Alex Gordon's HUGE slide

matty07 · Aug 11, 2009

I just checked the prices on Gordons chrome auto man is it ever sad how cheap it is. The last oen sold for 26 bucks. Does anyone know what the highest price were on those when he had all the hype and does anyone think he'll ever become something???

excel_B · Aug 11, 2009

one word - overrated...

matty07 · Aug 11, 2009

excel_B said:
one word - overrated...

you can argue that but he had amazing minor league stats along with his college so I can see where the hype was

Huffamaniac · Aug 11, 2009

I still feel they are selling a little high. If they drop a little more, I might take a chance on him.

Billy Butler is going to be a greater hitter in that line up

WaxHeaven · Aug 11, 2009

Mattty07, your sig is ridiculous.

As for Gordon, I remember someone selling one of those Topps cut-outs for $10,000 grand on eBay and explaining that Alex was a guaranteed future Hall of Famer.

Good times...

xcantgobackx · Aug 11, 2009

I saw Base 06 Chrome autos going for $235 raw before the 07 Season. Wow.

matty07 · Aug 11, 2009

WaxHeaven said:
Mattty07, your sig is ridiculous.

As for Gordon, I remember someone selling one of those Topps cut-outs for $10,000 grand on eBay and explaining that Alex was a guaranteed future Hall of Famer.

Good times...

I bet alot of people lost alot of money on him

mredsox89 · Aug 11, 2009

matty07 said:
WaxHeaven said:

Mattty07, your sig is ridiculous.

As for Gordon, I remember someone selling one of those Topps cut-outs for $10,000 grand on eBay and explaining that Alex was a guaranteed future Hall of Famer.

Good times...

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I bet alot of people lost alot of money on him

I bet a lot of people lose a lot of money on just about every prospect. For every person that sells at a profit, is another person who probably buys and either never sells or sells for a much lower price

arod305 · Aug 11, 2009

He picked up sales at the start of the season when he hit that bomb. I bought a blue for 75 in the offseason and sold it for 150. I mean I woudl buy chromes at 25 all day

RL24 · Aug 11, 2009

mredsox89 said:
I bet a lot of people lose a lot of money on just about every prospect. For every person that sells at a profit, is another person who probably buys and either never sells or sells for a much lower price

:|

So you're saying, if somebody actually collects these baseball cards, they are losing a lot of money.

Some people actually collect these things for fun you know... not everybody is trying to make money off of cardboard.

matty07 · Aug 11, 2009

RL24 said:
mredsox89 said:

I bet a lot of people lose a lot of money on just about every prospect. For every person that sells at a profit, is another person who probably buys and either never sells or sells for a much lower price

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:|

So you're saying, if somebody actually collects these baseball cards, they are losing a lot of money.

Some people actually collect these things for fun you know... not everybody is trying to make money off of cardboard.

+100

cubsfan2513 · Aug 11, 2009

I dont know if he was overhyped. He won college player of the year and MILB player of the year in consecutive years, I can see why his prices were so high. He is a hometown player for me so Ive been a fan of his since his college days and I was mad when i was going to have to pay $150+ for his chrome autos, but now I am having a hayday with his low prices. I still think he will be a good player just not the hall of famer that all the people paying $150+ were hoping for. At least Im not in on him for profit. He's my favorite player and I enjoy collecting him, but if anyone wants to dump any of his stuff shoot me a pm!

schmidtfan20 · Aug 11, 2009

Olberman was the guy picking up Gordon stuff by the truck load, he must of bough all of the topps
Gordon "variations" including the ones made in peoples basement. All prospects crash after a while, you
have to sell at the right time, which for 90% of them are before they hit the majors. You never hear
about the collectors stuck with this crap, I guess they just go in a showbox to live out the rest of their
days. They can't all be Rick Ankiel.

Kevin

HPC · Aug 11, 2009

Dallas McPherson
Delmon Young
Alex Gordon

...the biggest prospect busts (although I think Gordon will be solid) so far due to the BMB hype-train

Brett Keith · Aug 11, 2009

HPC said:
Dallas McPherson
Delmon Young
Alex Gordon

...the biggest prospect busts (although I think Gordon will be solid) so far due to the BMB hype-train

"due to"? How did the BMB make them busts? Almost all of their hype came from outside the BMB and baseball card world anyway.

Vagrant · Aug 11, 2009

cubsfan2513 said:
I dont know if he was overhyped. He won college player of the year and MILB player of the year in consecutive years, I can see why his prices were so high. He is a hometown player for me so Ive been a fan of his since his college days and I was mad when i was going to have to pay $150+ for his chrome autos, but now I am having a hayday with his low prices. I still think he will be a good player just not the hall of famer that all the people paying $150+ were hoping for. At least Im not in on him for profit. He's my favorite player and I enjoy collecting him, but if anyone wants to dump any of his stuff shoot me a pm!

True collector. Props!

Penno · Aug 11, 2009

We're worried about Gordon's chromes falling to around $26 when you can have buy Bowman Chrome autograph rookie of a 4x All Star for a dollar less? Crazy hobby.

matty07 · Aug 11, 2009

Penno said:
We're worried about Gordon's chromes falling to around $26 when you can have buy Bowman Chrome autograph rookie of a 4x All Star for a dollar less? Crazy hobby.

I'm gonna play stupid on here but who is the 4x all star??

f2tornado · Aug 11, 2009

matty07 said:
excel_B said:

one word - overrated...

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you can argue that but he had amazing minor league stats along with his college so I can see where the hype was

Amazing stats in the Cal League generally don't impress me. I was grilled on the BMB for suggesting Gordon was over-hyped. Alex Gordon is another Gary Gaetti, solid marginal all-star caliber player. You might see a little power boost out of him in the next year or two. If your holding that will be the time to fold him or you can hope the Red Sox pick him up in five years. In the meantime the Royals are going nowhere so his card prices may further decrease in price.

Brett Keith · Aug 11, 2009

f2tornado said:
matty07 said:

excel_B said:

one word - overrated...

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you can argue that but he had amazing minor league stats along with his college so I can see where the hype was

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Amazing stats in the Cal League generally don't impress me. I was grilled on the BMB for suggesting Gordon was over-hyped. Alex Gordon is another Gary Gaetti, solid marginal all-star caliber player. You might see a little power boost out of him in the next year or two. If your holding that will be the time to fold him or you can hope the Red Sox pick him up in five years. In the meantime the Royals are going nowhere so his card prices may further decrease in price.

Were you grilled for thinking Alex Gordon played in the Cal League?

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