Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Signed, Authenticated Pujols RCs

Sorry for the lack of posts in January. I had acquired Pujols's 2001 Studio and 2001 Ultimate Collection RCs to get signed at the Winter Warm Up over MLK Weekend. Albert would sign for $175. Unfortunately he sold out and I did not win the ticket lottery. eBay seller invest.in.legends had a similar idea. He got Albert to sign three RCs and submitted them to BGS/JSA (the seller did not acquire these at the Warmup). Now that the auctions have closed, would this be a profitable idea? I'll use $175 as the cost of obtaining Albert's signature and $20 as the cost of JSA authentication (not including shipping).

2001 Topps Reserve $306

This is probably the best looking of the three. For some reason, Albert did not insrcibe this with the +5(cross) like he did on the other cards. This also looks a lot like pack inserted retail rookie autograph. This card closes anywhere from $100-150, so if you were to do this, you would most likely break even.

2001 Bowman Heritage $290

Again, this is a great looking card. I was hoping to pick this up for around $200. I was really surprised at how high each went. Since this card costs about $30 to acquire, it is undoubtedly the most profitable out of these three.

2001 Topps Traded Gold $286.99

This was most interesting to me. This was the most valuable card (sells for $120-140 with more consistency than the Reserve) and the dark background doesn't lend itself very well to the signature. It looks like other bidders agreed with me as it closed for the least out of the three.