The old ones are still great cards in my opinion.
Mass produced, problems with the relics actually being authentic, companies putting "event" used jerseys on cards, etc. There are dozens of reasons that people stopped collecting relic cards, but I am surprised that the little square and circular pieces have not just completely gone away. There will likely always be a place for the premium patch pieces companies use for high end products, but the small piece relics are basically irrelevant.
I have seen a few products in recent years that have gone to using authentication stickers on relics. Not sure how popular I would say the cards were, the ones in my collection are there strictly because they were also autographed.
Doubtful I would have a Dallas Keuchel relic card just because.
Welp. I was purchasing a Jim Edmonds card off of Ebay, just because who wouldn't want to own a card of Jimmy Ballgame wearing some awesome 1990s pinstriped Angels uniform.
I owned one of these hats in college, definitely a go to hat in the collection. I always check out sellers other items when I am after a card. Why pay for shipping multiple times? That's when I ended up with a relic card of Evan Longoria.
The authentication sticker, which tiny, is almost as big as relic swatch. This card is out of Tribute, which is a nice product, but I see no reason why this won't be in dollar bins soon. The one redeeming quality about the card happened when I typed the number into the MLB Authentication page.....
The relic comes from a 2016 game between the Rays and Yankees, which did not end very well for the Rays.......
However, this is a Longoria relic, and he did have a hit in the game.....
so at least the relic is not from a game where he just sat on the bench. Until next year relic cards.....
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