Who fell for the Bonifacio hype?

[WaxHeaven]

Has there every been a bigger decline in sales for baseball cards? These SPx autographs were selling as high as $35 when Emilio started off the season with a bang.

Today they sell for under $2 dollars.

Does anyone have any other examples of such a quick decline in secondary market sales for a player in baseball?

 

[baseballguy350]

Chris Shelton 06 Ovation autos?

(EDIT) Whoever that 06 Ovation Tiger auto was.

 

[josh3302]

I sold a pair of those SPX Autos for $50. Very happy I did

 

[WaxHeaven]

I sold a pair of those SPX Autos for $50. Very happy I did

Wow. That's crazy.

I couldn't give them away in 2008. Actually, I gave one away on YouTube. He's absolutely terrible.

 

[scotty21690]

I sold a pair of those SPX Autos for $50. Very happy I did

Wow. That's crazy.

I couldn't give them away in 2008. Actually, I gave one away on YouTube. He's absolutely terrible.

You would think that someone with such great speed would be quite a decent player?

 

[WaxHeaven]

I sold a pair of those SPX Autos for $50. Very happy I did

Wow. That's crazy.

I couldn't give them away in 2008. Actually, I gave one away on YouTube. He's absolutely terrible.

You would think that someone with such great speed would be quite a decent player?

That was the theory with Michael Bourne.

 

[Codasco07]

Bo Hart and Shelley Duncan come to mind.

 

[numba1yankeefan]

I was on vacation when bonifacio was hot and still own his threads auto and poh auto

 

[TonyButlerStopSuckin]

This happens pretty much every year and its quite fun to capitalize. Last year was Mark Reynolds. While he has turned himself into a solid player he got really HOT at the beginning of last year. 5 HRs in the first 8 games and his stuff was on fire. I sold an 07 BC Xfractor with a couple chromes and base cards for $40.00. About a week later the same lot would have brought around $5, which is about the price now.

I always wonder what the people that buy this stuff are thinking.

 

[rebelpawn]

I think a lot of the collectors here could see that Bonifacio would be a flash in the pan kinda guy.
I often wonder who the people are who buy into guys when they are way over hyped....

 

[hive17]

2 years ago, JJ Hardy got so hot, you'd have been an idiot not to sell. The same cards you can get for less than $5 today were going for $70+, I'm not kidding. I flipped a 2005 spx auto /10; bought it for like $20 and sold it for about $150.

Caveat: JJ could still be great, and he's pretty elite with the glove, but he's no where near as good as those prices were comanding.

Also, the first person I thought of was Shelton as well.

 

[josh3302]

Most people think of players that were very hyped and then never kept up playing good, and are basically terrible now

How about these 2

Bryce Harper- His autos were selling for like $1,000 after his SI Cover debut. Now just 1 month 1/2 later they are at like $500

Evan Longoria- His 08 Bowman Chrome RC Logo's were going for $10-$20 in April, but when he hurt his hammy and started struggling they went back down to only $5 or less

 

[UMich92]

As a Tigers fan, I immediately thought of Chris Shelton and his April home run binge from a few years ago.

Alex

 

[rainmanesq]

that's why i buy guys who aren't hyped. by the time they're hyped + by the time the usually brief window to sell opens, it's just about going to shut. as snoop dogg says, drop it like it's hot, hypemachine/prospecting 101

 

[Lars]

Bonifacio is like a poor man's Juan Pierre - and some people absolutely believe Pierre is worthless.

At least Pierre has the ability to make consistent contact.

 

[Adamsince1981]

Bo Hart and Shelley Duncan come to mind.

They didn't decline anywhere near as fast as Bonifacio did...

...he is a nobody once again.

 

[WaxHeaven]

The man is absolutely despised among Marlins fans.

Hope to see him gone very soon.

 

[Adamsince1981]

The man is absolutely despised among Marlins fans.

Hope to see him gone very soon.

Unreal...and to think that HOFautos started buying non=HOF auto RC's because of Benifackiupod.

 

[WaxHeaven]

I remember seeing in the completed auctions section a UD Premier auto Bonifacio #'d to 10 sell for $100 dollars.

Now THAT'S hype right there.

 

[EricInCT]

Dayan from the contenders set.....sold for $225+ now can be had for 60.