2011 Elite Rare Card Tracker v. 2.0

Now that eBay has more to offer on it, in regards to elite, here's a sampling of what's out there as far as rare cards go.

Black Status Autos 1/1:
[phil:yx2srd2a]150732403599[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Jon Griffin
[phil:yx2srd2a]230728313044[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Cory Mazzoni
[phil:yx2srd2a]290654499669[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Ichiro, non-auto
[phil:yx2srd2a]280802833725[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Pedro Villareal
[phil:yx2srd2a]360424624565[/phil:yx2srd2a] - J.R. Graham

Gold Status Autos /5:
[phil:yx2srd2a]380400554264[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Gerrit Cole
[phil:yx2srd2a]380400554025[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Carlos Sanchez
[phil:yx2srd2a]110805215264[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Joe Panik
[phil:yx2srd2a]400268703725[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Kyle Winkler
[phil:yx2srd2a]290654490364[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Kyle Winkler
[phil:yx2srd2a]180792604024[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Nick Fleece
[phil:yx2srd2a]220927029084[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Tyler Grimes
[phil:yx2srd2a]270887904064[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Matt Barnes
[phil:yx2srd2a]110805890353[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Dylan Bundy
[phil:yx2srd2a]400268553051[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Riccio Torrez
[phil:yx2srd2a]190624746156[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Jackie Bradley Jr.
[phil:yx2srd2a]260931550103[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Kyle Gaedele
[phil:yx2srd2a]120840651819[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Kyle Crick
[phil:yx2srd2a]130627838848[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Lee Orr

Other Short Prints:
[phil:yx2srd2a]400268712800[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Andrew Susac Green Ink /10
[phil:yx2srd2a]290654490665[/phil:yx2srd2a] - James Baldwin Green Ink /10
[phil:yx2srd2a]220927027000[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Jed Bradley Green Ink /10
[phil:yx2srd2a]390380176396[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Keenyn Walker Green Ink /10
[phil:yx2srd2a]380400528431[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Jackie Bradley Jr. Red Ink /25
[phil:yx2srd2a]300646220976[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Trevor Bauer Red Ink /25
[phil:yx2srd2a]290654492290[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Kyle Crick Red Ink /13
[phil:yx2srd2a]160712417430[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Joe Panik Red Ink /11
[phil:yx2srd2a]370574896416[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Robert Stephenson Red Ink /23
[phil:yx2srd2a]390380174980[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Jed Bradley Red Ink /6
[phil:yx2srd2a]110805879115[/phil:yx2srd2a] - Kolten Wong Red Ink /5

What do you think of the ink variations this year? Do you like them, or do you think its just a cheesy way to get more low #'d cards into the product?

That link is not Vollmuth's 1/1. Just an inscription.

beefycheddar said:

That link is not Vollmuth's 1/1. Just an inscription.

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gah, sorry. Thanks for the catch.

Really confused about which cards are on-card and which are stickers...

Topnotchsy said:

Really confused about which cards are on-card and which are stickers...

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If it's a die-cut, it's a sticker.

I like the looks of the Red Ink, but I also believe it is a cheap way to create scarcity and artificially raise the prices on the secondary market. However inflation in the secondary market isn't horrible if you are flipping, if you are trying to collect though I don't think it is to the individual collectors benefit. Just like everything else in this hobby, it really depends on your viewpoint.

Jaypers said:

Topnotchsy said:

Really confused about which cards are on-card and which are stickers...

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If it's a die-cut, it's a sticker.

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That's pretty straight-forward I guess.

But apparently not all the parallels are die-cut, correct? The Wong linked above is /5 but not die-cut and therefore is on-card.

Jaypers said:

Topnotchsy said:

Really confused about which cards are on-card and which are stickers...

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If it's a die-cut, it's a sticker.

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Yep - only the base autos are on-card.

Even the green and red inks that are scarce aren't on-card I don't think.

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Jaypers said:

Topnotchsy said:

Really confused about which cards are on-card and which are stickers...

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If it's a die-cut, it's a sticker.

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Yep - only the base autos are on-card.

Even the green and red inks that are scarce aren't on-card I don't think.

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This one is on-card:

Topnotchsy said:

masonphillip said:

Jaypers said:

Topnotchsy said:

Really confused about which cards are on-card and which are stickers...

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If it's a die-cut, it's a sticker.

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Yep - only the base autos are on-card.

Even the green and red inks that are scarce aren't on-card I don't think.

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This one is on-card:

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Oh, true, there you go - and that looks pretty snazzy.

My Josh Bell green auto is 01/10 and is On-Card also. Are there color parallels to the sticker base autos also? or just the base autos that have On-Card autos?

jumbojohnny said:

My Josh Bell green auto is 01/10 and is On-Card also. Are there color parallels to the sticker base autos also? or just the base autos that have On-Card autos?

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There are color parallels to the sticker autos as well - [phil:2fqw268p]250968473114[/phil:2fqw268p]

A few interesting sales:

[phil:17ynsmvf]300647802167[/phil:17ynsmvf] - Bichette Jr. /25 - big $$
[phil:17ynsmvf]130626738961[/phil:17ynsmvf] - Josh Bell /50 - wouldn't have thought these would be triple digits
[phil:17ynsmvf]380400554264[/phil:17ynsmvf] - meanwhile, this Gerrit Cole Gold /5 seems low
[phil:17ynsmvf]300646585030[/phil:17ynsmvf] - Rendon /50 Auto - outside of Bell, Bichette I have to imagine he'll be the next highest seller?
[phil:17ynsmvf]300645869353[/phil:17ynsmvf] - Bundy Base Auto - he, Rendon and Bell all sell routinely around this $$ level, rare that Elite base autos sell for those kind of $$
[phil:17ynsmvf]300645890480[/phil:17ynsmvf] - Speaking of $40 base autos, Rookie Davis...
[phil:17ynsmvf]120838574739[/phil:17ynsmvf] - Dunston Jr. also selling really well.

Overall, it seems like some of the autos are selling outside of the normal price range we typically see for Elite...

your thoughts on sales thus far?

Wow that Cole was low

ljw29 said:

Wow that Cole was low

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He doesn't sell great to begin with but yeah, it still seemed like 1 bill for an /5 auto of the top pick was cheap.

masonphillip said:

Overall, it seems like some of the autos are selling outside of the normal price range we typically see for Elite...

your thoughts on sales thus far?

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I think very little Elite is being busted so far because the checklist is weak, especially from those that don't have any cards.

Sellers are wanting crackhead prices for what has been busted. I'm staying away from this outside of 1 or 2 under the radar guys.

bballcardkid said:

masonphillip said:

Overall, it seems like some of the autos are selling outside of the normal price range we typically see for Elite...

your thoughts on sales thus far?

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I think very little Elite is being busted so far because the checklist is weak, especially from those that don't have any cards.

Sellers are wanting crackhead prices for what has been busted. I'm staying away from this outside of 1 or 2 under the radar guys.

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I like the product but at 139 a box its a tough pill to swallow

ljw29 said:

bballcardkid said:

masonphillip said:

Overall, it seems like some of the autos are selling outside of the normal price range we typically see for Elite...

your thoughts on sales thus far?

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I think very little Elite is being busted so far because the checklist is weak, especially from those that don't have any cards.

Sellers are wanting crackhead prices for what has been busted. I'm staying away from this outside of 1 or 2 under the radar guys.

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I like the product but at 139 a box its a tough pill to swallow

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Even at $100 which is what they're going for on the Internet sites it's a real stretch. I want to pick up a few boxes but will take the chance that they fall below $75 within a month or two which I think they will

My LCS sold 6 Elites boxes to me for $93 each...
$150 is insane!

ljw29 said:

bballcardkid said:

masonphillip said:

Overall, it seems like some of the autos are selling outside of the normal price range we typically see for Elite...

your thoughts on sales thus far?

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I think very little Elite is being busted so far because the checklist is weak, especially from those that don't have any cards.

Sellers are wanting crackhead prices for what has been busted. I'm staying away from this outside of 1 or 2 under the radar guys.

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I like the product but at 139 a box its a tough pill to swallow

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That's insane. I don't know if I would touch it at $60.