Most over-valued card

[stargell1]

What in your opinion is the most over-valued baseball card?

[Danny Smith]

Every e105 Mello Mint I do / try to buy.

[darwinbulldog]

1952 Topps #311.

[ALR-bishop]

It seems like everyone who does not have that card has that opinion

[Billy5858]

EVERY post war PSA 8 thru 10 centered Rookie card at this time

Unless I owned one of course

[clydepepper]

I'd have to go with the Mantle because it is no longer available to a lot of us.

I realize it is an iconic card in the industry, but it price level should NEVER have reached the Wagner neighborhood.

Let's say there are 60 known Wagner cards in existence...how many '52 Mantles are there? Several thousand? I have no idea.

Now, I realize that a lot of you guys put them in your bicycle spokes ,
but give me a break...

Honorable mention now goes to the M116 Sporting Life - Smoky Joe Wood, a PSA-7 copy of which just sold for $1,925- give me another break.

The Wood card was one of only seven personal white whales I was still looking to land...the Mantle has long since been removed...for realism sake. I will continue to search for a Wood in EX graded condition, but I am not very optimistic.

[cammb]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

1952 Topps #311.

Without a doubt!

[KCRfan1]

Any Mike Trout, Harper, or Bryant rookie card.

[the 'stache]

I would agree on Harper and Bryant. They have a long way to go before they prove they're going to be consistently great players.

But Trout? The guy is in his sixth season (well, fifth full season). The last four, he's either won an MVP, or been MVP runner up. He was Rookie of the Year, he's been a four-time All Star, and has won four Silver Sluggers. He has a career 42.5 WAR, and he's not even 25 yet. He's hit 156 home runs, stolen 123 bases, has a lifetime .306 AVG, and is slashing .399 OBP/.560 SLG/.959 OPS after 3,212 plate appearances. His 169 OPS + is eighth highest all-time for players with over 3,000 plate appearances.

Trout is a superstar, and his cards really aren't overvalued considering what he's done.


Best $99 I ever spent on my hobby.

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

Any Mike Trout, Harper, or Bryant rookie card.

[Edwolf1963]

Originally Posted by stargell1

What in your opinion is the most over-valued baseball card?

Most of the BINs on eBay

[the 'stache]

For the prospect autos I buy, the "how many of them are being printed" is the last thing on my mind. I could care less if there are 100 of them printed, or 1,000. I enjoy prospecting. I've always enjoyed learning about up-and-coming players, and these offer the opportunity to get one of their first cards with a certified autograph.

[BBB]

A lot of the new high rollers grew up in the era of 80-90s rookie cards. Back then, they couldn't afford 50s HOFers their parents told em about. So now they are buying their childhood back as collectors tend to do. They ignore the junk wax that burned them and go for the thing they could never afford as kids but ogled at card shops/shows/Beckett magazine. Demand for post war rookies is high accordingly. Investors manipulating prices only puts gas on the fire. If people hold out and don't dump in unison, this could sustain for awhile (I hope.)

The question I have is whether pre war will ever see another bump or if there's no new blood that will ever give a damn beyond the pantheon names like Ruth, Cobb, Honus. I don't see a massive spike in That category ever being possible. Though I bet it keeps getting propped up by the post war market.

At least I hope so as that's where my monies at. My dad told me stories about dizzy dean, George sisler and those types. So my interest in baseball history and collecting has remained there. I have a bunch of 48-69 stuff but am not as emotionally attached to it. It's going to auction and I'm hanging onto the pre war .


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