Kobe Card Sells For $2 Million

[Jewish-collector]

1) This is a vintage message board, so most members here don't care.
2) Most collectors on on any forum, facebook, twitter, etc,...don't have $2 million to spend on any trading card, vintage, modern, etc,.... They can spend $2,000, $20,000 maybe even $200,000 but not $2 million.

[shagrotn77]

The difference - and it’s a huge one - between this Kobe and a vintage card worth a boatload is that this is a contrived rarity. That just does nothing for me. Apparently, though, it does a lot for more modern collectors. Maybe I should start a sports card company and release a set with just 3 Luka Doncic cards. Hmmm…

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by Jewish-collector

1) This is a vintage message board, so most members here don't care.
2) Most collectors on on any forum, facebook, twitter, etc,...don't have $2 million to spend on any trading card, vintage, modern, etc,.... They can spend $2,000, $20,000 maybe even $200,000 but not $2 million.

Yes, I wonder about the market for the ultra-expensive cards, whether we are talking about Kobe, or Cobb or Ruth. The value of any card is solely what somebody else is willing to pay to buy it from you - you can't use it like say a beach house or a private helicopter - and with so thin of a market, it only takes a few people to decide to take their millions and go buy something else. And then you are left with a bunch of people with $2 million invested in a card and nobody to sell to.

[Republicaninmass]

And the seller may not even care if they "lose" 1,999,999.99 on it

[Exhibitman]

For that much money I expect the card to be delivered by a model, along with a pound of blow and a stack of pizzas.