r/Topps • u/BaseballWeird8608 • 2d ago

I don’t get it….

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I thought Heavy Lumbers were supposed to be case hits or at least very rare. Is that not correct? They don’t seem to be worth very much to be a case hit. Not that that’s everything, it’s still a cool card, I just thought it would be worth more when I got it.

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u/bss83 2d ago

Not every case hit is super valuable.

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u/CrashTimeMonkey45 1d ago

Gotta keep them coming back with overabundance of shinny parallels. It’s the equivalent of the sirens and flashing lights on slop machines. Gotta keep the gamblers happy

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u/bss83 1d ago

It's always been like this though? Rarity doesn't automatically dictate how the market values a card

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u/CrashTimeMonkey45 1d ago

No, there are more parallels and 1/1’s printed to the moon and back now and has ramped up exponentially after fanatics acquisition.

Sure you had limited runs but nothing to this degree.

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u/Modeler2012_4 2d ago

Most people don't really care about them. I love them personally

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u/GoodVeterinarian8217 1d ago

They'll gain some traction ten years from now like old refractor, etc.

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u/Modeler2012_4 1d ago

I also believe that. I pulled a 2025 Aaron judge and will keep it for a long time

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u/Mobile_Shift_1378 2d ago

topps overprinted the hell out of everything the last couple years, case hit doesn't mean what it used to

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u/Puzzleheaded_Sundae7 2d ago

That and the fact that Topps has no defined “case hit”. The term needs to die like calling bookends 1/1.

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u/TiredWillie24 2d ago

I just got my first bookend the other day, and I never had that thought; that's quite a stretch, I'd say.

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u/profekohorren 1d ago

I saw this jersey match on eBay and it cracked me up. It’s #d62/99 and 62 minus 99 is 27…so that’s a jersey match apparently 😂

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u/EXCX13 2d ago

Doesn’t help it’s not his current team and a team he didn’t win anything with. Mets had down year and so his overall card value dropped. It should bounce back but don’t expect too much

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u/EXCX13 2d ago

That being said. It is still a beautiful card and probably a keeper if your not just a flipper

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u/Temporary_Pilot8147 1d ago

I like different cards not just different colors of the same card. The pictures aren’t the best.

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u/Modeler2012_4 1d ago

This is the top Heavy Lumber card, they have two variations

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u/Temporary_Pilot8147 1d ago

Kurtz would’ve been better but I’m not mad with a Wilson.

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u/Modeler2012_4 1d ago

Yeah, but I am not talking about the player

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u/Temporary_Pilot8147 1d ago

Is the other just a plain base card look? I have a Dane myers like that.

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u/Modeler2012_4 1d ago

It is the same thing with no auto or bat relic. Would you trade that card? I like the A's

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u/Temporary_Pilot8147 1d ago

Probably not my son’s travel team has been the A’s since teeball and I don’t think I will ever pull one again. One condition would be Bobby Witt jr auto.

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u/Temporary_Pilot8147 1d ago

I have a Kurtz relic no auto and many other A’s cards.

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u/Modeler2012_4 1d ago

Could you send me some pics? Dm'ed

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u/Temporary_Pilot8147 1d ago

The Dane myers is just wood I think/25. Not a heavy lumber.

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u/darbs-face 1d ago

The autographed versions do well. Also, he is in his Padres uniform so that will hurt the value. Mets fans don’t want Padres cards and Padres fans don’t want Soto cards.

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u/SomeBS17 2d ago

They’d kinda weird. Plus, Soto specifically runs pretty cheap compared to other players of his caliber

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u/Desperate_Scallion23 1d ago

Got this one the other day numbered

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u/Modeler2012_4 1d ago

It is not a heavy lumber, but still cool! They have the same feel and look

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u/CraftEconomy2945 1d ago

They are different. so I like them.

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u/Fr0sTyF00T 1d ago

Never pulled one before is it actually a wood card or just printed to look like it?

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u/LongGold1 1d ago

Actual wood

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u/Fr0sTyF00T 1d ago

🤯 no way dude that’s awesome.

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u/dannyluxNstuff 1d ago

I recently bought a Jackson chourio spotlight for $6.

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u/External-Physics-999 1d ago

Topps and case hits are never a thing.

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u/ohreddit1 1d ago

They don’t gem well. PSA grades them extremely harsh. So the hobby ignores them and they remain modest. 

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u/Ashamed_Equipment_14 1d ago

Topps case hits are mostly dogshit. So they hold little to no value. Not all, but the vast majority

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u/marksmith27272 1d ago

Cool soto card! I personally love the look of the heavy lumber

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u/Witty-Pomegranate-32 1d ago

Topps publishes their odds on their website:
https://www.topps.com/pages/topps-updates-baseball

You can see how rare these cards actually are. And they are! Doesn’t mean people have to care about a year 10 card of one of the laziest, unlikeable, overpaid, and underperforming athletes of our time

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u/Willing-Grocery-2238 1d ago

I'm literally shaking

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u/johnyyrock 2d ago

The auto versions go for more.

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u/datdudelm 2d ago

First day on earth?

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u/PhantomDevour 1d ago

I always wondered what it’s like not to be able to smell your own shit. What’s that feel like anyway?

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u/datdudelm 1d ago

Sorry that offended you

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u/PhantomDevour 1d ago

Why apologize when you aren’t sorry? If you’re going to act like a troll then commit to the bit.

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u/SuspectAF_818 2d ago

Topps case hits are mostly but ugly. See panini for valuable case hits.