The price of a recent Panini card set featuring Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese on the box is driving some WNBA fans insane.
Global sensations Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese going from college basketball to the WNBA this year heightened the sport's entire profile.
The WNBA has countless fans today who might not have been able to name five players in the league just one year ago. And this heightened attention and interest has surely made the WNBA a ton of money. But added intrigue doesn't always work out well for fans. A great example of this is ticket prices skyrocketing at many WNBA games, making it difficult for many fans to afford to witness Clark, Reese, or some other player's greatness live.broke the news that sports trading card company Panini has priced their new WNBA boxes at $3,000, as part of what's called a Dutch Auction., when "the price starts at a very high number. It then decreases at consistent intervals.
In other words, the initial price is set extremely high before it gets gradually lowered until someone purchases it.But the exorbitant starting point is this specific card pack shows that Panini expects high demand, given the stature of Clark, Reese, and the rest of the 2024 WNBA rookie class.October 12, 2024
While this initial price might seem absurd, there's a good chance some Clark or Reese fan out there is willing to pay it.Grant Young covers Women’s Basketball, the New York Yankees, and the New York Mets for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites. He holds an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco , where he also graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and played on USF’s Division I baseball team for five years.
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