Aaron Judge

[rjackson44]

I was buying the judges rookies $30 to $50 now I've sold them $500 to $700 each better than the stock market 😊

[MattyC]

Being so immersed in PreWar and vintage, I had long forgotten the thrill and sheer fun of chasing the key cards of a current star. Judge is a real positive jolt for Yankee fans of all ages right now, and fans of baseball as well.

Pivoting to the value discussion, bought a bunch of his Blue Heritage Autos at the $750 price point, and finally added the Red Ink variation yesterday.

After the 2013 Chrome and the 2017 Heritage autos, I'm a big fan of the Topps Series 1 1987 style auto card, seems scarce relative to the current crop.

The Topps Archives cards are also very cool. I really dig how they smartly embrace the old 1983 design; creates inherent appeal for us ancient 40-yr olds who collected as kids back then.

[Peter_Spaeth]

It's fun, but it's also pure speculation. There was a similar mania for Strasburg rookies that I recall.

[packs]

I missed the boat on Judge but I'm hoping Chance Adams and Blake Rutherford live up to their hype too. Both are relatively cheap pick ups at the moment. Adams has really flown under the radar.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by rjackson44

I was buying the judges rookies $30 to $50 now I've sold them $500 to $700 each better than the stock market 😊

That's way, way smarter then the time I bought up about 15 Michael Jordan Rookies for about $5 each, and then sold them a week later for about $20 each, back in the later 80's.

Still kicking myself for that and the case of 1984 Topps Football I sold for 20 bucks a box.

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by rjackson44

I was buying the judges rookies $30 to $50 now I've sold them $500 to $700 each better than the stock market 😊

Congrats! Reminds me of when I was buying nice McGwire rookies in 1992 (about a dozen, as I recall, each purchased separately and selected for sharp corners and centering) for $10-$15, and selling them at the '98 National for $60-$80. It was amazing how many dealers had signs posted that they were buying McGwire.

Happy collecting,

Larry

[Peter_Spaeth]

Each year there are 25 or more highly rated prospects. You read about them and it sounds like they are all practically in the HOF. My guess is more people are losing at the speculation game than winning.

[ullmandds]

Oh thats nothing...I remember the time I bought up like 27 bernie williams rookies...and maybe 10 gerald williams rookies...and a few dozen pedro martinez rookies...and...oh wait!

[rjackson44]

the new stuff is like going to a casino .the minute it arrives sell .well the following week a new product is out and that ends that .I got lucky with LeBron chromes topps 2003 and I was told to buy judge ,,who knew ,,.now watch him get hurt.i have 35 psa 10 lebrons not for sale ..got them cheap and then graded them ..but I wont tell you about jj hardy rookies lol

[Peter_Spaeth]

Jose Canseco. Darryl Strawberry. Doc Gooden. All sure fire HOFers in their first few years. Judge has two or three months under his belt. To me, paying thousands of dollars for one of his cards is insane, and I could not care less how artificially scarce they are because they are signed in red not blue or whatever.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Jose Canseco. Darryl Strawberry. Doc Gooden. All sure fire HOFers in their first few years. Judge has two or three months under his belt. To me, paying thousands of dollars for one of his cards is insane, and I could not care less how artificially scarce they are because they are signed in red not blue or whatever.

I agree with that a 100% as I have seen it time and time again where once, highly hyped players/cards always settle out and come back down to earth.

I believe it was another site where a member had sold a Nathan MacKinnon RC to a U.S. member for $4500 U.S.
He seen the card again, a few years later on E-Bay, when the hype died down, and posted the link. IIRC, the card sold for under $350 U.S.?

Also, just looking, trying to figure out what Judge's true RC is, I was overwhelmed with the amount of cards that are available and with the majority stating they are his RC.
This one example of many!
https://www.google.ca/search?q=aaron...ih=591&dpr=1.5

[Peter_Spaeth]

Jose Canseco. Darryl Strawberry. Doc Gooden. All sure fire HOFers in their first few years. Judge has two or three months under his belt. To me, paying thousands of dollars for one of his cards is insane, and I could not care less how artificially scarce they are because they are signed in red not blue or whatever.