It's about time!
 

Two weeks ago after numerous prior attempts, I finally reached a live Panini customer service person. I was concerned about redemption's that were owed to me. There was a Kobe HRX card redeemed 11/29/12, and James Harden Au card redeemed 8/31/14.
The HRX was supposed to be a video card. I was told that they were never uploaded with video. They promised to send the non video HRX card with a extra Kobe AU card to make up for the mishap. They also promised that they were processing my Harden Au card as we spoke.
I finally received my package. I'm very disappointed after waiting 5 years for something that was never completed, and 3 years for a scribble AU of a guy who makes millions, and can't take the time to sign his name properly. The old bait and switch; just think, I had to track them down for this. Almost forgot.... they still owe me a card from May 2016.

HRX.. What! No video :confused:
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Extra card :rolleyes:
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James Harden Scribble :eek:
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Got this one in a trade, really happy with it.

Wow! Nice Gretz. I remember those, one of those that eluded me. /2800, that's funny now. Great pick up.

Congrats, Tony!

Nice P/U.

Here's a couple more I just got in the mail...

• 1930-32 Type I Signed Chicago Shamrocks Photograph of Clarence "Pudge" McKenzie (Underwood & Underwood Stamp)
• 1972-73 NHL Booklet Printed by Williams Förlag (Sweden) with Henri Richard & Bobby Orr on the cover

Here's a 1981 O-Pee-Chee Super #7 Wayne Gretzky jumbo card with a few goodies on the back!

Includes 15 signatures: Glenn Anderson, John Blum, Paul Coffey, Wayne Gretzky, Marc Habscheid, Charlie Huddy, Pat Hughes, Dave Hunter, Garry Lariviere, Ron Low, Kevin Lowe, Dave Lumley, Mark Messier, Andy Moog, Todd Strueby

This card was signed sometime during the 1982-83 season, the only year John Blum played for the Oilers (5 games)

Wow! Another great P/U, Jeff!

Holy crap, that's amazing! Congrats, super jealous!

Finally got my Gordie Howe
 

Well, Its been 4 years in the making but I finally got my 1951-52 Gordie Howe.

Woohooo

Troy

OH WOW! And a really nice one at that. Congrats on acquiring a truly historical hockey card.

Finally figured out a work around for the image posting problem. Got some catching up to do.

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My 2nd Beehive:

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A beater to be sure but signed

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Great Gordies, Adam, especially the Beehive! :D

A recent addition myself.

From last night's LOTG:

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Nice Fleer Russell, a very attractive card between the great color and even greater portrait, IMO. Much better looking card than the rookie (recent pickup below), if less iconic.

Enjoy! Paring down my collection to focus on programs and yearbooks. Those were my 61’s.

Well they are very nice.

Picked up another miscut Orr for the collection. Card shows part of card #59 Terry Harper on the bottom.

Where are you guys getting such awesome cards from? Howe RC, Russell RC, Erving RC, etc. Just awesome! :cool:

A couple of recents.

nice card , are you selling ?

Here's a real nice 1937 Howie Morenz Memorial Souvenir Programme.

I never buy post-career cards but for some reason I now have three Russells with the addition of the coin.

Got some nice stuff today...

• 1966 J.D. McCarthy Bobby Orr PSA / DNA Certified. Been wanting one for these for a long time!
• 1970 Swedish Masterserien #26 Ken Dryden PSA 9
• 1983 Memorial Cup Champions Portland Winter Hawks Team Photo (Uptown Studio, Portland, Oregon). Includes Cam Neely & Mike Vernon

Big thanks to Andy for the Orr & Winter Hawks cards!

Love the European issues, and that Dryden is amazing.

Thanks Jari!

Haha. Yeah, Jari is definitely my guy, and what lead me to love the Euro issues.

Here's a really tough type card I got yesterday, a 1957-58 Murray's Potato Chips St. Catharines Tee Pees Ed Hoekstra!

Here's a cool one! It's a 1935-36 Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets RPPC with Gordie Drillon and Frank Brimsek. Thanks Jim!

On a more mundane note.

Nothing mundane about that Orr! I love all of those Orr subset cards from that issue. I have that one in a BVG 7.5 but man I don't care for the Beckett cases so hope to one day get one in the PSA like yours. I guess that guy on the left was OK too. Thanks for sharing.

No kidding! That's a beauty! :)

The ever large 1950-51 Celtics home program acquisitions. Sorry for the poor formatting.

Great graphics on those programs.

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A small glue or wax stain on the back accounts for the grade.

If that Hull is a '2', I need a lot more 2s in my collection.

Another tough one.

Great stuff everyone! Here are a couple of postcards I got in the mail today:

• C.1960's John Bucyk RPPC
• 1961 J.D. McCarthy Willie O'Ree

At a fraction of the cost of his Topps RC, I liked this one.

Picked these up to close in on my 70/71 Topps set. Sorry about the brutal scans. The Alcindor is still in a slab.

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That's why I bought it. A great looking card at a fraction of the cost due to a technical flaw that I had to look for to find.

I never buy raw marquee cards but I went for this one:

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Got a super deal on it.

The Howe Hunt continues:

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Wow, another sweet one. Hope to one day do a Dr. J Topps run. He was THE guy when it came to playground basketball talk as kid in the '70s. I have been on a bit of a graded stuff run for awhile, but have picked up a couple of nice raw lately so I get you in that area. And like the Hull, that is a really great card.

Some additions that get me close to finishing the '72 Icee set

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Nice centering. I have a complete nm-mt set but most of the centering is off.

Icee Bears are very cool, and relatively inexpensive.

agreed

picked up some of my first ever basketball slabs - also very cool and inexpensive

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Nice start...

I'm all about the presentation and the price, regardless of slab. The Howe is decently centered and crease-free, which is a bit of a stretch with the deckles, and the price was great. This is my current happy card:

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Bought it raw at the National and it just got an 8.

On occasion you see a card and you are owning the sucker even if you overpay a bit:

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I saw Boom Boom and hadn't ever seen a nicer 67 so I grabbed it even though my normal wheelhouse is nice 6 or 7 caliber for this set.

I saw him play as well and he became a favorite. That's a wonderful card!

I'm currently working on that set (raw though). It's a lot of fun. Lacking 44 of 175.

It's too big, 8 by 10, but I was drawn to it. The Bucks went from 27 wins to 56 in his first year.

sweet Lew!

thanks Adam

addicted ....

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Great pickups Neal! The 81 Bird and Magic are two great cards to start a collection with.

Picked this up last week, only one more Magic rookie to go

Nice cards, Neal! The '70 Oscar was one of my first vintage basketball cards too. Oddly enough, in a PSA 7 as well.

Arthur

Thanks Arthur

Nice pickup Abe!

Snagged a couple of raw cards the other night:

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Wow, very nice. And gee whiz, those corners are great. Love those award winner subset cards. Great pick ups.

Been travelling for work a lot lately, but finally made it to the post office.....

(don't know why my pics always get uploaded sideways) :confused:

I have found no logical answer why some do and some don't. In my documents, where I store my uploaded photos, they can be perfect/straight, but once I upload them they go sideways/upside down like yours do.

What I do now is edit all my photos, only slightly, but something, then resave it/them before uploading to here or other sites.

Works for me so maybe it will work for you and others as well?

Rppc of one of the greatest teams in early pro basketball. It is the 1907-08 Gloversville (NY) team with HOF'er Ed Wachter (Ed is depicted in the 1933 Sport Kings cards). The team also included his brother Lew. Several of these players later became the nucleus of the great Troy Trojans team. This card is partially signed by Ed and was sent to a family member.

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My first PWCC purchase. A couple of nice HOF additions for the set I'm building.


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Picked this OPC version up a couple of months ago. It was too nice to pass up.

Here's a C. 1905 Ottawa "Silver Seven" Postcard. Includes Billy Gilmour, "One-Eyed" Frank McGee, Harvey Pulford, Alf Smith & Harry Westwick. This is the tougher to find black & white version of this postcard. Thanks Jim!

Sometimes a raw purchase pays off:

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Adam, congratulations and good eye.

Thanks; I had that card when I was a kid, and now I get to have one all over again!

Man, I love this set:

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A recent pickup of a guy who ended up a decent player.

Nice, the poor man's Gretzky RC.

I also picked up a few Mikitas for less than the cost of submitting a pair of raw cards to PSA. Didn't take three months to get them, either:

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Posted this elsewhere, but... Picked this up last night, to close in on completing my WWG Ice Kings set.

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Nice P/U's guys.

The more I see hockey cards the more I want to venture away from my 52 Topps and start collecting those again.

Here's a real cool postcard! A 1935-36 Birmingham Maple Leafs RPPC signed by Sid Bissett. Team played in the English League - Birmingham, England.

Picked these up yesterday. 1970 Montreal Canadien pins.

04-05 Exquisite Lebron James Auto/Patch
 

Bought a shiny Lebron card today

Perhaps not my ideal example, but as it was literally the first one I have seen in the many years it's been on my list.....

Russell
 

Wow! That Russell is sweet - first one I have ever seen.

That Russell is incredible!

I think having one is quite ideal, in any condition. Really, how many are out there?

Looked a long time for this one.

First one I've seen. You're really killing it.