✹The PERENNIAL Shohei Ohtani Thread✹

[Danderlion]

Originally Posted by diz07

I see, so you mean the card is real but the auto is fake. Guess it was too hard for me to imagine that someone would do that.

Happens a lot in this hobby. Juan Soto's best card fell victim to this as well (2016 superfractor was wiped and resigned). Lots of scum in the card world.

[Oachs83]

Originally Posted by Danderlion

Happens a lot in this hobby. Juan Soto's best card fell victim to this as well (2016 superfractor was wiped and resigned). Lots of scum in the card world.

Unfortunately yes the more you get into the hobby the more you almost hate it from the terrible few that really wreck it. The Soto super auto is such a head scratcher to me and shows the intelligence and greed of these people. It’s a SUPERFRACTOR!! Oh you don’t like the auto on this 1/1 card? Then go find another one. That’s right you can’t. So who cares if the auto is messed up it’s the only one. Do you think anyone cares the US300 platinum is not a gem 10? The stupidity of some of these people.

[seanrs1]

Here are my latest purchases! Been concentrating on parallels, image varitions, etc.

Fire Gold minted, Series 2 rainbow foil, Gallery wood


US1 image variation, US1 rainbow foil


High Tek Magma diffractor


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[hammertime]

Nice pickups! Fire has really been growing on me.

[seanrs1]

Originally Posted by hammertime

Nice pickups! Fire has really been growing on me.

I really like the fire parallels (fire, gold minted, blue chip). It is interesting how the market views these considering they all have about the same PR (I think its around 1300 each, someone would need to confirm). Gold minted based on sales seems to be the most popular.

[NYRE2PECT]

Originally Posted by hammertime

Nice pickups! Fire has really been growing on me.

Agree - ShoTani time - they look great!

[al3xmac10]

ANOTHER ONE

AP 2021 Male Athlete of the Year

https://www.espn.com.au/mlb/story/_/...ete-year-award

[Trueblue]

Originally Posted by al3xmac10

ANOTHER ONE

AP 2021 Male Athlete of the Year

https://www.espn.com.au/mlb/story/_/...ete-year-award

"Ohtani accomplished his feats at the plate with an often terrible lineup protecting him in the batting order."

Best is yet to come, boys

[Matt Donof]

Hey guys, just got these back from PSA. What do you think they would sell for? Both Rookies /25 auto

Trying to figure it out. Thanks for the input

https://www.dropbox.com/s/e9sbvtme4p...i%20.HEIC?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/49dwdprq4l...%209.HEIC?dl=0

[ChefCurry312]

Originally Posted by Matt Donof

Hey guys, just got these back from PSA. What do you think they would sell for? Both Rookies /25 auto

Trying to figure it out. Thanks for the input

https://www.dropbox.com/s/e9sbvtme4p...i%20.HEIC?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/49dwdprq4l...%209.HEIC?dl=0

Those are really nice cards and absolute monsters! For the PSA 10, it looks like there was a sale for $25,000 on 10/22 (ebay.com/itm/324656041994). I would probably price at like $30,000 or higher with best offer available. Doesn't look like there's any 10s on eBay.

For the PSA 9, I would probably price it around $15,000 since there's another PSA 9 listed on eBay for that price.

[Trueblue]

Originally Posted by ChefCurry312

Those are really nice cards and absolute monsters! For the PSA 10, it looks like there was a sale for $25,000 on 10/22 (ebay.com/itm/324656041994). I would probably price at like $30,000 or higher with best offer available. Doesn't look like there's any 10s on eBay.

For the PSA 9, I would probably price it around $15,000 since there's another PSA 9 listed on eBay for that price.

I don't think even a Topps Chrome non-insert orange RC Auto gets $30k, but it's good to dream big

[al3xmac10]

Originally Posted by Trueblue

"Ohtani accomplished his feats at the plate with an often terrible lineup protecting him in the batting order."

Best is yet to come, boys

this part i liked:

"Most of the time in professional sports, it's easy to think it's all been done before.

With so many fine-tuned athletes constantly pushing each other to the peak of human potential, we can experience unprecedented demonstrations of sporting brilliance every week of our lives. But it's truly rare to witness anything that isn't fundamentally just a better, more prolific version of something we've already seen.

That's why Shohei Ohtani's astonishing redefinition of modern baseball captured the world's attention so vividly in 2021 -- and that's why the Los Angeles Angels' two-way superstar is the winner of The Associated Press' Male Athlete of the Year Award."

[ChefCurry312]

Originally Posted by Trueblue

I don't think even a Topps Chrome non-insert orange RC Auto gets $30k, but it's good to dream big

After looking at the non-insert TC auto prices, I think you're probably right. I definitely think the photo is better on the Freshman Flash insert though. Maybe have the PSA 10 priced around 25k w/ BO and see what kind of offers get sent.

[tblood]

Originally Posted by seanrs1

Here are my latest purchases! Been concentrating on parallels, image varitions, etc.

Fire Gold minted, Series 2 rainbow foil, Gallery wood


US1 image variation, US1 rainbow foil


High Tek Magma diffractor


Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Nice gets! I really like the Fire Gold Minted. It looks fantastic in-hand.


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[imbluestreak23]

Lovely Shohei mailday from PSA!

[NYRE2PECT]

Originally Posted by imbluestreak23

Lovely Shohei mailday from PSA!

Creased? What the heck?

[imbluestreak23]

Originally Posted by NYRE2PECT

Creased? What the heck?

Yes And it's a bad crease. Will have to check my pre-grading vid to see if it was there.

[NYBBFAN]

Originally Posted by imbluestreak23

Yes And it's a bad crease. Will have to check my pre-grading vid to see if it was there.

On the bright side, it should be a POP 1.

[hammertime]

Got this jersey # Rookie Cup card...too bad Topps is cross-eyed.

[al3xmac10]

just sharing:

october 2016 article on The Ringer, the great Ben Lindbergh's 1st article on Shohei:

https://www.theringer.com/platform/a...n-3e2e8585e6ba

[GMRide27]

Anyone else notice the slight rise starting once again on the Ohtani autos/RCs?

The 2018 Bowman Chrome batting PSA 10 seems to be climbing steadily. And no, I don't own one nor am I selling one. Was thinking of picking one up and it seems to be hovering over the PSA website value price lately. Is that the "favorite" non auto RC right now of Sho-time?

[Trueblue]

Originally Posted by GMRide27

Anyone else notice the slight rise starting once again on the Ohtani autos/RCs?

The 2018 Bowman Chrome batting PSA 10 seems to be climbing steadily. And no, I don't own one nor am I selling one. Was thinking of picking one up and it seems to be hovering over the PSA website value price lately. Is that the "favorite" non auto RC right now of Sho-time?

I have a few of these coming back in a PSA bulk order from about a year ago. Declared value of $8 at the time I sent it in

Heritage Low #17 is that card, imo.

[NYRE2PECT]

Originally Posted by Trueblue

I have a few of these coming back in a PSA bulk order from about a year ago. Declared value of $8 at the time I sent it in

Heritage Low #17 is that card, imo.

I see what you did there...darn inflation !

[ChefCurry312]

Originally Posted by imbluestreak23

Lovely Shohei mailday from PSA!

I've somehow missed those creases too. I love that card though. I need to pick one up soon.

[al3xmac10]

Originally Posted by al3xmac10

just sharing:

october 2016 article on The Ringer, the great Ben Lindbergh's 1st article on Shohei:

https://www.theringer.com/platform/a...n-3e2e8585e6ba

...and before his unprecedented 2106 season when he won MVP and the NipponHam Fighters won the Japan Series, Shohei became the 2nd player out of high school in NPB history to reach 100 Million Yen in salary in his third year, after Daisuke Matsuzaka in 2001.
An image from that December 2015 press conference is used in the card on my Instagram: al3xmac10