Ohtani interpreter level of regret...

tlschwerz · 04-01-2025, 12:13 AM

I went to search back through my threads here but it doesn't matter because Photobucket isn't logging images anymore.

At any rate, when Ohtani was a rookie I was drawn to him and really enjoyed the dual style of play. I collected every single base card from every set and graded them all (most were 10's, some 9's). I then decided to grab some special cards and autos.

These are all long gone at this point, and I'm not sure why I'm opening this wound. But what does this look like in present day value?

https://x.com/tlschwerz/status/1906933981989478787

tmoore_25 · 04-01-2025, 07:10 AM

Holy cow!! Close that and never open it again. My biggest Ohtani regret was selling my 2018 Topps Clear Acetate /10 RC here for a measly $200. The buyer flipped it for $1400, I believe, on eBay. Hopefully, he has as much regret as I do.

awz50 · 04-01-2025, 08:04 AM

Yeah that's a lot of pain but remember you can't predict the future and he could have easily been a bust as well

hermanotarjeta · 04-01-2025, 08:13 AM

About $250-350k?

dantheman514 · 04-01-2025, 08:18 AM

Looking at those pictures made my stomach hurt!

Triple B · 04-01-2025, 08:21 AM

I've sold Michael Jordan, LeBron James, non-sports and hockey that are all well above $100k each now. I regret not getting $100k+ for each, but I don't regret selling because no one saw these prices as an eventual reality.

Yeah, but OUCH.

hermanotarjeta · 04-01-2025, 08:24 AM

It really depends on what you did with the money.

If you blew your profits on breaks, then yes, you should feel really sick.

But if you invested your money in say NVDA or PLTR stock, you still made out ok.

Bosoxfan5990 · 04-01-2025, 08:25 AM

Did you make money on the sales? If so, pain should be minimal

footfutbol · 04-01-2025, 08:58 AM

April fools?

hammertime · 04-01-2025, 09:26 AM

YouTheManNick · 04-01-2025, 09:58 AM

Honestly. If you haven't sold or traded away a card or six or a hundred too early then you're probably already super rich so it doesn't matter.

Happens to everyone.

Trueblue · 04-01-2025, 11:47 AM

Heritage Low (PSA 10) - 12,000
Heritage High (PSA 10) - 14,000
Topps Chrome (PSA 10) - 9,000
Bowman Chrome Pitching Green (PSA 9) - 14,000
Finest Mystery (PSA 10) - 10,000
19 Throwback (PSA 10) - 5,000
Sapphire (PSA 10) - 4,000
19 SC 1/1 - 8,000 ish
19 Tier One - 3,000
19 Diamond Icons - 3,000
AG Rip - 1,500

Assuming grades are right, about $75.5K. I think you also sold a Topps 700B Hand on Helmet SSP too in PSA 10 which goes for $11K.

ThatGuyPal · 04-01-2025, 12:29 PM

I hope OP made good profit if not I don't understand going that all-in on a player to just flip in a few years. If I saw that collection I'd assume it was a big Shohei collector that stil owned all these.

tlschwerz · 09-01-2025, 11:47 PM

Never saw the responses to these as I don't get back onto the forums much.

I did make good money at the time. My dad died and it was a period of weird grief. I got into cards again before 2018 and loved Shohei. I didn't care if he worked out, I bought everything. I owned every single base rookie, SP, SSP, chrome, and then grabbed the autos.

I sold because I was done, time to move on. Never expected the money to grow so substantially in the years after. Good for him.

tlschwerz · 09-02-2025, 12:38 AM

I needed to put them in one place...

https://x.com/tlschwerz/status/1962751795161125098

ewokpelts · 09-02-2025, 06:48 PM

I had his card from the topps/lids set. Sold it for $10 during Covid. Thought
It was decent price for a guy that was frequently hurt and not even pitching that much.

Probably should’ve kept it.

Lonewolf · 09-02-2025, 07:57 PM

I know it isn't the most valuable of the lot you had, but that 2019 Heritage Throwback in Gem 10, ooh baby!

vwnut13 · 09-02-2025, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewokpelts

It was decent price for a guy that was frequently hurt and not even pitching that much.

That's still true, right?

awz50 · 09-02-2025, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vwnut13

That's still true, right?

Yankees fans dislike for Ohtani is weird

TheWrightStuff · 09-02-2025, 08:47 PM

My big regret. Pulled this from a Walmart blaster. He went on DL a week later foe Tommyjohn surgery. I sold then to someone here on blowout who sent it to be graded and it came back a PSA 10 auto 10. Big card now. I put the money into my graded Mantle collection. Sure qould have been nice to have kept it and be able to afford my grail 52T Mantle.

tlschwerz · 09-03-2025, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewokpelts

I had his card from the topps/lids set. Sold it for $10 during Covid. Thought
It was decent price for a guy that was frequently hurt and not even pitching that much.

Probably should’ve kept it.

That was a good one. Not sure what that wasn't on my spreadsheet, but definitely had that one graded too!

tlschwerz · 09-03-2025, 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lonewolf

I know it isn't the most valuable of the lot you had, but that 2019 Heritage Throwback in Gem 10, ooh baby!

Man, the Throwback's. Chasing those down, loving an alternate jersey, and then it grading like that with a black border...

tlschwerz · 09-03-2025, 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vwnut13

That's still true, right?

tlschwerz · 09-03-2025, 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheWrightStuff

My big regret. Pulled this from a Walmart blaster. He went on DL a week later foe Tommyjohn surgery. I sold then to someone here on blowout who sent it to be graded and it came back a PSA 10 auto 10. Big card now. I put the money into my graded Mantle collection. Sure qould have been nice to have kept it and be able to afford my grail 52T Mantle.

This was my green Bowman as well. RIP

BoSoxFan1999 · 09-03-2025, 07:44 AM

I'm sorta glad I wasn't collecting back when Ohtani first arrived to MLB (also same with the Kobe/LeBron rookie era). I know if I had collected, I would have sold off their cards for a fraction of what they're worth today.

04-01-2025, 12:13 AM	#1
tlschwerz Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,319 offthebaggy	Ohtani interpreter level of regret... I went to search back through my threads here but it doesn't matter because Photobucket isn't logging images anymore. At any rate, when Ohtani was a rookie I was drawn to him and really enjoyed the dual style of play. I collected every single base card from every set and graded them all (most were 10's, some 9's). I then decided to grab some special cards and autos. These are all long gone at this point, and I'm not sure why I'm opening this wound. But what does this look like in present day value? https://x.com/tlschwerz/status/1906933981989478787 __________________ http://offthebaggy.blogspot.com/

04-01-2025, 07:10 AM	#2
tmoore_25 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,731 tmoore_25	Holy cow!! Close that and never open it again. My biggest Ohtani regret was selling my 2018 Topps Clear Acetate /10 RC here for a measly $200. The buyer flipped it for $1400, I believe, on eBay. Hopefully, he has as much regret as I do. __________________ PC: Nolan Ryan, Dustin May, Yadier Molina, Ronald Acuna, Ozzie Albies, Ichiro Atlanta Braves Topps Flagship and Topps Chrome Photo Variations

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Triple B Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Toronto Posts: 6,162	I've sold Michael Jordan, LeBron James, non-sports and hockey that are all well above $100k each now. I regret not getting $100k+ for each, but I don't regret selling because no one saw these prices as an eventual reality. Yeah, but OUCH. __________________ Wanted Dead or Alive! 1. 1997 Bowman's Best Jose Cruz, Jr Atomic Refractor Autograph 2. 1997 SPx Jose Cruz, Jr. Grand Finale /50

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Bosoxfan5990 Member Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: MA Posts: 13,449 rossisportscards	Did you make money on the sales? If so, pain should be minimal __________________ X & IG: rossisportcards. Bethel Johnson & A. Vinatieri. "A Goldin Shower of sorrow and regret." -ninjacookies (11/25/24) "I'm back." -Bosoxfan5990 (2/8/25)

04-01-2025, 08:13 AM	#4
hermanotarjeta Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 20,894	About $250-350k?

04-01-2025, 08:18 AM	#5
dantheman514 Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Motor City Posts: 1,066 dantheman514	Looking at those pictures made my stomach hurt!

04-01-2025, 08:24 AM	#7
hermanotarjeta Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 20,894	It really depends on what you did with the money. If you blew your profits on breaks, then yes, you should feel really sick. But if you invested your money in say NVDA or PLTR stock, you still made out ok.

04-01-2025, 08:58 AM	#9
footfutbol Member Join Date: Mar 2021 Posts: 305	April fools?

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YouTheManNick Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 2,564 trapjaw73 YTMN	Honestly. If you haven't sold or traded away a card or six or a hundred too early then you're probably already super rich so it doesn't matter. Happens to everyone. __________________ They're = they are. Their = possession. There = "I went there." Two = 2. Too = "Me too." To = "He went to the card show." Your = "your cards." You're = "you're welcome."

04-01-2025, 11:47 AM	#12
Trueblue Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: socal Posts: 6,475	Heritage Low (PSA 10) - 12,000 Heritage High (PSA 10) - 14,000 Topps Chrome (PSA 10) - 9,000 Bowman Chrome Pitching Green (PSA 9) - 14,000 Finest Mystery (PSA 10) - 10,000 19 Throwback (PSA 10) - 5,000 Sapphire (PSA 10) - 4,000 19 SC 1/1 - 8,000 ish 19 Tier One - 3,000 19 Diamond Icons - 3,000 AG Rip - 1,500 Assuming grades are right, about $75.5K. I think you also sold a Topps 700B Hand on Helmet SSP too in PSA 10 which goes for $11K.

04-01-2025, 12:29 PM	#13
ThatGuyPal Member Join Date: Jan 2021 Posts: 3,871	I hope OP made good profit if not I don't understand going that all-in on a player to just flip in a few years. If I saw that collection I'd assume it was a big Shohei collector that stil owned all these.

09-01-2025, 11:47 PM	#14
tlschwerz Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,319 offthebaggy	Never saw the responses to these as I don't get back onto the forums much. I did make good money at the time. My dad died and it was a period of weird grief. I got into cards again before 2018 and loved Shohei. I didn't care if he worked out, I bought everything. I owned every single base rookie, SP, SSP, chrome, and then grabbed the autos. I sold because I was done, time to move on. Never expected the money to grow so substantially in the years after. Good for him. __________________ http://offthebaggy.blogspot.com/

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tlschwerz Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,319 offthebaggy	I needed to put them in one place... https://x.com/tlschwerz/status/1962751795161125098 __________________ http://offthebaggy.blogspot.com/

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ewokpelts Member Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Evergreen Park, IL Posts: 4,000 asg2003ws2005	I had his card from the topps/lids set. Sold it for $10 during Covid. Thought It was decent price for a guy that was frequently hurt and not even pitching that much. Probably should’ve kept it.

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Lonewolf Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: California Posts: 4,386	I know it isn't the most valuable of the lot you had, but that 2019 Heritage Throwback in Gem 10, ooh baby! __________________ Money and Computers can't buy Championships

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TheWrightStuff Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Texas Posts: 6,823 Nathan104	My big regret. Pulled this from a Walmart blaster. He went on DL a week later foe Tommyjohn surgery. I sold then to someone here on blowout who sent it to be graded and it came back a PSA 10 auto 10. Big card now. I put the money into my graded Mantle collection. Sure qould have been nice to have kept it and be able to afford my grail 52T Mantle. Last edited by TheWrightStuff; 09-02-2025 at 11:32 PM.

09-03-2025, 07:44 AM	#25
BoSoxFan1999 Member Join Date: Jun 2023 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,436 bro19991 Bro19999	I'm sorta glad I wasn't collecting back when Ohtani first arrived to MLB (also same with the Kobe/LeBron rookie era). I know if I had collected, I would have sold off their cards for a fraction of what they're worth today.