predatorkj
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Well, it proves one thing...GU still is alive and well. At least certain GU is.
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This discussion comes up pretty frequently in autograph circles. Why do cut autograph cards produced by Topps or UD cost so much more than other auto'd items? I think the answer is simple (and pretty obvious given the present milieu): people like baseball cards.
They already do:
I have some of those but I doubt they are a true cross section. I think they are just jumbo bat chips.
I'm taking cards should be made that are true cross sections and the size of your cross section tells you about where on the bat it was cut from.
I like CERTIFIED baseball cards - that's why I tend to gravitate towards spending a little more on certified baseball card autos for a niche component of the PC than buying cards that sellers claim they got in person at AZL or spring training or MLB/MiLB games. I certainly trust topps/panini/UD/razor/leaf's on-card certification more and it likely gives me more legal recourse if some bombshell ever hits the hobby and I might need to take legal action over something being certified as authentic by those companies but its not.
I like CERTIFIED baseball cards - that's why I tend to gravitate towards spending a little more on certified baseball card autos for a niche component of the PC than buying cards that sellers claim they got in person at AZL or spring training or MLB/MiLB games. I certainly trust topps/panini/UD/razor/leaf's on-card certification more and it likely gives me more legal recourse if some bombshell ever hits the hobby and I might need to take legal action over something being certified as authentic by those companies but its not.
I have some of those but I doubt they are a true cross section. I think they are just jumbo bat chips.
I'm taking cards should be made that are true cross sections and the size of your cross section tells you about where on the bat it was cut from.
I have some of those but I doubt they are a true cross section. I think they are just jumbo bat chips.
I'm taking cards should be made that are true cross sections and the size of your cross section tells you about where on the bat it was cut from.
thanks for the education about that type of bat relic existing.
Those are cool! What year of TSC are those from?
Not sure if this point was made as admittedly I have read not one post in this thread.....
besides the fact that card collectors collect cards.....if I wanted an Adam Dunn gamer I could buy one this week. Wouldn't really be hard at all, just would take money. But a card embedded with a bat knob takes production, design and then pack out....and then acquisition. Card collectors like the chase. I have a certain super from a low ripped set for a player collection of mine and I rate it so high as the likelihood of it ever getting to me was so slim.
I have gone around and around on this question... I've posted that I've purchased all three of my gamer bats of Albert Belle for around $100 each and yet a nameplate Belle goes for $300 or something like that. Belle has three bat knobs that I've never seen and don't own any but when they show up on eBay one day, I can bet you a hamburger they don't go for $100 unless the seller is drunk or stoned or both.
That all said, I think the real answer is some people collect full game used memorabilia and some people collect cards and some people collect both. I've heard the argument about some people just want a card and not a full bat, blah blah blah. Someone has already said that it's serial numbered 1/1 most of the time and that in itself changes it's value, what it is, etc.
What I do know is Aristotle is full of sh!t with is famous quote "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts"
Those are cool! What year of TSC are those from?
So we're coming to the conclusion that we can tell whether the relic bat piece is from a cross section or not? Or we can tell because the card is labeled that way? Just curious.
So we're coming to the conclusion that we can tell whether the relic bat piece is from a cross section or not? Or we can tell because the card is labeled that way? Just curious.