Originally posted by Brandaloo Matthewevan what do you mean by the back of the card saying autograph so it can't be faked? The backs of the base autos also say they are autographed. How can they be "faked?"

what I mean is that the red autos have the same back as the blue autos- the reds in rd1 are not numbered.  So, as has been discussed on this site, people have talked about switching the signature from blue to red on the front of the card.  In other words, the CARD itself is the same between the red and blue autos.. the only difference is the ink on the sticker.

With regard to the gear autos, the gear card is the same front as the auto, but the BACK of the gear autos say that they are autographed and the base gear cards from rd1 obviously do not say that.  So, you cant change a base gear card from rd1 to a gear auto b/c of the back.

Originally posted by matthewevan   In any of your opinions are the rd. 1 red base autos better/more valuable than the gear autos?

In my opinion, the gear wins for 2 reasons:

1)- It is a cool looking card; and

2)- while it is a 'parallel' to the gear card, it is NOT an auto parallel.  The Red auto is a parallel to the base blue auto.  (this comes with another advantage for the gear auto... since the back of the card says it is autographed, it cannot be 'faked' like some people claim the red auto can be faked).  That difference alone, for confidence purposes would steer me towards the gear auto over the red auto.


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Edited by mmafan4life - 25 Jan 2011 at 4:47am

THIS JUST IN:  Topps has elected to change the name of their summer release from "TITLE SHOT" to "GROIN SHOT". They felt the consumers should know what they are getting into when they open this product. haha

Ditto

Originally posted by telis22 I actually thought it might go for less cuz of the auto running off the card.  Then again it is arguably the most sought after card in the MMA card hobby world.