Am I missing something?? Why so much$$$?

[Insane Irish]

Why is this card selling for so much?? Is it laced with solid gold or something.

Hmmmm, do I wanna buy a Favre Auto, or this card???

I just don't get it!!!

Maybe I'm too old to understand why this is such a "hot" card.

superfractor??

[andrewcstein]

I'd bet at least half the people who bid on this think that Favre is only famous for his appearance in Something About Mary.
Plus, its not often you can get to collect someone who looks like Joe Camel.

[sneekc]

Joe the rich F-in camel, yeah I dont get it either. Hip hop culture is BS and Topps is retarded for putting Jay-Z cards out.

[LakersMC]

Ooh, that's the first super-refractor I've seen. Those are true 1/1s.

But, yeah, don't you have to play basketball to appear on basketball cards? I hope people stop buying these, or Topps will be putting more & more celeb cards in their sets. Ugh.

[BigPun]

Joe the rich F-in camel, yeah I dont get it either. Hip hop culture is BS and Topps is retarded for putting Jay-Z cards out.

While I completely, 100%, agree that putting hip-hop/celebrity icons on sports trading cards doesn't make sense, to make a statement that "hip-hop culture is BS" is completely out of line. That appears quite disrespectful to me and implies a generalization of this culture. I'm sure, and hope, you didn't intend it to come out that way, but that statement verifies that many people don't truly understand what hip-hop means. Hip-hop is not just about music, but is a social movement, and a way of life, that has unfortunately been commercialized just as almost everything else has in society.

"Rap is something we do, hip-hop is something we live" ~ KRS-One

[trampus]

I hear if you rub the card 3 times Jay-Z will appear and grant you a wish! It works with all the 1/1 celebrity cards. Whoever buys it better hope he didn't do it already, it only works once.

[bmoy88]

While I completely, 100%, agree that putting hip-hop/celebrity icons on sports trading cards doesn't make sense, to make a statement that "hip-hop culture is BS" is completely out of line. That appears quite disrespectful to me and implies a generalization of this culture. I'm sure, and hope, you didn't intend it to come out that way, but that statement verifies that many people don't truly understand what hip-hop means. Hip-hop is not just about music, but is a social movement, and a way of life, that has unfortunately been commercialized just as almost everything else has in society.

"Rap is something we do, hip-hop is something we live" ~ KRS-One

I agree 100%. No need to knock other peoples preferences in music or other leisurely activities. The people who buy these celebrity cards probably look at us as over-aged (in my case) pencil pushing geeks going to card shows carrying our cards in our Mickey Mantle tin lunch boxes!

[TurdFerguson]

Joe the rich F-in camel, yeah I dont get it either. Hip hop culture is BS and Topps is retarded for putting Jay-Z cards out.

The last I checked, it's still a free country and everyone is entitled to their own opinion no matter if everyone doesn't exactly agree with it.

Let's keep this thread on topic please.

[S.A.M.]

Good point Rick, and for the record I'm a fan of hip-hop culture and rap. But I digress . . .

To the point of the thread, I see this card as a more modern version of the Topps cut autos of deceased dignitaries and celebrities, so I don't have any problem with it. Anyway, the more valuable autos I can pull in packs the better as far as I'm concerned because then I can sell/trade them for cards I really want.

[holycowcubswin10]

I am not a fan of the celeb card myself but that is what makes card collecting a great hobby. I mean some people collect bonds, some collect arod, some collect celebrity cards, What's the difference? It is all a matter of personal preference. And besides if You can get $180 for A Jay Z card , I say, more power to you.