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Hell yeah that's juicy. I miss pre-2016 patches. I still haven't been able to take the plunge into unlicensed.

I got these in last week:



Some notes:
Working on the 88 Fleer 02-03 SPGU Jersey auto sets. And donruss lasers are those parallels that I will add any time I see them because they're so gorgeous.

Love the late 90's early 2000's parallels. This came in today

And my biggest basketball purchase to date. Black Velocities are my favorite parallel in Optic. I decided to consolidate some of my Luka rookies to pick this up

Huge thanks to Deadshot for snagging this off COMC and then relisting it for me. One of those cards that I didn't think I'd ever check off my list. Rumor is Harrison maybe didn't sign all 225 copies, or some were possibly destroyed. I can't really remember the story at this point. All I know is that I've seen a total of 3 copies (including this one) of this card in the past 5 years. The last one that sold on ebay went for over $600 at auction.


2004-05 Exquisite Collection #60 David Harrison JSY AU RC /225 by SMosley21x, on Flickr

Wow what an addition, Congratulations! I’ve never heard of something like that with an exquisite rpa before. I wonder how many are out there

PS that patch is ridiculous

Apologies for the incoherent rambling. Hope Kyle Singler is doing ok.
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Hornso wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 11:07 pm Apologies for the incoherent rambling. Hope Kyle Singler is doing ok.
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This is great stuff dude. The Revolutions and jumbo patches are insane. Thanks for sharing and cool to see ya posting on YouTube; I just started as well because I think building a basketball card community on YouTube could be really fun.

SacKingsCards wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 12:16 am

Hornso wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 11:07 pm Apologies for the incoherent rambling. Hope Kyle Singler is doing ok.
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This is great stuff dude. The Revolutions and jumbo patches are insane. Thanks for sharing and cool to see ya posting on YouTube; I just started as well because I think building a basketball card community on YouTube could be really fun.

Looking forward to checking it out!

Found a bunch of spectrums on fb

Big one for the pc. One of my Penny buddies tipped me off to the listing.

darz90scardz wrote: ↑Mon Mar 03, 2025 9:35 am Found a bunch of spectrums on fb

darz90scardz wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 6:39 am Big one for the pc. One of my Penny buddies tipped me off to the listing.

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dude............major congratulations are in order - holy shit, what a fucking ICON. This card is straight up mythical out of the 90s. How bold / crisp is that auto? It's the FULL auto too, not the more condensed one that came later.

Okay I wasn't sure if it was just me, so Abra's response, especially to that auto confirms to me the insanity of your addition. Congrats on the Penny! Certainly an absolutely beautiful card, love the diecut and the auto is great. Were those buybacks inserted into a later product? Or were they simply hand numbered and inserted into that year of SPx(?)?

Thought I'd follow @Hornso's lead and post a larger mailday on YouTube. Mostly from DCSports87.

Been a good while since I've added a Penny to my PC. This is one I've always wanted and saw it come up for auction and had to get it



Hands down my favorite Penny in my collection

Amazing card, and I can't imagine that is easy or cheap to find in a 9. Huge!

^ Chris, you already know how I feel about that card (and set). Incredible grade on top of it. Congrats.

and thanks Abra and Sac. I thought you guys would find this interesting too, because I had no idea they came in pouches. Even the seal on the certificate of authenticity envelope appears to have never been broken.

Cards like this are right up my alley when it comes to picking up game used cards. I don't think there's a ton of Kareem game used cards from his Bucks days, almost all of them are from his Lakers days, so I saw this card and definitely had to pick it up

darz90scardz wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 3:01 pm ^ Chris, you already know how I feel about that card (and set). Incredible grade on top of it. Congrats.

and thanks Abra and Sac. I thought you guys would find this interesting too, because I had no idea they came in pouches. Even the seal on the certificate of authenticity envelope appears to have never been broken.

That is way too cool. Imagine that level of attention to detail being given to cards today! So when you say they arrived in pouches, does that mean this card wasn't inserted in packs? Was it some sort of redemption system where this is what was sent to collectors after redeeming the card?

SacKingsCards wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 5:41 pm

darz90scardz wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 3:01 pm ^ Chris, you already know how I feel about that card (and set). Incredible grade on top of it. Congrats.

and thanks Abra and Sac. I thought you guys would find this interesting too, because I had no idea they came in pouches. Even the seal on the certificate of authenticity envelope appears to have never been broken.

That is way too cool. Imagine that level of attention to detail being given to cards today! So when you say they arrived in pouches, does that mean this card wasn't inserted in packs? Was it some sort of redemption system where this is what was sent to collectors after redeeming the card?

Yea, you couldn't get these (or redemptions for them) from packs.
The only Penny redemption you could hit from 1996 spx was for the base auto. Tribute autos were only from the UD store.

darz90scardz wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 3:01 pm ^ Chris, you already know how I feel about that card (and set). Incredible grade on top of it. Congrats.

and thanks Abra and Sac. I thought you guys would find this interesting too, because I had no idea they came in pouches. Even the seal on the certificate of authenticity envelope appears to have never been broken.

Yeah they hooked up UDA items pretty lovely, I know with my Kemp stuff, both the UDA standard size cards and the 8x10 stuff, you got some nice bonuses. Obviously the COA, but they came in boxes, for the 8x10s they came in photo binders with a single pocket for the 8x10 to go into - and if I remember correctly the Kemp SPx buyback also came in one of those huge 4 screw holders. You got yourself such a great find, because the WHOLE thing is preserved and intact.

Like I said in email, I would still remove it from the 4screw though.

SacKingsCards wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 8:31 pm Okay I wasn't sure if it was just me, so Abra's response, especially to that auto confirms to me the insanity of your addition. Congrats on the Penny! Certainly an absolutely beautiful card, love the diecut and the auto is great. Were those buybacks inserted into a later product? Or were they simply hand numbered and inserted into that year of SPx(?)?

Thought I'd follow @Hornso's lead and post a larger mailday on YouTube. Mostly from DCSports87.

LOVE this video dude, I like seeing stuff like this. How easy is it to put up a video? I have been thinking of doing videos for my PC, but I'm so technically behind, I don't know how to even do this.

ChrisP57 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 10, 2025 6:13 pm Been a good while since I've added a Penny to my PC. This is one I've always wanted and saw it come up for auction and had to get it



Hands down my favorite Penny in my collection

ChrisP57 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 5:01 pm Cards like this are right up my alley when it comes to picking up game used cards. I don't think there's a ton of Kareem game used cards from his Bucks days, almost all of them are from his Lakers days, so I saw this card and definitely had to pick it up

Sick pickups Chris! I love finding variations in stuff like that. Nice add.

Also the Penny looks like a great copy.

Today's mailday, Dirk Gold Refractor form 2005-06 Topps Chrome

AbraCalabro wrote: ↑Fri Mar 14, 2025 6:34 pm Yeah they hooked up UDA items pretty lovely, I know with my Kemp stuff, both the UDA standard size cards and the 8x10 stuff, you got some nice bonuses. Obviously the COA, but they came in boxes, for the 8x10s they came in photo binders with a single pocket for the 8x10 to go into - and if I remember correctly the Kemp SPx buyback also came in one of those huge 4 screw holders. You got yourself such a great find, because the WHOLE thing is preserved and intact.

Like I said in email, I would still remove it from the 4screw though.

I'm flip-floppin' all over the place on this. Now I kind of want to keep it in there

My mailday from smc from yesterday. Perfect service as always. All cards are pc.

1000067952 by Aron Gerstmann, auf Flickr

1000067997 by Aron Gerstmann, auf Flickr

1000067996 by Aron Gerstmann, auf Flickr

1000067995 by Aron Gerstmann, auf Flickr

Today I got this from China. Unfortunatly a minor pressed in place on the lower left side. Some mm big. Nothing big but it is still there. But this card is so rare, I think it must be ok.

1000068337 by Aron Gerstmann, auf Flickr

ChrisP57 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 15, 2025 9:17 am Today's mailday, Dirk Gold Refractor form 2005-06 Topps Chrome

OUTSTANDING!!! Those golds are sick!!!

darz90scardz wrote: ↑Sat Mar 15, 2025 10:02 am I'm flip-floppin' all over the place on this. Now I kind of want to keep it in there

Gotta' think about it, I've been there. Kinda' feels like sacrilege when the entire presentation is complete and so well preserved. I still did it anyway because I did not want that auto touching any hard surface, but I tend to OCD HARD.

Duncancollector wrote: ↑Sat Mar 15, 2025 11:29 am My mailday from smc from yesterday. Perfect service as always. All cards are pc.

1000067952 by Aron Gerstmann, auf Flickr

1000067997 by Aron Gerstmann, auf Flickr

1000067996 by Aron Gerstmann, auf Flickr

1000067995 by Aron Gerstmann, auf Flickr

Today I got this from China. Unfortunatly a minor pressed in place on the lower left side. Some mm big. Nothing big but it is still there. But this card is so rare, I think it must be ok.

1000068337 by Aron Gerstmann, auf Flickr

Great stuff all across the board, I especially like those Encore FX /125s and the X-Fractor Duncan. Cool to see Dice in a Spurs jersey, not too many cards like that out there.

So here's my latest, I've picked up select cards from this set before, but I think the Row 1s look phenomenal for 98/99.

9L_Shareef Abdur Rahim