Card collectors, help me out

[Goldstar88]

Out of curiosity, if there was a combo of three guys you'd want to get on the same card, who would it be?

The most valuable would be MJ/Kobe/Lebron, I think.  My favorite would be the three I have here.  The one I haven't seen yet is something involving JT and JB on the same card, with anybody (White, KP, Jrue, Horford would all work).  A "dream" card that is an impossibility (other than with cut signatures) would be Russell, Wilt and maybe Kareem.

You have the combo I would want.

Same.

[Roy H.]

This is mind blowing to me:

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48573642/autographed-jordan-jersey-card-sells-record-425-million

[Goldstar88]

Believe a Kobe RC sold for a record $3M+ this month as well.

[greg683x]

Have you gone on eBay and searched the card?

If you do a search for the card and filter the results for sold prices you could possibly see what someone was already willing to pay for it


***Edit. I looked myself and someone sold one last week on eBay.  They were selling for $33k and took a best offer.  There?s a way to find out what that final price was and for the life of me I can?t remember.

[Goldstar88]

Roy, was that you? 

Fanatics Collect: BREAKING: The Cooper Flagg NBA Debut Patch autograph card has officially sold in our auction for $8,040,000. This sets the record for the most expensive Cooper Flagg card of all time, surpassing the previous record of $366,000. The historic sale makes it the third-most expensive NBA card ever and sixth-most expensive trading card in history.
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https://x.com/collect/status/2103391591771840727?s=46

[Roy H.]

Roy, was that you? 

Fanatics Collect: BREAKING: The Cooper Flagg NBA Debut Patch autograph card has officially sold in our auction for $8,040,000. This sets the record for the most expensive Cooper Flagg card of all time, surpassing the previous record of $366,000. The historic sale makes it the third-most expensive NBA card ever and sixth-most expensive trading card in history.
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https://x.com/collect/status/2103391591771840727?s=46

Ha.  I love Cooper Flagg and have a few of his signed rookie cards at this point, but my price range is more $800, not $8,000,000.  That is an insane value to put on card like that.  Sure, it's scarce, but ultimately he's just a good player with really high potential.  To justify that value, to me he'd need to be at least Lebron-level or win 6+ titles, and I don't think he'll ever touch that.

[Goldstar88]

Roy, was that you? 

Fanatics Collect: BREAKING: The Cooper Flagg NBA Debut Patch autograph card has officially sold in our auction for $8,040,000. This sets the record for the most expensive Cooper Flagg card of all time, surpassing the previous record of $366,000. The historic sale makes it the third-most expensive NBA card ever and sixth-most expensive trading card in history.
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https://x.com/collect/status/2103391591771840727?s=46

Ha.  I love Cooper Flagg and have a few of his signed rookie cards at this point, but my price range is more $800, not $8,000,000.  That is an insane value to put on card like that.  Sure, it's scarce, but ultimately he's just a good player with really high potential.  To justify that value, to me he'd need to be at least Lebron-level or win 6+ titles, and I don't think he'll ever touch that.

I was thinking about buying a few Coop rookies, but I?m not a huge fan of how the new Topps NBA cards look. Panini did a much better job, IMO. I did buy a few more Tatum Rookies this summer. Some Wemby as well. It?s a fun Hobby.

[freshinthehouse]

For the last month or so MJ and Shaq cards have been skyrocketing. 

[byennie]

I've got nothing against people spending real money on cards if they have it to burn, and enjoy it.

That said, printing multi-million dollars cards out of thin air, for players at the level of Cooper Flagg means the industry is in a downright shady bubble of money laundering, wash trading, price fixing... all of the good stuff. It's practically at Bored Apes level right now. Not good.

[Goldstar88]

I've got nothing against people spending real money on cards if they have it to burn, and enjoy it.

That said, printing multi-million dollars cards out of thin air, for players at the level of Cooper Flagg means the industry is in a downright shady bubble of money laundering, wash trading, price fixing... all of the good stuff. It's practically at Bored Apes level right now. Not good.

It?s a 1 of 1 autographed card that sold at auction. I don?t see how it?s any different than a Superman comic book selling for $9M at auction in 2025 or a rare stamp selling for $8M in 2021. People are willing to pay a premium for rare collectibles. This isn?t anything new.

[SHAQATTACK]

I collect Chinese bibles

[byennie]

I've got nothing against people spending real money on cards if they have it to burn, and enjoy it.

That said, printing multi-million dollars cards out of thin air, for players at the level of Cooper Flagg means the industry is in a downright shady bubble of money laundering, wash trading, price fixing... all of the good stuff. It's practically at Bored Apes level right now. Not good.

It?s a 1 of 1 autographed card that sold at auction. I don?t see how it?s any different than a Superman comic book selling for $9M at auction in 2025 or a rare stamp selling for $8M in 2021. People are willing to pay a premium for rare collectibles. This isn?t anything new.

It's cynical, manufactured rarity for profit. They didn't make Superman #1 with the intention of selling it for millions one day -- that happened naturally as a piece of comic book history. Rare stamps aren't a deliberate business model to drive sales of postage.

Next year they will print 100 more 1-of-1 cards and something will sell for $10M.

Yes, in the grand scope of things people are free to buy whatever one-of-a-kind thing they want, for whatever they want to pay (and possibly, they'll end up turning a profit). There is, however, a world of difference between a genuinely rare artifact and card companies turning packs into glorified gambling complete with "chase" (jackpot) cards, fake grading services, auctioneers, etc, etc.

BTW, I collected cards for decades, and enjoy them. Today's industry is just the ultimate sellout, casino style evolution.