Big couple weeks of additions for my Silver Knight collection.

I was thrilled to see the LeBron pop up as a buy it now for $30. This was #1 on my want list and I was happy to find a clean raw copy. A PSA 9 went for $300 last year.

The Beal was the biggest rookie that I was missing and I overpaid ...

Thoughts on the release information of Topps Chrome?


Expensive but about what I expected. When you consider 2023/24 Prizm was about $1000 out the gate and only guaranteed 2 autos, it seems like Topps may have left some money on the table.

I will be sticking to singles for this release ...

I knew I wanted to grab one of these. I think it is one of the more creative and nice looking parallels Topps has been putting out.

Grabbed (3) boxes of the fanatics exclusive blaster for $30 each because of the hit rate value that was broken down on Reddit. I am glad that I did. I got lucky with my pulls, but I will take that every once in a while. Panini hasn’t put out a retail product with this value since the early days of ...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54892292019_93c74b05a6_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54865440132_d8c6f9f42b_b.jpg


That Penny might be perfect.

Grabbed these UD Premier cards for the low price of $12 delivered. And had to grab a Topps Bucks team card gold because that is ...

Three new ones added to the 2012-13 Silver Knight project, slow slow progress. After 10 years of looking for the Kawhi Leonard, I found one about 2-3 months ago. Then of course, another one shows up yesterday so I grabbed it.

Another pickup for my Matas collection

Got my first jumbo in today and had a fun time opening it. I have one more coming plus a few Fanatics Exclusive Blasters that I will open and then I will pivot to singles.

I got very excited when I opened the silver packs and saw a bit a red popping out. Not the best player on the checklist but ...

Dairy Bird only has a few rookie autos. For Prizm he has a base Penmanship and Silver Penmanship. I have no clue why he was only included in this subset and why he was short printed, but it makes for a cool rookie chase because he wasn’t overprinted. He just got a nice contract extension which was ...

Haven’t seen much discussion around the change in license and the announcement of 2025/26 Topps Flagship.

I always enjoyed the Topps releases but felt that their offerings weren’t the best towards the end of their run in 09. Bowman Draft Picks and Stars, Topps, Topps Chrome were always releases I ...

I usually stick to buying singles because I have learned over the last 20+ years that it is the best bang for your buck. But I grabbed a box because every once in a while a gamble is fun. This was one of those rare occurrences where a collation error worked in my favor. I have seen numerous boxes ...

Miami could really see their youth blossom this year too. 21 year old 7 footer Kel'el Ware and 22 year old 6-10 Nikola Jovic both look great right now.


Ware has looked great. Picked up 2 of his Optic Blue /49 for pretty cheap. I think he has a shot to be a key player on that Miami team once ...

I know this is a hobby focused board, but it would be weird to not at least talk about the active season. I have watched 5 games so far and it looks like we are in for a volatile season.

- Rockets looks really good and the league made a great choice to have OKC vs Houston as the ring night/opening ...

Grabbed these because you can never go wrong picking up a credentials of relevant retired players for $20 a pop.

This is a big one (for me anyways). I am putting together the 2012/13 Panini Silver Knight 300-card set and progress has slowed down significantly. There are a bunch of players that have no following, so they infrequently come up. The set is a bit obscure and not mainstream, so a lot of collectors ...

Can’t wait to stop by and listen in. Hopefully you talk about the best set ever made 2025 VeeFriends

Back from PSA. Pop 1 3/5

Grabbed this recently and it arrived today. For $60 this seemed like a no-brainer.


Dang..an on card jersey auto of KG for 60 bucks?! Absolute steal!!


I was shocked when I saw it pop up for so low, even more shocked when in got mailed.

Also, an update to another steal from back in March ...

Grabbed this recently and it arrived today. For $60 this seemed like a no-brainer.

Always thrilled to add some D-Rose stuff to my collection. When this popped up for $17ish shipped, I scooped it up immediately.

Highlights:

2010/11 Elite Black Box Base /99
2010/11 Absolute Star Gazing /399
2009/10 Prestige Prestigious Pros /500

The Black Box base don’t show up often. It was a ...

Thrilled to get this in today! Lebron James Game Used All Star Patch!


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54500275490_34db29db28_c.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54500275495_4e35100f05_c.jpg


Awesome card and top tier design. Upper Deck understood to do the little things to make ...

I usually don’t get caught up in rookie hype and wait until year 2-3 to pick up young guys, but I wanted a Prizm auto of Matas Buzelis. I got a chance to see him play in 3 games while he was with the Ignite and knew I was going to collect him. (Bonus picture of the pre-draft pickups I made after ...

New Silver Knight added to the set. This got listed the other day as a “Gold Knight” and I was able to snag it for a good price through best offer. Kawhi and Butler are the last two big rookies I need to find, and then probably longggggg waits for some of the vets and players nobody collects, cares ...

Fun fact, Derrick Rose was 9th place in MVP voting for the 2020/21 season. He had move MVP points that year than LeBron, Harden, Kawhi and Westbrook combined.

Anyway, here is a 2nd year Certified Base Emerald /5


Absolutely LOVE 09-10 Certified. So nostalgic for me (I started collecting in ...

Fun fact, Derrick Rose was 9th place in MVP voting for the 2020/21 season. He had move MVP points that year than LeBron, Harden, Kawhi and Westbrook combined.

Anyway, here is a 2nd year Certified Base Emerald /5