Graded: 2024 Topps Cosmic Chrome Solar Flare Autographs Black Eclipse Refractors #SFAED Elly De La Cruz
The joy of getting a big hit baseball card when ripping a pack is only comparable to receiving that big toy for your birthday or Christmas as a kid that you had no idea was coming. Lucky collectors ripping 2024 Topps Cosmic Chrome got to experience the triumph of landing high-end cards with valuable autographs. One of the few in the pack were of rising MLB star Elly De La Cruz.
When it comes to potential and physical attributes on the diamond, De La Cruz is an off-the-chart five-tool talent. Still just 23 years old and beginning his third year in the league with the Cincinnati Reds, De La Cruz has Hall of Fame attributes and collectors are jumping on the opportunity to prospect on his career. The 2024 Topps Cosmic Chrome release gave 10 opportunities to get more value for their De La Cruz autographed cards.
As is always the case, card manufacturers don’t just release one style of card of a given player, typically there are multiple versions. In this set there were 2024 Topps Cosmic Chrome Solar Flare Autographs and 2024 Topps Cosmic Chrome Solar Flare Autographs Black Eclipse.
With a run of 10, some of the players featured in the Autographs Black Eclipse included Ichiro, Christian Yelich, David Wright, Josh Jung, Freddy Peralta, Mike Trout, Ozzie Albies, Jason Dominguez, Tori Hunter, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. among others.
Of the 10, BGS has awarded just one Mint 9. The raw value of the Elly De La Cruz Black Eclipse starts at $830. High graded values can get in the neighborhood of $2,000.
The next rung up the price and rarity scale, Topps did a short print of five 2024 Topps Cosmic Chrome Solar Flare Autographs Red Flare Refractors Elly De La Cruz cards.
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