Blowout in the News

[shanks25]

Saw this online. Yes, I apologize for another Luck thread.

https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/luck_stops_here_sports_card_investors_rocked_by_retirement_of_colts_qb/s1_13132_29844257

[pejc300]

Nice!

[pazerbaijan]

This is NeedChapmans, right?

Some, like Michael Pruser of Higganum, Conn., were lucky to have gotten out before Luck’s stunning proclamation. At one point, Pruser held a nearly six-figure liability on Luck’s 2012 Panini Contenders autographed rookie cards, arguably the most desirable of Luck’s cards.

Pruser owned the Championship Ticket autographed parallel, limited to just one copy, and he hoarded Luck’s parallel and base autographed versions as well. At the highest point, Pruser said he had 118 Luck Contenders cards, nearly 20 percent of the entire print run. In the summer of 2015, when graded gem mint versions of the base card soared from $1,100 in May to $1,900 in August, Pruser liquidated his investment. He was out of the Luck game.

But he empathizes with Luck investors who are now sitting on what they thought would be a college tuition payment, only to have it now worth maybe a semester or two and some books.

“You see the big red line come across the [TV] screen, and all of a sudden you start thinking, ‘Wow, I really dodged a bullet this time,’ ” Pruser said. “I was sitting on a mountain of these things a few years ago. There was probably $10 or $15 million on the line with Luck, and in the blink of an eye, it’s gone.”

Pruser is empathetic. He invested heavily in cards for would-be baseball superstars Jose Fernandez of the Marlins and Oscar Taveras of the Cardinals, who both tragically died in accidents. In both cases, Pruser said, he lost a substantial amount of money.

As for Luck investors, Pruser advises getting out now. “You do what you have to do,” he said. “People will say don’t cash in – this isn’t cashing in. This is about doing what you have to do to recoup as much as your investment as you can."

[BostonNut]

This is NeedChapmans, right?

Yup...

[packman80]

People had the cash time would be to buy low right now with hopes he gets into HOF right away then cash out when the prices go back up if he goes in.

[salthill]

People had the cash time would be to buy low right now with hopes he gets into HOF right away then cash out when the prices go back up if he goes in.
He can visit the HOF today if he likes. It's the only way he's getting in.

[mc1]

People had the cash time would be to buy low right now with hopes he gets into HOF right away then cash out when the prices go back up if he goes in.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/75/87/26/758726705ea4642024e9cb62ac31e176.gif

[IronMonkey415]

Most importantly is that IDOL guy on Blowout also losing as well.

To watch his world crumbles is all I live for.

[WallyatJCCards]

Saw this online. Yes, I apologize for another Luck thread.

https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/luck_stops_here_sports_card_investors_rocked_by_retirement_of_colts_qb/s1_13132_29844257 Thanks for sharing, I joke, but I'm also being honest - glad I didn't have the money to invest in him long ago, because he looked like about as close as you could get to a "sure thing." I Shirley was wrong

[pejc300]

Thanks for sharing, I joke, but I'm also being honest - glad I didn't have the money to invest in him long ago, because he looked like about as close as you could get to a "sure thing." I Shirley was wrong

https://media.giphy.com/media/3oKHWBujeYZcz0SaTm/giphy.gif

[Hawksmack]

Well well well. We finally got a name. :coffee:

[hairysasquatch]

He must be past every conceivable return window to have made that statement publicly.

[Siberian13]

He must be past every conceivable return window to have made that statement publicly.

4 years, so yeah.

[NeedChapmans]

4 years, so yeah.

HA. This made me LOL.

[SleeperCards]

HA. This made me LOL.

You invested in TWO guys that literally died? That's some ridiculously bad luck.

[Siberian13]

You invested in TWO guys that literally died? That's some ridiculously bad luck.

Yeah whoever he buys, avoid like the plague

[NeedChapmans]

You invested in TWO guys that literally died? That's some ridiculously bad luck.

Since I've started in '12, I've had investments in 26 players across the four major sports. Currently have 14 open; closed 12 and nearly all of them are for one or two sets only (Chapman the only exception).

It creates a pretty weird dynamic to be invested in individual human beings; riding the waves of other's professional careers. Both are OJ moments for me, I can tell you exactly where I was when I heard the news the first time. But perspective isn't lost on me; no matter how much money I lost as a result of those events, it's just money.

[NeedChapmans]

Yeah whoever he buys, avoid like the plague

And now a third who retired early. On fire!

[Siberian13]

And now a third who retired early. On fire!

Who’s the next qb you thinking of bulking up on?

[rman112]

NeedChapmans doesn't look like I expected.

[Siberian13]

NeedChapmans doesn't look like I expected.

I just toured the interior of his home.

[NeedChapmans]

NeedChapmans doesn't look like I expected.

I just toured the interior of his home.

1,000 transactions on this thing; 7,500 on eBay and NOW you guys start stalking?

Too cheap to spend $5 on a 100 player lot and grab the personal info!

[rman112]

1,000 transactions on this thing; 7,500 on eBay and NOW you guys start stalking?

Too cheap to spend $5 on a 100 player lot and grab the personal info!

Just keep your doors locked for Siberian..

[NeedChapmans]

Just keep your doors locked for Siberian..

I'm republican. I welcome intruders.

[Siberian13]

I'm republican. I welcome intruders.

Never would of guessed:)

[BostonNut]

Connecticut isn't far from me but I don't eat cucumber sandwiches with the crust cut off with my pinky in the air so I don't go there.

[Siberian13]

Connecticut isn't far from me but I don't eat cucumber sandwiches with the crust cut off with my pinky in the air so I don't go there.

Your pinky is in the air When you sip on your Mountain Dew and destroy those cheetos. Not as classy but still pinky up.