Quote:
Originally Posted by sreader3
This thread has strayed pretty far from the merits of the purchase.
1) It is an unattractive card;
2) The signatures are hard to decipher (I can barely tell if they run top to bottom or bottom to top);
3) The card is not from a popular set;
4) Nobody has a nostalgic connection to this card (I’m not talking about the ATHLETES—of course people love Kobe and MJ).
So I don’t get the record price tag. But I am glad to see new people and new money migrate into the hobby. That is healthy. Maybe Mr. Wonderful will discover T206.
|
I'm not sure this is in your wheelhouse, given those points.
1). That is subjective. But logoman cards are the single most popular cards among ultra-modern basketball collectors, and many love how they look.
2). If you know the signatures of those two athletes, they are not hard to decipher, nor are they hard to tell which direction they run.
3). Tell me you have no clue about modern cards without telling me. Upper Deck Exquisite is the absolute peak set for popularity and desire of basketball cards EVER. It is considered the top of the basketball mountain.
4). See above. Every single high end modern basketball collector right now has nostalgia for UD Exquisite logomen. The nostalgia for Exquisite is what fuels the ultra modern Panini RPA craze with sets like Flawless and NT, and is the reason why Fanatics is now inserting logoman patches in Baseball sets. As the licenses migrate to Fanatics, they will continue to play to the basketball/football market's demand for these cards. Why? All because of the insane popularity and nostalgia for mid 2000s Exquisite.