[BobC]

I don't collect this new stuff either but, this Panini 2012 National Treasure product just came out last week with each box/tin, whatever you want to call it containing only 8 cards. I undersatnd that every single card is a game used relic card, an auto card or some combination. They are pretty much all sold out at the distributors from what I've heard and the boxes/tins are selling in the $400 range right now, if you can find one. I was actually at a small card show this past Sunday and a dealer in the Cleveland area had two cases of this stuff left and wanted to get more. He told me in the past week he sold one box/tin to a guy who opened it in front of him and pulled a 1/1 Walter Johnson autograph/ball card, and speculated it was worth in the $2K-$3K range. The signature was actually from a signed baseball and Panini apparently cut the ball up and put the cut signature off it on this one card. I'm guessing the card the OP is referencing are the remaining pieces of material from that same ball. If so, still not sure how they can guarantee it is game used ball that Johnson used. All they could assert is that it is from a ball that he at least touched and signed. Plus, over $900 for that undocumented piece of ball leather is absurd. If that is the case, then the actual signed piece of ball should go for a heck of a lot more than $2K-$3K. By the way, someone already pulled a Joe Jackson bat knob card from this new issue and it was already sold on Ebay for a best offer of $10K. Unbelievable!!!!!!