So, it appears that I missed yet another Hot Dodger prospect. I have been trying to keep up with Dodger autographs of all of the young players or recent acquisitions. This is not a top priority for me, so I squeeze them in around my standard buying habits. I obtain a fair number of $1-3 certified autos of Dodger players by buying early whenever possible. Most will probably bomb, but since i collect any Dodger autographs, I will want one of each regardless. The list is always littered with the likes of Eovaldi, Wall, Lindbloom, Gould, Lee, Cruz, Sellers, etc
Enter Puig. He is the hottest thing around it seems these days. I remember trying for one of those Valiant autos before he took off. It might have even been one #'d/25, I can't remember now. It reminded me of those Donruss Crusade autos from a few years back. Fairly gaudy, but still something different. I had no idea who the guy was. I want to say it went for around $25 at the time, which was too much for a young prospect in my mind. I didn't pursue him any further at that point and now they are three and four figures!
Partially sour grapes here, because I probably wouldn't sell mine if I had one and now I will not be buying one, but I have to assume that the $1000s currently being spent on his stuff is going to disappoint many. Even if he goes on to be an AS, his stuff almost certainly has to go back down in a hard way. I always wonder who is buying up cards like this at crazy prices when a guy only has a handful of games under his belt, which I think is a major gamble either way. Puig auto for $600 or a plethora of HOFer autos for the same money...
Anyway, I will wait patiently and perhaps in 2-3 years i'll be adding my Puig auto for more than I'd like but at a fair price given his status (i.e. Kemp, Kershaw, etc) or perhaps i'll be getting it for a couple bucks after he busts or makes his way to another team and doesn't have the stats to match his current hot streak. I guess I just hope he is not the next rookie SP auto nightmare like Pujols, ichiro, Strasburg, etc where the prices never come down far enough for a collector with no agenda other than to have all Dodger autos can afford to buy one. in a way, I look forward to seeing what happens to the Puig market over the next year.
Gotta love prospecting...NOT!
Enter Puig. He is the hottest thing around it seems these days. I remember trying for one of those Valiant autos before he took off. It might have even been one #'d/25, I can't remember now. It reminded me of those Donruss Crusade autos from a few years back. Fairly gaudy, but still something different. I had no idea who the guy was. I want to say it went for around $25 at the time, which was too much for a young prospect in my mind. I didn't pursue him any further at that point and now they are three and four figures!
Partially sour grapes here, because I probably wouldn't sell mine if I had one and now I will not be buying one, but I have to assume that the $1000s currently being spent on his stuff is going to disappoint many. Even if he goes on to be an AS, his stuff almost certainly has to go back down in a hard way. I always wonder who is buying up cards like this at crazy prices when a guy only has a handful of games under his belt, which I think is a major gamble either way. Puig auto for $600 or a plethora of HOFer autos for the same money...
Anyway, I will wait patiently and perhaps in 2-3 years i'll be adding my Puig auto for more than I'd like but at a fair price given his status (i.e. Kemp, Kershaw, etc) or perhaps i'll be getting it for a couple bucks after he busts or makes his way to another team and doesn't have the stats to match his current hot streak. I guess I just hope he is not the next rookie SP auto nightmare like Pujols, ichiro, Strasburg, etc where the prices never come down far enough for a collector with no agenda other than to have all Dodger autos can afford to buy one. in a way, I look forward to seeing what happens to the Puig market over the next year.
Gotta love prospecting...NOT!
