UD Griffey what is going on

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Brent G.

While not as valuable, the market is similar to the '86 Fleer Jordan. There are 50,000+ graded copies of that card, but the demand will never die. Meanwhile, Barkley, Olajuwon, Malone, Stockton, etc. can be had for cheap.

I will pay a million dollars for an 86 Fleer Stockton.

[Brent G.]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I will pay a million dollars for an 86 Fleer Stockton.

Sorry, I had Star cards on the brain:-)

[jp1216]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I will pay a million dollars for an 86 Fleer Stockton.

Sold

[Brent G.]

Originally Posted by jp1216

Sold

That's a beauty!

I suppose we can give Fleer a break in '86, but to miss him two years in a row...

[packs]

The Jeter SP is another Griffey like card even though it was a slightly more premium product for the time. There’s still a million of them.

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by packs

The Jeter SP is another Griffey like card even though it was a slightly more premium product for the time. There’s still a million of them.

Those were highly condition sensitive, so there aren't very many PSA 10s out there.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Has Jeter lost a bit of the iconic status he had a couple of years back? I don't know, I don't follow it closely, but I suspected that eventually he might drop a bit due to not being a home run hitter. On the other hand, despite a very long stretch of mediocrity by the metrics, Pujols with his 700 HR I think will endure. And we have seen what happened to Mike Trout, now seemingly destined to be a .230 hitter as he plays out his career. How do you now rank the post 1980 hobby icons? Griffey seems clearly at the top. After that?

[bk400]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Has Jeter lost a bit of the iconic status he had a couple of years back? I don't know, I don't follow it closely, but I suspected that eventually he might drop a bit due to not being a home run hitter. On the other hand, despite a very long stretch of mediocrity by the metrics, Pujols with his 700 HR I think will endure. And we have seen what happened to Mike Trout, now seemingly destined to be a .230 hitter as he plays out his career. How do you now rank the post 1980 hobby icons? Griffey seems clearly at the top. After that?

I would say Pujols and Ichiro. Barry Bonds' paper seems to move well also.

[Schlesinj]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Has Jeter lost a bit of the iconic status he had a couple of years back? I don't know, I don't follow it closely, but I suspected that eventually he might drop a bit due to not being a home run hitter. On the other hand, despite a very long stretch of mediocrity by the metrics, Pujols with his 700 HR I think will endure. And we have seen what happened to Mike Trout, now seemingly destined to be a .230 hitter as he plays out his career. How do you now rank the post 1980 hobby icons? Griffey seems clearly at the top. After that?

A SGC 10 sold last night for $100k on Heritage. The PSAs are double that. I think 22 PSA 10s from what I remember


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[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Has Jeter lost a bit of the iconic status he had a couple of years back? I don't know, I don't follow it closely, but I suspected that eventually he might drop a bit due to not being a home run hitter. On the other hand, despite a very long stretch of mediocrity by the metrics, Pujols with his 700 HR I think will endure. And we have seen what happened to Mike Trout, now seemingly destined to be a .230 hitter as he plays out his career. How do you now rank the post 1980 hobby icons? Griffey seems clearly at the top. After that?

As a preface to this, I am not a Yankees fan.

I'm confident Jeter will remain iconic for generations to come.

• 20 year career, entirely with the Yankees
• 5 World Series Championships
• The only Yankee with 3,000+ hits
• Career .310 hitter
• 14-time All-Star
• 5 Gold Gloves
• 5 Silver Sluggers
• Rookie of the Year
• World Series MVP
• Etc., etc.

Even if he was a curmudgeon (he's not) to everyone, the hardware alone would cement his legacy. Yes, Jeter's an iconic figure. In my opinion, he always will be.

Oh, yeah...he's also got this going for him:

7 - Mantle
5 - DiMaggio
4 - Gehrig
3 - Ruth
2 - Jeter