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Buzz Break: 2018 Topps U.S. Winter Olympic Team cards

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The box: 2018 Topps U.S. Winter Olympic Team & Hopefuls cards (hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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This entry was posted in Buzz Break, Olympics and tagged Topps, Lindsey Vonn, Olympics, 2018 Topps U.S. Winter Olympic Team & Hopefuls, John Daly, Winter Olympics, Alex Shibutani, Chloe Kim, Erin Hamlin, Gracie Gold, Julia Mancuso, Karen Chen, Meryl Davis, Brittany Bowe, Charlie White, Danelle Umstead, Declan Farmer, Devin Logan, Elana Meyers Taylor, Heather Bergsma, Jamie Greubel Poser, Jon Lillis, Shani Davis, Vincent Zhou, Zachary Donohue, Adam Rippon, 2018 Topps U.S. Winter Olympic Team, Jeremy Abbott, Aja Evans, Evan Bates, Steven Nyman, Madison Hubbell on June 29, 2020 by BlowoutBuzz.
Winter Olympics arrival equals time to watch Topps cards heat up
Imagine a world where New York Yankees star Aaron Judge had just a single product where you could find his one Rookie Card and one rookie autograph -- okay, okay, throw in some parallels of them and maybe a variation or two to make it a more realistic scenario.
What might those sell for? How tough would that wax become over time? It's something to ponder.
That hypothetical is much, much closer to reality for Olympic athletes and the heavy focus on the few cards they do have gets amplified a million times over during the Olympic Games, no matter whether they are of the summer or winter variety. While we're still on the cusp of this year's Winter Olympics, some of the notable first-time autographs already are selling very well -- but there's clearly room for more as they become true household names. One of those likely names belongs to 17-year-old snowboarder Chloe Kim, who'll appear on the cover of ESPN The Magazine's Olympics Issue dropping on Friday when the Winter Games open in South Korea.
The Kim 2018 Topps U.S. Winter Olympic Team & Hopefuls Gold autograph (/25) you see here already sold for $199, which seems low compared to the hype that already comes before she takes to the halfpipe and her dominating success in the Winter X Games. It's also impressive considering it comes from a box guaranteeing ink that's presently less than $75.
But it's not alone.
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This entry was posted in Autograph Collecting, Multi-sport, Olympics and tagged Topps, 2016 Topps U.S. Olympic Team, ESPN The Magazine, Lindsey Vonn, Maya Moore, Michael Phelps, 2018 Topps U.S. Winter Olympic Team & Hopefuls, Kristi Yamaguchi, Winter Olympics, 2012 Topps U.S. Olympic Team, 2014 Topps U.S. Winter Olympic Team & Hopefuls, Ashley Wagner, Bode Miller, Chloe Kim, Gracie Gold, Johnny Weir, Karen Chen, Katie Uhlaender, Meryl Davis, Michelle Kwan, Olympics cards, U.S. Olympic Committee on February 7, 2018 by BlowoutBuzz.

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