Minor league cards and Jose Altuve... a conundrum.

[Mike D.]

Looks to be fairly rare based on the fact that tcdb.com doesn't have a scan, and it's a PSA pop 2 (one 8, one 9).

[mrmopar]

I have always enjoyed minor league cards. Especially older ones that had character. although I see a lot of newer cards with some really cool designs that remind me of a time when card sets had character and didn't all just look the same year after year. I would also agree that many of the small sponsor and team sponsored sets will be in very small quantities relative to say a first Topps card..probably a small fraction of the copies in fact.

Plenty of folks collect them for sure, but maybe more of a niche category? Kind of like oddball cards. Now though, it seems someone is always looking for that "rookie" card in whatever form they can find it. Foreign League stamps and stickers, Sportcasters, Panini Stickers, Candy issues, etc. Not to mention Hostess and Kelloggs cards of the 70s that were popular, but seemingly overlooked by most for rookie cards of guys like Murray, Ozzie Smith, Eck, Yount and Brett to name a few of the key biggies.

[packs]

One of my favorite cards is the Elway rookie:

[AstroJake09]

Originally Posted by packs

One of my favorite cards is the Elway rookie:

I agree! It's a great card!

Summer Collegiate Baseball Leagues from the late 1980's early 1990's when certain teams issued team sets a lot less then the Minor League