Goldin Auctions: "Ray Allen just bought his own Logoman card..."

[eastbayak]

"Ray Allen just bought his own Logoman card. We expect more and more players, past and present, to start investing in their own cards"



That's so freaking cool!!!

Link to twitter post: https://twitter.com/GoldinAuctions/s...793472/photo/1

[Browns1981]

That's like a band wearing their own t-shirt at a concert.

[Kingofkings1281]

Alright, that’s pretty awesome.

[ninjacookies]

Highly dope.


Ray's got kind eyes. Would let him dogsit my pomeranian.

[mkebuckscollect]

Originally Posted by eastbayak

"Ray Allen just bought his own Logoman card. We expect more and more players, past and present, to start investing in their own cards"



That's so freaking cool!!!

Omg. I really wanted that card!


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[Kenflin]

This is phenomenal.

[pharmboymatt]

But did Ray Allen really buy his own card? Sure sounds more like he was gifted the card.

[3124508 on COMC]

Originally Posted by pharmboymatt

But did Ray Allen really buy his own card? Sure sounds more like he was gifted the card.

I’ve never read anything by Ray Allen, but I refuse to believe anyone but some marketing person wrote that post.

[eastbayak]

Originally Posted by pharmboymatt

But did Ray Allen really buy his own card? Sure sounds more like he was gifted the card.

Is it possible that Ray went through them to purchase his own card?

Wouldn't Goldin Auctions suffer some backlash if Ray didn't actually buy his card (like they said he did).

I see what you're getting at but I'm hoping it's true and not some marketing ploy. Would be a little disappointed if the latter.

[pharmboymatt]

Originally Posted by 3124508 on COMC

I’ve never read anything by Ray Allen, but I refuse to believe anyone but some marketing person wrote that post.

Yep pretty much lol. There's a much higher chance that Ray Allen got paid (plus card) to make that post rather than him paying any money out for the card.

[Onepocketj]

Shoulda done like Giannis and just kept it.

[cboog3105]

Originally Posted by eastbayak

Is it possible that Ray went through them to purchase his own card?



Wouldn't Goldin Auctions suffer some backlash if Ray didn't actually buy his card (like they said he did).



I see what you're getting at but I'm hoping it's true and not some marketing ploy. Would be a little disappointed if the latter.

What isn't a marketing ploy nowadays

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[duron]

More curious how much he got paid, ha.

[canuck]

I work in e-marketing. This is a sponsored influencer post - meaning he got paid to post about it in his official account in exchange for getting the card for free and getting paid to do it.

[Ericc5Bears]

Originally Posted by canuck

I work in e-marketing. This is a sponsored influencer post - meaning he got paid to post about it in his official account in exchange for getting the card for free and getting paid to do it.

Sure reads like a sponsored post but I thought nowadays influencers have to put something like "#ad" or "#sponsored" somewhere in the post if they're getting paid to make it.

[kingofsnake]

I'm a big Ray Allen fan, but he really did that card dirty with the black marker.

[cardsharkk]

Originally Posted by kingofsnake

I'm a big Ray Allen fan, but he really did that card dirty with the black marker.

Luckily for him, he can fix that pretty easily

[Spacemanspif]

completely disingenuous marketing ploy, when you consider the wording of the post:

"Ray Allen just bought his own Logoman card. We expect more and more players, past and present, to start investing in their own cards"

I can believe that with the recent media attention, players will start collecting/buying their own cards, because it's fun and they can afford to pay whatever price. to word it as investing is 100% aimed at the social media audience to try to stir up sales.

[duron]

Originally Posted by Spacemanspif

completely disingenuous marketing ploy, when you consider the wording of the post:

"Ray Allen just bought his own Logoman card. We expect more and more players, past and present, to start investing in their own cards"

I can believe that with the recent media attention, players will start collecting/buying their own cards, because it's fun and they can afford to pay whatever price. to word it as investing is 100% aimed at the social media audience to try to stir up sales.

Stuff like this is going to snowball.

I know you’re not saying this, but to think the amount of players genuinely buying their own cards (or even cards in general for that matter) will surpass or be equal to the amount being paid to do so is insane. And yet they will all be lumped together.

To the mooooooooon.

[canuck]

Originally Posted by Ericc5Bears

Sure reads like a sponsored post but I thought nowadays influencers have to put something like "#ad" or "#sponsored" somewhere in the post if they're getting paid to make it.

yup in the States. Not everyone does it, still a grey area. They'll just claim they don't know...not sure if that would fly with FTC.

[canuck]

To get a celeb on this, it would cost fifthdownsportscards quite alot of money to set this post up with a marketing agency. The text Allen 'wrote' was prepared by the agency and given to Allen's people to approve and then post it on his account. Allen probably didn't even care about the free card he got, he just got paid handsomely to make the post.

Influencer marketing is everywhere on social media. We'll see alot more of these paid collaborations with other players to come now that people are seeing this Allen post is gaining attention.

We are in 2021 now. Retired players used to make money signing autographs at trade shows, now they can just sit at home and pose with a card and make way more money without needing to leave their room.

[Derekbauer]

Personally, I could care less if it’s a marketing ploy or not. More exposure puts more money into all of our pockets.

[Kenflin]

It never fails with these type of post. They always go down the dark path. It’s crazy how collectors act like the old man on the porch. You honestly don’t need to overthink EVERYTHING.

[2010GBPackers]

^^^100% agree. It's like a circular firing squad in here.

What's the difference between doing this and promoting a product? Guys. Chill.

[sebreg]

Just have fun with it, wouldn't sweat the details. At worst it's a paid ad gig, but so what, it's still cool Allen ends up with this card imo. Fun promo for the hobby. Would love to learn about the players who do actually collect cards though, that would be fun. I've heard Durant collects?