Not just a 1 of 1, but a special type of 1 of 1....

[parrrp]

Hi,
I just pulled a 2025 Bowman Chrome Eduardo Quintero auto true blue 1/150 from a break. Doesn't sound so special right? BUT on the card next to his AUTO, he also wrote 'My 1st Bowman Auto'. He's obviously really hot right now and this (according to this SI article - https://www.si.com/collectibles/insi...rd-inscription) is more rare and more valuable than a 1/1 superfractor due to the inscription.

I'm getting it graded as soon as I get it of course (at PSA). If this card grades a PSA 10 what kind of thoughts do you all have of what this card is worth? Apparently for the past few years, there are a lot of players that are writing this on the first card they ever sign for their 1st Bowman. Anyone know of others and what they went for? What do you all think of this inscription on the card?

Love to hear all thoughts on this and any personal experiences.

Thanks!

[doniceage]

I think it cool but we all know it a 1 of 1 as you say it special. I truly do not think the grading is going to help especially if it does not get a 10. To me the card is special regardless of grading as you say it the whole story.

p.s. Not sure if you thought about it but a lot of the folks have been contacting the players to see if the player wants their first card. Tickets, auto'ed game used jersey, bats, etc. have been worked out plus meeting the player in person. Just a thought but whatever you decide awesome hit.

DON

[parrrp]

Thanks for the feedback Don! Now you got me rethinking if I should get it graded...

Anyone else have feedback/comments in general and if I should get it graded?

[bigbenjobu]

@parrrp Grading is totally up to you. And if you truly value this as a 1 of 1, then you will get varying opinions. Many people say to never grade a 1 of 1.

I agree with you that the value is high on this one due to the inscription, but I find it hard to believe that it is more valuable than the superfractor.

I like Don's idea of trying to contact Eduardo and see if you can work up some kind of trade if he wants the card. Some people have been getting very good trades for game used equipment.

[Davz13]

I agree with what the others have said.

VERY COOL card!
But I doubt it is as high of a value as the Superfractor.
If it was a player I collected - sure I'd pay a premium for it, but I personally would pay even more for the true stamped "1/1" Superfractor

If you have the card in-hand, and think it could get a 10, then maybe try it. Any sort of flaw, then I'd say no.
I don't like to grade, so I'm not the best at that.
I would think that the card is special enough that it doesn't need a high grade to help sell it.

And I'd say tracking down the player to work out a deal might be the neat way to go!

Congrats on the unique pull!

[parrrp]

Thanks for the feedback thus far. I don't have the card in hand yet (pulled it in a lil pullman break) so I guess I'll make the grading decision then (although I don't grade cards in general AND I'm horrible at eyeballing them; did 20 one time and it was my last time due to the 8s and 9s I got).

Its interesting that there seems to be two lines of thought here. One that this inscripted card is more valuable (check this Sports Illustrated article out about it - https://www.si.com/collectibles/insi...rd-inscription
And the other being that the Superfractor is more valuable.
Its definitely disputable. The one thing I know for a fact though is that they are both 1/1s in reality. It just matters what is valued more. If you go by the SI article, the personal connection makes it the better card. But I can see both view points. I also think (and of course this is my opinion) that the true blue color match makes this a much better looking card than what the superfractor would look like. But to each their own.

Hoping for more replies and comments on this thread! I will reply to all and of course keep people posted.

Thanks,
Ryan

[bigbenjobu]

@parrrp I agree that the inscription makes it like a 1 of 1; however, if you were presented the Jac Caglianone /150 with the inscription, or his 1/1 superfractor auto, what would you choose? I would take the superfractor all day every day and I would expect that the majority would choose the same.

As far as grading, I don't believe it is necessary on this card.

For the value on this, you probably have two choices. The top value is either now at release time or when he actually makes it to the show. Being a top 5 prospect in the Dodgers organization is good, but per the rankings he isn't even projected to make the majors until 2028. I would either sell immediately (probably a $500-1000 card) or hold for the hopeful MLB debut, which if it doesn't come, this card will hold almost no value.

[parrrp]

So from a grading standpoint, most people don't have 1/1s graded? Is that correct? I didn't know that if so.

So interesting that we have polar opinions. If I was to keep this card (not sell) and I had a choice to have this card or the superfractor, I would choose this card. I just believe it is a 1/1 and that it's more special with the inscription and it being the first card he signed. Not to mention the aesthetics.

But I'm more than likely going to be selling this card so if I had a choice of one over the other, I'd want the one that fetched the most. I suppose its going to come down to the buyers that look at this card's preferences. And I suppose marketing/promoting this card in the right way...which is hard to do on a 'eBay' page and such. That's another aspect I'll need to think of. Going about this myself or through a consigner.

I hope its ok I'm talking more about my specific card than the 'my 1st bowman auto' concept. I want to keep both topics going through this thread, but obv I have some vested interest in my card.

Oh and with regards to reaching out to the player. I don't think that's for me as I would only be looking for cash and I read somewhere that the Dodgers got him REAL cheap. Something like $300k/yr. So doubt he would be interested in it now hehe.

Lastly, just so we are on the same page with worth. His auto /25 was sold at $10k....but it's a crossed out line so they settled on a different amt. Obv that's not extremely helpful, but his auto /5 went for $5,100 in a regular non-consigned auction. I just put these here because it gives a little more context as why its important for me to get this right ( :

Thanks everyone!

[bigbenjobu]

@parrrp I don't know that I would say most don't have 1/1's graded. It is just a big topic. Many believe it doesn't add much value to the card and can only hurt it (unless it is graded a 10, which is not easy). I have graded a few of them just to get them slabbed/protected.

As far as value, a bunch of these blue /150 with the same inscription have sold on eBay. I would try to find an equivalent caliber player (i.e top 5 in prospect rankings), then you should have a decent comp. The sold ones on eBay have gone for $200-800. The quality of player obviously drives those numbers.

eBay also has a /25 auto that was sold June 13th for $1130

[parrrp]

Interesting about grading 1/1's. I just assumed that unless an issue is detected on the card that it is graded for a good to excellent player because of the card's worth (talking regular type cards; not those sets where getting a 10 is harder than others).

Yeah, I did the search for the inscription and can't find anyone that is the same caliber player. I didn't find many. The ones I did find were pitchers or below avg to avg prospects that went for $300 to $1,000. Maybe I'll dabble in this a bit more and search using different keywords and I think I only search 2025 Bowman so I'll expand that search since SI said they have done this for a few years.

grade/dont grade, auction/fixed price, wait/don't wait (at least I know the answer to this one..don't wait), consign/don't consign. Missing anything else?

At the end of the day, I think its going to come down to people seeing the worth in the inscription and the way to do that (besides a person's general inclination) is to tell a story myself in a site's description of the card. But how much that influences someone, who really knows.

Anyone know any big Dodger's fans with money? lol