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OK, now this might not look like much, as this card probably books for $2 raw, but this is a big one for me. This card completes my '80s Topps and OPC PSA graded run of Jari Kurri. The rest of the run has been complete for probably six years, but I had never seen this Topps 86/87 version in graded form. After looking for years, a friend of mine offered to submit one of my raw ones to PSA to complete my run. This was the result, and if you check the pop report you will see it is the only "9" recorded. Of course, very few of this Topps version have been graded. I might be the only one to get excited about a single like this, but I'm really excited to finally add this, and grateful to my good friend for getting it graded for me.
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Here's some pick-ups from the Toronto Expo last weekend:
• 1952 Juniors Blue Tint #139 Henri Richard (Pre-Rookie) • 1970 OPC Bobby Orr Sticker Stamps PSA 8 • 1970-71 Post Cereal Hockey Mini Stick Decal Bobby Orr (Tough!) • 1970-71 Bobby Orr Team Issue (Includes "Saskatoon Motor Products Ltd." stamp on reverse) • 1987-88 Hull Olympiques Police Safety Issue Wayne Gretzky (Signed) This card is one of the tougher Gretzky Police cards to locate! |
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How was the Expo? I wasn't able to make it to this one either! :( |
It was great Dale!
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After all the great stuff posted recently (a Topps Test Russell, are you kidding?), these are almost embarrassing to post but I had a nice visit to my LCS and pulled these from a $0.50 cent box and had a great time doing it:
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I loved 70s basketball. Seeing McGinnis there reminds me of what a great player I, and lots of others, thought he would be. I remember years later reading an article to the same effect, with a title, and I think I remember it, "Oh, What Might Have Been." Yes, he made the HOF eventually for his ABA years, but he had all-time great potential IMO.
I suppose you could say something similar about Thompson, although he had somewhat more success than McGinnis and didn't IMO fall as far short of his potential. I saw him live as a sophomore. He went for something like 40 against a great Maryland team. He could leap out of the building. And here it is. http://www.apbr.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3057 |
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don't see a ton of tennis items on here, but picked this up a few weeks ago approx. 2 7/8 x 3 1/12 Japanese advertising label |
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Delighted to post some tennis rookie cards.
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Signed copies of this card are real tough to find, happy to get one!
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Not a new pickup but Peter's cards made me think of it and I suspect most have never seen it. Plus I'll probably never have an opportunity to post a tennis card again. From a 1980 Argentinean multisport set called Deportistas. I love that they called him Joan by accident.
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It seems SGC is available for much lower prices than PSA, glad to pick this one up.
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I recently gave this Orr card (top left) to my buddy's 10 yr old son. He brought some cards to our trailer for me to look at last year so this year I thought I'd return the favor. He says he still collects when he can, but playing Rep Lacrosse doesn't afford him a lot of time. :) After talking with him and showing him some cards I collected when I was around his age, plus my John Tavares RC, I gave him this Orr card. The exuberant smile he gave me then the huge bear hug right after brought a tear to my eye. Needless to say, I think I made his day and may have converted him to a life long collector? :) |
Nice work, Dale! We need to keep growing the cult!
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My third Star Jordan (no 101 lol), all before the supposed "rookie."
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Nice card, Peter. Weird to think that if that were centered lower BGS would have given it a 9.5. Looks so much better the way it is there. A "perfectly" centered Star card gets an 8.5 from BGS. Really makes you think.
I love the Star Supers. The two best looking Star Jordans are his '84 and '85 Supers. Arthur |
Those are really nice cards, that's for sure. I picked up a modest Jordan for my collection; always liked the way this sticker looked
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The 87 sticker is so much better than the 86 IMO.
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The print job on that Hull is superb.
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Adam, I have always loved the picture of Bobby Hull Topps used on that 63/64 Topps.
Even better is the full-length use of the photo for their breathtaking 61/62 design. For years and years I wanted that 61/62 Bobby after I saw a picture of it for the first time. About 10 years ago, a California dealer sold me a raw version he said was guaranteed to grade out at near mint. I can just imagine the negative gears working in your head. His price was high, too. Well, I took a chance, bought the card, and it was a beauty----clean as could be, no pesky print spots whatsoever, the beautiful photo of Bobby crisp and clear, and to top it off, it was 50-50 dead centered both ways! If you know your 61/62 Topps Hockey, you know if Topps got a card dead-centered, it was an anomaly, 'cause they're NEVER centered. I submitted it with several other cards, including most of my childhood Hulls I had gotten through the trustworthy mail order firm, The Trading Card Company, out of Farmington Hills, Michigan. When I unwrapped SGC's results, the 61/62 Topps Hull came back 96 MINT. I was pleased, truly, but deep down I thought the card deserved their rare 98 GEM MINT. Honestly, until a few years ago, SGC would rarely, rarely, and I mean RARELY grant a card their 98 GEM MINT. PSA seemed to do so much more often. Now, I understand not granting the 100 PRISTINE very rarely, but when you get so picky on the top scale, it's no wonder I wished I had just gone to PSA. At least they give 10s when 10s are deserved. It was as if a 96 MINT was the highest grade SGC ever gave. Just an impression. Way back when, perhaps before you were born, Adam, I bought the 62/63 and 63/64 Bobby Hulls at the big Detroit show for a buck apiece. It was about '73-'75. They looked at least EX-MT, and you seldom saw early Topps hockey at even that show. I sent in the blue-bordered 62/63 to SGC at the same time I sent the other. Came back 80 EX-NrMt 6, so that was fine. Enough of my palabre. Regards. ---Brian Powell |
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Picked this up from my work with part of my 2018 tax refund....
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From the National:
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...pps%20Howe.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...ize/img541.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...HA%20Natty.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...hockey%201.jpg Got the 70 OPC Orr sticker for a dime... |
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Couple of National finds:
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2nd Year Bird
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Picked this up in May, just got it back from PSA. This is one of those cards that will bring me smiles until the day I die.
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Adding to the 2003 LeBron collection.
https://i.imgur.com/uDxx6tp.jpg https://i.imgur.com/WYdU280.jpg Really thought this would do better at PSA. I have another one ready to go in that I'm sure will do worse, ha. https://i.imgur.com/wMDGEDf.jpg |
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A couple of recents.
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Total D Jordan.... so nice.
Some last minute shopping before the induction. https://image.ibb.co/jtFAqz/1994_Fin...240_SGC_98.jpg https://image.ibb.co/gwYKiK/1994_Fin...ting_PSA_9.jpg https://image.ibb.co/nFQoce/1994_Hoo...idd_PSA_10.jpg https://image.ibb.co/csxOAz/1994_Hoo...idd_PSA_10.jpg https://image.ibb.co/bziwVz/1994_SP_...Cut_PSA_10.jpg https://image.ibb.co/btcC3K/1994_SP_...A_10_first.jpg https://image.ibb.co/cZh1xe/1994_SP_...ion_PSA_10.jpg Arthur |
I was surprised Hill made it. My long-time impression of him is a guy who fell a couple of steps short of his potential. Like Chris Webber, but for different reasons. Maybe part of that is the mediocre teams, only 39 playoff games in 18 seasons.
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They include the player's entire basketball playing life, going all the way back to kindergarten, so the Duke championships were an excellent headstart to begin with. Then it was just injuries that marred what would have been a great NBA career. I think he's deserving. He was pretty close to dominating when he entered the NBA.
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With his rookie card being next to impossible to find in nice shape, I was happy to pick this one up and it just came back graded.
It's fascinating how people are all over the map on how he would have fared in the NBA. I think some folks' gut reaction is slow white guy, but then again wasn't Larry Bird a slow white guy? Kobe has said he would have been a superstar, but many disagree. Regardless, the "Holy Hand" has to be one of the very few greatest nicknames in sports. |
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Doesn't get any better than this classic match-up!
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You could start a pretty good team with those two guys.
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Oscar Schmidt and David Robinson
Peter - I am guessing this is the Oscar Schmidt RC you are referring to. I do not think it is a difficult card to find but it is difficult in high grade.
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That's the one, and yeah that's what I meant, although they aren't exactly common in low grade.
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Mashburn Rookie!
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Always liked him, spent too many years on the small market team circuit.
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Mashburn was money! That's a great looking card. He's on my short list of greatest players to never appear in an all-star game!
I don't think I'll ever stop picking up random LeBron rookies. https://i.imgur.com/jLsDp6P.jpg Numbered to 750, these don't show up often: https://i.imgur.com/Yp6eSvn.jpg /500 https://i.imgur.com/QWsoNl7.jpg Topps First Edition. Not even sure what that is. https://i.imgur.com/wvvkpaP.jpg |
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Pretty happy getting this Celtics program and scorecard.
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Picking up some Gretzky cards here-and-there, here's my latest.
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1973 NBA Player's Association Postcards
Was unaware of these before stumbling onto the pair on eBay. Couldn't resist for under $10 combined. Simplicity is greater than super shiny so much of the time.
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That Gervin is a beauty! Such a great looking set. Picked up a few more LeBrons. This raw Bowman is super clean. Centering may prevent a 10 but man I love the edges/corners on this one. https://i.imgur.com/cdS86UD.jpg https://i.imgur.com/PZueDTu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/LeNsSKU.jpg |
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I believe my first Lemieux card?
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Thanks , had a tough time finding one that had good centering , I’m happy with mine , |
That's a great Gervin rookie! Those are really tough, most 74's are, congratulations.
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I’ve started to pick up empty boxes that I think have cool graphics to display on my wall.
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I know it doesn't really fit in this section but I thought this was a pretty cool example. Been looking for a while for something from Paul Morphy to fill out my chess collection.
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Nice 75 Gervin.
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Recently picked up this 1986 Merchante Oscar Schmidt rookie. He would have kicked a** in the NBA, for sure.
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The Holy Hand!!
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Another great Gervin!
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My first 68 Topps Test card and its a HOF RC!
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4857/...b14f9d2f_z.jpg1968 Topps Test 12 Monroe A by Anish Cards, on Flickr |
Heckuva card there!
Added this one to my Jabbar run: https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...s%20Jabbar.jpg |
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Congratulations on the Monroe, those are so tough!
Adam, nice 79 Kareem. That was the first Jabbar I ever had, still my favorite. |
Traded in a box of 1970s commons for that Kareem and a 1978 Payton at my LCS.
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Remembering the Glory Days of The Suns.
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