The Legend

The Legend

Saturday, October 14, 2017

0 For 6

Sometimes patience can save you a good bit of money.  Such was the case with this purchase.


2013 Panini Pen Pals 6 Auto

While most of these guys are still hanging around as backups you would have to consider this high end card a complete flop. Could you imagine the poor soul who bought this card at release. I'm guessing it was probably in the $200 range. I paid around $17. 

The appeal for me was to grab a high end card of former WVU great Geno Smith. While he hasn't panned out his stand alone autos still command a decent price.  Having all these other guys on the card actually saved me a few bucks. 

The card itself is really nice. Very clean on card autos are a rare commodity. The only real blemish is Nassib's crap signature. I also think he is the only one not on an active roster. 

Let's Go Mountaineers.  


8 comments:

  1. It's always a roll of dice with cards like this. I got a Taillon, Syndergaard, Archie Bradley auto that was in the $400 range at one point. Now it can be had for under $100.

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    1. A lot of those multi autos featuring Cole went way down as well.

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  2. Nice! Multiplayer autos are fun. I only have two cards with triple signatures, none higher.

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    1. They don't pop up that often....baseball is almost impossible to find more than 3 because if they do exist and it some mega card from Triple Threads featuring Hall of Famers.

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  3. Glad you were able to pick up that card on the cheap. Some of those guys were going for a decent dime a few years ago.

    I've got mixed emotions on multi-signature cards. Obviously if all of the players pan out, the card can be cornerstone of a collection. But when one (or more of the players) don't pan out... I'd actually rather have a solo signature. The perfect example is I have a Co-Signers autograph with Tony Gwynn and Mark Grudzielanek... but I'd much rather have Tony by himself.

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    1. Totally get where you are coming from. The only reason I bought this card is that it sold at the same price as many of the Geno Smith high end solo signatures.

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  4. Can't expect too much out of Nassib. He played at Syracuse.

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