auto racing cards

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Kzoo

Guys..........I picked up this Lewis Hamilton team promo card from 2007 today at a local card show. I would grade it about VG-EX and the price was reasonable. I can't find the exact issue when searching online, but found a couple similar ones. It measures 8.25"x almost 4". Does anyone have any more info on this issue? Thanks in advance........Matt

That's a neat card. I think a lot of card collectors ignore the racing team promo cards, ad cards and postcard type releases...I know I'm guilty of this for the most part, but a part of me thinks I should expand my search a bit and make things a little more interesting.

[Peter_Spaeth]

It's not a Lampo but it's not bad.

[Bored5000]

The '66 Panini is a great image of Clark, and it is still accessible at a reasonable price.

[Bored5000]

Here are a couple recent pick ups. I love the obscure and different. This Hamilton card from the 2022 Topps Industry Conference seems really cheap for a Hamilton card with only around 60 examples produced.

I also picked up this 1946 Omnia Sport rookie of Alberto Ascari. The card is paper thin and very tiny, noticeably smaller than a T206 or most tobacco cards. But there are not a whole lot of options for early Ascari cards. He was 1952 and '53 Formula 1 champion, then was killed in 1955 testing at Monza on a day he was not even scheduled to be in a racecar.

[Bored5000]

Here are a couple more of my pick ups that I had not scanned until today:

I like this 1988 Panini image of Ayrton Senna because it is an early Senna sticker and the price is still reasonable.

I will never get the David Brown Brown card from the T227 set, but the Ralph Mulford card is still cool. There are still people that contend Mulford actually won the inaugural Indy 500 in 1911. Scoring was a complete debacle that day and Mulford was forever credited with finishing second to Ray Harroun.

Interesting tidbit from that race: Harroun and Mulford finished first and second that day and were also the last two drivers from the inaugural Indy 500 to die. Harroun died at age 89 in 1968 and Mulford died at age 88 in 1973.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I have noticed that the 2009 Top Trumps Hamilton keeps getting cheaper, and the 2009 SI for Kids keeps getting pricier. What's up with that, supply? The 2020 cards are great, but being a RC collector, I think I need to get something I can call a rookie.

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I have noticed that the 2009 Top Trumps Hamilton keeps getting cheaper, and the 2009 SI for Kids keeps getting pricier. What's up with that, supply? The 2020 cards are great, but being a RC collector, I think I need to get something I can call a rookie.

Both of those cards seem fairly accessible on eBay at any given time, so I am not sure if supply is the reason. I guess if I had to choose between those two options, I would go with the Top Trumps card. The image of Hamilton is not great, but I dislike the SIFK card being a car shot with just a tiny image of Hamilton on the back.

You are right, though, some of those raw Top Trumps Hamilton cards can be had for next to nothing.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Bored5000

The '66 Panini is a great image of Clark, and it is still accessible at a reasonable price.

I did not realize Clark had a card from 1962 but there is one in PWCC now. A pinhead shot for sure.

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I did not realize Clark had a card from 1962 but there is one in PWCC now. A pinhead shot for sure.

I was aware that Clark had a card in that PetPro set. The entire set is action shots and does feature some drivers with few to no other cards, but I have always been lukewarm on the set because the cards are so small and are action shots.

In the last couple months, I have also seen several of Clark's 1965 Perfetti candy cards show up; they are pretty tough.

I don't really think I am "outing" the following auction to a whole lot of people by mentioning it here, but I am kind of surprised by this 1951 Alberto Ascari card currently at nearly $300 on eBay. I was not even previously familiar with this card, but he does have some earlier cards that sell for less money.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/403950616638

[D. Bergin]

Seen these Max Verstappen German Top Trumps dated as 2016 by SGC. I appreciate that SGC is grading these non-English issues, but wish they put a little more research into the dating.

The pose and the text (in German) is the same as the 2016 English Top Trumps that is accepted as his Rookie card, but the overall design, and the stats on the front are different.

Stats match what they would be after the 2016 season ended at the end of November 2016...so unless they pumped this set out immediately in December of 2016, this is a 2017 set...and not a Verstappen Rookie year card.

I still like the card, it's likely scarcer then the English language one, and the last one I saw went for what seemed like a bargain to me on Ebay, even as a 2nd year card...though one a few weeks earlier went for considerably more...so maybe collectors are wise to this issue already.

[D. Bergin]

Also seems like Verstappen's first Top Trumps card is outselling Hamilton's...by like...a lot.

Maybe it's a supply issue, but there's definitely a recency bias going on...I guess, just like baseball/basketball/football prospects and younger stars.

He looks absolutely dominant, but he still has only half as many titles as Vettel.