2011 Topps Update Trout, to buy or not to buy

jchcollins · #1 01-14-2020, 03:36 PM

I could be wrong, but I wonder if the appeal will last. What are the true production numbers for the �11 Update Trout? Even if not reaching �junk era� heights, I�ve got to assume there are a blue million of them. This is a card interestingly enough - where the PSA 10 price may be topping four figures, but a PSA 9 is not cheap either. What like $600-700? More? What would a PSA 7 go for? Still probably $500?

Contrast this with the 1993 SP Jeter - a card that is no doubt available in lower numbers, and unlike the Trout - is a truly condition sensitive card in grades 9 and above, what with those surfaces that scratch if you breathe on them. A 10 may be a six figure card, but a PSA 7 is still like less than $300? How do those demographics align with the Trout?

For what it�s worth, my money on an investment card between those two long term is going to be the Jeter.

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vintagebaseballcardguy · #2 01-14-2020, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jchcollins

I could be wrong, but I wonder if the appeal will last. What are the true production numbers for the �11 Update Trout? Even if not reaching �junk era� heights, I�ve got to assume there are a blue million of them. This is a card interestingly enough - where the PSA 10 price may be topping four figures, but a PSA 9 is not cheap either. What like $600-700? More? What would a PSA 7 go for? Still probably $500?

Contrast this with the 1993 SP Jeter - a card that is no doubt available in lower numbers, and unlike the Trout - is a truly condition sensitive card in grades 9 and above, what with those surfaces that scratch if you breathe on them. A 10 may be a six figure card, but a PSA 7 is still like less than $300? How do those demographics align with the Trout?

For what it�s worth, my money on an investment card between those two long term is going to be the Jeter.

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I used to think I had to be a prewar collector or a postwar collector or an 80s collector or a modern collector. Truth is, I love baseball across all eras and want a representative sampling of the best I can get from all those eras. Trout is certainly part of that for me. Jeter wouldn't be a bad buy either...though he was never a personal favorite.

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jchcollins · #3 01-14-2020, 06:52 PM

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Truth is, I love baseball across all eras and want a representative sampling of the best I can get from all those eras. Trout is certainly part of that for me.
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Don�t get me wrong, Robert. Trout is clearly the premier player of today�s game, and if I had cash lying around to burn, I�d probably own several of his rookie cards. I�m not disparaging anyone who does, or who invests in them. I do think the card is very high for what it is, but that�s fine.

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vintagebaseballcardguy · #4 01-14-2020, 06:53 PM

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Don�t get me wrong, Robert. Trout is clearly the premier player of today�s game, and if I had cash lying around to burn, I�d probably own several of his rookie cards. I�m not disparaging anyone who does, or who invests in them. I do think the card is very high for what it is, but that�s fine.

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I hear ya. It is pretty eye opening.

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maniac_73 · #5 01-14-2020, 08:37 PM

I always consider buying modern but I still have PTSD from making my dad buy me a Leaf Frank Thomas Rookie thinking it was going to make me rich when I got older lol. Once people move on to the next player prices go down. The Wander Franco hype makes me shake my head, he may be a good player but the prices for an unproven 18 year old are crazy. Excuse me while I dig up my Brien Taylor cards

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