Today
was the big day for Kris Bryant collectors, the young Cubs star made his first
start in front of 30,000 fans at Wrigley Field. He brought his hat, his uniform
and his glove but he seemed to have forgotten his bat when he went 0-4 becoming
the first major leaguer in the past 100 years to strike out three times in
their major league debut on the positive side he did have a solid defensive performance. Bryant did take it all in stride when during an
interview after the game he said “I sure hope I can look back on this
and laugh at it 15 years from now.”
But
as collectors we all know that a single game does not make a career, outside of
those guys who literally played just one game in the Major League, and if he
shows any sort of flash like he did during Spring Training over the next 173 games
his prices will continue to increase.
On
the collector side, any of his cards that are serial numbered and autographed
are all selling for insane prices with even his base 2013 Bowman Chrome Draft
Pick Autographs topping $500 for raw copies and $750 for graded copies.
Pretty
much anything with his face will get plenty of attention, the lower the serial
number the higher the cost. My favorite is his 2014 Bowman Inception autograph I
like the simple design and the various colored parallels are really cool.
