Since 2001 has there been an 'iconic' card...?

matfanofold · Aug 27, 2012

Perhaps I am just having a brain freeze, but is the BC Pujols RC Auto the last iconic card our hobby has had? Sure, there have been cards that generated a lot of hype, enjoyed a bit of lore, but I am having trouble singling out a true "iconic" card over the last decade. Having said that, what will the next one be? Are the days of 1984 Donruss Mattingly, 1989 UD Griffey, 2001 BC Pujols Auto type cards reaching iconic status over? Has the hobby changed too much for any real focus to be put on any single card, the ammount of focus needed to obtain iconic stature...?

Just a few things I was wondering, any thoughts?

George_Calfas · Aug 27, 2012

2005 Absolute Jumbo Ruth......so many jumbo jerseys after this release.

matfanofold · Aug 27, 2012

Yeah, the Ruth is a very good card, most everyone should know about it but I'm not sure I'd call it iconic...

My 'iconic' barometer could be off though

jbhofmann · Aug 27, 2012

matfanofold · Aug 27, 2012

jbhofmann said:

Are you saying this is an iconic card, or could be the next iconic card?

If the laddar, I agree. It verywell could be and was one of only a few I had in mind also...

Brewer Andy · Aug 27, 2012

Might be a bit premature to call those days "over" just yet. Something will come up and maybe it'll be a Strasburg, Harper, or Trout, etc. Griffeys and Pujols only come around every so often. It can't hurt that Topps is our only option either, it'll probably help

jbhofmann · Aug 27, 2012

Is. 2010 Bowman was insane and this is what people were chasing.

WaxPax · Aug 27, 2012

So would an "Iconic" card be a base card or a parallel? or have parallels kind of killed the idea of the one card that "Everyone has to have"?

Joshua.Roundtree · Aug 27, 2012

WaxPax said:
So would an "Iconic" card be a base card or a parallel? or have parallels kind of killed the idea of the one card that "Everyone has to have"?

This is the only reason the Pujols is considered an 'iconic' card.....because it had no parallel.

WaxPax · Aug 27, 2012

That was my thought too....Too many variations of each card to try to get now....

Joshua.Roundtree said:
This is the only reason the Pujols is considered an 'iconic' card.....because it had no parallel.

ThoseBackPages · Aug 27, 2012

talking Baseball only?

allstars · Aug 27, 2012

There's not enough collectors to make a card iconic anymore. There were millions of 84D Mattingly's & 89 UD Griffeys made, but they still became iconic & valuable. As for the Pujols Auto there are only 500, too few for the average collector to afford. Then there's the stupid color variations (no offense, I know this is FCB) that collectors pay stupid $ for. There may be iconic players in the future, but no, there won't be anymore iconic cards. Kinda sad.

moxacaine · Aug 27, 2012

allstars said:
There's not enough collectors to make a card iconic anymore. There were millions of 84D Mattingly's & 89 UD Griffeys made, but they still became iconic & valuable. As for the Pujols Auto there are only 500, too few for the average collector to afford. Then there's the stupid color variations (no offense, I know this is FCB) that collectors pay stupid $ for. There may be iconic players in the future, but no, there won't be anymore iconic cards. Kinda sad.

Says the guy with the red variation Howard auto in his sig.

rehmus · Aug 27, 2012

jbhofmann said:

The exact card that came to my mind when reading the thread title. This card is as iconic as they can go in this decade.

Topnotchsy · Aug 27, 2012

I think that there are a number of reasons we do not have any recent iconic cards. As mentioned, the proliferation of parallels does not help. I also think though, that it takes an iconic player to have an iconic card, and that takes some time.

Some cards that have iconic potential:

2004 Bowman Chrome AFLAC Andrew McCutchen Auto
2004 Bowman Chrome AFLAC Justin Upton Auto
2003 Bowman Heritage Robinson Cano Auto (less likely than the first two)

More recent cards of players like Harper, Strasburg, Trout, Hosmer etc. also have a chance.

ajbraves25 · Aug 27, 2012

If baseball only, then probably the Strasburg Bowman. If not then the Lebron Exquisite, Rodgers Exquisite, Brady Contenders, Crosby Cup would qualify. The iconic cards are out there still.

~AJ

rum151man · Aug 27, 2012

I agree on the Strasburg card. The superfractor created so much buzz in the hobby.

ThoseBackPages · Aug 27, 2012

moxacaine · Aug 27, 2012

ThoseBackPages said:

so many people have forgotten about that card though. If Gordon would have come close to the hype it might be iconic.

uniquebaseballcards · Aug 27, 2012

Iconic cards come from iconic sets. Also, since *investors* don't make sets iconic... what sets have *collectors* sought/seek enough to make iconic since '01?

I'm not so sure that 2001 BC qualifies as iconic when given the number of minor league players the set has that nobody's really interested in or even heard of.

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