Ryan Barone (@ballcardgenius, Card Expert) is a lifelong member of the hobby. He has been quoted in PSA Magazine, and his content has regularly been mentioned in “Quick Rips” (the Topps RIPPED Newsletter) and across other hobby publications. hello@ballcardgenius.com; Last Time Ago LLC dba Ballcard Genius.
Affiliate Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. As I am a part of the eBay Partner Network and other programs, if you follow these links and make a purchase, I’ll receive commission. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
From a hot start to a short blip, and now full steam ahead to what should be MVP considerations, Brock Purdy has catapulted himself from “Mr. Irrelevant” to what looks like the next great quarterback in a long list of 49ers’ QBs.
With the territory comes a ton of rookie cards, many of which have landed themselves on the list of football’s hottest cards for pretty much the whole season. And given that I’ve seen these cards be sold by the hundreds every single week, I’d think many of you would take an interest.
In total, these are the top 25 Brock Purdy cards from Panini (based on number of sales over the last 180 days as reported by Market Movers)
- Brock Purdy 2022 Donruss #374 Base Raw, 2035 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Optic #277 Base Raw, 1954 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Prizm #353 Base Raw, 1859 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Chronicles #PH-36 Photogenic Raw, 1470 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Mosaic #367 Base Raw, 1370 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Chronicles #213 Luminance Update Raw, 1249 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Chronicles #41 Base Raw, 1078 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Chronicles #PB-8 Prizm Black Raw, 1007 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Chronicles #PA-19 Panini Raw, 995 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Select #213 Club Level Raw, 962 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Chronicles #CVR-8 Clear Vision Raw, 777 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Chronicles #MAG-27 Magnitude Raw, 745 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Select #SN-5 Select Numbers Raw, 691 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Optic #MH-10 My House! Raw, 624 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Optic #RHR-1 Red Hot Rookies Raw, 530 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Optic #LU-20 Light It Up Raw, 527 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Optic #RGK-2 Rookie Gridiron Kings Raw, 485 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Clearly Donruss #99 Base Raw, 483 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Optic #277 Purple Shock Raw, 482 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Optic #TR-13 The Rookies Raw, 441 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Optic #ESR-11 The Elite Series Rookies Raw, 428 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Optic #277 Holo Raw, 424 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Chronicles #D-2 Dynagon Raw, 411 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Chronicles #PB-8 Prizm Black – Silver Raw, 409 Sales
- Brock Purdy 2022 Optic #277 Pink Raw, 374 Sales
Here is a gallery of his top cards:
If you’re in the market for a Brock Purdy rookie card, here are some things to know.
Prizm is King
While sales volume is one thing, average sales value is another. Of all the pure base cards, Purdy’s 2022 Prizm Base #353 has one of the highest average sales values over the 180-day span ($27.03). The only card that has been valued higher is from Chronicles, though, is the Prizm Black entry from Chronicles ($35.02), which let’s face it, many treat more as a Prizm card than it does a Chronicles…
Chronicles is a Lot
Continuing from above, there are 8 Chronicles base cards on this top 25 list! Here are the values for each:
- Brock Purdy 2022 Chronicles #PB-8 Prizm Black Raw, $35.02
- Brock Purdy 2022 Chronicles #D-2 Dynagon Raw, $6.94
- Brock Purdy 2022 Chronicles #MAG-27 Magnitude Raw, $5.93
- Brock Purdy 2022 Chronicles #CVR-8 Clear Vision Raw, $5.92
- Brock Purdy 2022 Chronicles #PH-36 Photogenic Raw, $4.46
- Brock Purdy 2022 Chronicles #213 Luminance Update Raw, $4.29
- Brock Purdy 2022 Chronicles #PA-19 Panini Raw, $3.85
- Brock Purdy 2022 Chronicles #41 Base Raw, $3.67
As you can see, Prizm Black trounces any other entry.
With so many to choose from, I’ll offer my 49er-collector opinion: Photogenic is, well, an awesome photo, but I personally love the red and white combo of base #41.
Value is Tied to Play
Well, at least that’s what you typically see when a rookie rises to prominence. Up and up until a bad game, and then back down to earth. I mean, the average sales price on October 14th was over $60, which just doesn’t seem sustainable for any base card, Prizm or not.
Where things get interesting is when a player bounces back. Their cards don’t usually reach the prvious peak, but if success is sustained, you should see some bounce back (which is already happening on the far end of the graph). Especially with the 49ers’ next game coming on the national stage on Thangsiving, a nice game could boost Purdy Panini rookie card value.
