I watched this live break of a 2011 Topps Update jumbo box last night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M18eKKT6Pk
SPOILER ALERTS - The Trout, of course, was in the final pack. If you skip ahead to about 1:17:00, they find a Beltran, which is supposedly the "indicator" card for a Trout, and I thought the poor guy was going to have a cardiac event when there was no Trout behind it.
It got me thinking - I've been collecting since 1978, and I've witnessed all the ups and downs of the hobby since. I spent about $100 bucks for a box just like this 10 years ago...a box which seems to be going these days for in the neighborhood of 15K.
So - in 20 years, after Trout's career is well over, the record books tell us how good he really was and he's safely ensconced in Cooperstown, where does this card settle?
Assuming there is still a hobby which resembles that of today, I think it's $100 max, but probably closer to $50 because there will be so many PSA 9s and 10s out there, to say nothing of a lot of unopened material containing even more potential 10s.
Any thoughts?