Offers For The 1-of-1 Cooper Flagg Rookie Card Are Reportedly Over $3 MILLION, But The Man Who Pulled The Card Is More Interested In Making Memories With It
A man named Jason Williams (not that Jason Williams, although he does kind of look like that Jason Williams)
That Jason Williams pulled the life changing mega rare 1-of-1 Cooper Flagg Topps Chrome Update Basketball rookie debut patch autograph card. He spent $515 for the Dallas Mavericks spot in a live "box break", and he was lucky enough to strike gold. And quite frankly, he wasn't nearly excited enough about it.
Jason Williams is a collector himself. He understands the value of that card as well as anyone. And with each passing day, the offers seem to go up and up.
The Dallas Mavericks originally promised the following prize package to whoever turns the card over to the Mavericks organization.
Then this smiley ass Goldin Auctions guy came in over the top offering a $1.5M cash advance to let Goldin Auctions auction off the card for him.
There is also a $3.6M bit on a collectibles marketplace website called Alt. I'm not even sure how that works, seeing as the card is expressly not for sale. But apparently there's $3.6M waiting for him if he so chooses.
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Jason Williams has options. He can make a million dollars in the snap of a finger. But Jason Williams isn't doing that. He says he's not even considering the money. And he's being annoyingly cryptic about it. Which I'm sure is a smart move. When you're in possession of something people desperately want, it's probably a good idea to play hard to get.
But what the hell does this even mean, Jason?
Dexerto – However, Williams is not interested in the money, and is looking forward to the “experiences” that owning the card will bring.
“It’s in a safe place for right now,” Williams told ESPN on August 14. “I’m just sort of trying to lay low.”
“Right now, I’m not even looking at the money. For me, I am looking forward to the experiences that I’m gonna get out of this and the things that my family and my kids are going to get to experience that are memories for a lifetime.”
What is that Jason? What experiences? The experiences that come with turning the card over to the Dallas Mavericks? I'm pretty sure he's not doing that. Is it that people from far and wide will flock to your collection to lay eyes on the 1-of-1 Cooper Flagg card? Will owning the Cooper Flagg card be good for his business? Will there be photo ops with celebrities? Can he use it as a golden ticket to gain exclusive access at certain events? Does it just make him a mega-celebrity in the trading card world? I know this probably reads like I'm being sarcastic, but I'm genuinely curious what he means by that. What experiences/lifetime memories will come out of owning, but not selling, this trading card?
This all must be a long play to sell the card eventually. But even that seems a little crazy. A guy like me strikes while the iron is hot. An NBA player's career can fall off the face of the earth in no time. And maybe I'm the ignorant one here, but there is SO MUCH money flying around the trading card game right now. I don't understand how it can all be sustainable. Eventually somebody is going to be stuck holding a card they paid millions of dollars for that nobody wants. But at least any person stuck holding a card like that will have all the memories and experiences that came with owning it.
I just can't help but picture Jason Williams walking around New York City with the card around his neck like Mr. Wonderful, expecting experiences and memories to slap him and his family in the face.
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But then a homeless man outside MSG knocks him over the head with a crowbar and runs away with his chain. Not a single New Yorker who witnesses the crime so much as bats an eye. The homeless guy sells it for $20 worth of crack. Etc., etc.
But Jason Williams is the professional collector here. He should know better than me. Who am I to criticize his strategy when more and more people keep coming out of the woodwork with offers of their own. And if he really doesn't sell, I hope all the experiences and memories he's dreaming of come true for him and his family. God speed, Jason,