(08-23-2017, 10:46 AM)hempick Wrote: Mostly it is just the print run that makes a card more valuable. xx/25 is almost always going to get more money than xx/100 (unless the xx/100 card is autographed and the xx/25 is not, I suppose).
Certain collectors will value a player's number serial over other cards (Drew Bledsoe #11/xxx or Michael Jordan #23/xxx), but to most people it doesn't matter.
Also, the post you quoted incorrectly states that Panini produces refractors. They do NOT. They produce a parallel call "Prizms" which are very similar to refractors. They can't actually be called a "refractor" because Topps owns the rights to that name. (Topps also owns the rights to the terms Xfractor and SuperFractor.)
Only Topps and Bowman releases can have refractors in them. Any other companies' releases are just knock-offs like Panini's Prizms, Press Pass' Reflectors, or Leaf's Mirror Gold/Black/Blue/etc.
Thank you for responding. So I need to hunt down those int he hobby that value serials over players for trading LOL! I couldn't care less if a serial is on a player I dont care for. Nor an auto. Also, thank you for the clarification on Prisms and refractors...I'm sure the previous poster was just trying to be easy on my flooded brain. LOL! I'd been using refractors as the term because I'm mostly looking at 14-15's and many are Topps.
(08-23-2017, 11:06 AM)savagenate Wrote: I'd pick whatever color/product you like best, and go for it! If you are looking just for fun, then who cares what it's numbered to? If you are prospecting, on card autos are the way to go as anything else is just saturated. Unless you get an amazing prospect like Luck or Wilson, refractors/prizms won't really go up much in value. Most rookies never pan out, or after their rookie year, their prices drop instead of go up.
Like others have said, jersey number is sometimes more valuable for some reason...I never understood it lol. And people usually seem to prefer a 5/100 rather than a 95/100 card, but only if it's the same price. You won't necessarily get more for a lower number in the print run.
Good luck!
Thank you! I'm partly in for fun...the designs have gotten REAL nice, but also some prospecting there. At this time, on-card autos are probably out of range on the guys I'm looking to snag. But you're saying my approach (in the last 72 hours) to hunt down refractor-ish types of card on prospects I think could be big is a losing effort? I'm thinking long-term returns...10+ years...on players like Carr and Mariota. Your examples are kind of what I'm trying to hit on...though Luck was the #1 pick and went up...and then Wilson was more of a hidden gem in the 3rd.
For example, if I were to find a Dak in a pack, I'd be of interest in trading for Wentz. I think Dak is good, but he benefits from a stud OL, RB and WR. Wentz I feel is the better long-term prospect. And then there is Garappolo. And Hundley (he's gonna be GOOD). And Mahomes. None are better than Dak, but I see upside there. Do I stay in a better situation if I limit my prospecting to print runs under like 200?
I'm not looking to make a ton of money...just to not lose my butt like I did in the 90s.
BAH! Now I'm running into seeing base cards and refractor-types with the parallels being alternate poses. SMH!
How do you all keep up-to-date? Or sane?!?