Why is the Mike Trout US175 so iconic????

[ThoseBackPages]

Originally Posted by MiamiMarlinsFan

Maybe you’ll have another one again…

might be too expensive

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by MiamiMarlinsFan

Maybe you’ll have another one again…

No interest in getting one.

[ThoseBackPages]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

No interest in getting one.

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

With Ohtani gone, the Angels are toast.

I’ve owned one and I’ve moved on.

I’d rather own a 55 topps Clemente.

[ThoseBackPages]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

With Ohtani gone, the Angels are toast.

I’ve owned one and I’ve moved on.

I’d rather own a 55 topps Clemente.

Mike was fine before Ohtani got there.

i understand wanting a Rookie Card over an insert though, for sure!

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

Mike was fine before Ohtani got there.

i understand wanting a Rookie Card over an insert though, for sure!

Fed up with the Angels. They are a minor league team as far as I’m concerned.

[JWBlue]

In order to be iconic it can't be rare. It has to be card that just about every collector knows, wants, and is affordable.

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by JWBlue

In order to be iconic it can't be rare. It has to be card that just about every collector knows, wants, and is affordable.

What about the T206 Honus Wagner? You don’t consider that iconic?

Or Action Comics #1, etc

[theshowandme]

Originally Posted by theshowandme

All iconic

It is very simple

[larry25]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

It's not rare. Surely you know this. The legend of dumping them in the river, true or not, matters little to that card. They are everywhere. It's not iconic because it's rare. Because it's not rare. There are dozens of reasons that it is iconic. Rarity is not one of them.

The river? You're misinformed, brother. Sy Berger himself, the legendary Topps employee who designed the classic '52 set and is known as the father of modern baseball cards, tells the story of loading up multiple dump trucks with leftover '52 high number cases and putting them on a barge and sinking them off the coast of Sandy Hook, NJ... in the ocean!... where they now sleep with the fishes. This is why ALL the high numbers are considerably scarcer and much more valuable than the rest of the set. What are there, maybe 5,000 or 10,000 total Micks in circulation? That's NOTHING. They are rare precisely because of this history. #fact #notalegend

[larry25]

Originally Posted by theshowandme

It is very simple

Gag me with a spoon! Puke. LOLOLOL. To most of us older collectors, this looks utterly absurd.

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by Noles939913

You’ve been here for 12 years and have to buy, sell, or trade a card. Is that because the “poors” who post here all have cards that are beneath you?

No interest in trading on a message board. Never have.

I primarily collect what I pull myself.

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by larry25

Gag me with a spoon! Puke. LOLOLOL. To most of us older collectors, this looks utterly absurd.

I was gonna comment that there was something wrong with the image. Something being completely out of place.

[oplum29]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

Everyone who owns a topps update knows what his bowman chrome auto is, that’s what they aspire to get.

i'm going to agree here with hermano, he makes a legit point.

the BC is without question Trout's best card, HOWEVER, US175 is THE Mike Trout card to get.

the closest i can remember something like this happening was when Tom Brady's SP Authentic rookie was the most valuable, yet, the Contenders was the more desired.

[oplum29]

Originally Posted by f2tornado

I don't think the Trout is iconic, at least in the sense of the 1989 Upper Deck Griffey or 1952 Topps Mantle. I'd venture a guess that most average Joes wouldn't even recognize the 2011 Trout as his rookie card.

it literally says "RC" on it.



and it is iconic. it's probably the most recognizable modern day rookie since the 89' Griffey.

[tjforce]

Is it iconic? Yes.

So is this:

[tjforce]

Originally Posted by oplum29

i'm going to agree here with hermano, he makes a legit point.

the BC is without question Trout's best card, HOWEVER, US175 is THE Mike Trout card to get.

the closest i can remember something like this happening was when Tom Brady's SP Authentic rookie was the most valuable, yet, the Contenders was the more desired.

To your point, more iconic doesn't have to mean more valuable or more important to own.

If I'm building a high end collection of great cards, I'd adding the BC Trout. If I'm building a collection of the most recognizable cards, I'm adding the Update Trout, and a Leaf Frank Thomas, and an 89 Griffey, and an 1985 McGwire, and a 1980 Henderson, etc.

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by tjforce

Is it iconic? Yes.

So is this:

This is the exact card I was thinking about comparing the Trout update to. It was and still is a BIG base card.

[hermanotarjeta]

I also want to give a shoutout to the 2001 bowman chrome Pujols auto, which is arguably more iconic than any Trout card in existence.

[oplum29]

Originally Posted by tjforce

To your point, more iconic doesn't have to mean more valuable or more important to own.

If I'm building a high end collection of great cards, I'd adding the BC Trout. If I'm building a collection of the most recognizable cards, I'm adding the Update Trout, and a Leaf Frank Thomas, and an 89 Griffey, and an 1985 McGwire, and a 1980 Henderson, etc.

the 86' Donruss Rated Rookie Jose Canseco says.......WTF!!??!?!?!

[oplum29]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

I also want to give a shoutout to the 2001 bowman chrome Pujols auto, which is arguably more iconic than any Trout card in existence.

man, i forgot about the Pujols card. i think it lost so much luster when he left to LA and his career went downhill.

i wonder where it currently ranks in terms of iconic rookie cards both in overall history and/or the modern era.

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by oplum29

man, i forgot about the Pujols card. i think it lost so much luster when he left to LA and his career went downhill.

i wonder where it currently ranks in terms of iconic rookie cards both in overall history and/or the modern era.

I think most all modern cards (2000 and on) take a backseat to most cards that are older with more history.

Pujols isn't even in the Hall of Fame, yet, but his 2001 bowman chrome is definitely a top 5 modern day iconic card.

[pete2345]

Like the old days a trout thread getting so much attention. Could this be the trout comeback so many have wished for?

[oplum29]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

I think most all modern cards (2000 and on) take a backseat to most cards that are older with more history.

Pujols isn't even in the Hall of Fame, yet, but his 2001 bowman chrome is definitely a top 5 modern day iconic card.

when does the baseball modern card era start?

[hermanotarjeta]

Originally Posted by oplum29

when does the baseball modern card era start?

It's just an arbitrary designation.

I was just thinking about the term "vintage" tonight and many people have set the cutoff date at 1980 or earlier. Then I saw another definition stating it was twenty years ago or older, but 2004 doesn't sound or feel vintage to me in any way.

So vintage to me is 1980 topps and prior (Rickey Henderson rookie), and modern day would be from maybe 1993 (starting with finest) or 2001 until now, with the "junk era" between 1981-1992? The 90's usually refer to the 90's inserts era starting with 1993 finest till 1999.

Then there's ultra-modern, maybe 2017 to current?

Anyone else have any input?