If I'm not careful, this blog will turn into a beating a dead horse. But 2007 UD Future Stars was such a stinker of a set that there's no way of sugar coating it.
Let's put it simply. This set was filled with a bunch of lousy sticker autographs of young players that weren't that good. I guess people went after the Dice-K auto- one sold for $100 recently- but most of the autos were terrible. The expected value of a box of this should probably be around $12-18. Checkoutmycards.com has tons of autos from this set in what basically amounts to an internet dollar box.
This particular card is a red parallel of the base set, which is filled with veterans that proceed to have no other purpose for the set. There are other parallels- a gold is numbered to 99, some inserts that are numbered, but these cards are apparently worthless. The Dated Debuts set #/500 is neat in my view, but it's been done before- by Upper Deck- in better ways. There are some interesting dual and triple autographs, but nothing that really speaks to you. A Lincecum/Hughes can't bring the price of two boxes at auction, which is very troubling. Just a poor effort from Upper Deck. This set is a prime example of why the dealer/manufacturer model is struggling to hold up in the card industry.
DIME BOX WISDOM: Is there wisdom to be had here? Yes- if Upper Deck makes a set that says Rookie or Future in the title, stay away.
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