Cards that have significantly increased in value.

May 20, 2026, 10:07 AM

Tommy C

Speaking about The Apprentice, Jeff Allender lists 2 DT autos plus the following:

"Donald Trump (autograph; in yellow tie; 5 cases; less than 50 signed)"

I don't think I have ever seen that one. Does anyone have a scan ?

May 20, 2026, 10:48 AM

Raven

quote:
Originally posted by Tommy C:
Speaking about The Apprentice, Jeff Allender lists 2 DT autos plus the following:

"Donald Trump (autograph; in yellow tie; 5 cases; less than 50 signed)"

I don't think I have ever seen that one. Does anyone have a scan ?

Never seen it, but it is described as a multi-case dealer incentive, which means most would have been kept in house and accessible to the favorite sons. "The Apprentice" cards came out in 2005 and they were pretty much garbage all the way. They started cheap, were overproduced for the demand and were discounted. The Trump autographs were the highlights, but were rarely pulled, so for many years thereafter boxes were in bargain bins. The Trump autographs themselves fell off under $90 once the show turned into a publicity joke.

And that should have been the end of that. How many of us passed it all up and are kicking ourselves now?

May 20, 2026, 12:37 PM

Tommy C

I think this was one of the last card sets that Comic Images did.

The autos of the following are pretty much worthless. I see them unsold on ebay for just a few dollars each:

GR George Ross - Executive Vice President
BR Bill Rancic - Season One Winner
KP Kelly Perdew - Season Two Winner
KT Kendra Todd - Season Three Winner
CL Carolyn Kepcher - Executive Vice President

May 20, 2026, 03:09 PM

catskilleagle

Yeah, maybe the most famous would be Bill Rancic because a lot of people watched the first season and talked about it but then there was a drop-off in interest in Season 2 as people seemed to talk about that one a lot less. Also, Rancic is married to a TV host, Guiliana, who has been on a couple of shows and also survived cancer. She's probably more widely known of the two of them now as the memory of "The Apprentice" has faded.

quote:
Originally posted by Tommy C:
I think this was one of the last card sets that Comic Images did.

The autos of the following are pretty much worthless. I see them unsold on ebay for just a few dollars each:

GR George Ross - Executive Vice President
BR Bill Rancic - Season One Winner
KP Kelly Perdew - Season Two Winner
KT Kendra Todd - Season Three Winner
CL Carolyn Kepcher - Executive Vice President

May 21, 2026, 12:38 AM

chesspieceface

quote:
Originally posted by Raven:
quote:
Originally posted by Tommy C:
Speaking about The Apprentice, Jeff Allender lists 2 DT autos plus the following:

"Donald Trump (autograph; in yellow tie; 5 cases; less than 50 signed)"

I don't think I have ever seen that one. Does anyone have a scan ?

Never seen it, but it is described as a multi-case dealer incentive, which means most would have been kept in house and accessible to the favorite sons. "The Apprentice" cards came out in 2005 and they were pretty much garbage all the way. They started cheap, were overproduced for the demand and were discounted. The Trump autographs were the highlights, but were rarely pulled, so for many years thereafter boxes were in bargain bins. The Trump autographs themselves fell off under $90 once the show turned into a publicity joke.

And that should have been the end of that. How many of us passed it all up and are kicking ourselves now?

I sold a couple of the Eclipse "New York Rotten To The Core" box sets that had early cards of not only Trump but also Giuliani for a few hundred bucks apiece during his first term. I'd only paid a couple of dollars each for them at their lowest ebb in the 90's, so even though I collect those Eclipse sets and still have all of the others, I had no problem selling them for that amount, and am happy to report that I don't miss them at all.