Minor league cards and Jose Altuve... a conundrum.

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by AstroJake09

That's his second card from '09.

The one from '08 is this one:

Never seen it! It does not even look like him! So cool of a card though!

Good luck!

Mike

[buymycards]

I don't see any on COMC and there is only 1 listed on eBay. A Beckett 9.5 with an asking price of $4500.

I'm guessing that only a 1000 or less sets were made. As far as value, who knows? In the next few years will he have a drug scandal? A domestic abuse scandal? If you really want the card, don't worry about what it will be worth down the road. Just enjoy the fact that you will have a very scarce card of a great player.

I have sold 600 minor league sets in the past 18 months. It is amazing that cards of some great players have very little value, but some of the team issued sets, with no players that ever made the majors, have a lot of value.

If I run across one of these sets I will let you know.

Rick

[Mike D.]

Looks to be fairly rare based on the fact that tcdb.com doesn't have a scan, and it's a PSA pop 2 (one 8, one 9).

[mrmopar]

I have always enjoyed minor league cards. Especially older ones that had character. although I see a lot of newer cards with some really cool designs that remind me of a time when card sets had character and didn't all just look the same year after year. I would also agree that many of the small sponsor and team sponsored sets will be in very small quantities relative to say a first Topps card..probably a small fraction of the copies in fact.

Plenty of folks collect them for sure, but maybe more of a niche category? Kind of like oddball cards. Now though, it seems someone is always looking for that "rookie" card in whatever form they can find it. Foreign League stamps and stickers, Sportcasters, Panini Stickers, Candy issues, etc. Not to mention Hostess and Kelloggs cards of the 70s that were popular, but seemingly overlooked by most for rookie cards of guys like Murray, Ozzie Smith, Eck, Yount and Brett to name a few of the key biggies.

[packs]

One of my favorite cards is the Elway rookie:

[AstroJake09]

Originally Posted by packs

One of my favorite cards is the Elway rookie:

I agree! It's a great card!

Summer Collegiate Baseball Leagues from the late 1980's early 1990's when certain teams issued team sets a lot less then the Minor League