Ronaldo Signs for Sportkings

[bprice]

I know this is the wrong forum for this post but I am so excited that I thought I would post where most of the In The Game followers can be found.

I am extremely proud the Cristiano Ronaldo agreed to sign for our Sportkings brand.

The signing took place in Florida last week and I waited until I received the hard-signed cards before making this announcement.

Please feel free to re-post this in the appropriate category.

I have signed a lot of athletes in my trading card career but this one had really got me excited since I pursued him for the last five years and he finally said yest.

His hard-signed autograph will be in Sportkings Series F.

Pictures of the signing can be found on my blog:

http://prezsez.wordpress.com

Brian Price

 

[FrozenInferno]

Wow. Any time you can add hard-signed autos of a global superstar to your products it's worth bragging about. Those cards are going to sell HUGE.

Does Ronaldo even have certified autos out there or will these be the first?

 

[DCUnited96]

Cool. Glad to see some more soccer. Not a big fan, but a big name that others will definitely chase.

The soccer market peaks every four years so anything that gets released around early summer next year is gold to collectors. I would love to see some ITG cards of current USA stars and legends. The Frank Borghi auto is one of the most cherished cards in my collection.

 

[dgarwood]

Can't stand the player, but this is a really big signing...and these cards will do extremely well! Congrats, Brian!

 

[FrozenInferno]

Just saw in a Beckett blurb about the Sportkings signing that they catalog only six different certified Ronaldo autograph cards, with a total print run of 270, and they sell (according to Beckett anyway) for between $500-$1000 on the secondary market.

By today's standards 270 certified autographs are next to nothing, especially when you consider how popular soccer is around the world. There will be a substantial market for these Ronaldo autos and I anticipate them selling extremely well. Signings like this will hopefully help attract more world class athletes to sign for Sportkings as well.

I for one would love to see some certified autos of past and present Formula One drivers in a set like Sportkings. Sebastien Vettel, Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Mika Hakkinen, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, etc would appeal to a lot of racing fans I'm sure. Kind of off-topic but since we're talking about Sportkings and signing big name athletes I thought I would put the bug in Brian's ear

 

[Stadium Sports]

WOW!!! we need to promote that! This will drive sales.

 

[TanguayFan]

Great job. I'd love to see some other players such as Messi, Bale and Van Persie as well.

 

[Stadium Sports]

Great job. I'd love to see some other players such as Messi, Bale and Van Persie as well.

Brian - I 2nd, 3rd and 4th that!!!

 

[bprice]

There are only a total of 150 autographs, not sure where Beckett got their numbers from, certainly not me.

We just signed David Ortiz and Mariano Rivera for Series F as well.

Brian Price

 

[will-411]

Brian - I think what the previous poster meant is that there are only 6 existing Ronaldo Autographs, with a combined print run of 270. If you are releasing another 150, that would make it only 420 total on the market.

Congrats on a big signing. That is truly a fantastic score!

Cory