OT New $22,000.00 set from Topps..

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by asoriano

Couldn't agree more. For anyone interested in seeing this hideous creation...

Before:


After:

That's pretty disgusting.

............and somehow it's worth more because now it's part of a "card".

I don't get this hobby sometimes.

[dabigyankeeman]

This set and its price is total insanity. Think of the Ruth, Gehrig, etc cards that could be bought with the money they are charging. I can't wrap my head around the expensive modern stuff. Maybe this is ok for a big gambler, but its not for me.

[iowadoc77]

This whole concept is ridiculous. And it is getting worse in a hurry. There are only so many Matthewson signatures and to see them hacked up... awful
And the card companies have dug themselves so deep a hole with new names like flawless and transcendent, and other garbage. Where does it start? It all has to be a one-up of the previous product. What is the upper price limit? This is all made for the case breakers. Few people actually pay $22000 for this unless they are going to sell spots in a case or box break of it. People who buy this crap for resale are going to get their backsides handed to them.
One of the countless reasons i stick to prewar.

[ronniehatesjazz]

Originally Posted by iowadoc77

This whole concept is ridiculous. And it is getting worse in a hurry. There are only so many Matthewson signatures and to see them hacked up... awful
And the card companies have dug themselves so deep a hole with new names like flawless and transcendent, and other garbage. Where does it start? It all has to be a one-up of the previous product. What is the upper price limit? This is all made for the case breakers. Few people actually pay $22000 for this unless they are going to sell spots in a case or box break of it. People who buy this crap for resale are going to get their backsides handed to them.
One of the countless reasons i stick to prewar.

Couldn't agree more! I thought hacking up a Ruth or Cobb jersey initially was painful but at least you could use that one jersey for hundreds/thousands of cards and it's kind of neat to think that a lot of smaller collectors could own at least a small piece of an item worn by Ruth (never understood the allure of the bat cards). Cutting up contracts & documents is savage though and only one collector gets to have it. I once had a DiMaggio "cut" that consisted of chopping up one of those pinnacle autographed cards and then framing it in the new card. Total waste!

[Yoda]

Another sign that the apocalypse is near.

[rjackson44]

as my father once said a sucker born every minute ...

[rjackson44]

oh one more thing do an ebay completed search on this ,,nothing is selling ...