2018 Topps Now

[kpete42]

Great looking Baez card today. And that Herrera is sweet!

[Malsk]

Originally Posted by okumeister

I think a lot of people are overthinking about Japanese buyers.
Baseball card collection is not as much of a serious hobby as it is in the US.
Heritage, Topps Now, whatever it is, the majority of buyers are US collectors, who are all in for the hype.

Besides, the collectors who "know their stuff" in Japan will be buying direct from Topps and saving their eBay shipping fee (International shipping for Topps Now is $10 flat from Topps.com).
Japan also have a big auction website called Yahoo Auction where baseball cards are also listed, and some card shops in Japan order bunch from Topps so that they can individually sell to their customers (like a buyer's club in sort of a way), so they can buy/sell domestically without having to go through eBay.

If it is a huge, rare card that can't be found in Japan, then people will come to eBay to buy, but we shouldn't be expecting much of that for common Topps Now cards.
(Though I did one time sell WBC Topps Now Japan team cards to a buyer in Japan)

Thanks....interesting.

I guess the only conclusion is Topps Now has really caught on or Ohtani is really that much more popular then Judge. Could be both.

[Darth Bryzzo]

Originally Posted by kpete42

Great looking Baez card today. And that Herrera is sweet!

I really like that Javy, too. Will definitely be grabbing that from Jake.

[monkeymcgee]

Originally Posted by kpete42

Great looking Baez card today. And that Herrera is sweet!

Great photos today--I bought the bundle just because I liked them so much.

I don't know about past years since this is my first go around, but these remind me of the old Stadium Club cards with the really nice photos used.

[mlbfan10]

Originally Posted by okumeister

I think a lot of people are overthinking about Japanese buyers.
Baseball card collection is not as much of a serious hobby as it is in the US.
Heritage, Topps Now, whatever it is, the majority of buyers are US collectors, who are all in for the hype.

Besides, the collectors who "know their stuff" in Japan will be buying direct from Topps and saving their eBay shipping fee (International shipping for Topps Now is $10 flat from Topps.com).
Japan also have a big auction website called Yahoo Auction where baseball cards are also listed, and some card shops in Japan order bunch from Topps so that they can individually sell to their customers (like a buyer's club in sort of a way), so they can buy/sell domestically without having to go through eBay.

If it is a huge, rare card that can't be found in Japan, then people will come to eBay to buy, but we shouldn't be expecting much of that for common Topps Now cards.
(Though I did one time sell WBC Topps Now Japan team cards to a buyer in Japan)

Yahoo auctions man so much good stuff on there, especially Nintendo products

[kpete42]

Originally Posted by monkeymcgee

Great photos today--I bought the bundle just because I liked them so much.

I don't know about past years since this is my first go around, but these remind me of the old Stadium Club cards with the really nice photos used.

Yeah, the photos they’ve used this year have been on another level. A lot of great looking cards. Wish I had the coin to complete a whole 2018 set.

[Platman]

Will the leap auto tradition continue this year? Jones, Jackson... now Herrera?

[kpete42]

Originally Posted by Darth Bryzzo

I really like that Javy, too. Will definitely be grabbing that from Jake.

I’m starting to wonder if more people buy directly from Topps or from Jake? LOL! Dude kills it and always provides great service. Not sure how he does it, but he does.

[mlbfan10]

Originally Posted by kpete42

I’m starting to wonder if more people buy directly from Topps or from Jake? LOL! Dude kills it and always provides great service. Not sure how he does it, but he does.

I've done similar with amiibo cards though on a smaller scale, 50-60 sales/day. The worst part for me was hand writing the SASE's. Kudos to Jake and others for their dedication!

[monkeymcgee]

Originally Posted by kpete42

I’m starting to wonder if more people buy directly from Topps or from Jake? LOL! Dude kills it and always provides great service. Not sure how he does it, but he does.

I'm a fiend for points, so I buy direct

[joejoemay]

Originally Posted by Platman

Will the leap auto tradition continue this year? Jones, Jackson... now Herrera?

That would be nice...

[joejoemay]

Two new sp 200's and a new SP!

[joejoemay]

Well hopefully you all got your MOW-01 Ohtani & Ruth Winner Cards coming...also be sure to earn enough reward points to get your COTM as I only get one of these myself and I need my one to keep my owning one of every Now card streak going.
Topps Now WWE: These have been picking up, I suggest looking for some of the late 2016 early 2017 very lightly bought cards as these will not be going away anytime soon and the following is bigger then PL or MLS...who's PR's have also been picking up. Last week we had a Print Run of 23 though so pick that one up if you can. Twinsjake normally has them up. Trivia Question: The lowest PR in Topps Now is 15...what card is it?
Spring Training or Road to Opening Day Sets: Most of you have seen the print runs already so I won't post them again...but 2017 Padres are still the cards to own with the Magic Number of 27 still being the lowest Print run in baseball...that set is tied with one other Now Baseball card...and that leads us to our next Trivia Question: Besides the Padres RTOD set in 2017 (including the Wil Myers bonus...that is most likely a little higher) what card produced in the Now line has a Print Run of 27?
2018 only had two sets print below 100 (The Rays and the Rangers) If you have the means I'd get both sets but if not the Colon and Hamels are kind of nice cards to own out of the Rangers set and will only go up in value. Pick the Rays Archer up but other then that I don't see many doing 2017 Rays set well. By the way if you have a 2017 Rays set...I am looking for another, those things are more rare then the Padres it seems. Don't over look the Marlins and just over 100 it has several rookies. In the end anything under 200 sets is pretty sweet to hold long term. If you remember most flippers of this ended up selling them at auction (for a profit) but reasonable about the time the credit card bill came due, so buy them on the flip at auction and you should do well. I added nearly 3 sets of Padres from 2016 on the flip and did well to hold them...
MOW: What fun was that? Some bugs in the Topps system but a new Ohtani SP (Though Non-Rookie so pick up his 2018 RTOD RC ASAP) and a crazy cool card. Going to put it right next to my Judge / Ruth one! Remember vote for all to insure you get the winner...The PR of the MOW-01 of 1549 shows there is a somewhat growing population of Now collectors...I think we have benefited from the Living set having such high PRs for guys who appear once in the set. Now has been slammed for having 40 some odd Judge rookies last year and yes it is a little excessive but he was the story last year. The cards you need to look at are the guys who have few if any cards in Now...this is why 2018 ST-2 sold so well (1374 PR) and still commands great prices. Before that cool card of Troy Tulowitzki came out acting like a Pitcher he had a total of 191 cards in Now...over 2 cards!
TOR-07 10/4/2016 Troy Tulowitzki 145 1st App and Master SP TIED MASTER SP
OD-063 4/1/2017 Troy Tulowitzki 46 Road To Opening Day
It was his first appearance and still isn't in a base set yet...the guy is very popular.
That leads me to the next trivia question: Of the 4 players out today, who does not have a solo card in any of the 3 base sets?

Moment Of The Week 1 Ballot Results:

Shohei Ohtani - 1549 Votes (Winner)
Bryce Harper - 225 Votes
Giancarlo Stanton - 181 Votes
Houston Astros - 146 Votes
Joe Panik - 135 Votes

Seriously I love these cards...and it seems that at least 134 others do as well as that is the amount of people that most likely voted for all cards, even though there are some crazy Joe Panik fans. Crazy enough to make his 2016 #568 one of the first Now baseball cards to sell for over $80...(jcoombs2 still has one up for sale but I am holding my BGS 9.5 as well as my last remaining RAW).

On to yesterday's cards:
#61 Cespedes #62 Red Sox #63 Kingery #64 Osuna #65 Matt Carpenter #66 McCutchen
#61, #65 and #66 have one flipper with cards still up and the other 3 have at least a 1/2 dozen each...#65 and #66 are twinsjake and he has a bunch, my take is the Cespedes and the other to sell very soft and will be the card to own...More to follow when the PRs pop

Well crap PRs just popped at 5:45 EST and we have a new SP in Matt Carpenter at 180, Jake has them up for a very reasonable $29.99 and I actually bought one on accident at that price thinking it was still $8.99. Anyway the story is the McCutchen card. That is an awesome card to own.

Today's Cards: FYI, Don't think we will have a SP today and over buy...it happens ALL the time. Though many folks are sinking all their money into Ohtani (1720 PR on the TBT set if you were wondering) vs almost anything else Topps puts out.
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Anyone who saw this game will know that both center fielders had great games...also there was the former Dodger playing for the A's who did this same thing and should have earned a card...though it might be the Topps Team knows that I would buy 100 of these and not 100 of Trayce Thompson cards. (Little known fact I did in fact buy 100 ------------------------------------>)
65 5/11/2016 Trayce Thompson 566 1st App RC

Dodgers
Sells for about $14.95 and I am still holding! That guy is actually pretty good!
Won't be buying 100 of the Odubel card as like most Now buyers the season is getting long with card 70 out on April 11th. April 11 2016 had two issues #13 Chris Davis and the amazing #14 Addison Russell card...both should be in your collection. But it does put us on a more then 1000 card pace for 2018 and that is great. I like it though the more the better but it does put a strain on the casual collector. (Insert Pitch for Buyers Club Here)

Odubel will not SP just FYI...he is after all a Philly and that is my team!


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Card 69...Baez, he has like 50 cards (Yup...50 counting the various autograph versions)

PR-03 3/20/2017 Javier Baez 330 Team Set Puerto Rico
His SP: Is impossible to find...though I have a few :-) and none are available for sale on eBay and is in the 2017 WBC Team PR set...

His in set SP is here and Gregg can thank me later for the sales...
DIVING GRABS HIGHLIGHT INCREDIBLE DEFENSIVE DISPLAY - JAVIER BAEZ TOPPS NOW 294 | eBay


$12.95

DIVING GRABS HIGHLIGHT INCREDIBLE DEFENSIVE DISPLAY - JAVIER BAEZ TOPPS...
DIVING GRABS HIGHLIGHT INCREDIBLE DEFENSIVE DISPLAY - JAVIER BAEZ TOPPS NOW 294 | Sports Mem, Cards & Fan Shop,...


I will be surprised if this prints under 400 but it may but if it gets in the 200's look out...it's a much better card then the diving catch one IMO

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Look for this card to SP, poor Indians get no love and if he sells more then Kluber I will be very surprised. Pick one up from me for $5 and hedge your bets!

Did you know 12 guys named Carlos have Topps Now cards!

181 6/25/2016 Carlos Carrasco 255 w/ Lindor 1st App Indians
195 6/30/2016 Carlos Carrasco 318 2nd Indians
CLE-11 10/4/2016 Carlos Carrasco 271 3rd Indians
OD-100 4/1/2017 Carlos Carrasco 181 Road To Opening Day Indians
568 9/6/2017 Carlos Carrasco 233 Indians
667 9/27/2017 Carlos Carrasco 334 100th Win Indians
PS042 10/1/2017 Carlos Carrasco 776 Indians
2018RTOD 2/19/2018 Carlos Carrasco 295 Indians

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Max Kepler

This will print in the 300 range...the card to find of him (and it is all over eBay right now) is his 2016 Rookie and first appearance card can be hand for small dollars and has a 471 PR

That is all for today, check out the spreadsheet and let me know if you need any extras...and let me know about Living set orders as soon as you can, getting 20 orders for Jeter at the last minute means the cards get here late.
And please pay up if you owe...the tank is getting dry! joejoemay

[joejoemay]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2018-TOPPS-...gAAOSwQUhayPX4

wow...

[lzylghtn]

.....

[mlbfan10]

Originally Posted by joejoemay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2018-TOPPS-...gAAOSwQUhayPX4

wow...

My lord, I gotta get my submission out yesterday...

[tribefan26]

I just realized that they started rounding reward points once again. When the program started they were giving me 4 times the rounded dollar amount of my purchase - I’ve been Hall of Fame from the start. Last year midseason it changed to rounding down.

So when it started a 79.99 purchase got me 320 points. That changed to 319 pts at some point. Now it is back to 320.

When you make 200 orders a year that extra point helps!

[SoftMuscle]

LeMahieu just missed his 3rd homer. Off the center wall for a double.

[joejoemay]

Originally Posted by Ferg1945

a pic for those who have yet to see it..

I posted one of the samples in the Summit thread....got to keep one sample was on the back of a 2017 Dodger card 😀...one of 4 samples. was some others but all on 2018 RTOD cards

[monkeymcgee]

Head's up--just sold a ST-4 BGS 9.5 for $200. Bought it last week for $50. Not a bad return

[joejoemay]

Joe Mauer 2k hit auto? Austin Hedges double play from his butt?

[joejoemay]

Originally Posted by monkeymcgee

Head's up--just sold a ST-4 BGS 9.5 for $200. Bought it last week for $50. Not a bad return

Some crazy money out there for those...Ohtani is the greatest thing to happen to Topps Now since Bartolo Colon’s HR!

[vanpatten]

Picked up a few Ohtani NOW cards that I didn't have yet, so now all I'm missing is the RTOD set cards. Bases clearing triple last night was beautiful. This kid is so fun to watch.

[editorgaw]

Originally Posted by editorgaw

Early wednesday I received a bid for my Platinum SHOHEI OHTANI that I had on auction for 20K, for one dollar to get my attention and with that came a message. It was from a Japanese TV station located in NYC and asked me if I would do an interview all about collecting his cards.

Being in the Video Production business all my life I responded with my information and I am happy to say Thursday afternoon I am being interviewed by Sakura from tv-asahi located in Japan.

This is suppose to be shown on Japanese tv friday and I will have a copy that I will share....

JEEVES-I just washed my Topps Now Shirt and Will promote topps as best as I can
This my friends is a once in a lifetime Opportunity...Oh BTW I raised the price to 40K
I will keep you updated
Gregg

[editorgaw]

Originally Posted by editorgaw

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