Well, howdy there! Let me tell ya’ somethin’ ’bout them fancy fightin’ cards, the ones they call “UFC” cards. Folks are payin’ a whole lotta money for ’em, more than I ever seen for pieces of cardboard! I heard tell some of ’em are worth more than my whole darn house!
The Big Money Cards
So, I hear there’s this fella, Mickey Mantle, not a fighter but a baseball player. His card went for somethin’ like 12 million dollars! Can you believe that? Twelve million! That’s enough to buy a whole town, I reckon. Now, them UFC cards ain’t quite that high, but they ain’t cheap neither.
- The really good ones, they got a fighter’s signature on ’em, what they call an “autograph.”
- And then there’s the “relic” cards, they got a piece of somethin’ from the fighter, like a bit of their shirt or somethin’.
- They also got numbers on ’em, and the lower the number, the better, like it’s somethin’ special, you know?
- And the fighters gotta be popular, the ones everybody knows.
And them fellas who buy these cards, they like ’em in tip-top shape. They send ’em off to get graded, and if they get a “PSA 10,” well, that’s like gold, I tell ya’. That means it’s about perfect as can be.
The Champ’s Card
Now, there’s this fella, Conor McGregor, a real firecracker, I hear. He’s got a card that sold for a pile of money, somethin’ like $73,800! Can you imagine? That’s more than most folks make in a year, maybe two! It was one of a kind, a “Superfactor” they called it, and it got that “PSA 10” grade, so you know it was somethin’ special. That happened back in 2022, seems like yesterday and a lifetime ago all at once.
Other Fightin’ Cards
They got all sorts of these fightin’ cards. Some from Topps, some from Panini, names I never even heard of before. They got cards from 2014, 2022, all sorts of years. And they got prices for all of ’em, graded and not graded. You can look ’em up online, they say. Me, I can barely turn on the dang computer, let alone look up fightin’ card prices.
I heard tell there’s places, like Goldin Auctions, where they sell these expensive cards. They even got lists of the top 5 most expensive ones. Folks like Khabib, another fighter, his cards are up there too. It’s a whole world, I tell ya’, a whole world of fightin’ cards and big money.
Authentic or Not?
Now, if you’re gonna spend your hard-earned money on these things, you wanna make sure they’re real, right? You don’t want some fella sellin’ you a fake. So, they got these “certificates of authenticity” and “holograms” to prove the cards are the real deal. You can even scan ’em, whatever that means, to register your card. Sounds fancy, huh?
What’s it all Mean?
So, what’s the deal with these cards? Why are folks payin’ so much for ’em? Well, I reckon it’s like anythin’ folks collect. Some folks collect stamps, some folks collect coins, some folks collect them little porcelain dolls. And some folks collect fightin’ cards. They like the fighters, they like the sport, and they like ownin’ a piece of it, somethin’ special, somethin’ rare. And I guess, if you got the money, why not? It ain’t hurtin’ nobody, and it’s givin’ folks somethin’ to enjoy.
But me? I’d rather spend my money on a good, solid meal and a warm blanket. That’s somethin’ I can understand. These fightin’ cards, well, they’re just a bit too fancy for this old gal. But hey, to each their own, right? If folks wanna spend their money on fightin’ cards, that’s their business. Me, I’ll stick to my chickens and my garden. At least I know what I’m gettin’ with them.
The Price You Pay
It’s funny how much money folks will spend on things, ain’t it? Makes you wonder what’s really valuable in life. Is it a piece of cardboard with a fighter’s picture on it? Or is it somethin’ more? I reckon that’s somethin’ each person gotta figure out for themselves. But one thing’s for sure, these fightin’ cards, they’re bringin’ in the big bucks, and there’s plenty of folks willin’ to pay the price.
Anyways, that’s about all I know about them fancy fightin’ cards. It’s a whole different world, I tell ya’, a whole different world. Makes my head spin just thinkin’ about it.
Tags: [UFC, Trading Cards, Conor McGregor, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Sports Collectibles, Most Expensive, PSA 10, Goldin Auctions, Topps, Panini]
