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Originally Posted by My Sharona
Thank you to those who have provided helpful and thoughtful responses. A few responses to the numbered list 1-4:
1) Batboy error was great. Thank you for sharing.
2) Let's assume, for these purposes, that Mike Soroka is a future Hall of Famer. I agree that's important to ultimate value.
3) The entire print run may have the error, but there are /25, /10, and /5 auto versions of the card, and it was part of a limited production run/set already. Moreover, every single card includes authenticated game used memorabilia. It's apples to oranges (in my view) with the mass production errors mentioned above itt.
4) Yes, of course this is new, and un-discussed, hence the thread. And I do suspect others are chasing the /25, /10, and /5 auto, at a minimum, and maybe the base patch, depending on the size of the production.
Does anyone know how big the production run was for the 2018 PANINI The National set or how big the production run usually is for that set?
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Don't bet the farm on this one. This type of error card is only ever going to be a curiousity to the big Soroka collectors, if even that.
This card basically has everything going against it (ranked from highest to lowest importance)
1. Panini Baseball cards are unlicensed and don't feature team logos anywhere on them. Relatively few people collect unlicensed cards.
2. Out of all the unlicensed Panini baseball sets, The National set is the bottom of the barrel, prices reflect it. It's hardly even a set in most opinions.
3. These types of incorrect photo errors happen pretty often as mentioned multiple times in this thread. None of them are sought after avidly.
4. The card doesn't even feature Soroka, it only has his name (and autograph). IF it were flipped and it was Soroka's picture + auto with some other dude's name on there, then maybe it'd be more interesting, but still not worth a whole lot.
5. It's a sticker autograph.
But if you like the card for the curiosity and weirdness of it, collect 'em all! Just don't expect it to hold or increase in value even if Soroka makes the HOF.