2018 Year in Review - purchases
fergie23
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Once again, decided to put together a list - and some scans - of my purchases in 2018. I went over budget by ~10k this year but that enabled me to get some cool cards.
Unopened purchases for 2018:
2001 Topps Chrome football hobby box
2005 UD Ultimate Collection hockey hobby box
2005 SP Authentic hockey hobby box
2015-16 SP Authentic hockey hobby box
2015-16 UD The Cup hockey hobby box
2015-16 UD Premiere hockey hobby box
(4) 2006 Bowman Draft baseball hobby box
2010 Bowman baseball HTA hobby box
2010 Bowman Draft hobby baseball box
2010 Bowman Chrome baseball hobby box
2014 Topps Heritage high set
2015 Bowman Draft baseball super jumbo box
2015 Bowman Chrome baseball HTA hobby box
2017 Bowman Draft baseball hobby jumbo box
2017 Bowman Chrome baseball hobby box
PSA graded cards:
1996 Panini Supersport UK Mike Tyson PSA 9
2001 SP Auth Tiger Woods auto #/999 PSA 9
2001 SP Auth SOTT Tiger Woods auto PSA 9
2001 SP Auth SOTT Tiger Woods auto red #/66 PSA 9
2001 SP Auth SOTT Tiger Woods auto red #/273 PSA 9
2001 UD Player's Ink Tiger Woods auto PSA 9
Basketball:
1980 Topps Magic Johnson PSA 9
1986 Fleer Isiah Thomas PSA 9
1988 Fleer Jordan PSA 9
1988 Fleer Reggie Miller PSA 9
1997 Topps Chrome Refractor Tracy McGrady PSA 9
1998 Topps Chrome Refractor Paul Pierce PSA 9
1998 Topps Chrome Refractor Vince Carter PSA 9
2001 Topps Chrome Refractor Tony Parker PSA 9
2003 Topps Chrome Refractor Dwayne Wade PSA 9
2005 Topps Chrome Refractor Chris Paul PSA 9
2007 Topps Chrome Refractor Kevin Durant #/1499 PSA 9
2009 Exquisite James Harden auto #/225 PSA 9
2009 Topps Chrome Refractor James Harden #/500 PSA 9
2009 Topps Chrome Refractor Blake Griffin #/500 PSA 9
2011 Exquisite Kawhi Leonard auto #/199 PSA 9
2017 Panini Prizm Silver Jayson Tatum PSA 9
Football:
1991 Proline Portraits Bill Belichick auto PSA 9
1997 Topps Chrome Refractor Tony Gonzalez PSA 9
2000 Leaf Rookies & Stars Tom Brady #/1000 PSA 9
2000 UD Exclusives Silver Tom Brady #/100 PSA 9
2000 Pacific Private Stock Tom Brady #/278 PSA 9
2000 Score Rookie Preview Roll Call Tom Brady auto #/50 PSA 9 (pop 1 none higher)
2000 Donruss Career Stat Line Tom Brady #/214 PSA 9 (pop 1 none higher - something in the coating for this card causes the PD)
2001 Topps Chrome Refractor Drew Brees PSA 9
2003 Leaf Rookies & Stars Antonio Gates PSA 9 (being reholdered, no scan)
2003 Playoff Contenders Terrell Suggs auto PSA 9
2007 Playoff Contenders Joe Thomas auto PSA 9
2012 UD Black Lustrous Russell Wilson auto jersey #/99 PSA 9
2012 Panini Contenders Russell Wilson auto white jersey PSA 9
2012 Panini Contenders Rookie Ink Russell Wilson auto PSA 10
2012 Topps Prime Russell Wilson auto #/25 PSA 9
2012 Fleer Russell Wilson auto PSA 9
Hockey:
2005 SP Game Used Alex Ovechkin auto #/100 PSA 9
2005 SPx Sidney Crosby auto/jersey #/499 PSA 9
2005 Ultimate Collection Ultimate Signature Alex Ovechkin auto PSA 9
2007 UD Jonathan Toews PSA 9
Baseball:
2001 SP Auth Chirography Albert Pujols auto PSA 9
2001 Donruss Signature Albert Pujols auto PSA 9
2001 Donruss Season Stat Line Albert Pujols auto PSA 9
2001 Donruss Classics Abler Pujols auto PSA 9
2005 Bowman Chrome Justin Verlander auto PSA 9
2005 UD USA Max Scherzer auto #/499 PSA 9
2007 Donruss Elite Extra Edition Max Scherzer PSA 9
2008 Bowman Chrome Draft Refractor Max Scherzer PSA 9
2009 Donruss Elite Extra Edition Mike Trout auto #/495 PSA 9
2009 Bowman Sterling Mike Trout auto PSA 9
2009 Bowman Chrome Mike Trout auto PSA 9
2010 Bowman Chrome Refractor Jose Altuve #/500 PSA 9
2010 Bowman Chrome Refractor Nolan Arenado auto #/500 PSA 9
2011 Topps Update Mike Trout PSA 9
2011 Topps Update Walmart Mike Trout blue border PSA 9
Comments
Nice cards, lots of scarce Rookie cards. It’s interesting how different people collect: you tend to grab the PSA 9 versions and get lots of cards, others tend to grab the scarce PSA 10 versions and have far fewer. Either way, you selected top notch future HOFERS that will have demand in the future if and when you decide to sell. The Brady’s are awesome!
Very nice cards, thanks for sharing!
Wow! Pretty good year.
Thanks for posting! Love the Tiger Woods autos.
IG: goatcollectibles23
The biggest lesson I've learned in this hobby, and in life, is that if you have a strong conviction, you owe it to yourself to see it through. Don't sell yourself, or your investments, short. Unless the facts change. Then sell it all.
great cardboard Robb Base
love those Tiger SOTTs
Sweet baby Jesus.
super nice cards
nice investment as well
The Brees probably 2X or 3x this year alone !!! nice job
1948-76 Topps FB Sets
FB & BB HOF Player sets
1948-1993 NY Yankee Team Sets
PatsGuy, I decided when I got into collecting graded cards to go for 9s instead of 10s. At the time, I was not interested in paying the premium that low pop 10s garnered. It definitely allows me to get more cards. The biggest issue is that it can be almost impossible to find really nice 9s, especially for rarer/in demand cards. So I sometimes end up settling on a 9. I decided on that path because I had times where a card would run away from me price-wise while I waited for that "perfect" 9 to show up. In the end I'm a collector, I would rather have the card in the grade I collect that not have the card. I figure I can always upgrade sometime i the future if I want to.
The last couple of years I have also started focusing more on the players I like (Tiger, Russell Wilson, Mike Trout, Kershaw, Pujols, Ovechkin, Crosby, etc). I used to only get a single graded RC card even for my favorite players - excepting Brady.
I might expand my Brady PSA 9 collection into cards numbered less than 50. Back in 2007 when I started my Brady collection, I chose the numbered 50 and above target because I didn't want to pay stupid money for ultra rare cards. Now that I only have 5 cards left that meet that criteria, I don't really want the Brady RC collection journey to end.
Robb