There Are Monster Baseball Cards and Then There’s This from 2019 Topps Luminaries
Typically, when someone lands a big baseball card, it’s used to describe something highly coveted, scarce or valuable. But sometimes a big baseball card is actually, well, big. Such is the case with a pull made by Jaspy’s Case Breaks on Tuesday, night.
During a group break, they pulled a 2019 Topps Luminaries Home Run Kings Ultimate Book Card. On the card? Signatures from 50 different players.
“I was sorting some previous breaks in the back and heard Joe shouting. I knew he was breaking Luminaries, a high-end product so it had to be something good,” said Nick Jasperson. “We were both pretty shocked. We have never seen a card like this and we’ve both been breaking since 2014.”
Here’s our reaction video pulling it live on https://t.co/NuPxX7tA2x ? pic.twitter.com/FYmyWyX09f
— JaspysCaseBreaks.com (@jaspysbreaks) September 11, 2019
The card is a one-of-one and uses stickers for the signatures. 2019 Topps Luminaries has a similar Hit Kings Ultimate Book Card with many overlapping names. But that card has only 40 signatures.
Understandably, fitting so many autographs requires a lot of space. The book card starts with Vladimir Guerrero and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on one panel before stretching out to 14 total panels. Not including the hinges that hold the whole thing together, that’s about three feet of baseball card.
WHAT A MONSTER 1 OF 1 FROM 2019 @TOPPS LUMINARIES BASEBALL!
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— JaspysCaseBreaks.com (@jaspysbreaks) September 11, 2019
Jasperson did say that while the pull came during a break, it wasn’t done as part of a team break. That would likely have required a random draw to determine who got the card given so many teams are represented. Instead, it was part of a random box break. There were three spots for three boxes. The boxes were numbered before they were opened and spots were assigned randomly.
“The customer who hit it, John, says he is not going to sell it,” Jasperson said. “Instead, he will likely keep it and pass it down to his son and let him decide what to do with it.”
Any chance there is a list of names of who signed?
@Randy – They read through them in the video. Here they are at a glance (from the checklist so not same order as on the card):
Ken Griffey Jr.
Juan Soto
Kris Bryant
Kyle Schwarber
M Machado
Juan Gonzalez
Jose Ramirez
Ivan Rodriguez
Jeff Bagwell
Jim Thome
Johnny Bench
Mark McGwire
Miguel Cabrera
Shohei Ohtani
Ronald Acuña Jr.
Stan Musial
Vladimir Guerrero
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Rhys Hoskins
Reggie Jackson
Mike Trout
Mike Piazza
Nelson Cruz
Paul Goldschmidt
Hideki Matsui
Hank Aaron
Anthony Rizzo
Andres Galarraga
Bo Jackson
Darryl Strawberry
Cal Ripken Jr.
Andre Dawson
Alex Rodriguez
Aaron Judge
Adrian Beltre
Al Kaline
Albert Pujols
Carl Yastrzemski
Carlton Fisk
Frank Thomas
Francisco Lindor
Fred McGriff
Gary Sanchez
George Springer
Edgar Martinez
Eddie Murray
Chipper Jones
Dale Murphy
Dave Winfield
David Ortiz
Thanks for the story Ryan
I have 2 bins of baseball trading cards…signed baseball and plaques…how do I or what do I do to see if there is value..
The Beckett online price guide is available here (subscription required): https://www.beckett.com/price-guides/baseball
Sure I will take it off your hands. Thanks
Are you the John that won the card?
Yes Michael Mantell
So how much is something like that worth John?