He has aged very well!

Very friendly guy too.

I know you did not grow up in WWF territory, but Slaughter's "Cobra Clutch Challenge" was such a hot angle when I was a kid. Week after week, he would challenge a jobber to try and break the hold, and, of course, none of them could. Rick McGraw came close, but the fans went absolutely nuts when Pat Patterson got up from the broadcast table to accept the challenge.

When the Grand Wizard (Ernie Roth) died in real life while managing Slaughter, for the next several television matches, Slaughter would turn before his match and look around for the Wizard to hand him his hat and whistle. I thought that was such a cool thing to have a heel do.

Scans

More signed cards

Candi Devine

Sheik

Gagne

Joyce

Spike

Idol

Putski

Slaughter

Love seeing the old programs with the pics of the cards.

Weird that Hulk was billed as "Fabulous" on that program. I mean, the entire point of the Hulk nickname was that he was "Incredible."

I am not certain the time line but he was the Fabulous Hulk Hogan first and then they changed it to the Incredible Hulk Hogan.

Yup he was the Faboulous Hulk Hogan as a Heel in his late 70's run when managed by Freddie Blassie. When he returned as a face his name was changed to the Incredible Hulk Hogan

Ok, I just didn't remember him being billed that way. :)

About to finish out my second year in a row without an upgrade to my PSA registry sets.

The pop reports have been very slow this year. We have seen a good chunk of the material graded I believe.

Thank you to everyone who has checked out the thread. I just wanted to make a post as we reached 100,000 page views. Pretty cool.

I just got these back from being framed. Very pleased.

82 b

Just had some grades pop. Very excited the Slaughter graded a 9 again. I will post some scans when I get these back.


Total Items: 9
Date Received: 11/12/2019
Date Shipped: N/A

Line # Item # Cert # Grade Description Type
1 1 44564772 Item Grade: EXCELLENT 5
Auto Grade: Authentic 1986 Carnation Major League Wrestling Ric FlairPSA/DNA Certified Card
2 1 44564773 Item Grade: NEAR MINT-MINT 8
Auto Grade: Authentic 1985 Wrestling All Stars 7 Dusty Rhodes Perforated-Hand CutPSA/DNA Certified Card
3 1 44564774 Item Grade: MINT 9
Auto Grade: Authentic 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 14 Sergeant SlaughterPSA/DNA Certified Card
4 1 44564775 Item Grade: MINT 9
Auto Grade: Authentic 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 34 Joyce GrablePSA/DNA Certified Card
5 1 44564776 Item Grade: NEAR MINT-MINT 8
Auto Grade: Authentic 1983 Wrestling All-Stars 14 Spike HuberPSA/DNA Certified Card
6 1 44564777 Item Grade: NEAR MINT 7
Auto Grade: Authentic 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 28 Ivan PutskiPSA/DNA Certified Card
7 1 44564778 Item Grade: NEAR MINT 7
Auto Grade: Authentic 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 26 Pat PattersonPSA/DNA Certified Card
8 1 44564779 Item Grade: NEAR MINT 7
Auto Grade: Authentic 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 31 Ken PateraPSA/DNA Certified Card
9 1 44564780 Item Grade: EXCELLENT-MINT 6
Auto Grade: Authentic 1972 Panini Munich 72 52 Kenneth PateraPSA/DNA Certified Card

Just got this back today. Super excited about this card!

Joyce was such a nice lady and very pleased to have the only PSA 9 copy signed.

I just made that Joyce Grable a pop 2 today.

Didn't see that coming three days later! LOL

I always thought Victor Rivera was the one they should have pushed as an ethnic WWWF Champion to follow Bruno--his work was MUCH better than Pedro and he was way over in the late 60's/early 70's. Never was a big fan of Pedro, though i respect his place in wrestling history. Young Rivera was a high flyer with a great body and charisma....

Very solid price for this Andre PSA 8.


https://www.ebay.com/itm/35297390643...p2471758.m4704

I was looking through some signed cards tonight and this one caught my eye. I have seven signed 82 Hogan's and this is a pretty nice one.

I wanted to see how many Andre's I have.

28!

Check out this Podcast that just went live tonight on the That Sports Card Show Podcast.


https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas...4-bce18a7d2598

Had some grades pop today.


Total Items: 62
Date Received: 11/12/2019
Date Shipped: N/A

Line # Item # Cert # Grade Description Type
1 1 44563848 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 5 the Junkyard Dog Card
2 1 44563849 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 6 Dusty Rhodes Card
3 1 44563850 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 10 Terry Funk Card
4 1 44563851 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 10 Terry Funk Card
5 1 44563852 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 14 Pedro Morales Card
6 1 44563853 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 16 Bill Dundee Card
7 1 44563854 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 16 Bill Dundee Card
8 1 44563855 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 20 Bruiser Brody Card
9 1 44563856 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 26 Pat Patterson Card
10 1 44563857 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 28 Ivan Putski Card
11 1 44563858 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 30 the Crusher Card
12 1 44563859 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 31 Ken Patera Card
13 1 44563860 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 34 Jerry Lawler Card
14 1 44563861 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 34 Jerry Lawler Card
15 1 44563862 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1987 Topps WWF 2 Andre the Giant Card
16 1 44563863 MINT 9 2006 Pride Card Collection 14 Emelianenko Fedor Card
17 1 44563864 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2004 Upper Deck Sweet Spot 203 Brock Lesnar Card
18 1 44563865 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2004 Upper Deck Sweet Spot 203 Brock Lesnar Card
19 1 44563866 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2002 Fleer Royal Rumble 4 Brock Lesnar Card
20 1 44563867 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2002 Fleer Royal Rumble 7 John Cena Card
21 1 44563868 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2002 Fleer Royal Rumble 7 John Cena Card
22 1 44563869 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2002 Fleer WWE Royal Rumble 14 Randy Orton Card
23 1 44563870 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2002 Fleer Royal Rumble 67 Deacon Batista Card
24 1 44563871 MINT 9 2002 Fleer WWE Royal Rumble 77 Brock Lesnar Card
25 1 44563872 MINT 9 1985 Topps WWF 3 Captain Lou Albano Card
26 1 44563873 MINT 9 1985 Topps WWF 8 Wendi Richter Card
27 1 44563874 MINT 9 1985 Topps WWF 21 George "The Animal" Steele Card
28 1 44563875 MINT 9 1985 Topps WWF 27 All Tied Up! Card
29 1 44563876 MINT 9 1985 Topps WWF 29 Stretched to the Limit! Card
30 1 44563877 MINT 9 1985 Topps WWF 42 Ready for A Pile Driver! Card
31 1 44563878 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 BBM Sha USA Wrestlers Ric Flair Card
32 1 44563879 EXCELLENT 5 1982 BBM Sha USA Wrestlers Ric Flair Card
33 1 44563880 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1982 BBM Sha USA Wrestlers Andre the Giant Card
34 1 44563881 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 BBM Sha USA Wrestlers Hulk Hogan Card
35 1 44563882 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 BBM Sha USA Wrestlers Stan Hansen Card
36 1 44563883 NEAR MINT 7 1982 BBM Sha USA Wrestlers Dusty Rhodes Card
37 1 44563884 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1982 BBM Sha USA Wrestlers Andre the Giant Card
38 1 44563885 VERY GOOD 3 1982 BBM Sha USA Wrestlers Bruiser Brody Card
39 1 44563886 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 BBM Sha USA Wrestlers Bruiser Brody Card
40 1 44563887 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Gong Magazine Ric Flair Hand Cut Card
41 1 44563888 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Gong Magazine Bruiser Brody Hand Cut Card
42 1 44563889 GEM MINT 10 1995 BBM Pro Wrestling 112 Wayne Shamrock Card
43 1 44563890 GEM MINT 10 1995 BBM Pro Wrestling 114 Bas Rutten Card
44 1 44563891 MINT 9 1995 BBM Pro Wrestling 123 Cactus Jack Card
45 1 44563892 MINT 9 1995 BBM Pro Wrestling 123 Cactus Jack Card
46 1 44563893 MINT 9 1996 Pro Wrestling 33 Giant Baba Card
47 1 44563894 GEM MINT 10 1996 Pro Wrestling 35 Mitsuharu Misawa Card
48 1 44563895 GEM MINT 10 1996 Pro Wrestling 55 Stan Hansen Card
49 1 44563896 GEM MINT 10 1996 Pro Wrestling 137 Lance Storm Card
50 1 44563897 GEM MINT 10 1996 Pro Wrestling 181 Wayne Shamrock Card
51 1 44563898 GEM MINT 10 1996 Pro Wrestling 181 Wayne Shamrock Card
52 1 44563899 GEM MINT 10 1996 Pro Wrestling 344 Fred Blassie Card
53 1 44563900 GEM MINT 10 1996 Pro Wrestling 347 Dick the Bruiser Card
54 1 44563901 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 7 Jack Brisco Card
55 1 44563902 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 9 Dory Funk Jr. Card
56 1 44563903 NEAR MINT+ 7.5 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 15 Don Muraco Card
57 1 44563904 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 16 Bill Dundee Card
58 1 44563905 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 20 Bruiser Brody Card
59 1 44563906 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 33 Dick the Bruiser Card
60 1 44563907 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 5 Jim Brunzell Card
61 1 44563908 MINT 9 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 6 Jay Strongbow Card
62 1 44563909 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 19 Adrian Adonis Card

I enjoyed listening to the podcast David.

.

Thanks for checking it out. More fun talking about cards than the current environment!

Mail day

https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=67124


Check out this set being offered through REA. Legendary wrestling photographer and historian Scott Teal approached me about selling his wrestling cards and we consigned them to REA. I said lets put them on the big stage. REA is as big as it gets and I thought it would be a good idea to put them next to some of the biggest items in the hobby.

Always hunting fresh copies. This Hogan is strong.

Very pleased with this Nature Boy in hand.

This Andre has great centering.

This was a fun interview. Check it out.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMdJMx_rAXI

That was a great interview David. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you very much.

I will be going on Beckett Live Presents Thursday night.

I am coming on at 8 and if you want to watch live here is the link.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql33KqW1lII

I took the risk and sent this in on a Super Express submission and it go as well as I had hoped.

This is the best centered copy I own.

My grades popped from my auto sub. It was funny I was down at the bench by the lake with my dad and a neighbor and my dog and I checked my email. I saw the link and hit it and said oh great my Tully Blanchard 9 crack out stayed a 9. I was so dismayed by the Mike George auto that I scrolled through again and saw an 8 under it as it was an 8.5 blazer I cracked out and then associated the 10 with Tully. I said I have to go and raced home to see the easier to read screen on my PC. It was the Scott Casey that got a 10 like I originally thought. Haha. That would have been amazing. Pretty cool to nail the first ever PSA 10 signed from the set. Overall very reasonable grades and 26 for 26.


Total Items: 26
Date Received: 1/7/2020
Date Shipped: N/A

Line # Item # Cert # Grade Description Type
1 1 45155516 Item Grade: NEAR MINT 7
Auto Grade: Authentic 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 3 Mil MascarasPSA/DNA Certified Card
2 1 45155517 Item Grade: EXCELLENT-MINT 6
Auto Grade: Authentic 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 8 Harley RacePSA/DNA Certified Card
3 1 45155518 Item Grade: EXCELLENT-MINT 6
Auto Grade: Authentic 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 8 Harley RacePSA/DNA Certified Card
4 1 45155519 Item Grade: NEAR MINT 7
Auto Grade: Authentic 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 10 Terry FunkPSA/DNA Certified Card
5 1 45155520 Item Grade: NEAR MINT-MINT 8
Auto Grade: Authentic 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 17 Steve OlsonoskiPSA/DNA Certified Card
6 1 45155521 Item Grade: NEAR MINT 7
Auto Grade: Authentic 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 11 Ricky SteamboatPSA/DNA Certified Card
7 1 45155522 Item Grade: NEAR MINT-MINT 8
Auto Grade: Authentic 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 12 Paul OrndorffPSA/DNA Certified Card
8 1 45155523 Item Grade: NEAR MINT-MINT 8 MC
Auto Grade: Authentic 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 16 Bobby HeenanPSA/DNA Certified Card
9 1 45155524 Item Grade: EXCELLENT-MINT+ 6.5
Auto Grade: Authentic 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 26 Mr. Wrestling IIPSA/DNA Certified Card
10 1 45155525 Item Grade: NEAR MINT 7
Auto Grade: Authentic 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 29 Mike GeorgePSA/DNA Certified Card
11 1 45155526 Item Grade: NEAR MINT-MINT 8
Auto Grade: Authentic 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 33 Greg ValentinePSA/DNA Certified Card
12 1 45155527 Item Grade: NEAR MINT-MINT 8
Auto Grade: Authentic 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 33 Greg ValentinePSA/DNA Certified Card
13 1 45155528 Item Grade: NEAR MINT-MINT 8
Auto Grade: Authentic 1983 Wrestling All-Stars 3 Sheik El KaisseyPSA/DNA Certified Card
14 1 45155529 Item Grade: MINT 9
Auto Grade: Authentic 1983 Wrestling All-Stars 6 Tully BlanchardPSA/DNA Certified Card
15 1 45155530 Item Grade: GEM MINT 10
Auto Grade: Authentic 1983 Wrestling All-Stars 20 Scott CaseyPSA/DNA Certified Card
16 1 45155531 Item Grade: NEAR MINT-MINT 8
Auto Grade: Authentic 1983 Wrestling All-Stars 25 Jake RobertsPSA/DNA Certified Card
17 1 45155532 Item Grade: NEAR MINT-MINT 8
Auto Grade: Authentic 1987 O-Pee-Chee WWF Wrestling 1 Bret "Hit Man" HartPSA/DNA Certified Card
18 1 45155533 Item Grade: NEAR MINT-MINT 8
Auto Grade: Authentic 1987 Topps WWF 1 Bret "Hit Man" Hart WrestlingPSA/DNA Certified Card
19 1 45155534 Item Grade: NEAR MINT-MINT 8
Auto Grade: Authentic 1985 Wrestling All Stars 28 Rock 'N' Roll Express Perforated-Hand CutPSA/DNA Certified Card
20 1 45155535 Item Grade: NEAR MINT-MINT 8
Auto Grade: Authentic 1988 Wonderama Nwa Wrestling Superstars 1 Ric FlairPSA/DNA Certified Card
21 1 45155536 Item Grade: NEAR MINT 7
Auto Grade: Authentic 1987 Wonderama Nwa Wrestling Supercards-Test Market Run 10 Ron SimmonsPSA/DNA Certified Card
22 1 45155537 Item Grade: NEAR MINT-MINT 8
Auto Grade: Authentic 1985 O-Pee-Chee WWF Pro Wrestling Stars-Series 1 53 Ready to Fly!PSA/DNA Certified Card
23 1 45155538 Item Grade: NEAR MINT-MINT 8
Auto Grade: Authentic 1989 WWF Super Stars of Wrestling-Series 1 9 RockersPSA/DNA Certified Card
24 1 45155539 Item Grade: EXCELLENT-MINT 6
Auto Grade: Authentic 1990 WWF Super Stars of Wrestling-Series 3 1 DemolitionPSA/DNA Certified Card
25 1 45155540 Item Grade: MINT 9
Auto Grade: Authentic 1990 Classic WWF 134 the Rockers S.Michaels/M.JannettyPSA/DNA Certified Card
26 1 45155541 Item Grade: NEAR MINT-MINT 8
Auto Grade: Authentic 1992 Merlin WWF Gold Series 2 21 Shawn MichaelsPSA/DNA Certified Card

PSA mail day

This is a special card. I met Tully in 2017 and worked with him and Stan Hansen and got to educate him on the WAS cards. When I worked with him a second time I cracked out a PSA 9 and brought it for him to sign and said this is the nicest copy you have ever signed. PSA 9 again!

This is the first card to ever grade Gem Mint 10 signed from the Wrestling All Stars.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1982-Wrestl...EAAOSwGBJfA0Dx


This was an amazing finish. The guy who won it claimed it and showed proof on Twitter and the under bidder tweeted out and posted about it on IG and was so bummed he got outbid.

The highest priced wrestling card sale and this opens up the doors for much higher prices on prized cards.

Very exciting.

I was watching that auction and was blown away by the final price.

Mr. Bollea should buy up the PSA 9's and get them signed and regraded.

It has long been known that Jerry Lawler owned a number of 1982 Wrestling All Stars Series A sets direct from the manufacture in 1982. At wrestling conventions he has said that he had a bunch of them and so I always wondered if they would ever surface.

A week ago a friend of mine who is big into the Memphis wrestling scene contacted me and said his friend was selling a loose set of the cards and wanted to see if I was interested in buying them and that they were given to him by Jerry Lawler. I said sure but they must be shipped in protective sleeves. My friend said no problem he had some and would get with him and then he would ship them to me. I said great. He couldn't find them and so it took an extra few days and in between I said listen if you ever find any more wrestling cards let me know I am always buying.

I was out grabbing take out and saw a message on my phone with a picture that said I found some of these. I was like oh sh++. We messaged back and forth over the next day and landed on a price. He was having dinner that night with The King and shared his good fortune with him. Jerry had no issue with him selling them and was happy to hear how much he was going to get for them.

A few days passed and he connected with my friend and then with these my only request was lots of bubble wrap and they were shipped beautifully. I waited outside for the Fed Ex delivery and it came four minutes before the guarantee.

One of the packs has a tear in the cellophane and so the cards look a little more aged on the side but the other two are simply pristine. The raw set was in decent shape and the Hogan is very nice with just a touched upper left corner and top to bottom centering issues.

This is one of those days that makes the constant hunt for cards worth it. I love the history of this set and it is very special to know these cards came from The King himself.

He believes there are more and so I am hoping that if so I am able to purchase more. He also believes he has a set of the 1979 Rax Roast Beef cards so we shall see.

I have never left one thing sealed. I am curious how long these will stay sealed! Haha

Got some sub results tonight


Grade Description Type
1 1 47037690 MINT 9 1990 Leaf 300 Frank Thomas Card
2 1 47037691 MINT 9 1985 Donruss 273 Roger Clemens Card
3 1 47037692 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1989 WWF Super Stars of Wrestling-Series 2 14 Jim Powers Card
4 1 47037693 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1989 WWF Super Stars of Wrestling-Series 2 8 "Ravishing" Rick Rude Card
5 1 47037694 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1985 Wrestling All Stars 1 Hulk Hogan Perforated-Hand Cut Card
6 1 47037695 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1985 Wrestling All Stars 52 Pedro Morales Perforated-Hand Cut Card
7 1 47037696 NEAR MINT 7 1991 Tuff Stuff Jr. 6 Mike Tyson Card
8 1 47037697 MINT 9 1987 A Question of Sport UK Mike Tyson Card
9 1 47037698 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1987 A Question of Sport UK Mike Tyson Card
10 1 47037699 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1987 A Question of Sport UK Mike Tyson Card
11 1 47037700 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1991 Players International Ringlords Mike Tyson Sample Card
12 1 47037701 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1991 Players International Ringlords Mike Tyson Sample Card
13 1 47037702 GEM MINT 10 1997 Brown's Boxing 12 Butterbean Card
14 1 47037703 MINT 9 1997 Cardinal WWF Trivia Series Stone Cold Steve Austin Card
15 1 47037704 GEM MINT 10 1997 Cardinal WWF Trivia Series Rocky Maivia Card
16 1 47037705 MINT 9 1997 Cardinal WWF Trivia Series Undertaker Card
17 1 47037706 NEAR MINT+ 7.5 1997 Cardinal WWF Trivia Series Undertaker Card
18 1 47037707 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 5 the Junkyard Dog Card
19 1 47037708 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 6 Dusty Rhodes Card
20 1 47037709 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 7 Jack Brisco Card
21 1 47037710 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 8 Harley Race Card
22 1 47037711 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 9 Dory Funk Jr. Card
23 1 47037712 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 11 Nick Bockwinkel Card
24 1 47037713 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 13 Bruno Sammartino Card
25 1 47037714 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 14 Pedro Morales Card
26 1 47037715 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 15 Don Muraco Card
27 1 47037716 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 16 Bill Dundee Card
28 1 47037717 MINT 9 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 17 Steve Olsonoski Card
29 1 47037718 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 19 Angelo Mosca Card
30 1 47037719 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 20 Bruiser Brody Card
31 1 47037720 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 22 Wahoo McDaniel Card
32 1 47037721 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 23 Billy Robinson Card
33 1 47037722 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 26 Pat Patterson Card
34 1 47037723 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 28 Ivan Putski Card
35 1 47037724 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 29 Dick Murdoch Card
36 1 47037725 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 30 the Crusher Card
37 1 47037726 MINT 9 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 32 Ernie Ladd Card
38 1 47037727 NEAR MINT+ 7.5 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 33 Dick the Bruiser Card
39 1 47037728 MINT 9 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 35 Cowboy Bill Watts Card
40 1 47037729 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 35 Cowboy Bill Watts Card
41 1 47037730 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 36 the Destroyer Card
42 1 47037731 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 36 the Destroyer Card
43 1 47037732 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 1 Rick Martel Card
44 1 47037733 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 5 Jim Brunzell Card
45 1 47037734 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 7 Kerry Von Erich Card
46 1 47037735 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 7 Kerry Von Erich Card
47 1 47037736 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 8 S.D. Jones Card
48 1 47037737 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 9 Brad Rheingans Card
49 1 47037738 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 11 Ricky Steamboat Card
50 1 47037739 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 12 Paul Orndorff Card
51 1 47037740 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 13 Tito Santana Card
52 1 47037741 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 13 Tito Santana Card
53 1 47037742 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 14 Sergeant Slaughter Card
54 1 47037743 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 15 Verne Gagne Card
55 1 47037744 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 16 Bobby Heenan Card
56 1 47037745 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 18 Les Thornton Card
57 1 47037746 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 20 Jesse Ventura Card
58 1 47037747 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 24 Ray Stevens Card
59 1 47037748 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 26 Mr. Wrestling II Card
60 1 47037749 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 27 Col. Buck Robley Card
61 1 47037750 MINT 9 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 33 Greg Valentine Card
62 1 47037751 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 34 Joyce Grable Card
63 1 47037752 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars-Series B 36 Dutch Mantell Card
64 1 47037753 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2004 Upper Deck Sweet Spot 203 Brock Lesnar Card
65 1 47037754 MINT 9 2004 Leaf R & S Longevity 155 Brock Lesnar Holofoil Card
66 1 47037755 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2004 Playoff Honors 173 Brock Lesnar Card
67 1 47037756 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 2002 Fleer Raw vs. Smackdown 19 Brock Lesnar Card
68 1 47037757 GEM MINT 10 1996 Pro Wrestling 216 Yoshihiro Tajiri Card
69 1 47037758 MINT 9 1995 BBM Pro Wrestling 113 Frank Shamrock Card
70 1 47037759 GEM MINT 10 1995 BBM Pro Wrestling 113 Frank Shamrock Card
71 1 47037760 GEM MINT 10 1995 BBM Pro Wrestling 113 Frank Shamrock Card
72 1 47037761 MINT 9 1996 Pro Wrestling 182 Frank Shamrock Card
73 1 47037762 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1976 Yamakatsu All Japan Pro Wrestling 18 Dory Funk Jr. Card
74 1 47037763 MINT 9 MK 1976 Yamakatsu All Japan Pro Wrestling 24 Mil Mascaras Card
75 1 47037764 NEAR MINT 7 1976 Yamakatsu All Japan Pro Wrestling 8 Mil Mascaras Card
76 1 47037765 MINT 9 1976 Yamakatsu All Japan Pro Wrestling 19 Mil Mascaras Card
77 1 47037766 MINT 9 1976 Yamakatsu All Japan Pro Wrestling 1 the Destroyer Card
78 1 47037767 MINT 9 1976 Yamakatsu All Japan Pro Wrestling 17 Giant Baba Card
79 1 47037768 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1976 Yamakatsu All Japan Pro Wrestling 39 Giant Baba Card
80 1 47037769 GOOD 2 MK 1981 Kajiwara Productions Wrestling Harley Race Card
81 1 47037770 MINT 9 1985 Topps WWF 6 Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka Card
82 1 47037771 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1985 Topps WWF 1 Hulk Hogan Card
83 1 47037772 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1985 Topps WWF 16 Hulk Hogan Card
84 1 47037773 MINT 9 1985 Topps WWF 16 Hulk Hogan Card
85 1 47037774 NEAR MINT+ 7.5 1985 Topps WWF 53 Ready to Fly! Card
86 1 47037775 MINT 9 1985 Topps WWF 29 Stretched to the Limit! Card
87 1 47037776 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1985 O-Pee-Chee WWF Pro Wrestling Stars-Series 2 63 Randy Savage & Elizabeth Card
88 1 47037777 MINT 9 1985 O-Pee-Chee WWF Pro Wrestling Stars-Series 2 63 Randy Savage & Elizabeth Card
89 1 47037778 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1985 O-Pee-Chee WWF Pro Wrestling Stars-Series 2 63 Randy Savage & Elizabeth Card
90 1 47037779 MINT 9 1985 O-Pee-Chee WWF Pro Wrestling Stars-Series 2 63 Randy Savage & Elizabeth Card
91 1 47037780 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1985 O-Pee-Chee WWF Pro Wrestling Stars-Series 1 16 Hulk Hogan Card
92 1 47037781 MINT 9 1987 Topps WWF 2 Andre the Giant Card
93 1 47037782 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1987 Topps WWF 3 Hulk Hogan Card
94 1 47037783 NEAR MINT 7 1991 Merlin WWF 40 the Undertaker Card
95 1 47037784 NEAR MINT 7 2002 Fleer Royal Rumble Divastating Event-Worn Stacy Keibler Royal Rumble Divastating Card
96 1 47037785 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 2002 Fleer Royal Rumble Divastating D2 Torrie Wilson Card
97 1 47037786 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 2002 Fleer Royal Rumble 14 Randy Orton Card
98 1 47037787 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 2002 Fleer Royal Rumble 14 Randy Orton Card
99 1 47037788 MINT 9 2002 Fleer Royal Rumble 7 John Cena Card
100 1 47037789 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 2002 Fleer Royal Rumble 7 John Cena Card
101 1 47037790 MINT 9 2002 Fleer Royal Rumble 67 Deacon Batista Card
102 1 47037791 MINT 9 2002 Fleer Royal Rumble 67 Deacon Batista Card
103 1 47037792 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 2002 Fleer WWE Royal Rumble Recap RRR4 Vince McMahon Card
104 1 47037793 MINT 9 2002 Fleer Royal Rumble 4 Brock Lesnar Card
105 1 47037794 MINT 9 2002 Fleer Royal Rumble 4 Brock Lesnar Card
106 1 47037795 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 2002 Fleer Royal Rumble Memorabilia Brock Lesnar Card
107 1 47037796 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1983 Wrestling All-Stars 7 Jimmy Snuka Card
108 1 47037797 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1983 Wrestling All-Stars 5 Curt Hennig Card
109 1 47037798 NEAR MINT 7 1983 Wrestling All-Stars 22 "Big" John Studd Card
110 1 47037799 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 3 Mil Mascaras Card
111 1 47037800 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 5 the Junkyard Dog Card
112 1 47037801 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 5 the Junkyard Dog Card
113 1 47037802 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 6 Dusty Rhodes Card
114 1 47037803 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 7 Jack Brisco Card
115 1 47037804 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 8 Harley Race Card
116 1 47037805 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 11 Nick Bockwinkel Card
117 1 47037806 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 11 Nick Bockwinkel Card
118 1 47037807 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 13 Bruno Sammartino Card
119 1 47037808 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 14 Pedro Morales Card
120 1 47037809 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 16 Bill Dundee Card
121 1 47037810 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 16 Bill Dundee Card
122 1 47037811 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 17 Steve Olsonoski Card
123 1 47037812 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 18 Tommy Rich Card
124 1 47037813 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 19 Angelo Mosca Card
125 1 47037814 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 20 Bruiser Brody Card
126 1 47037815 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 20 Bruiser Brody Card
127 1 47037816 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 23 Billy Robinson Card
128 1 47037817 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 24 Ivan Koloff Card
129 1 47037818 MINT 9 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 25 Tony Atlas Card
130 1 47037819 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 26 Pat Patterson Card
131 1 47037820 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 28 Ivan Putski Card
132 1 47037821 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 29 Dick Murdoch Card
133 1 47037822 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 30 the Crusher Card
134 1 47037823 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 33 Dick the Bruiser Card
135 1 47037824 MINT 9 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 34 Jerry Lawler Card
136 1 47037825 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 35 Cowboy Bill Watts Card
137 1 47037826 NEAR MINT 7 1982 Wrestling All-Stars Series A 36 the Destroyer Card

A 1982 Wrestling All Stars Hulk Hogan BGS 9.5 sold last night in Goldin Auction’s for just under 23k. A new record sale for wrestling cards. Very impressive!

Do you really think there are GEM MINT examples out there or did this one get chopped up?

There are definitely sharp copies out there. The reason there has never been a PSA 10 is because PSA is so much tougher on lower centering. I only have one copy that has Gem Mint centering and it sits in a PSA 7.5 holder.

I think it’s great that a Hogan was put on the big stage and did so well. Goldin continues to deliver record breaking prices and its exciting to see.

I didn’t know one was even up and found out because I had several people contact me on Instagram trying to buy one of my Hogan PSA 9’s. There is bigger money starting to pay attention to key wrestling cards.

Here's the auction:

https://goldinauctions.com/LotDetail...entoryid=68169

Great cards!

How long did they take to process?

Thanks Steve.

These were received on June 8th and shipped on September 30th.

I have three orders there now that are 15 card renewal subs and they were received on August 22nd and September 12th. All three show in the grading stage. Have some some solid stuff in these submissions.

Do you think smaller orders, in general, will process faster than larger orders? or does the size of the order not make much of a difference?

From what I can tell there is no difference. I think over the years I have seen that the more uniformity of the cards in the sub it can speed it up. They are so swamped with orders now that might not hold true today. If you sub at the faster more expensive service levels my experience is they get them done within the stated time. The rest you just wait in line and one day they will pop.

I know Wrestling All-Star cards (Hulk in particular) have been on fire lately. But, wow, $36,600 for a signed Hulk WAS card. :eek:

I will be honest that I don't really "get" $36K for a signed Hogan card. Hulk has always been a gracious signer, is still alive and is still accessible for autographs for a relatively small fee.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1982-Wrestl...p2047675.l2557

Mint 9's on that card are very tough and might well sell for over $20,000 without the autograph. The fact that you likely will never find a higher grade card autographed is what's driving the price.

In 2011 I cracked out four BGS Hogan's. Two BGS 9's and two 8.5's to send out to CA to have signed by Hogan. Now bare in mind landing a PSA 9 is much different than a BGS 9 as PSA is much tougher on these cards and especially the lower border. The best one came back creased. Hogan put his bear paws into it and so it is obviously no longer in strong condition. The second that has the white dot next to his head is still razor sharp and resides in a blue flip.

Fast forward to 2014. I go over to the Hogan's Beach Shop grand opening and get three signed. Hogan looked annoyed signing them and flicked them back at me on the table. Thankfully there was some bunched up table covering and so no damage. None of these have a shot at grading Mint.

I have seven signed ones currently.

There are 16 in the PSA pop report that have graded a 9. I believe two of those don't exist from actual crack and resubmissions shooting for a 10.

I have three of them. You couldn't pay me to crack one out.

This card has been in the pop report since 2010. It was actually Rob Wrestling Card King's copy he sold on EBAY then for $135 and the guy cracked it and got it signed and it stayed a 9. He held it for the entire time and then auctioned it off earlier this year for just over 20k. It was listed by him for two or three months at a BIN of $9,999 best offer and nothing and then he consigned it. I was stunned when it went for 20k but it was after the Hogan had gone up ten fold. Ten years later it is still the only one.

The Hogan card has taken off in a huge way and is now really looked at as a marquee trading card. I can't say I saw the move in a card like this coming but if a Jordan PSA 10 is over 220k now anything is possible.

This is a true apex item in the wrestling card world and so being able to say you have the only 9 which is the highest grade any has been awarded that is also signed is really something.

I have attended a handful of wrestling conventions and have cracked out nice cards to get signed. I am at 50/50 with them regrading the same with PSA. There is tremendous risk in handling nice cards and then hoping the person is just as careful. Most don't understand how important it is for them to stay in the same condition.

It will be interesting to see what a PSA 9 brings if one comes to market sometime and it will go big that is for sure.

I started a thread about the fractional ownership trend that was going to be a game changer for the hobby. Obviously my forecast was spot on and so items like this are in the crosshairs of those buyers.

There is big money wanting to move into wrestling and they aren't going to play around with the minor cards and instead will go for the best.

David, thanks for the thoughtful post. There is lot to unpack, but here are just a few random thoughts:

Why was Hogan annoyed at signing your Wrestling All Star cards? I had always read that he was extremely gracious and accommodating to fans.

It is amazing to me what even low to mid-grade Hogan WAS cards go for now as opposed to a year ago. One of the genres I collect are racing cards cards and the same phenomenon has happened with the 1972 STP NASCAR set. That set is similar to the Wrestling All Stars in that it is the first real set of NASCAR cards. Richard Petty was a $125-150 card just a couple years ago, and now sells for over $1,000. Even lesser drivers that were sub $100 cards just a couple years ago are now up 500 percent.

I know the Wrestling All Stars card is the iconic Hogan to have. But I wonder if the price explosion will also also carry over to Hogan's Kajiwara and Cosmos cards, given their scarcity.

I just finished listening to the audiobook of Guy Evans' excellent read on the collapse of WCW, and one of the tidbits mentioned in there is that billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has long been a big Hogan fan.

I listen to Jim Cornette's podcast from time to time and he did make passing reference to the Wrestling All-Star cards on an episode I recently listened to. I know you are familiar with Cornette and that some of the Wrestling All Star photos are his. He just recently mentioned that he can't believe what the cards are worth now.

In 2014 I think Hulk needed to sign to make money. This was pre sex tape trial where he was back in great financial condition. I know his back was really bothering him and so that could have played a role. I think he thought I was a flipper and was going to make money on getting the right item signed. He no longer will sign Wrestling All Stars for a standard auto fee. I paid $50 per item that day and he now charges at least $200. When I got the Hogan Popy figure and Marusho signed I paid $375 to get that done. I was there for investment purposes so if I am correct about my assumption he was accurate in some ways. I also got him to sign my 2012 SMR on his card and had to get that done as we were heading out because he thought I had gotten all of the items signed I had paid for and I got with Ron and he had to bring it over to him. It was odd but it all worked out. When I did my happy hour with Ric Flair I got him to sign his card in the magazine too so it is a cool item.

It doesn't surprise me one bit that the 1972 STP cards have moved up significantly. I just saw the other day a signed low grade PSA/DNA Richard Petty went for like $1,800+. One of the reason I haven't posted much in this thread the past year is because there is just so much negativity on this forum towards grading cards and the investment aspect of them and the direction the hobby is going. There has been an absolute explosion in the card market not just in price but the number of buyers chasing cards for investment purposes. If people venture out of their echo chamber and see what is taking place on Instagram and Twitter all of this makes sense. Cards are now cool and the amount of money people are making makes them even more cool.

My thesis when I started the thread about Collectable was that the advent of non natural buyers was going to make highly desired items go up as it would add so much more buying pressure as you no longer needed more and more people with deep pockets. They have been selling out items at above market prices in less than five minutes in many cases. Just this week they sold an 86 Fleer box for 189k and the owner kept 45k of equity so they found buyers for the remaining 144k in less than 15 minutes. I believe it said 380 investors bought in. When you give the little guy a chance to buy a slice of the best items they will and have and will continue to and so its having a tremendous impact on the market. There are also funds being set up to buy items and the two most expensive basketball cards were sold to a fund. Not a person. They raise money and have to put it to work. There is no waiting for the next one and so this puts upward pressure on price. I was contacted by one on Twitter recently and they want to get into wrestling. I haven't had any further discussions with them but it is out there and more and more money is going to be raised to target collectables and this "bubble" as so many want to call it will keep inflating.

The wrestling card market has exploded. All of the cards you listed are benefiting. Even high grade junk wax era cards are going ballistic. Just yesterday a 1982 Cosmos PSA 6 Ric Flair sold in a BIN for $500 the day it was listed. Just this past week a ton of cards sold in PWCC for huge money and I know lots of the bidders and so the shilling comments are simply not accurate when it pertains to these auctions. There is simply not enough supply of the good cards from the various genres to satisfy demand. When a little kid jumps in the pool it makes a splash, when a heavy set person jumps in the pool water goes flying everywhere and waves are created that impact the entire pool. There has been so many new people want to get involved and buy the right items and so anything that was already considered good heading into 2020 lifted significantly. I have been fortunate and a huge benefactor of this shift with so many of the right cards and I get contacted non stop on social media from people trying to buy stuff. I put out a lot of content on IG and Twitter to showcase the items because awareness creates more desire and obviously higher prices. I do podcasts frequently to discuss my collection and one I enjoy them but two there is a profit motive because more information flow is important when trying to build a market.

I can't speak to if Mark Cuban has been active in cards but one buyer who has been stepping up big is Hulk and Ric Flair's agent. My friend Gregg has sold him some cards and he "flexs" them on his IG and gets tremendous feedback. I took a gamble in 2019 and sold one of my Hogan's to Gary V and my bet was he would put it on Twitter and it would make the rest of mine go up. He did and they did.

I used to be very friendly with Cornette and we spoke on the phone a few times. We communicated on Twitter as well and I was one of the few people he followed. I can't remember the exact situation but he was going on one of his daily rants against Donald Trump and I said something in a comment that was pro Trump and he blocked me. Apparently if you don't join in and go on a vile tirade against him he blocks you so it is nothing new. I remember when he was blown away a set was worth $500. If he is checking EBAY sales now his head must be exploding. Much of it at the time was that most wrestling collectors don't have money. They aren't really in a position to pay high prices and certainly not for trading cards. That has changed as so many non traditional wrestling collectors have moved in. It is not going to stop either. This bull is running. In the next year when a lot more cards begin to hit the market from various genre's is when the test will come. If you own stuff that is hard to recreate I think you are good. If you own stuff that is really a dime a dozen and the supply hasn't increased because people are waiting for their cards and are really just a future seller it will be fascinating to watch. Just yesterday Collectable sold a block of 50 of the 85 Nike Jordan cards out in no time for right at 140k. This throws a monkey wrench into the supply idea because you could have non natural buyers sop it up. Obviously an 85 Jordan is better than a 1990 Classic WWF card but the point is that you have a buyer buying them up and then selling them to others in one block at an even higher price and now that block exists but they have been taken off the market. It will indeed be hard to predict but those forecasting the top and the doom and gloom have already lost all credibility as cards like Jordan are up over 300% since their forecasts so they missed the call regardless of what happens in the future. You can't say a stock is a bubble at $15 and it runs to $60 and then falls back to $15 and be right. You were wrong.

David I always find your wrestling card posts thought provoking and informative please continue! I've been a fan and collector for over 30 years and I still learn something everytime you post! I also enjoy your instagram (My Wrestling collectable instagram name is hulkamaniac4ever)
For the record Hogan has always been amazing and gracious with me when Ive had him sign at his shop or even conventions. I guess everyone can have bad day :)

Thank you for another thoughtful post, David. That autographed Petty STP card you referenced blew my mind when I saw the sale. There was a signed Petty STP card that sat on eBay for a long time at $200. Several other ones sold for similar amounts or slightly higher just a year or two ago.

The Jordan Nike promo card is one of the cards I have noticed that have really exploded recently. I have followed that card for a while, and I kick myself for not buying a few of them before the explosion. The card always seemed so undervalued to me because that was the impetus of the iconic Jumpman logo.

I know of only one Kajiwara Hogan which sold during the summer, it was a PSA 7, and the final sale price was not really that impressive ($2,247 USD). It looks like the AS Hogan has caught up with it! As for the other Japanese issues, I think as of now it's mostly advanced wrestling collectors who are familiar with them, but as time goes on, they will get more exposure and grow in popularity.

Popy Hogan
 

I agree that this card will gain in popularity with the Popy Hogan as more awareness builds and as the pop report stays low.

Why did this card grade so low? Not long ago, I sent a WAS Hogan to PSA and it had small borders, print spots and was off-centered! The grade? PSA 7!

I think it got hit hard for the black ink dot and a few of the corners were touched a little. Tremendous card regardless.

I just thought I'd share something cool with you guys: here is a sealed set of the 82' Series B cards. This is something that doesn't show up for sale often, and with wrestling cards getting hotter by the day, sealed sets are only going to get harder to find because collectors will just rip most of them open!

I think they sealed these sets way too tightly - the cards at the bottom of the deck are even bending slightly! This was completely unnecessary, but then again, they were just five bucks for a set! The Rick Martel card on the top has corner wear and appears to be EX.

I would like to add a sealed Series A set to my collection as well, but I probably missed the boat on that one!