Description: PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY AND IN ITS ENTIRETY! (It will take you about 2 minutes and 20 seconds) I have been collecting baseball cards since 1957. That means I am old. I have seen every player elected to the Hall of Fame since 1960. We are living at the beginning of the next golden age of baseball, but we won't realize it until, perhaps, 2040. The players today are bigger, better, faster and more well conditioned than any other generation of Major Leaguers. My youngest son, who is 38, argues passionately that Babe Ruth wouldn't even make the majors if he were alive today at age 20. He could be right. ONE THING IS FOR SURE: WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE LIKE SHOHEI OHTANI. No one has. I will admit it. I have made several investment decisions (actually, non-decisions) that have cost me several million dollars over the last 40 years. I have also made a few decisions that have done extraordinary well for me the past several decades. I believe Shohei Ohtani is going to be one of my better investments. I don't know if I have more Ohtani rookie cards than anyone else, but I have a lot. In fact, I plan to leave each of my four children A MINIMUM OF 500 EACH OF THIS CARD. That's 2,000 Ohtani rookies (Look, I don't have a villa in Spain or Antigua to leave them.) This is the 2018 Topps Update rookie card that highlights Ohtani's three game home run streak earlier that year. PLEASE NOTE! This is a 9 card lot. All the cards are near mint to mint. Four sharp corners. Clean backs. ALL OF THEM ARE SUITABLE FOR GRADING. This is for the smart investor who believes--like I do--that Mr. Ohtani is just beginning what promises to be a unique baeball career EVEN IF HE NEVER THROWS ANOTHER PITCH. Already, with Aaron Judge, he is the best player in baseball. Barring serious injury, he going to be a Hall of Famer and talked about in the same breath as Michael Jordan, Lebron James, Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes, and, yes, Babe Ruth. Not just great. Iconically great. HE'S ALREADY FAR MORE TALENTED THAN RUTH! From time to time, I plan to list other multi-card lots of this card and other lots of his other rookies over the next year. This is a Buy It Now listing. I NEVER offer discounts on my Buy It Now listings since I joined eBay in 2000. The price is the price. It's $178. (I have seen this card sell individually for $39. each!) My price is UNDER $20 per card! Again, these are all near mint to mint. AND I NEVER CALL ANYTHING MINT. A smart investor is sometimes wrong but is never afraid. One thing I have learned over the past 36 years: when you think the price of something is high, it is really low. And when you think the price of something is low, it is really high. I never chase so-called "bargains." They teach in business schools all over the world to buy low and sell high. WRONG. WRONG. WRONG. WRONG ALMOST 100% OF THE TIME. I can cite you hundreds of cases of this, but it would bore you as much as it would bore me. Now, the rules. 1) No discount. It is $178 if you want it and $178 if you don't. 2) Please add $9.20 for insured shipping anywhere in the continental U.S. 3) I also ship worldwide through eBay's International Shipping Program. Ebay charges a fee for this service, so check eBay for details. I have shipped to 30 countries and all 50 states. 4) Payment is due within four days of purchase. Paypal preferred but other forms of payment are fine too. 5) I am proud of my feedback on eBay, encompassing more than 7,700 separate transactions over the past 24 years. 6) Primarily, I am an investor who sells some of my own investments to reduce my investment costs and earn a living. I focus on five areas: sports cards, framed and unframed photos, rare Beanie Babies, Marilyn Monroe items (somebody has to do it!) and Pokemon cards and plush. 7) If you have a question, please ask. 8) The most important rule of all--DON'T FORGET RULE NUMBER ONE. Thanks for reading this far. Stay safe. Jerry P.S. I have had more interest in this lot than any lot I have posted on eBay the last 12 years! AND NOW THAT HE IS ACTUALLY WITH A CONTENDING TEAM THAT WILL BE IN THE PLAYOFFS ALMOST EVERY YEAR, JUST WATCH THE DEMAND FOR HIS ROOKIE CARDS INCREASE DRAMATICALLY. Invest now. P.P.S. Name me a better game any baseball player has had than Ohtani's September 19, 2024 game--6 for 6, 3 homers, 2 doubles, 2 steals, 4 runs scored and 10 rbi? There isn't any. P.P.S. The median price for a single card of this on eBay the last 90 days is $29.95!
Price: 178 USD
Location: Marlborough, Massachusetts
End Time: 2024-12-13T14:20:17.000Z
Shipping Cost: 9.2 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: Sports Trading Card
Sport: Baseball
League: Major League (MLB)
Set: 2018 Topps
Number of Cards: 9
Manufacturer: Topps
Features: Rookie
Year Manufactured: 2019
Season: 2018