Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum has a long-established hobby following among NBA card collectors. His rookie cards haven't approached the levels reached by Luka Doncic and Zion Williamson cards, but the Celtic bucket-getter's recent 60-point explosion against the San Antonio Spurs has caused some serious movement in the direction of his counterparts in Dallas and New Orleans.
Recent sales of Tatum's Prizm Silver #16 rookie card graded PSA 10 have shot up to almost $3,000. That's the highest it's been since peaking at $4,000 in early April.
This bodes well for Tatum collectors who have invested bags on the burgeoning superstar. Typically, a player's Prizm Silver rookie card is one of the first cards to shoot up in value when his cards are on the verge of market movement.
Other rookie refractors will follow suit, and we're already seeing traction on Jayson Tatum's Select Silver #93 rookie card graded PSA 10. That specific card's value was trending at around $1,000 to $1,200 as recently as the last week of April. Since his 60-piece, one sale from May 2 hit $2,200, the highest this specific card has sold since the early days of March.
The price increase could be an indication that the market is finally putting Tatum on the same pedestal as Doncic and Williamson.
It's still a bit early to fully jump aboard the JT bandwagon, but rosy days could be on the horizon for those who have stashed key Jayson Tatum cards, especially with the NBA playoffs looming and the Boston Celtics (34-31) only a game behind both the Atlanta Hawks (35-30) and the Miami Heat (35-30) for the fifth and sixth seeds in the NBA playoffs.
Should the Celtics overtake either of the Hawks or the Heat, the Celtics would be in a prime position to make serious noise in the playoffs.
It's not just his silver refractors, either.
High-end Jayson Tatum rookie patch autographs (RPA) could also be on the precipice of a value explosion. As it is, his National Treasures Colossal RPAs have been selling for $5,000 for a few months now. That sounds like a good chunk of cheese, but it still falls short of Williamson's Colossal RPA that last sold for $6,000.
The values of lower-end Jayson Tatum rookie patch autographs are also trending north, and if he keeps his play to the level that it currently is, it might not be too long before we put his cards in the same atmosphere as Doncic and Williamson.
The days of sleeping on the sharpshooter from Boston have come and gone. If you haven't hitched a ride on this train, the cost of acquiring a boarding pass might soon be out of reach.
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