1/1 Rookie Cards Are Broken-How Many Are ACTUALLY Made😱

[@hazencards]

That is my Adley chrome Super. Glad it made the video. Pretty sure I saw my Adley 1/1 logoman as well.

[@jamesreynolds9673]

We have been in a junk parallel era since 2017. Soo many sets with soo many parallels per set.

[@williamdunlapwaxnews]

To many sets is the main problem.

[@Opticprizm]

Right it's mind boggling to even try to keep tabs on all these sub sets and everything else made to separate you from your cashola

[@markjchimselfmarkjchimself2964]

So 1/1 doesn’t actually mean 1/1!? It means….nothing. I pulled a random rookie Topps updated regular that says “first card” 1/1. So are you telling me it’s not actually 1/1 it’s 1/1 that I’m holding in my hand? That’s bull shit.

[@durfeecoach1]

Currently in the junk slab and junk parallel era. And it's all on Topps and Panini playing to breakers needs. Anything above /50 seems to be worthless depending on look.

[@soogasooga]

eventually it'll be more rare to find a card WITHOUT a 1/1 stamp on it

[@deanwilson7070]

1/1’s, parallels, way too many , caused me to change to more vintage, sp, #’d inserts, just feels like way too watered down ultra modern.

[@royalraven747]

As a rainbow collector, it helps if a 1/1 can be sourced as that's the key to actually completing. I find it harder to pair a 1/1 with a /5 though, so that's the real challenge. Can't miss out on either if you find them. Found that is also better to stick to a set you truly love collecting for vs. chasing anything.

[@fisherparker159]

They do this in the regular hobby boxes to keep us buying product, then charge $10,000 + for ultra hobby boxes, retractor's, cracked ice, foils, gold, black gold are all fine just not a crap-ton of 1/1's and auto's because those types of cards is what's keep us interested and hoping to find that card some day

[@guywilliams6569]

1/1 SuperFractors are way more valuable than other 1/1s, things work themselves out naturally...

[@BaseHeadSports]

Testament to your channel Scottie ....The more and more I watch your videos, the less and less I want to buy modern cards.

[@henrys3629]

1/1 needs to go away. Henry Owens played 1 "season" for the Red Sox. He has 1200+ cards. Many are 50-100. That's star money.

[@Jackson_Farnsworth]

That's insane.

[@vendora1]

@@Jackson_Farnsworth yup

[@jeffgaitherii6269]

Agreed, same with crap autographs, got a donruss football bundle at Costco, pulled an autograph of a guy I'd never heard of, his career stats.....5 rushes for 12 yards.....come on Panini

[@tacosno409]

Quantitive Easing - Fanatics Reserve Bank. The base auto rookie 1/1 is one you need to top off a collection of a player. Patches and memorabilia are by nature 1of1s but are another vein all together.

[@Bazookatom]

Drink every time he says "One of one".

[@kainslance]

I don't want to die

[@Bazookatom]

@kainslance 😆

[@scottiebcards2354]

@bazookatom How is your liver? I don't know if that is a great idea 😂

[@Bazookatom]

@scottiebcards2354 I thought if I differentiated between the singular and the plural (One of One's), I'd be OK. Nope. I'm having to watch in 1-minute increments. 😆

[@coopertaylor8386]

💀

[@Jackson_Farnsworth]

One of ones are stupid and i dont believe the term "sought after" applies. If it's 1/1, you dont know it exists unless you own it or see if for sale. Back in the day, we all knew Mattingly or Griffey's RCs whether we had one or not. THOSE are sought after cards.

[@DemitriNevo]

I get what you're saying and from the point of someone maybe trying to profit off the hobby I can see where dilution and proliferation of one of ones can be a problem. I drags down the value of the cards overall. That being said, because it drags down the value of the cards it means that these cards are actually more attainable for more people. Yeah it might not be as unique as it used to be, but it's still pretty cool and some people really like that. I have less of an issue with how many of the cards are being created and more of an issue with things like increasing prices while giving people less product as well as Topps being the only company able to have rights to make official MLB cards.

[@joshw9558]

Great video

[@despiracy9151]

I find that the really short printed variations that have no parallels to be more special than 1/1 serialized cards. They are a lot more fun to chase. Example: 2022 update Bobby Witt warm up jersey ssp (print run ~300) or 2022 topps chrome Bobby Witt image variation (print run ~40).

[@forpetesake20]

im curious if this list includes sketches, printing plates and archive signatures active player edition?

[@scottiebcards2354]

Great questions! It will include SOME sketches, but it includes zero printing plates, and I did not include Archives buy back signatures at all (I skipped the set entirely).

[@Mikeygee99]

Scottie, do you include printing plates as 1/1?

[@scottiebcards2354]

@@Mikeygee99 hey Mikey! I did not include printing plates. If plates were included, there would be hundreds more.

[@joshw9558]

I was actually thinking the same thing. And of course those are the less desirable of all the 1/1 but they're still cool. Still crazy to see where we're at in the time of printing cards

[@vendora1]

@@scottiebcards2354 that makes it worse

[@SoccerCardsRC]

Great Video, the same is true for soccer cards these days!

[@rob31hockey]

I think it really just needs to be 1/1 in any given series. Sure, technically any one of those cards is the only version that looks exactly like that. But, that is because they chose a different image. It still isn’t the only Adley relic auto from Dynasty. So, it really shouldn’t be classified as a one of one. Because at that rate, they can print 1000 1/1 Adley Relic Autos in Dynasty. There’s more than enough pictures to go around. That’s the great thing about the Rookie Debut patch 1/1 autos in Chrome Update. They are literally the only 1/1 from that series for those Rookies. And as someone who doesn’t collect high-end, I can appreciate that it makes those insane cards a little easier to purchase since they are becoming so diluted. But, at some point, that won’t even feel that great to ever accomplish if I know that it really isn’t a 1/1….

[@markjchimselfmarkjchimself2964]

I just got back into this and I feel like it’s the early 90s again. Topps is cash grabbing for sure

[@andrewmcneal683]

1/1’s should only be designated to flagship and high end products. Stuff like Big League, Heritage and Archive having 1/1 cards is a joke.

[@fgstech4857]

Agreed 💯

[@MP5..]

Idk a vinyl heritage 1/1 is pretty cool

[@andrewmcneal683]

@ Won’t deny that one. Most of the 1/1’s in market are just a simple color change. It’s pretty meaningless in a lot of cases.

[@korielnuesse7658]

There’s no reason that rookies coming out now should already have more cards printed than players who were 10+ year veterans in the 80’s/90’s. More than 90% of all these prospects never end up playing a single game in the majors, but they have hundreds of cards printed in flagship sets, while many actual veterans only get one or maybe two cards in a set, unless they’re a superstar. The inflation in the card industry is an absolute joke. Buy vintage singles. Modern and ultra modern will hold little to no value with the exception of a few players.

[@HedgeFundAnalyst]

I bought 2 of my Witt RC 1/1's for ~$400 in late 2022

[@jamesberenzy3553]

A question I have is how many 1 of 1's are sitting in unopened cases in some stores or card rippers back stock.

[@thebeardedcollector19]

Good video. Right now I am doing a rookie card experiment. I am collecting 2024 rookie Nick Loftin through all the releases. He is a non-hyped up rookie for KC, so his prices are not out of hand. It's mind numbing how many RCs there are. The rookies that are hyped like, Holiday or Dey La Cruz, have even more.

[@zanebarrier5680]

I think this hobby was once smaller than it is now and that niche was appreciated by true collectors. However, in order for this train to keep rolling it needed to grow and this is a show of what is needed to do that.

[@korielnuesse7658]

It’s not a niche if they’re printing hundreds of parallels for every card

[@heathharsin1979]

Yeah i agree. Topps has gotten ridiculous with these parrells and to know there are that many 1 of 1's makes it even worse. I enjoy collecting but i know im definitely throwing most of my money away cause these cards aren't going to hold much value at all.

[@shakascloset1700]

The more 1/1's out there the more collector's can attain. Player collector's are screwed

[@gameinformationpokertheory]

Yes, every Collector has to consider the era they collect. Baseball cards have changed over the years - manufacturing has evolved to issue what the collector of each time period wants in that moment and to produce it for a profit. Look at the cycle of Prospect, Rookie in MLB, Veteran and Retired Player…how many Players are remembered in time? Thanks Scott, for pointing out Caveat Emptor - Buyer Beware. Sportscards are a great Hobby that can teach kids a lot…you have to know the factors that make up the Hobby.

[@BellTunnel]

Feels like everyday lately I see a new Elly or Skenes 1/1 pulled. Too many series, too many parallels and inserts.

[@SteveTYork]

Bowman 1st, Topps Chrome, Topps Base, Heritage, and Stadium Club. The rest is chaff with negative EV.

[@rileyesmay]

This is one of two reasons why I dont have a single 1/1 in my PC. There are just so many, and a 1/1 is 99% of the time no different than the /5, /10, /25, etc, just a difderent color. Ive been going for more actually low printed collections, like sets only 1 or 2 other people may have, or cards that may have more copies, but theres only a few of them with no parallels making it overprinted, for example most insert autos only have a base and 1/1, so there may only be 26 or 51 copies of a lot of them, but since theres no parallels they are actually rare to see.

[@natehislop8416]

Here’s an existential question for the card world I thought of the other day: should a 1:1 by definition be an automatic 10, since it is the best specimen of that card that exists?

[@TheMagnificentTube]

Look at the three Adley cards at 8:04. Shouldn't those really each be 1/3? They are really the same card. I get they are not unique, but if they were labeled 1/3, I think it would raise the value of the 1/1's and the rest. IDK, they do produce a great product, so I don't want to complain. I just don't want to see the hobby errode.

[@playlistnchill9385]

Great video 👍🏿

[@JimmyChamberlinIsGod]

So decades later people will be finding hundreds or thousands of theses one print cards actually exist like when upper deck and some employees printed 89 Griffey rookies well into 1990. Collectors should be watching and tracking these cards when they pop up for sale so the manufacturers can be called out.

[@rockiesinoctober]

It's probably due to a designer at Topps that somehow convinced the higher-ups that these are necessary, but really just wanted job security.

[@johnsherman8649]

I have a superfractor of Sandy Alcantara from 2018 bowman chrome and a gold vinyl of Trea Turner 2016 optic. Those are my best 1 of 1's.

[@shakascloset1700]

Awesome. I like both those sets. Congrats 👍

[@swizzle1199]

Mookie mookie mookie, show some love to other stars sometimes man!

[@richboyce8025]

This is absolutely nauseating! I quit collecting cards in the early ‘90s because I was frustrated with all the different sets that were coming out. I came back a little over a year ago and love the looks of today’s modern cards, but the hobby has now gone completely nuclear☢️ in product and price and I may quit again soon. Thanks for the video.

[@peter8367]

I'm fine with just one parallel being a 1/1, and however many you want being /10, /25, /100, etc. I can't stand 1/1 stamps though, no need for all that. Edit: holy crap, the one 1/1 for each year is actually such a cop out. I'd rather see that set be /50 or /100.

[@carlosaguirre9834]

Several things on this: 1) There are definitely way too many 1/1s (and parallels in general). They're just not as special. 2) The tons of 1/1s from the high end products like Dynasty and Trandscendent are hilarious and makes me laugh at all those who buy those boxes. They're probably the "fakest" 1/1s out there, if that makes sense. It's like Topps just printing 1/1 on every base card. They just do it because it builds hype, but it literally is divorced from the idea that a card is 1/1, aka unique. 3) Most importantly: If you don't focus on the monetary value of cards, this doesn't matter at all. I feel like maybe people shouldn't be so concerned that a 1/1 sells for some super high price. Maybe it's just enough for that card to be special to you? I'm not saying I don't value 1/1s. I absolutely do. When I pulled my first 1/1 out of my first hobby box I was ecstatic. And I will always keep that card even though that player (who was a rookie) has lost a lot of hype in the ensuing years. And I will always love looking at my superfractor Liam Hendriks (which I bought) and my 1/1 pink Heritage mini (which I pulled). It's really cool to just *have* those cards. I don't care how much they sell for. So because of that....the fact that there are 300 Adley 1/1s that are now lower in monetary value than if there were only 10 doesn't matter to me. If I owned an Adley 1/1 I'd still love it as much as if it were worth 10 times as much.

[@josephrowan6461]

A couple weeks ago I pulled a 2019 Bowman Chrome Vlad guerrero JR. RC auto gold shimmer 1/1. What is the population on those 1/1s

[@josephrowan6461]

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[@unkleETH]

I would like to know how many hours you put into this video oo much work and effort 🔥

[@dsphillips16]

Great video. This is why I don’t collect anything post 2018.

[@scottiebcards2354]

I am for the most part in the same boat!

[@ehrenkrause9861]

Yeah you can see the junk wax air of 2.0 coming down like an avalanche. And the worst thing is the high-end boxes that people buy into breaks usually end up getting overshadowed how much they lost on their ROI. Come on second time around and my collecting I'm only picking up what I like and I'm not jumping on the bandwagon of ripping packs and hopes of big dreams. It's actually cheaper just to buy the cards you want them to hunt for them. Don't get me wrong I love the hunt but overpriced wax packs aren't worth it to me

[@ericvankirk5631]

Can we discuss removing the “EBay 1/1’s” as well lol

[@briankucaba3178]

Take all the wander Franco cards and shred them I wouldn't even take it if you gave it to me

[@williamdunlapwaxnews]

Still hard to pull a 1/1 .

[@TherosSoultaker]

The fact there is more than 1 per person per set is a problem. This hobby already suffers due to manufactured rarity, all the "duplicate" 1/1's just takes it to a new (and not good) level.

[@sunny8784]

this is a fact, its flooded. this what makes Vintage much more valuable. jmho.

[@kobabim9903]

If there are 100 times more 1/1s, there's 1000 more /10s. 10000 more /100s. And so on.

[@kevinleach9631]

I really don’t know how to comment on this but I know what ur saying! I just pulled a walker Jenkins’s bowman gold vinyl 1of1 ! Not a first bowman card or rookie card ! Now I’m really confused and the card I pulled is not an auto!

[@micahrockwell9615]

My son just recently "pulled" a /10 rookie out of a live stream rip last month (LUCKY KID). I told him, "wow dude! Only 10 of those cards have ever been made!" Well, this video essentially put cold water on that idea. While it may be TECHNICALLY true, it's really not. HOW DUMB!! Freakin rip off.

[@vendora1]

you found out the hard way

[@TrueTexan-gv2cb]

One of One means to me ONE! WTF is going on?

[@vendora1]

all those wander 1/1 are now 1 penny btw the same people that buy cards will yell if too many of a thing or not enough fanatics needs to find the goldilocks range which so far they havent

[@Cryptoinvestor-pv4fy]

Way too many, just like the downtowns. There is no more rarity with these type of cards anymore.

[@BobbyHo2022]

I've pulled 2 1/1 rc autos in my life.

[@shakascloset1700]

😱🙈junk 1/1 era

[@giblersportscards]

When’s the new spitballin episode coming out?

[@carlglasow4785]

It’s turning into Panini. Hope it doesn’t do into Leaf territory.

[@vendora1]

they already have

[@davidrcouch24]

Overselling is under pricing

[@TheBrad71]

I'd rather have a base orange to 25

[@jrig4515]

Covid had same effect of the 90s roidball was going nuts so everyone flocked to cards so 99 00 01 02 had 10x the amount of "rares" and now since same rate of new collectors mostly cause they had nothing else to do without work cards will become worthless again cause like u said it's not 1/1 anymore their not special start seeing them super cheap and then hobby will crash again and one day it'll come back just the way it goes

[@rps-rj7fe]

A 1 of 1 should be just that....ONE....not one of one of 300

[@Briguycollectables]

Like everyone else, the 1/1 I have is unique 😀.

[@durfeecoach1]

Junk slab and junk parallel era. Collect players I like and willing to wait on bigger cards to buy 3 years later for half or more less than when first out.

[@danielkriefall5881]

Diluted products with over produced 1/1 making them not as valuable as before

[@guywilliams6569]

Even if there isb500 1/1s, that's still unattainably rare for most of us! And if you can snag one, that's exponentially better than any other parallel or base! Stop complaining!!!

[@timhackman9488]

This has gotten so out of hand

[@tvp2003]

Junk one of one era…

[@darintroxel3295]

This is completely out of hand

[@fredflintstone4364]

The hobby has become a joke.. such a shame. !!! Just make a single card !!!!!!

[@hellocollegejason198]

Way too many

[@johnrusselman1364]

They are all pretty worthless

[@BJP-vk4hd]

All about the chase..topps and panini know if these cards are hit in the first week of release, than those people buying will stop there chase of there favorite player.. C.R.E.A.M..

[@KeyKiller74]

1 of many 🤣 This reminds me of Panini when they made endless 1/1 with sticker autos & fake patches. 📉💀💸💸💸