Generally, a rookie card is the first card featured in a mass market product as part of a base set and or insert.
Say if a release had 200 cards + Inserts and if the player was featured in the base set then that would be considered their true rookie card.
If they didnt appear in the base set and then had an insert card (Draft Signature) etc.....that could be considered their rookie card.
For sports like NBA these days it hard as players could have 40 different rookie cards per year, but for AFL/NRL I would say the following:
Base card (if none) then an insert (Rookie Draft Signature) if none, then an Standard Insert.
Cheers
Matt
Say if a release had 200 cards + Inserts and if the player was featured in the base set then that would be considered their true rookie card.
If they didnt appear in the base set and then had an insert card (Draft Signature) etc.....that could be considered their rookie card.
For sports like NBA these days it hard as players could have 40 different rookie cards per year, but for AFL/NRL I would say the following:
Base card (if none) then an insert (Rookie Draft Signature) if none, then an Standard Insert.
Cheers
Matt