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12-28-2018, 10:39 AM
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I only collect the Topps base set and any update set each year to keep my run going. I also do the Topps Heritage set each year in master form, which does not include Chrome or manufactured variations. The other stuff is a mystery to me as well.
There is a lot more discussion of new stuff on CU ( PSA) that I don't follow too closely. There is a guy , Arthur, who posts as a Cheeseburger here, that I would go to for info on new stuff info. If he did not know, he might know someone who does. There are surely some others here as well The money being spent on some of the newer chase type cards is as mysterious to me as Bitcoin. If I don't "get it" or understand it, I avoid it. 
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12-28-2018, 02:27 PM
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Busting cases of new products and grading for PSA 10s has been going on for a while, and is basically like playing the lottery.
Most of these autos next year will sell for $1-5 each. So a jumbo box with five autos could get you the couple of guys that sell for $100 each, or the guys that will be out of baseball in a couple of years after toiling in the minors. Huge churn in the segment because a bunch of people give up on it after wasting money for years. Want to watch some serious money getting blown? Watch a case break of Topps Transcendant, the $30,000 a box product with 200 or so cards in it. So 200 people all throw $150 in a pot, the breaker buys the box, and everyone gets one card. A few of them win a card worth/selling for thousands, the rest get serial numbered cards that sell for about $30-50 each. Kind of like what Vintage Breaks is doing with 50s-80s packs. They crack a $500 pack with 10 cards, selling each slot for $50. You get one card mailed to you randomly selected and opened live on Youtube/Facebook. Most cards won could be bought for $1 on eBay. Some will end up with PSA 8-10 HoF Rookies. Effectively gambling.
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-- PWCC: The Fish Stinks From the Head PSA: Regularly Get Cheated BGS: Can't detect trimming on modern SGC: Closed auto authentication business JSA: Approved same T206 Autos before SGC Oh, what a difference a year makes.
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12-28-2018, 07:49 PM
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It totally is gambling.
The thing that really keeps me away is the thought of how much real value in vintage I could buy for the same money being blown on this garbage.
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