Topps Now - Website Exclusive Event Cards

[Casebusters]

Todays new cards

 

[corockies]

The Kenta Maeda and Dae-Ho Lee cards should both do well on the international market.

 

[smapdi]

Good luck landing any of the < 400 print run cards on the cheap - I have a feeling they are gonna all be $20+ with room to rise.

Yeah, I know. But $20 is better than the $100 the two closed ebay listings show.

 

[gracecollector]

First retired player card. I'd like one of these.

 

[Casebusters]

First retired player card. I'd like one of these.

selling for $7 dlvd on my website if you want to save a few dollars

 

[WCTYSON]

 

[WCTYSON]

 

[smapdi]

I signed up with a Casebusters prepayment plan, then boom, next day 4 cards. Gonna go broke at this rate.

 

[death2redemptions]

Understandable, but the numbers will tell us that most of the hype players will never amount to much. I am always amazed at how much people are willing to spend on these untested players because they are promising. I fight it each year as I try to get the latest Dodger autographs. This last year seemed especially irritating, luckily I had gotten Joc before the hype.

The vast majority of prospects will never become superstars, let alone even an established everyday player in the majors and you are right, many of the hyped top prospects won't amount to much. Just take a look at Stephen Drew. When it comes to prospecting it's all about knowing when to sell because even the investors are well aware of this (Most prospects don't amount to anything significant). It's like a game of hot potato, you don't want to be the last person holding the card. Very, very few hyped prospects actually see prices exceed what they were as prospects after a couple years in baseball (Trout, Harper, Kershaw, Goldschmidt are some of those very few exceptions) which is why most prospectors would have unloaded their stash well before their rookie season is over. Very rarely is it worth holding any longer unless you are completely sold that they will become one of the next Trout, Harper, etc. You're taking a huge risk by doing this but it's the only way you'll receive a reward big enough as people did with Trout.

I'm not a huge risk taker so I generally unload right after the first significant spike in prices of a player I'm hoarding. That's also the reason I don't receive profits in the thousands plus. I have decided this time to take that risk with just a couple of the players I'm buying because I truly believe they can exceed that first initial spike. It may end up biting me in the butt however that's the risk you take when gambling.

Here's the thing though, I don't prospect purely for the money. All the money I earn from prospecting goes directly into my Paul Goldschmidt PC so that I can continue expanding. So I prospect in order to expand the PC of my favorite player(s).

 

[Casebusters]

2 cards for today

 

[moxacaine]

Bought 5 Harpers. Figured one should gem.

Sent from my SM-G925V using Freedom Card Board mobile app

 

[Doerrcollector]

First retired player card. I'd like one of these.

Bought five of these. Hopefully the start of a trend with the retired players.

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[Casebusters]

Card #24

$7 a piece until 12:30 pm

 

[mrmopar]

It is interesting to watch the print runs. I see this going the way of Sportscasters eventually, where it will ultimately cancelled due to lack of interest. Especially at $10 a pop. The real question is just how long will it take? So anyone hanging in there for the entire run may find some nice gems at the end of the print run, as interest dwindles and the print runs drop lower and lower.

 

[KLARNOLD]

As of today, Topps Now collectors have bought 15,345 cards. Will this set continue through the World Series?

 

[smapdi]

That's what they say. Selling ~750 cards a day is probably profitable, so why stop? The market is evolving as the initial cards are now being delivered, and I suspect it will get stronger with greater general awareness.

 

[death2redemptions]

I bet there is a small print run for that Melvin Upton card. Might end up being the lowest.

 

[KLARNOLD]

I bet there is a small print run for that Melvin Upton card. Might end up being the lowest.

Melvin Upton = 226

 

[death2redemptions]

Melvin Upton = 226

I thought so

 

[tribefan26]

I might think twice before ordering any more cards - they are using smartpost - which is 7-10 days here to the west coast. They need to do first class or I'll probably pass on any more.