Let’s see your BIG ‘UNS

[MoreToppsPlease]

Originally Posted by actionbryan

It isn’t ‘can they afford it ‘ (or course they can, ROW has a lot of people )

It’s more of a matter of ‘do they want it in the first place ?’ How big is the big money Euro card community? Are there a lot of deep pocketed collectors ?

Baseball and football are not world sports like soccer is , but they do have one market , which is the US trading card market , and that thing is HUGE , NFL doesn’t need ROW to care about NFL cards because of how enormous the North American market already is

Alex Ovechkin nut rookie cards should be worth 20 million rubles because Russian oligarchs are rich, but unfortunately they aren’t because Russian oligarchs don’t collect

Most Americans don’t collect, they FLIP. Flipping drives up prices…apparently Europeans and Russians don’t like flippers driving up their prices

[NYRE2PECT]

Mine for about 10 more days.

[magicpapa]

[BaseballKing]

Originally Posted by jjrpilot

Soccer has definitely crept higher but I don't think it's the best investment for a few reasons:

1. Soccer just isn't as popular as baseball, football and basketball
2. Most in the USA don't know any of the stars of the game etc
3. Yes soccer is a world wide sport but how many of the people that DO know soccer can afford soccer card prices? Just the nature of the hobby means that tons who DO know who the stars are can't afford them etc.

Unless the soccer sportscard market gets going in a significant way in Europe and South America it will always rank 4th/5th.

My gripe with it at the moment is the shite Panini is putting out. Soccer wax gives less bang for your buck than NBA wax currently does - and that's no mean feat. I opened some retail soccer chronicles today and it is hot garbage.

2018-19 Donruss was a great product but they haven't produced it since. Just stuck it in chronicles which is awful( the fish that John West rejected). They have to get some consistency going. Donruss should've been a stand alone product produced on a yearly basis. There are too few soccer products being produced and prices for wax are stupid. Soccer has probably the worst ROI of all the sports.

Even if the soccer hobby remained US centric (the US probably accounts for 80%-90% of the sportscard hobby world wide) it could be so much better if there was a bit of consistency in product production. Build up some brand recognition like Prizm for football and basketball and Bowman for baseball. Topps has been doing a decent job with its Bundesliga and Champion's league products but Panini should be honing in on everything else especially the Spanish, Italian and French Leagues with Prizm just as it currently does with the Premier League.

More product,and more consistency and bring the price for wax down which already seems to have its potential as the pre-eminent hobby sport built in.

Bring back Donruss/Optic on a yearly basis and ditch the poo that is Chronicles.

P.S I am unable to post any cards here as that would be embarrasing. I have a Nick Suzuki SP Authentic FWA PSA10. That's probably my best card $$$wise. Pulled and graded by yours truly.

[cardcollector43]

Since no one has done it yet.

Also this is the first thing I thought of when I read the title.

[SunDevil2422]

Originally Posted by cardcollector43

Since no one has done it yet.

Also this is the first thing I thought of when I read the title.

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That show was so great. This scene alone would get you cancelled 6 different ways today.

[ScooterD]

Bumping this to see some updated cardboard porn. Please don’t call them bangers

[hammertime]

This is probably my biggest 'un.

[NYJNYYFan]

This would be mine even though the grade isn’t the best

[mouschi]

My collection is quite small, but here's my one-two punch

1899 Honus Wagner Rookie - I fell out of my chair when I found out this existed! It is one of, if not the best example of this that I've ever seen (IIRC, only 5 or so others have come to market).


1915 Cracker Jack Shoeless Joe Jackson - An online friend directed me to where this was for sale, and it has made me smile ever since!

[wharfrat7624]

Originally Posted by hammertime

This is probably my biggest 'un.

Very nice!


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[TheGZA]

Originally Posted by callou2131

I would post mine, but we have all seen a 1990 Fleer Jose Uribe already, so there is no need.

Scrolling through this thread and while I've seen some unbelievable stuff this is the biggest tease...you best post

[soey10]

This is mine. It is the slightly rare version with both English and French text on the back.





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[hanes1111]

Not sure if these qualify as Big Uns but they are two of my favorites

[mouschi]

Originally Posted by hanes1111

Not sure if these qualify as Big Uns but they are two of my favorites

Goodness - I'd say so!

[hatchd]

Originally Posted by hanes1111

Not sure if these qualify as Big Uns but they are two of my favorites

Your definition of big must be like my ex-gf's if you think a couple of $10k+ cards aren't big enough


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[hanes1111]

Hahaha you guys are too much. To find gems in that era was work!

[ScooterD]

^^^ wow…. Qualified

[NYRE2PECT]

My singular best; Michael Jack.

Hard to believe we’ll both be 50 next year.




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[gabe1622]

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[Allen Ginter 99]

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[KC35]

Had to go back through this thread to see what I considered my best cards in February 2021. Fun to see how much my collection has grown since then.

[Yaga]

Not the nicest looking card, but probably my most valuable

2021-09-07_04-02-33 by Mike, on Flickr

And this one too...

2021-09-07_04-00-38 by Mike, on Flickr

[grizjunkie23]

Probably my most valuable baseball card: