to my car. I remember the Strasburg hype a few years ago, and his Super (unsigned) fetched $25,000.
Looks like they learned from the 1990s. For something to truly have value it must be scarce
2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball is one of the most important sports card sets of all-time. When it first came out, the general public gasped over the then unheard of $500 per pack price tag. Most collectors only wish they could go back in time and snatch up cases at such a bargain when compared to today's selling prices. Bolstered by one of the greatest rookie classes ever, the set took the hobby to new heights. 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball redefined the high-end market. It truly was game changing.
The base set has 78 cards, all numbered to 225 or less. This includes 36 rookie cards that come with both an on-card autograph and a patch swatch. Most of these rookie come serial numbered to 225. However, many of the top rookies in 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball are numbered to just 99 copies. This includes LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Bosh. Even ungraded, these key rookie cards sell for thousands of dollars on the rare occasions they hit the open market. Autographed rookie patch cards fall one per pack.
Do sports cards go for that much anymore? I've been out of the scene for almost 20 years and back then the most expensive packs were $7 or so. For basketball anyway.
It depends. An Exquisite Lebron or Steph RC is worth more than my car, and that's not a fair comparison to my car. I remember the Strasburg hype a few years ago, and his Super (unsigned) fetched $25,000.
Looks like they learned from the 1990s. For something to truly have value it must be scarce
2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball is one of the most important sports card sets of all-time. When it first came out, the general public gasped over the then unheard of $500 per pack price tag. Most collectors only wish they could go back in time and snatch up cases at such a bargain when compared to today's selling prices. Bolstered by one of the greatest rookie classes ever, the set took the hobby to new heights. 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball redefined the high-end market. It truly was game changing.
The base set has 78 cards, all numbered to 225 or less. This includes 36 rookie cards that come with both an on-card autograph and a patch swatch. Most of these rookie come serial numbered to 225. However, many of the top rookies in 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball are numbered to just 99 copies. This includes LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Bosh. Even ungraded, these key rookie cards sell for thousands of dollars on the rare occasions they hit the open market. Autographed rookie patch cards fall one per pack.
I don't know what the high end is like, but Lego makes NES look cheap too. Finding $500+ sets (without box) is very easy.
Yep. I keep telling my sister she could pay off her house with her Lego collection (50-60 tote bins of complete sets from the late 80s-early 00s in box).
I could see the high valuations without the box... but certainly that must include needing the instruction manual, right?
Because there aren't that many "unique-to-the-set" bricks in the late-80's sets, that would make any one set difficult to build from amassed bricks of the same series.
(that said, there are plenty of unique SERIES from that time -- i.e. Blacktron/Space Police, Magnetron or whatever those guys were called, etc)
This is exactly why I got out of breaking boxes. I only ended up on top on one box in the last 5 years I collected. And 90% of the boxes were horrible losers like 20% or less value return. It took the fun right out of it. These luxury-end boxes have even more-so tank potential. The odds in NES terms are as follows: I paid $150 for a NA mystery box: 5 carts per box and there were 10 little sampsons, 15 zombie nations, and 25 ducktales 2 carts spread over 1000 boxes. The majority would receive the equivalent of track & field, bubble bobble, ice hockey, rad racer, and blaster master; 10 percent would receive perhaps a dragon warrior IV or metal storm in place of bubble bobble; and the 5 percent would get a big hit in place of bubble bobble.
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That is a lot of cash for a 2016 set.
https://www.topps.com/collectible...
I was always afraid that this was going to happen. It's a major sign that the industy is eating itself.
I remember thinking that UD Exquisite was expensive back when that was a thing, but this tops that by a longshot.
That is a lot of cash for a 2016 set.
https://www.topps.com/collectibles/trading-cards/trading-car...
I was always afraid that this was going to happen. It's a major sign that the industy is eating itself.
I remember thinking that UD Exquisite was expensive back when that was a thing, but this tops that by a longshot.
/rimshot
That is a lot of cash for a 2016 set.
https://www.topps.com/collectibles/trading-cards/trading-car...
I was always afraid that this was going to happen. It's a major sign that the industy is eating itself.
I remember thinking that UD Exquisite was expensive back when that was a thing, but this tops that by a longshot.
/rimshot
Don't forget to tip your waitress.
Also how the hell are there redemption cards in a set with a $22,000 box, lol.
The 1/1 card is the money card. If you land a Griffey Jr 1/1 auto in his HOF year, it could be worth a few bucks. Otherwise you'd be hard pressed to make your money back. I could see some rich Cubs buying them just for the party invite.
There are too many 1/1s in general. I own about 30 myself.
They aren't as special as they once were. I can see these cards carrying a small premium for a while though.
Band new set of 50 cards with an issue price of 22k and people think videogame collecting is a bubble.
Card collecting is expensive, but it's not a bubble. At least, not in the same way.
The Big 3 need to be able to sell fewer cards at a higher cost in order to stay a float. The way to do this is to produce ultra-expensive sets and market them to the high-end collector. Selling 1 box of this stuff at $22,000 is easier than selling 11,000 packs of cards at $2 a piece in today's card market.
EDIT: They started doing this a long time ago, either in anticipation of lack of interest in the hobby, or just out of sheer greed. I'm not sure, but either way I'm not surprised that this is where they ended up.
Band new set of 50 cards with an issue price of 22k and people think videogame collecting is a bubble.
Card collecting is expensive, but it's not a bubble. At least, not in the same way.
The Big 3 need to be able to sell fewer cards at a higher cost in order to stay a float. The way to do this is to produce ultra-expensive sets and market them to the high-end collector. Selling 1 box of this stuff at $22,000 is easier than selling 11,000 packs of cards at $2 a piece in today's card market.
People think Videogame collecting is a bubble because the current prices are unsustainable. Clearly we have a long way to go before we reach unsustainability.
Topps 1952 Mickey Mantle PSA 8.5 just broke 1 million.
http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/1952-topps-mantle-sells-1-million/
Band new set of 50 cards with an issue price of 22k and people think videogame collecting is a bubble.
Card collecting is expensive, but it's not a bubble. At least, not in the same way.
The Big 3 need to be able to sell fewer cards at a higher cost in order to stay a float. The way to do this is to produce ultra-expensive sets and market them to the high-end collector. Selling 1 box of this stuff at $22,000 is easier than selling 11,000 packs of cards at $2 a piece in today's card market.
People think Videogame collecting is a bubble because the current prices are unsustainable. Clearly we have a long way to go before we reach unsustainability.
Topps 1952 Mickey Mantle PSA 8.5 just broke 1 million.
http://www.sportscollectorsdaily....
That's not surprising, the '52 has been rising for a while. I abandonded my hopes of getting one long ago. It should be mentioned though that the vintage market is completely different from the modern market. In fact, I bet the vintage market will continue long after the modern market has collapsed.
Anyway, I've said it before and I'll say it again: Video game collecting is one of the cheapest hobbies in existence, maybe aside from finding rocks in the backyard. $10,000 for SE doesn't even come close to the price of basketball cards from the mid-'00s.
This is why I laugh at people complaining that some games cost a few hundred bucks.
I tried collecting NASCAR cards once.
I'll stick with games for the forseeable future.
High grade vintage cards have been skyrocketing for several years now. Especially low population rookie cards.
Big market for graded vintage.
I like my vintage without all the plastic and numbers, just the way God intended.
I don't know what the high end is like, but Lego makes NES look cheap too. Finding $500+ sets (without box) is very easy.
Yep. I keep telling my sister she could pay off her house with her Lego collection (50-60 tote bins of complete sets from the late 80s-early 00s in box).
Do sports cards go for that much anymore? I've been out of the scene for almost 20 years and back then the most expensive packs were $7 or so. For basketball anyway.
I have probably 10,000 cards from 1990-1995 that are utterly worthless
Do sports cards go for that much anymore? I've been out of the scene for almost 20 years and back then the most expensive packs were $7 or so. For basketball anyway.
I have probably 10,000 cards from 1990-1995 that are utterly worthless
Does the current stuff go for much? I realize they'll always be something that goes for a high end but during my collecting days it was booming with Jordan and the Bulls along with the fresh crop of talent like Bryant and Iverson. Someone told me the scene kind of crashed a few years later.
Do sports cards go for that much anymore? I've been out of the scene for almost 20 years and back then the most expensive packs were $7 or so. For basketball anyway.
I have probably 10,000 cards from 1990-1995 that are utterly worthless
Does the current stuff go for much? I realize they'll always be something that goes for a high end but during my collecting days it was booming with Jordan and the Bulls along with the fresh crop of talent like Bryant and Iverson. Someone told me the scene kind of crashed a few years later.
No idea. Maybe some items that are truly unique. Old stuff that predates the 1990s and is legitimately rare probably didn't lose much value, if any.
Do sports cards go for that much anymore? I've been out of the scene for almost 20 years and back then the most expensive packs were $7 or so. For basketball anyway.
I have probably 10,000 cards from 1990-1995 that are utterly worthless
Does the current stuff go for much? I realize they'll always be something that goes for a high end but during my collecting days it was booming with Jordan and the Bulls along with the fresh crop of talent like Bryant and Iverson. Someone told me the scene kind of crashed a few years later.
No idea. Maybe some items that are truly unique. Old stuff that predates the 1990s and is legitimately rare probably didn't lose much value, if any.
Agreed, that's really the only stuff that interests me in sports cards. Mainly talking rookies of hall of famers or "legends".
Do sports cards go for that much anymore? I've been out of the scene for almost 20 years and back then the most expensive packs were $7 or so. For basketball anyway.
It depends. An Exquisite Lebron or Steph RC is worth more than my car, and that's not a fair comparison to my car. I remember the Strasburg hype a few years ago, and his Super (unsigned) fetched $25,000.
Do sports cards go for that much anymore? I've been out of the scene for almost 20 years and back then the most expensive packs were $7 or so. For basketball anyway.
It depends. An Exquisite Lebron or Steph RC is worth more than my car, and that's not a fair comparison to my car. I remember the Strasburg hype a few years ago, and his Super (unsigned) fetched $25,000.
Looks like they learned from the 1990s. For something to truly have value it must be scarce
2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball is one of the most important sports card sets of all-time. When it first came out, the general public gasped over the then unheard of $500 per pack price tag. Most collectors only wish they could go back in time and snatch up cases at such a bargain when compared to today's selling prices. Bolstered by one of the greatest rookie classes ever, the set took the hobby to new heights. 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball redefined the high-end market. It truly was game changing.
Do sports cards go for that much anymore? I've been out of the scene for almost 20 years and back then the most expensive packs were $7 or so. For basketball anyway.
It depends. An Exquisite Lebron or Steph RC is worth more than my car, and that's not a fair comparison to my car. I remember the Strasburg hype a few years ago, and his Super (unsigned) fetched $25,000.
Looks like they learned from the 1990s. For something to truly have value it must be scarce
2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball is one of the most important sports card sets of all-time. When it first came out, the general public gasped over the then unheard of $500 per pack price tag. Most collectors only wish they could go back in time and snatch up cases at such a bargain when compared to today's selling prices. Bolstered by one of the greatest rookie classes ever, the set took the hobby to new heights. 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball redefined the high-end market. It truly was game changing.
Holy shat that would have been sweet to get.
And they charge shipping on top of that!
For $22k they should throw in white glove delivery that includes a blowjob from your choice of pornstar while you check out your purchase.
I don't know what the high end is like, but Lego makes NES look cheap too. Finding $500+ sets (without box) is very easy.
Yep. I keep telling my sister she could pay off her house with her Lego collection (50-60 tote bins of complete sets from the late 80s-early 00s in box).
I could see the high valuations without the box... but certainly that must include needing the instruction manual, right?
Because there aren't that many "unique-to-the-set" bricks in the late-80's sets, that would make any one set difficult to build from amassed bricks of the same series.
(that said, there are plenty of unique SERIES from that time -- i.e. Blacktron/Space Police, Magnetron or whatever those guys were called, etc)