Kylian Mbappe

[brewtown107]

Originally Posted by FAM

Thank you.

My own counterpoint to this is that in 10 or 20 years, I am not sure people are going to think of Optic or Donruss as a 2018-2019 product as much as this was Mbappe's first France kit cards (along with Prizm, of course). So while Prizm is a World Cup set, and has the brand value of being a Prizm (and thus could be worth more), I think those priced out of those may look to the Donruss/Optic as a Mbappe France "rookie" card because it was the first France year card, not to mention that France won the World Cup.

Where I am also undecided is on Select. On the one hand it is (if I am not mistaken) the first 2017-2018 set release, but will buyers care that he is in a PSG jersey and not Monaco? I don't know. However, I would still consider it a rookie card. In addition, as noted above, the parallels are, in my opinion, absolutely amazing (disclosure: I own one of these cards)

Then you also have the Father's Day (disclosure: I own one of these cards as well), which is 2018, France kit, and as mentioned, the only one with a RC logo on the card.

You can never know for sure what collectors will decide en masse in 3 or 5 years, much less in 10 or 20 years. So you could be right.

But I think it will be significant, even then, that Mbappe's first cards are in sets that are clearly labeled or identified as 2017-18 releases (Select has 2017-18 printed on the back of the card; Topps Chrome has only a 2018 copyright, but shows stats from the 2016-17 CL season), while the Donruss/Optic cards have 2018-19 printed on the back. Pretty hard to argue they didn't come along a year later. It's right on the back of the card.

Still great cards though, and I do think his France issue, especially, in 2018-19 Donruss/Optic has room to grow if he has further success on the World Cup pitch for France. Even if applying the rookie card label is a stretch.