Kobe Card Sells For $2 Million

[vintagewhitesox]

PMGs have a foil layer, and are very susceptible to chipping.

The first 10 PMGs are green the other 90s are red.
They are the most desirable of the 90s basketball inserts and after MJ, Kobe is the most sought after in the set.
It will only go up.

[Republicaninmass]

Sure, keep dreaming that bubble will keep inflating

[vintagewhitesox]

I think for guys like Kobe and MJ, there is enough of a collector base that the bottom wont fall out on the super rare stuff. and the PMG greens are as rare as they get.
If it was a common guy going for that much, I'd agree.
I also think this is a pre-war board for the most part and 95% of the people here are not the target collecting audience for this card. which is not a knock. the hobby is big and there's something for everyone.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by vintagewhitesox

I think for guys like Kobe and MJ, there is enough of a collector base that the bottom wont fall out on the super rare stuff. and the PMG greens are as rare as they get.

If it was a common guy going for that much, I'd agree.

I also think this is a pre-war board for the most part and 95% of the people here are not the target collecting audience for this card. which is not a knock. the hobby is big and there's something for everyone.

I don't think the "collector base" of Kobe fans willing to pay $2 million for a card is very big. And there needs to be at least 11 of them to keep the value going up.

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[Jewish-collector]

1) This is a vintage message board, so most members here don't care.
2) Most collectors on on any forum, facebook, twitter, etc,...don't have $2 million to spend on any trading card, vintage, modern, etc,.... They can spend $2,000, $20,000 maybe even $200,000 but not $2 million.

[shagrotn77]

The difference - and it’s a huge one - between this Kobe and a vintage card worth a boatload is that this is a contrived rarity. That just does nothing for me. Apparently, though, it does a lot for more modern collectors. Maybe I should start a sports card company and release a set with just 3 Luka Doncic cards. Hmmm…

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by Jewish-collector

1) This is a vintage message board, so most members here don't care.
2) Most collectors on on any forum, facebook, twitter, etc,...don't have $2 million to spend on any trading card, vintage, modern, etc,.... They can spend $2,000, $20,000 maybe even $200,000 but not $2 million.

Yes, I wonder about the market for the ultra-expensive cards, whether we are talking about Kobe, or Cobb or Ruth. The value of any card is solely what somebody else is willing to pay to buy it from you - you can't use it like say a beach house or a private helicopter - and with so thin of a market, it only takes a few people to decide to take their millions and go buy something else. And then you are left with a bunch of people with $2 million invested in a card and nobody to sell to.

[Republicaninmass]

And the seller may not even care if they "lose" 1,999,999.99 on it