Upper Deck · THE hockey rookie card since 1990 · about two years
Young Guns Base, filed under base and rookie cards. Scored on four axes, because a type that gains value but can't be sold quickly is a different proposition from one you can move in a weekend.
Both of the upside numbers are strong here — appreciation 82, liquidity 88. That pairing is rare enough to be the reason this entry exists, and rare enough that the price normally reflects it.
Accessibility of 60 means you'll pay somewhat over the sensible number but not absurdly so. Worth watching, because this score moves faster than any of the other three.
Set against the 7 base and rookie card types scored here, its appreciation of 82 ranks 2nd of 7, liquidity 88 ranks 3rd, accessibility 60 ranks 4th, and risk 18 is the 3rd-lowest. The closest thing to it on the numbers is Topps Chrome Base Rookie, which scores 80 and 92 on the same two axes — if you're weighing one against the other, the difference is in the reasoning rather than the scores.
Two years gives the situation time to develop past its first impression, which is usually when the price is set by whoever shouted loudest. It also means two years of not touching it, including through the stretch where it looks wrong.
Risk is scored 18, toward the low end of anything in the tool. Low risk in trading cards is still not low risk in any sense your bank would recognise — it means the identifiable ways for this to go wrong are fewer, not that they're absent.
Every entry gets four separate scores instead of one grade, because a single grade hides the thing you needed. Full explanation in the guide: what Kabooms, Downtowns and Color Blasts are worth.
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