Yes, I did have a panther avatar in the early days. I didn't have Photoshop software, so the customized cards phenomenon doesn't stand out for me. It was a great time in the early days - buying raw cards at shows and selected shops and getting them graded and seeing their value jump significantly if they got a high grade. Then by 2003 or so, the nice cards dried up and things started to surface that PSA wasn't all that it was cracked up to be.
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