Which card will sell for more

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Your friends are like gamblers/lottery players, they are only telling you about the wins.



Trout has lasted WAY longer than most in the game of hot potato. These modern cards get handed around at first and everyone makes money. Then like a hot potato falling so do the prices of these cards.



I have been in the hobby for 30+ years and it has always been this way. Only now those $35-$100 rookie/prospect cards are selling for the prices of a house.

I hear ya, Ben. I have been in the hobby about as long as you have and have seen multiple examples. We all remember the Canseco and Mattingly rookies, and who can forget the McGwire USA Olympic card?! However, something just "feels" different this time. As you said, Trout has lasted longer and continues to move at an upward trajectory. In football the Brees and Brady rookies are on the move. Don't get me wrong, I don't begrudge anyone who sees his cards appreciate. I think those cards are very attractive in some ways, and I wouldn't mind owning one or two. Then you factor in the impact of TPGing. Goodness a friend of mine is routinely buying ungraded LeBron, Trout, Brees, Brady, etc. on ebay, getting them slabbed, and making good money. The prices he gets for some of these cards makes me just shake my head.

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[KCRfan1]

Who is Mr Turk and why is his autograph on a Mike Trout card?

[Rucc_31]

I voted trout, only because people are usually sheep and not lions. Plus most people don’t even know what the W600 Cobb is. Not that, that is any reason for a Trout to potentially sell for more than one of the most sought after Cobb cards.

I am pretty sure the guy that owns the super refractor trout has a million dollar price tag on it. And this red is the next best card. I can see it touching 750k with the right buyers going back and forth.

At any rate it will be interesting to see what the gap is between modern day “investment cards” and smelly “collectors vintage”

*Not taking any shots at vintage. I love it! But it seems there is a divide in the card market between vintage collectors and modern day investors (look at all the stupid Jordan inserts right now...and base card values of players like Lebron. Lebron year 15 base card in a gem Grade surpassed 200 for some reason. It was a dollar card 2 months ago).

[brian1961]

Originally Posted by Rucc_31

I voted trout, only because people are usually sheep and not lions. Plus most people don’t even know what the W600 Cobb is. Not that, that is any reason for a Trout to potentially sell for more than one of the most sought after Cobb cards.

*Not taking any shots at vintage. I love it! But it seems there is a divide in the card market between vintage collectors and modern day investors (look at all the stupid Jordan inserts right now...and base card values of players like Lebron. Lebron year 15 base card in a gem Grade surpassed 200 for some reason. It was a dollar card 2 months ago).

Regardless of what card sells for more, the collectors who DO KNOW what the W600 Cobb is would likely wish for those who don't know that they would kindly stay that way----less competition for them. Thus, keep having fun fishing for Trout, while I search the deep to "TY" one on to this magnificent white whale Cobb.

I do not wish to infer a manufactured rarity is not worthy of big money; however, as someone else beautifully described, Mr. Trout's stature in the hobby has not settled as yet. I do not wish him evil---no way. Nevertheless, the "what in the world were you thinking?" kinds of decisions that all sorts of people make in their lives that permanently taint their once-powerful reputation fill bookstores, magazines, and are there for all to read in the newspaper.

--- Brian Powell