Topic: [INFO] Topps Allen & Ginter Reference Thread - page 37. (Read 85028 times)

Just a heads up for you fellow treasure seekers.  Keep an eye out for any possible cryptocurrency related cards that may be coming in the 2020 basketball season.  I will be particularly watching donruss and leaf for any possible inserts.   

That's the heads up from the dolphin 

I found this out on the internet :  kotaku.com/box-of-1999-pokemon-cards-sells-for-56-000-1828315377

Box's will become valuable. There were ONLY 59 complete sets of the 2018 Topps Ginter cards

10- Gold print 350 card sets @ $1400
49- Color print sets @ $700 per set

I made a solid offer on this only to have it rejected.  If I didn't already own one I would just buy it now.  I still might to avoid shoulda, woulda, coulda, lol.  Thanks MJ for the heads up

I dunno Penny Man, maybe the economy has something to do with it, or the fact that Thanksgiving and Christmas are around the corner, I definitely don't think that the card itself has "cooled".....it's a on card collectors perpetual "Hot-List" in my book. 

I would've expected it to sell for a lot more. Is the hype cooling off?

Regards,
Me

I saw that, maybe a glowie or another red mini will show up from the wild but, I'm not holding my breath 

A Brookie went for $810 tonight   11-17-2019 at 8:09 p.m. central

https://www.ebay.com/itm/CRYPTOCURRENCY-2018-TOPPS-ALLEN-amp-GINTER-MINI-BROOKLYN-BACK-83-17-25-SSP-/372839303125?autorefresh=true&nma=true&si=wMSFdbd%252B7X5SuTUhC%252Bc0pl7u5yo%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Not too bad getting a Brooklyn.  With each pack opened,  the remaining ones increase in value.   Do you open or hodl. Tough call

All the recent communication on this thread, and the excitement about "what is out there," I had to twist my own arm and open the few remaining 2018 X packs I had. Bad news and no #83 Silver, Reds, X mini, or Woody. The only good one was a #239 Evan Longoria Brooklyn mini 4/25. Good luck to others!

Well yeah A Black label at Becketts, but why not retry PSA?....what you need to keep in mind is that the A & G cards are known to be made of a lower grade, thinner paper/cardboard...something to take into account when grading. Ask any dealer and they will tell you it's that way because Topps makes them for entertainment purposes mostly. The full sized silver glossy is a nice thick card, but none of the rest of them are that nicely done. I keep wondering why they picked that card to be a higher quality. Anyone else wonder that?

Not much of a premium on regular hobby boxes.  A 2019 goes for 130, 2018 110, 2017 120.  Makes sense in a way, the only high end crypto card are brooklyns and glows - odds impossibly stacked against you.

Who is in and out of the ginter 2018 set is no matter.  With or without soto it would be the same pricing.  They arent premium cards therefore the baseball world goes to other companies/products to get more premium cards.  This 2018 release and why it is priced the way it is is Solely on the #83.  If soto was in here it wouldn't move the price needle on the box.  I'm not trying to be a downer this is actually a plug for how much the crypto card really is worth.

I see what you mean on PSA vs. BGS but a black label 10 would be quite a catch

2018 was a good rookie year.  I didn't know Soto was a rookie in 2018. Only know A&G cards lol. He wasn't featured.

A 2017 x case (12 boxes) on Ebay 1500. A 2018 x single box 900 (recent sales about 400) A 2016 x box 165. 2017 x box 140.

Too bad soto not featured in 2018 A&G, then it'd be epic.

There is, but I'm not sure if it's been found yet. Maybe you'll find it!

Regards,
Me

Ooh.  I thought there was a 1/1 full size glossy

Penny is right but the ginter cards are not a premium card per say, they are the "one offs" of cards.  The reason the ginter boxes go for so much is purely based on the crypto currency card.  Even if there are better rookies from one year to the next you wont see these boxes appreciate all that much.  The crypto card is the crem of this set and makes it a unique buy.  I do think these unopened boxes will go for even more some day because of the crypto card.  Just dont expect this each year from the ginter cards.

I have to agree with the Penny Man, card dealers know whats what...and 2018 was a terrific year for Rookies...including out most loved
#83 Cryptocurrency cards. There is a case with all of the wood cards, OR they are scattered in cases not yet opened. All the other cases of all of the other variations are completely independent from what we seek in here. Which is pretty much anything promoting Cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, and the people behind it all. So far all we have is the "Rookie" card. Are there more out there, yes, and way more than you think. I have several unopened x box's and packs of the TAG 2018. I'm sure that I will buy more before it's all over too. Much like the Penny Man, I've developed a friendship with these people and have had in depth dialogues about what Penny Man is saying. It's true, in fact just the other day I was telling someone about taking all of their cards in to his local card dealer, to have them looked at PRIOR to sending. Because we all want 10's only. They have people on staff that will look at all of your cards and tell you what cards will get a 10. It works, they have a dead-eye for that. Your local card dealers are sharper than you think. Get to know them a little, and you'll understand. Like, these people sending in their cards to Becketts because PSA gave them a 9.....not a great idea. Dealers will crack that 9 and send it back in to PSA, because collectors WANT the PSA cards. PSA is the standard. They would rather take another shot at possibly getting a different grader & getting a 10 next go around, than to send it to Becketts. My card dealer Dave, has told me that time and time again. You can learn PLENTY from your local card dealer. Penny Man is right on the money.


*(TAG) Topps Allen Ginter

Please feel free to doubt my experience. I won't take offense. It's good to question. I've only been doing this as long as most of you. I just happen to be researching/buying/investing in many more baseball cards than just the A&G/Ginter cards. I've spent a lot of time learning about baseball cards, the brands, the market, the long-term investment aspect, and the cyclical selling/distribution of those cards. (I've got quite an impressive collection of Javier Baez rookie cards.) For example, it's common advice not to bother selling your baseball cards from after the post-season has ended until spring training has started. Those months are very slow for baseball card sales, and the prices fall dramatically. An exception is Christmas sales. Plus, sales go in short cycles depending on the release date of the next series released. For example, if Topps Chrome cards are released on July 1, then they will be the hot card to buy/flip/sell until the Bowman Chrome cards are released on September 1. At that time, most pro sellers are busy chasing the new releases, so they're less interested in the older releases. That's why interest seems to die off. The cards aren't all gone. They're simply being saved for later years in hopes that the cases will someday be worth a lot more money. It's a long-term investment strategy. (The hot rookie today may wash out tomorrow, and the so-so rookie today may become a superstar tomorrow. You never know what may happen, which is why pro collectors save cases for the future. It's a long-term investment.)

And I have to respectfully disagree about the rookies from 2018 being "ok." I've spoken with several pro collectors, and they all say the same thing: In any given year, you're lucky to get one really great rookie. However, the 2018 year was phenomenal, because it gave us MANY really great rookies — Ohtani, Acuna, Soto, Torres, Andujar, Albies... In fact, I'd wager that the wide assortment of future HOF players from the 2018 season is one of the biggest reasons why pro collectors are HODLing sealed cases. (That, and as I said above, they're simply focusing on the next/newest releases. After all, this is their business. They make a living on focusing on the newest releases and HODLing the older releases. Their business formula goes something like: Buy X number of cases, crack and flip Y of those for short-term profit, save the remaining Z for long-term investment.)

At least, that's the info that I've been given from pro baseball card investors.

Regards,
Chris

The hot box silver glossy is on the first page of this thread.  There are a few for sale on ebay.