Potential Worth of Soccer Cards as Market Grows - Page 192

YayNJ · 11-05-2025, 11:00 AM

Yep as I said above, I’m having a great time at the moment putting together James Bond auto sets etc, market is fluid, there’s lots for sale. Same with Tennis and Golf, some niche Marvel cards.

It’s 100% soccer. The market is dead. All the good stuff has been hoarded, the dregs that are available are massively, massively overpriced.

It’s a graveyard.

mfw13 · 11-05-2025, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by YayNJ

It’s 100% soccer. The market is dead.

Well, when the vast majority of soccer products get ripped overseas, and nobody can ship to the US, what do you expect?

And it doesn't help that Fanatics hasn't released ANY 25-26 products yet.

yiguiri2002 · 11-05-2025, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

Hilarious considering how this is a soccer specific problem, not a hobby problem. The two highest $ months of all-time for both sports and TCG/non-sports on eBay were August and September. No October data yet.

No other sport depends as much on Asia/Europe as soccer right now.

YayNJ · 11-05-2025, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by mfw13

Well, when the vast majority of soccer products get ripped overseas, and nobody can ship to the US, what do you expect?

And it doesn't help that Fanatics hasn't released ANY 25-26 products yet.

You keep rattling on about the US, but there's nothing going on Europe to Europe or Asia either.

It's terrible.

mfw13 · 11-05-2025, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by YayNJ

You keep rattling on about the US, but there's nothing going on Europe to Europe or Asia either.

It's terrible.

I hear you....but let's be honest.....the vast majority of sports card collectors, be it for soccer or any other sport, are in the US, and that's also where the largest sales platform for sports cards (EBay) is located.

Even for soccer, transactions in which neither the buyer or the seller are in the US represent maybe a third of the market at best.

And given that there are no new products being released, there's not much for people to buy/sell.

Heck, we're halfway through the UCL group stage, and Topps has yet to release a single 2025-26 UCL product!

dubsea · 11-07-2025, 03:20 PM

Subjective experience about the availability of specific cards you might be looking for or regularly watching is not a great metric. Ive been seeing a fair number of cards im after coming to market recently in better numbers.

Similarly, just because TCG/Non sport had record months, it does not mean they might not have have been even bigger if the import process was not such a S show.

The import issues are real. Not just for sports cards but for just about everything. (Ive personally got direct experience with importing outdoor sporting goods. It's a mess on many different fronts).

Personally, ive pretty much stopped buying cards from overseas sources after a few deliveries were held up and charged insane and non-sensible import duties that were not reviewable. In the past I probably had 3-10 monthly purchases that came from outside the US.

Regarding soccer, Messi/Ronaldo and high end have obviously been booming along with a few others in premodern / vintage. Modern and ultra modern are heavily dependent on set releases, speculation and how a player is doing at any given time. There have been insane numbers of Messi/Ronaldo cards coming to market as people look to cash in after the dip or finally sell and get out after buying the boom. For a lot of other players cards, I have a feeling that a lot of people are waiting and hoping for 1. The Messi/Ronaldo boom to trickle to other players and 2. holding for the WC. Probably a bit of both at this point.

mikee1186 · 11-10-2025, 12:07 PM

Absolute joke of a drop for Deco this morning. EQL last year but not this year, so it got botted hard and sold out within 3 minutes max. There’s not much left in this hobby for regular folks.

boxbuster7 · 11-10-2025, 04:08 PM

the soccer market is so interesting.

it might be the most top heavy out of all the sports. You basically have the GOATs, yamal, few hobby good guys like Haaland and Mbappe, and then nobody gives a crap about the rest.

YayNJ · 11-10-2025, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by mikee1186

Absolute joke of a drop for Deco this morning. EQL last year but not this year, so it got botted hard and sold out within 3 minutes max. There’s not much left in this hobby for regular folks.

had zero idea it was even coming out.

mikee1186 · 11-10-2025, 05:27 PM

Yeah I saw it announced Friday and dropped today. I was on every EU site immediately and never had a chance. No EQL as mentioned and no US drop as usual. Limit of 10 boxes though this time! I’ve been able to get deco every year until now. It’s a fun rip at the price. Too bad.

mfw13 · 11-10-2025, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by YayNJ

had zero idea it was even coming out.

Me too.

What do the cards even look like? Any product info?

mfw13 · 11-10-2025, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by boxbuster7

the soccer market is so interesting.

it might be the most top heavy out of all the sports. You basically have the GOATs, yamal, few hobby good guys like Haaland and Mbappe, and then nobody gives a crap about the rest.

It's not any more top-heavy that the football or hockey card markets....

The football card market is a few top QB's and rookies.....the hockey card market is McDavid, Matthews, Bedard, Celebrini, Ovechkin.

anusinha · 11-11-2025, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by mfw13

It's not any more top-heavy that the football or hockey card markets....

The football card market is a few top QB's and rookies.....the hockey card market is McDavid, Matthews, Bedard, Celebrini, Ovechkin.

All markets have about 4-5 guys that are collectable at a time

Baseball- Ohtani, Judge, Skenes..... then a bunch of mid hobby love guys

Basketball- Luka, Wemby, Lebron, Curry.... then the rest

mfw13 · 11-12-2025, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by anusinha

All markets have about 4-5 guys that are collectable at a time

Baseball- Ohtani, Judge, Skenes..... then a bunch of mid hobby love guys

Basketball- Luka, Wemby, Lebron, Curry.... then the rest

They may each have only a few players who are "hot" at any given time, but they have tons of players who are collectible....especially retired players & HOFers.

Retired GOATs like Hank Aaron, Joe Montana, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, etc. are just as "collectable" today as any active superstar.

As a SF Giants fan, I can tell you that Willie Mays, Will Clark, and Buster Posey are MORE collectable than any current SF Giants.

mikee1186 · 11-24-2025, 09:20 AM

Topps premier league gold dropped this morning. I didn’t go for it give the price tag of $200 plus substantial shipping per. Probably would’ve ended up with a Lewis dunk or Harvey Elliot villa auto. 40 cards, 2 autos, 2 numbered, doesn’t ship until 2026. Meh.

YayNJ · 11-24-2025, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by mikee1186

Topps premier league gold dropped this morning. I didn’t go for it give the price tag of $200 plus substantial shipping per. Probably would’ve ended up with a Lewis dunk or Harvey Elliot villa auto. 40 cards, 2 autos, 2 numbered, doesn’t ship until 2026. Meh.

It looks like Match Attax with added purple and gold.

Utterly disgusting.

mfw13 · 11-24-2025, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mikee1186

Topps premier league gold dropped this morning. I didn’t go for it give the price tag of $200 plus substantial shipping per. Probably would’ve ended up with a Lewis dunk or Harvey Elliot villa auto. 40 cards, 2 autos, 2 numbered, doesn’t ship until 2026. Meh.

Link?

PostBaloney · 11-24-2025, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by boxbuster7

the soccer market is so interesting.

it might be the most top heavy out of all the sports. You basically have the GOATs, yamal, few hobby good guys like Haaland and Mbappe, and then nobody gives a crap about the rest.

Even more exaggerated for MLS cards....

Messi auto /10 = $3000

Everybody else auto /10 = $5-100

BiggNuttz · 11-29-2025, 11:33 PM

I wanted to post this, and see if I could get a reality check. This card just sold for $29,280 on Goldin. This is from the Panini 2025 Club World Cup set, and is unlicenced so no team name or logos. In what way does this make any sense? Even $5,000 seems like an egregious amount for a card like this. Is there something I am missing that makes this card worth nearly $30,000?

Thanks in advance

JWBlue · 11-30-2025, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by BiggNuttz

I wanted to post this, and see if I could get a reality check. This card just sold for $29,280 on Goldin. This is from the Panini 2025 Club World Cup set, and is unlicenced so no team name or logos. In what way does this make any sense? Even $5,000 seems like an egregious amount for a card like this. Is there something I am missing that makes this card worth nearly $30,000?

Thanks in advance

Collectors love Kabooms. A Tom Brady PSA 10 Kaboom sold for $660K.

This sale seems on par.

cardshopmd · 11-30-2025, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by JWBlue

Collectors love Kabooms. A Tom Brady PSA 10 Kaboom sold for $660K.

This sale seems on par.

The Issue with the Messi is that it is unlicensed. Its still a great card.

YayNJ · 12-16-2025, 01:05 PM

whatever happened to Mitch and Fadster?

Mitch · 12-16-2025, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by YayNJ

whatever happened to Mitch and Fadster?

Hello!

Fadi is still collecting too. See him in the TFF discord when I'm lurking.

YayNJ · 12-17-2025, 10:51 AM

So apparently there's video footage of a Fanatics employee at the recent London card show admitting that they knew which breaker was going to hit a Ronaldo 1/1 auto.

SidVish · 12-17-2025, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by YayNJ

So apparently there's video footage of a Fanatics employee at the recent London card show admitting that they knew which breaker was going to hit a Ronaldo 1/1 auto.

Is that surprising? There's a reason certain breakers always hit the great cards. It's definitely not by chance. When money is involved there will always be corruption.

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11-10-2025, 04:08 PM	#4783
boxbuster7 Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 13,163 boxbuster777	the soccer market is so interesting. it might be the most top heavy out of all the sports. You basically have the GOATs, yamal, few hobby good guys like Haaland and Mbappe, and then nobody gives a crap about the rest. __________________ Psa 9 > psa 10

11-29-2025, 11:33 PM	#4794
BiggNuttz Member Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 640 tokei-ski GreggB	I wanted to post this, and see if I could get a reality check. This card just sold for $29,280 on Goldin. This is from the Panini 2025 Club World Cup set, and is unlicenced so no team name or logos. In what way does this make any sense? Even $5,000 seems like an egregious amount for a card like this. Is there something I am missing that makes this card worth nearly $30,000? Thanks in advance __________________ MySlabs: https://myslabs.to/Gregg%20B

11-05-2025, 11:00 AM	#4776
YayNJ Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: London / Oahu Posts: 8,544 hanelcocards	Yep as I said above, I’m having a great time at the moment putting together James Bond auto sets etc, market is fluid, there’s lots for sale. Same with Tennis and Golf, some niche Marvel cards. It’s 100% soccer. The market is dead. All the good stuff has been hoarded, the dregs that are available are massively, massively overpriced. It’s a graveyard.

11-07-2025, 03:20 PM	#4781
dubsea Member Join Date: Mar 2024 Posts: 117	Subjective experience about the availability of specific cards you might be looking for or regularly watching is not a great metric. Ive been seeing a fair number of cards im after coming to market recently in better numbers. Similarly, just because TCG/Non sport had record months, it does not mean they might not have have been even bigger if the import process was not such a S show. The import issues are real. Not just for sports cards but for just about everything. (Ive personally got direct experience with importing outdoor sporting goods. It's a mess on many different fronts). Personally, ive pretty much stopped buying cards from overseas sources after a few deliveries were held up and charged insane and non-sensible import duties that were not reviewable. In the past I probably had 3-10 monthly purchases that came from outside the US. Regarding soccer, Messi/Ronaldo and high end have obviously been booming along with a few others in premodern / vintage. Modern and ultra modern are heavily dependent on set releases, speculation and how a player is doing at any given time. There have been insane numbers of Messi/Ronaldo cards coming to market as people look to cash in after the dip or finally sell and get out after buying the boom. For a lot of other players cards, I have a feeling that a lot of people are waiting and hoping for 1. The Messi/Ronaldo boom to trickle to other players and 2. holding for the WC. Probably a bit of both at this point.

11-10-2025, 12:07 PM	#4782
mikee1186 Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: TN Posts: 2,178 mikee1186	Absolute joke of a drop for Deco this morning. EQL last year but not this year, so it got botted hard and sold out within 3 minutes max. There’s not much left in this hobby for regular folks.

11-10-2025, 05:27 PM	#4785
mikee1186 Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: TN Posts: 2,178 mikee1186	Yeah I saw it announced Friday and dropped today. I was on every EU site immediately and never had a chance. No EQL as mentioned and no US drop as usual. Limit of 10 boxes though this time! I’ve been able to get deco every year until now. It’s a fun rip at the price. Too bad.

11-24-2025, 09:20 AM	#4790
mikee1186 Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: TN Posts: 2,178 mikee1186	Topps premier league gold dropped this morning. I didn’t go for it give the price tag of $200 plus substantial shipping per. Probably would’ve ended up with a Lewis dunk or Harvey Elliot villa auto. 40 cards, 2 autos, 2 numbered, doesn’t ship until 2026. Meh.

12-16-2025, 01:05 PM	#4797
YayNJ Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: London / Oahu Posts: 8,544 hanelcocards	whatever happened to Mitch and Fadster?

12-17-2025, 10:51 AM	#4799
YayNJ Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: London / Oahu Posts: 8,544 hanelcocards	So apparently there's video footage of a Fanatics employee at the recent London card show admitting that they knew which breaker was going to hit a Ronaldo 1/1 auto.