Of the top 50 graded card sells of Aaron Judge cards on EBAY
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only 3 are PSA graded. Wow didn't expect that.
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I did. The younger generation isn't as enamored with PSA as we are.
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I think another thing is that Judge cards are very erratic on sales prices recently, from his initial hot start to his slump, to his end of season resurgence and now playoffs. Waiting 3 months to get cards back has a big influence on how I get mine graded, especially when that 3 months could be a loss of hundreds of dollars
Great point. Something to think about, huh?
SO does the tide (pricing wise) ever turn on BVG vs PSA, say 15 years from now?
My guess is this will change significantly by tomorrow with 30 PSA Judge auctions ending today from Steve Novella.
Why would anyone pay more for a graded modern card than they would for a non-graded modern card? It makes NO SENSE! There is no question or "debate" about the condition and there are virtually no manufacturing problems. From my experience, the non-graded Judge cards sell better than the graded ones anyway(for the reason above). Why even waste your money getting it graded? Its Mint, just like the other couple million ones are Mint. Again, makes no sense. I know, I know, the contrived "low population" game... sigh....
I actively collect Kirby Puckett. I have collections of Michael Jordan, Emmitt Smith, Roberto Clemente, Dwight Gooden, Tom Seaver, Errict Rhett and Evan Longoria.
I agree on the lower priced items but some of the Judge cards are selling for over 1K and at that price point people want some protection/insurance on their investment.
mt I have to agree with your theory above and that it does factor in.
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Hasn't the sale of "modern" cards always favored Beckett?
I'm fine with either BGS or PSA in my modern collection.
It's worth noting that some modern cards are not all gem mint out-of-the-pack, specifically the likes of Topps Archives. Those even have centering issues.
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This would be a good thread...I will say in researching for a Brady RC which are by far BGS graded, I see PSA's commanding a much higher price and seeing the tide to turn, a little, in the modern card market. so maybe it continues...who knows but good food for thought or conversation
Separate and apart from all of this, it personally boggles my mind people pay such huge amount of money based upon a limited body of work. With no jinx on Judge (go Fresno State!), we simply do not know how his career will progress. To me it is highly risky to pay such prices. Regardless, to each his own.
Matt
Of course any current player is risky in the sense that the future is unknown, yet not everyone wants to only buy cards of retired or deceased players. It's a unique enjoyment, collecting a player who is performing actively each day. That is what collecting was in youth and recapturing that joy alone is worth the price of the ticket IMO
Whether future monetary value soars or not is immaterial to some collectors, who view their cards more as a luxury good. There is great enjoyment in enjoying the present moment (guess that is as true in cards as in life, lol).
Pivoting over to flipping/investing, with respect to Judge there is certainly an abundance of factors that would make one keen to lay down a sheer bet, if that is one's game— whether that bet is on him being a longtime Yankee fan favorite with rings and perhaps even captain status, whether it's a bet on a future assault on the single season HR record, a bet on a decade of 40-50HR, on being a perennial All-Star, etc. His future certainly looks as bright as any. And because no one knows what the future holds, some get excited by that and swing for the fences; others who are averse to uncertainty can choose to abstain. Personally, I would never let the reality of space/time get in the way of me enjoying players and baseball cards I like in the present.
So for the collectors and also the flippers out there, the forces behind the demand for the scarcest Judge cards seem pretty understandable; massively marketable, handles media with aplomb, genial, pinstripes, cartoonish power, good character, mentally tough, record-setting regular season performance, comfortable under the playoff lights, and a supportive franchise with a billion dollar marketing machine that will contend for rings. For some that is enough to see in one full season, to dive in as either collector or flipper. Riskier from a future value standpoint than say a T206 Tris Speaker? Absolutely. Does the Speaker give me as much of a thrill as the Judge card, when I'm watching Judge live? Not even close
Love them both, one for the game's history, one for the live thrill and collecting as I did in youth. Need'em both like I need a potato with my steak.
With the game looming tonight I think all I can do is chat card stuff all day; work not possible.
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This.
For the first time in quite a few years, I've been chasing his RC from packs. It's been fun.
On the high end stuff? I'd have to pass. Not because I think it's dumb or anything like that.
Just plain simple economics. I can't afford to pay that kind of money for his autograph cards. I was ecstatic to pull one redemption card tho!
I will quote this as well. The feeling of rooting for the guy while he up and having that stack of cards out is a great feeling and one I haven't felt since my early collecting days. It's also a rush to rip packs and look for your current guy(s) versus always ripping vintage for those centered goodies of players past.
It's very much like playing fantasy sports except rather than checking your roster (and occasionally rooting for someone playing against your team lol) and hoping to win the season pot, you are holding a tangible card as you league buy in.