January & February Pickups

[Coninefan]

Hello, this is my first post here. I mainly collect 19th century baseball and prewar hockey, but I like modern Bowman Chrome autos as well. My goal is to collect one BC auto of every "star"

[chaddurbin]

2 excellent cards. how much did the harper set you back?

[the 'stache]

The Chrome Harper is going for about $275-300 raw right now. That's the next card I'm going to be buying.

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by Coninefan

Hello, this is my first post here. I mainly collect 19th century baseball and prewar hockey, but I like modern Bowman Chrome autos as well. My goal is to collect one BC auto of every "star"

Welcome to the forum. Love the Stanton and Harper...

[the 'stache]

Welcome to the forum, Coninefan.

That's a lofty goal. You're going to spend a bloody fortune on those. But the Harper and Giancarlo Stanton cards are a nice start.

Certain cards right now are really on fire, and I can't tell you which way they're going to go. For instance, the 2009 Chrome Mike Trout auto is way up there. It was as high as $500 a couple of weeks ago, and it looks like the last one sold for $400. I got mine last year before the season started for $99. It might come down, but if keeps hitting the way he did his rookie season, it might go up more.

Some guys you might want to consider buying now before they become stars:

2012 Bowman Chrome Oscar Taveras auto (tough to find a really clean auto. I got lucky)
2012 Bowman Chrome Nick Castellanos auto
2012 Bowman Chrome Wil Myers auto
2010 Bowman Chrome Manny Machado auto
2011 Bowman Chrome Jurickson Profar auto
2008 Bowman Chrome Jesus Montero auto

There are plenty of others, those are some nice ones to start with.

Other players that are more established, but should continue to go up in price (in other words, get them now):

2008 Buster Posey BC auto
2008 Jason Heyward BC auto


Others, like the 2005 Bowman Chrome Matt Kemp auto will be more affordable after his injury riddled 2012 season. He should bounce back and put up big numbers, and then his cards will jump back up.

The 2005 Bowman Chrome Ryan Braun auto should be affordable right now, too, because of the steroid rumors. Now is a good time to buy, as the cards will go back up once the season starts. He's a perennial MVP candidate.

Other really nice BC autos:

2002 Joe Mauer auto
2006 Clayton Kershaw auto (a personal favorite in my collection)
2004 Felix Hernandez auto

The biggest of them all, of course, is the 2001 Albert Pujols. That one is several thousand.

Have fun!!!

[Coninefan]

Here's the list of cards I'm chasing:

2001: Pujols
2002: Wright, Mauer
2003: Hanley, McCann, Youk, Markakis
2004: Felix, Gio
2005: Verlander, Kemp, Butler, Zimm, Weaver, Ellsbury, Braun
2006: Longo, Kershaw, Gordon, Upton, Lester
2007: Lincecum
2008: Stanton, Posey
2009: Trout
2010: Strasburg
2011: Harper, Machado (if he has a good season)
2012: no one yet


I'm gonna hold off on Taveras/Zunino/Bundy etc. For every Trout, there are a ton of Delmon Youngs. I'd rather pay $200 when a player becomes a star than $100 now. I've gotten burned too many times.

I didn't include 2nd year guys like Heyward, Starlin, Price, etc yet. I'll pick them up eventually.

The biggest problem is Pujols. Not the cost, but finding one for a decent price. I'll only buy a PSA/SGC 9, and I won't pay more than $3800. I have a Trout and a Kershaw incoming

[the 'stache]

For your 2006 set, I'd put Prince Fielder ahead of Lester.

[chaddurbin]

there's a guy on blowout selling a bgs 9 pujols to put toward a new car, you might want to contact him. i agree there are alot more delmon youngs than mike trout. personally i would sell the trout right now, he's most likely not gonna replicate last year so his stuff will go down as the season wears on. such a crapshoot and lots of speculating with the new cards tho, one aspect i hate about modern stuff.

[Coninefan]

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

there's a guy on blowout selling a bgs 9 pujols to put toward a new car, you might want to contact him. i agree there are alot more delmon youngs than mike trout. personally i would sell the trout right now, he's most likely not gonna replicate last year so his stuff will go down as the season wears on. such a crapshoot and lots of speculating with the new cards tho, one aspect i hate about modern stuff.

Do you have a link to the thread?

Here's my newest pickup


I traded it straight up for a 2012 Bowman Chrome Draft Kyle Zimmer Orange Refractor auto that I pulled from a single pack. So the Trout basically cost me $3.

I'm sure Zimmer will go on to win 6 Cy Youngs and Trout will get popped for steroids after blowing out his knee. That's my luck with prospects

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

For your 2006 set, I'd put Prince Fielder ahead of Lester.

I know they were both in the '02 UD Prospect Premieres set. I think prince had a certified auto in that set. I also think Prince had ML cards in '05, didn't he? So '06 really isn't a rookie. Even if you play the XRC game..

[chaddurbin]

a couple upper deck big sigs of team usa in '09.

[Coninefan]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

For your 2006 set, I'd put Prince Fielder ahead of Lester.

I already have an '06 BC Fielder. I'm not sure whether to add it to my list or not

He has a Prospect Premiere auto from '02 and numerous "rookie" autos from 2005. I don't think any are on-card though

[chaddurbin]

i just checked on the pujols again. i was doing a search and got mixed up on the date...the post was back in 2011.