Am I the only one....

ChasHawk · Feb 19, 2011

....who thinks this is a really stupid and pointless waste of not only 4 Nolan Ryan button cards, but 4 Nolan Ryan autographs?

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If he had just collected the 4 buttons, that would be a pretty cool collecting feat unto itself, but this to me
seems worse that those Beckett slabs that have a base card and random piece of jersey stuck in the slab.

Lancemountain · Feb 19, 2011

Those look terrible

maryvillereb2003 · Feb 19, 2011

wow, facepalm!!!! yuck

ThoseBackPages · Feb 19, 2011

OVER

KILL

James52411 · Feb 19, 2011

I don't care for the aesthetics, as the autographs block the cards. If you are going to do something like that, go with some sort of shadowbox with autographed photos/balls/whatever of each of the events Ryan inscribed on the BGS holders.

braden · Feb 19, 2011

I'm usually of the "to each, their own" mindset but those are dumb.

elmalo · Feb 19, 2011

Are the slabs signed or the plastic baggies?

ChasHawk · Feb 19, 2011

elmalo said:
Are the slabs signed or the plastic baggies?

slabs

nyc3 · Feb 19, 2011

Wow and yet ANOTHER brilliant money making idea gone wrong. I actually feel bad for this one as he is so off with the value its sad. Not only that but the sigs KILL the card and any value they may have.

I would even venture to say just the price of the autographs with the inscriptions are closer to the true value than his price.

ChasHawk · Feb 19, 2011

nyc3 said:
Wow and yet ANOTHER brilliant money making idea gone wrong. I actually feel bad for this one as he is so off with the value its sad. Not only that but the sigs KILL the card and any value they may have.

I would even venture to say just the price of the autographs with the inscriptions are closer to the true value than his price.

I mean, you could crack them out of the slab, but he's dreaming if he thinks those sigs are worth anything
more than the button cards themselves to anyone but him.

jacobbocce72 · Feb 19, 2011

I just wonder if the auto's on the case lower the price enough to be able to wipe off the auto's and resell for a higher price?

Even getting the auto's on the card itself would be a shame... but, the bgs case ::facepalm::

RITM · Feb 20, 2011

Might be wrong but wasn't there some drama about these cards a few years ago? Could be a different run but I remember someone getting an assist from Beckett on completing a run of these only to turn around and try to cash in.

jbhofmann · Feb 20, 2011

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bigpapiMA32 · Feb 20, 2011

RITM said:
Might be wrong but wasn't there some drama about these cards a few years ago? Could be a different run but I remember someone getting an assist from Beckett on completing a run of these only to turn around and try to cash in.

Yeah, that was my thought as well. I definitely remember a Beckett article or two about this set.

Sweetness · Feb 20, 2011

I think those are awesome. I still have my first ever bgs submission. If I could get those auto'd I'd be thrilled. I would love to tape off a section of the slab, rough it up with very fine grit sandpaper and have the player sign.

What I like about collecting is that everyone's collection is personal to them. I just bought 2 super rare items in the last couple days that I've wanted for a long time. Both items were pretty cheap and most collectors probably wouldn't even know or care about them but it would take a retarded sum of cash for me to sell them.

I'm sure if the right person found those listings they would sell for a decent amount. Nolan Ryan is not on my list of must haves but if a signed slab of a player I collected showed up I'd pay a premium.

Each to his own I guess.

Donutme · Feb 20, 2011

wow .... I would have passed on sending those to the Ryan foundation to be auto'ed. The button cards were nice by themselves.

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