Why do BC USA autos get no love?

[bmp1971]

Curious why you all think that Bowman Chrome USA autos get no love. Example, Francisco Lindor 2010 USA Blues go for around $60-100, but 2011 Blues go for around $150. The 2010 is more short printed at 99 copies vs the 2011 at 150.

Is the non-MLB uni and the sticker that big of deal breaker?

It's an issue of preference. That is all it is. Once the preference is made, economics takes over to determine values, based on the standard supply-and-demand economics model that drives values in free-market capitalism. That said, it's not because the team USA card is inherently bad in any way, but because the other is BETTER. As a result, the market becomes a reflection of that preference, and the value differences merely reflect that preference.

I don't think it's as much of a "USA uni" issue or a "sticker-auto" issue, as it is preferring to have the 1st card of a player in the team uniform, in Bowman chrome, over any other type. So, it's not that USA autos get "no love," but that the other gets more love!

Let's put it this way: if you were an Indians fan and had both cards side-by-side and had to pick one, which one would you choose? Whatever the reason, there will be a preference, and with that comes a consequential effect on value-- to you, the buyer, as buyers are willing to pay more to get the thing they want! How much more you are willing to pay might not meet the level of how much more you must pay, however...

Based on the values you posted, we know that most fans in fact are choosing the Lindor 11BDP auto over the 10BC auto, and the value differences could prove the actual percentage, more or less, of fans making this preference.

Pardon the simplicity of this explanation, but, if, for example, 75% of the buyers gravitate towards the Lindor 11BDP blue auto over the Lindor 10BC blue auto, the market demand for the 11BDP auto would literally be 3x as strong (3 out of 4 people preferring the 11BDP), but the print-run differential is only 1.5x as strong (/150 vs /99), which means for supply to meet the demand of the 11BDP will be twice as difficult (costly) as that of the 10BC, which is, in essence, why we see the 11BDP values twice those of the 10BC.

Economics involves numerous variables, but I think you can understand the basic premise I'm proposing here.

 

[WildGinge]

How is that "stupid?" If a collector does not care for the design or set of the card, how is it "stupid" of them to not buy it?

Exactly my point. They could just as easily be Cubs logos or swastikas.

 

[Crewfan82]

It's an issue of preference. That is all it is. Once the preference is made, economics takes over to determine values, based on the standard supply-and-demand economics model that drives values in free-market capitalism. That said, it's not because the team USA card is inherently bad in any way, but because the other is BETTER. As a result, the market becomes a reflection of that preference, and the value differences merely reflect that preference.

I don't think it's as much of a "USA uni" issue or a "sticker-auto" issue, as it is preferring to have the 1st card of a player in the team uniform, in Bowman chrome, over any other type. So, it's not that USA autos get "no love," but that the other gets more love!

Let's put it this way: if you were an Indians fan and had both cards side-by-side and had to pick one, which one would you choose? Whatever the reason, there will be a preference, and with that comes a consequential effect on value-- to you, the buyer, as buyers are willing to pay more to get the thing they want! How much more you are willing to pay might not meet the level of how much more you must pay, however...

Based on the values you posted, we know that most fans in fact are choosing the Lindor 11BDP auto over the 10BC auto, and the value differences could prove the actual percentage, more or less, of fans making this preference.

Pardon the simplicity of this explanation, but, if, for example, 75% of the buyers gravitate towards the Lindor 11BDP blue auto over the Lindor 10BC blue auto, the market demand for the 11BDP auto would literally be 3x as strong (3 out of 4 people preferring the 11BDP), but the print-run differential is only 1.5x as strong (/150 vs /99), which means for supply to meet the demand of the 11BDP will be twice as difficult (costly) as that of the 10BC, which is, in essence, why we see the 11BDP values twice those of the 10BC.

Economics involves numerous variables, but I think you can understand the basic premise I'm proposing here.

Dont disagree, I just don't understand it. For me, I want a players first chrome auto whether that is a BC USA auto or a players first chrome auto in an airbrushed MLB uni.

I would be interested to get your opinion on how you think a USA auto would be affected say it was Jean Segura and not Lindor. Segura's chrome auto is in an Angels uni. Do you think if he had an earlier BC USA auto the newer BC auto would still have a higher value even though it is not the MLB uni from his current team?

 

[Austin]

I love the old Upper Deck USA autographed sets, especially the 2003 and 2004 sets.
So many cool autographed pre-rookies like Verlander, Pedroia, Weaver, Scherzer and lots more stars.

The design is cool with the window signatures and they're so cheap for licensed autographed cards made a year or two before their more expensive Bowman Chrome rookies.

Then Upper Deck ruined the design with the ugly silver sticker autographs in the USA Alumni set.