Sport Kings......WOW!!!

rpcoletrane · August 9, 2007 11:52AM

These are going to be 1 pack of 7 cards a box, with the box nearly $400!!! Who will be biting on these????

2007 Sport Kings For Sale

rube26105 · August 9, 2007 12:02PM

id like to but not for 400 a pack,only going to be 4500 packs,id get the worst one in the whole production run anyways lol
randy

joestalin · August 9, 2007 12:03PM

This stuff is a joke. Anyone how buys this need their head examined. There isn't one player on the checklist that will fetch half that!

Kevin

LWMM · August 9, 2007 12:17PM

<< <i>This stuff is a joke. Anyone how buys this need their head examined. There isn't one player on the checklist that will fetch half that!

Kevin >>

The game used of Rose might, also perhaps his autos.

ArnyVee · August 9, 2007 12:17PM

Wow, way too much for that set.

Hopefully we have some big money guys chasin' after those autographs and leave the base cards out there for nothin' so that I can get a nice lookin' set for cheap.

joestalin · August 9, 2007 12:29PM

Pete Rose GU will not get even 200 bucks per, and he signed everything under the moon, so I don't see his autos getting that much..probably the first few
that hit, but after that you are looking at a 100% losing rip.

Kevin

CDsNuts · August 9, 2007 12:30PM

I don't know what you guys are talking about. A Karch Kiraly auto would bring at least $5k, maybe even ten. And Picabo Street? Forget about it. Off the charts. The holy grail of female skiier autos. No ceiling on that one.

cravetopps · August 9, 2007 12:39PM

I would sit on the sidelines and wait for either a price drop (retail markdown due to slow moving inventory) or the cards to show up on ebay for a fraction of the retail cost.

rube26105 · August 9, 2007 12:46PM

id say that that they will be bought out pretty fast by people,they are a beautiful card,at a beautiful price too! i bought 4 boxes of upper deck exquistite i think it was $100 a box 1 pack per box,nothing worth that much in there, all#er to 799 but whoopee,id rather buy a old vintage pack from steve,the sportkings would be good to get one ps graded,if you could stand not to open it at 400.00,i dont think i could!no will power here

ArchStanton · August 9, 2007 1:26PM

They had a booth at the national. I talked to the guy briefly. He said that a bunch of companies offered to distribute the set. I thought, “Heh.”

I told him that I was thrilled when I first saw the set, but my interest waned to nill when I heard about the price. His reply was that they wanted to keep it extremely limited. Well, they limited me right out.

CDsNuts · August 9, 2007 1:29PM

Always a good strategy- extremely limited to the point no one wants to buy them. Whether limited or not, if the cards are good people will want them. They should've went the Heritage route or tried to carve out a niche in the $20/pack pricepoint. This will not take off like they had hoped.

Basilone · August 9, 2007 1:30PM

Clearly a product that you will need to dump every single card the Day 1 of it going "live" to make your money back. I think one could make some $$$ but they are going to dump within the first week of release.

Then again it could be another Exquisite....

CDsNuts · August 9, 2007 1:37PM

Exquisite only took off because everybody wanted the best RCs of Lebron, Wade and Carmelo, and everything that followed was just a continuation. Without big RCs, this product has no chance.

Morgoth · August 9, 2007 1:40PM

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

HeritageAddict · August 9, 2007 2:05PM

I'll just wait for Tristar to repackage them in five years.

Carew29 · August 9, 2007 2:22PM

I am actually speechless

metalmike · August 9, 2007 2:22PM

All your Rose belong 2 us! anyway- any math wiz's figure out how many cards per player? Reg and small size? Announced print runs on the auto's?

rube26105 · August 9, 2007 3:46PM

with only 4,500 packs would be less than 375 sets total i think,with 48 cards in the base set

Allen · August 9, 2007 4:16PM

With such little production you know they did not get many autos and still had to pay those players big money for the signatures and contracts. They have advertised it a lot so I would imagine they got in a lot deeper than they thought and jacked the price. This is turning into a bad episode of Flip This House when the guy tells his wife they will make an easy 200K and then it ends with him crying in the corner of a 40% finished house holding a foreclosure and a stack of divorce papers.

Goot · August 9, 2007 4:20PM

<< <i>With such little production you know they did not get many autos and still had to pay those players big money for the signatures and contracts. They have advertised it a lot so I would imagine they got in a lot deeper than they thought and jacked the price. This is turning into a bad episode of Flip This House when the guy tells his wife they will make an easy 200K and then it ends with him crying in the corner of a 40% finished house holding a foreclosure and a stack of divorce papers. >>

CDsNuts · August 9, 2007 4:25PM

Good post Allen. You're exactly right. This reminds me of when Action Packed decided to do a set with all of the cards completely coated with 24 Karat Gold and they sold them for $200 a pack. I think a few idiots bought them from the Home Shopping Network, but the industry was not ready for that type of thing and it was a complete bomb. Although now those cards would be pretty cool to have.

metalmike · August 9, 2007 4:32PM

I only need 1 card to complete my 1976 reds starting 9 auto set. I want a Rose auto way more than his rookie. Yea I can buy one of those crappy tickets signed from his Resturaunt but they are too big for my display.

metalmike · August 9, 2007 4:34PM

Rumor has it the Picabo Street auto cards have grease stains. Have you seen her lately?

Allen · August 9, 2007 4:46PM

Mike I bought 2 GAI Rose autos last year for about $18 each. Pretty good deal, you could always take them out of the case and just put the flp on the back. Interestingly though they looked a bit questionable to me.

Morgoth · August 9, 2007 10:42PM

They should have done 2 sets, one for the general collectors and then a high end set like this. It is weird to take a modern idea like Exquisite and attach it to a nostalgia set like Sport Kings. It's kinda like mixing Thai food with French.

donrus · November 17, 2007 10:14PM

i know this post is old , buti just wanted to say that i have been following the pete rose cards and tried to purchase a few auto's, game used etc...people are going totally ape for these.. some of the pete auto's are going for over $500. i got a game used expos and reds jersey cards and i paid $60 a piece. that same night those cards i bid well over $200 on them and did not get them. the only other one i would like to have is the lumber sig card.. don

fandango · November 17, 2007 10:48PM

it beyond me who is buying these Rose autos...

i mean do people value cheating, lying, defiancy, crudeness, tax evading? these are things you want to instill in your kids?

i mean i cant think of a card or auto that i would value less...Bondz maybe?

his "i shot JFK" inscription was the topper for me...

a true CLASSLESS MAN who gets a pass from some people because he was a good slap hitter that played for 30 years...

koby · November 18, 2007 4:55AM

Most of the athletes pictured are not that worthwhile. Seems to be a hot seller at a show though.

Ichiro51fan · November 18, 2007 5:43AM

Yeah... too steep for most collectors I'd say. Just for reference, a non-graded Kiraly pink hat Auto Memorabila went for $160 a few weeks back here: Kiraly Auto
I was tracking it but stopped once it went over $100. 4 bidders went over $100 on it.

Also the Kiraly silver Auto went for $56 (also raw), so I think there is demand for these out there. I'm not sure if the rearety of autos will really affect these cards that much. I mean, Kiraly is very generous to fans, and had easily signed many thousands of autos during has AVP career. However, with him retiring this year, that's probably driving up prices on his cards.

Sport Kings......WOW!!!

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