Some more backlogged slabs scanned as I catch up
As part of the Big 10 of recent top QB along with Brady I have a whole slew of Drew Brees and Peyton Manning coming back
These are all Drew Brees inserts from various years
Happy with grades. For the life of me I just can't get a 9 or higher on 2005 Prestige colors
If you've ever subbed Pacific stuff or thick jerseys- the Mint and higher are tough to get, so those were some nice hits
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The second sub had more Tom Brady which I'll scan in a bit= these were the Brees on the second sub
Some tough inserts and I always enjoy dual HOF players on the same card
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Here is a recent buy. I was torn between a 1965 Clemente and a 1958 Clemente. A 1965 Clemente PSA-9 recently sold for ~$20k...and I already have a portrait image of a 1957 Clemente PSA-9. After much consideration...I decided then on a full length batting pose of Roberto in a PSA-8.5
Still chugging through my Griffey basic set. This takes me to 201/221. Total pop of 5 in all grades (no 10's) for this one, so no matter the grade, have to go for it...
Only two known signed in the hobby. Just picked up this black one. Don’t want the other blue ink one because the signatures overlap. Actually emailed Marcel Dionne this week and asked him if I sent him a few Dryden cards and a check if he could get them signed without Ken personalizing them. Marcel politely responded, sorry, that can’t be done. He knows Ken like the rest of us. Marcel owns a hobby store.
got a great looking 92 topps gold set on ebay. i just got in the mail on friday . i took the scans off ebay. the griffey is really great looking so is the thomas gold.
Amazing cards fellas! I picked up this Mattingly/Rags dual from the Yankees Signature Series. I have all but two of the ultra short prints from the base set (Goodman and Jason Alexander) but this is my first dual.
Don Mattingly, Yogi Berra, Thurman Munson, Brian McCann and Topps Rookie Cup autograph collector www.questfortherookiecup.com
I've always been so fascinated with Dennis Rodman's career and skillset. An extremely late bloomer, he was working as an airport janitor when he had a VERY late growth spurt. He was 5'11" and shot up to 6'7". Bounced from a junior college to a small NAIA school, Southeastern OK State, where he dominated defensively for 3 years. Drafted in 1986 as a 25 yr old! And by sheer will power and hard work, turned himself into one of the best handful of rebounders in NBA history. While he was on the court, he reeled in almost 25% of the available rebounds, which is 2nd all time to Andre Drummond. I think that's absolutely insane, considering Rodman played in an era full of great big men.....Ewing, Olajuwon, Shaq, Robinson, Motumbo, Mourning.
@mintonlypls said:
Here is a recent buy. I was torn between a 1965 Clemente and a 1958 Clemente. A 1965 Clemente PSA-9 recently sold for ~$20k...and I already have a portrait image of a 1957 Clemente PSA-9. After much consideration...I decided then on a full length batting pose of Roberto in a PSA-8.5
Man, that is NICE. I have that as a 6 and it’s one of my favorites.
@Goldenage said:
Only two known signed in the hobby. Just picked up this black one. Don’t want the other blue ink one because the signatures overlap. Actually emailed Marcel Dionne this week and asked him if I sent him a few Dryden cards and a check if he could get them signed without Ken personalizing them. Marcel politely responded, sorry, that can’t be done. He knows Ken like the rest of us. Marcel owns a hobby store.
@Goldenage said:
Only two known signed in the hobby. Just picked up this black one. Don’t want the other blue ink one because the signatures overlap. Actually emailed Marcel Dionne this week and asked him if I sent him a few Dryden cards and a check if he could get them signed without Ken personalizing them. Marcel politely responded, sorry, that can’t be done. He knows Ken like the rest of us. Marcel owns a hobby store.
Very first purchase in the Ebay ~ PSA authentication Era..... interesting ensemble.....took about another 4-5 days for the interlude to PSA from original seller and back to me.
@Goldenage said:
Only two known signed in the hobby. Just picked up this black one. Don’t want the other blue ink one because the signatures overlap. Actually emailed Marcel Dionne this week and asked him if I sent him a few Dryden cards and a check if he could get them signed without Ken personalizing them. Marcel politely responded, sorry, that can’t be done. He knows Ken like the rest of us. Marcel owns a hobby store.
Absolutely love how that one came out!
Make that 3... here's mine.
Love it. It appears that Ken and Tony signed our cards for the same person.. Same ink and pen, yes ?
It must have been a pretty special person to Ken to sign that card twice for him without personalizing it.
I’m guessing yours doesn’t have a Tretiak sig on the back ? Mine doesn’t.
BTW, the PSA/DNA population report says there is only 1 in existence. That’s why I figured there may only be two. Now there are three. I may have to look into Tretiak signing mine.
By the way, I do a Bobby Orr new item search on eBay last night and out pops this one. Never had a signed one in my collection because 55/45 to 60/40 centering never crossed my path.
It was listed as Nr-Mt to Mint, so hopefully it arrives that way. Will be happy if it’s at least Nr-Mt.
His All Star and Double Trophy high series cards from 1971 always have a tilt issue. All that Molson at the opc factory during lunch breaks.
@Goldenage said:
Only two known signed in the hobby. Just picked up this black one. Don’t want the other blue ink one because the signatures overlap. Actually emailed Marcel Dionne this week and asked him if I sent him a few Dryden cards and a check if he could get them signed without Ken personalizing them. Marcel politely responded, sorry, that can’t be done. He knows Ken like the rest of us. Marcel owns a hobby store.
Absolutely love how that one came out!
Make that 3... here's mine.
Love it. It appears that Ken and Tony signed our cards for the same person.. Same ink and pen, yes ?
It must have been a pretty special person to Ken to sign that card twice for him without personalizing it.
I’m guessing yours doesn’t have a Tretiak sig on the back ? Mine doesn’t.
BTW, the PSA/DNA population report says there is only 1 in existence. That’s why I figured there may only be two. Now there are three. I may have to look into Tretiak signing mine.
I purchased the card years ago with only the Dryden signature on it... I had Tony sign his portion of the card maybe 5 years ago. As for population report, I could be wrong, but I believe PSA only tracked the Red flip cards and does not include the old Blue flip cards in the pop reports. Again, I could be mistaken but I recall hearing that at one point.
Regarding this 101 card set, I have everyone possible at time of issuance with exception of 4 deceased Russian players.
Some cards, I have up to 4 autographs on. I rarely got the front and back of card signed. Rather, I just got 2 examples of card and had them signed.
That’s fantastic. Well done. Just heard Terry Oreilly just had a massive heart attack. 7 stents put in. Some of these guys don’t have much time left. That’s why I’m stepping it up a bit now to fill in some holes.
While great goalies are being discussed, this arrived today. Much smaller sample size on this guy and long way to go to get into that class but had to buy after watching him recently. Regular Young Guns is on the way.
@azvike - thanks. Without the 2 edge issues this card would have blown away the PSA 9 I once had front and back. It is what it is. Fortunate to pull it, mission accomplished and a collection keeper.
@yankeesman said:
I've bought and sold this card a few times over the years but have missed it every time it's gone. I think I'll keep this one a while.
@UFFDAH said:
1971 Topps Series 2 Wax Pack Rip - Bradshaw back from grading
i remember when you opened that pack and saw that the bradshaw had that bad edge. great card! that cardmight have at least graded an eight if that edge was not there.
Got to do some more scans this morning. More Drew Brees and Brady with some colors from various series and a dual HOF again
Your probably wondering same as I was how I could have a bunch of Mint 2005 Bowmans Best colors-- then that 5
Well- I didn't send it in that way= let's put that out there. I see a card like this come thru my apartment= its shredded
Literally- I would put in the shredder so no one else would ever encounter its damage
I certainly wouldn't have wasted time & money subbing the thing in this shape
And when all the cards on the same sub were 8 and higher- yeah- c'mon now- let's get real
23 years with PSA, 21 with BGS- I don't sub trash unless its a short print 10 or less and then I'll authenticate slab
Reported as a Quality Assurance issue using the appropriate channels
Second item in the last few subs to come back with damages
I normally do not waste time- but this is getting out of hand on my low serial number items
I've had enough of the damages. It happens now on a card I care about- getting reported
I reported the Bernie, this one, and any that follow
Just in case the numbers on the 05LRS Ruby are not visible kept the last 3 digits open so you can see its a different card
I won't be selling the Gold Holo from the 2007 Playoff NFL Playoffs set either that's not a dupe- rest of these all are
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Pumped! It seems any time I see a nice looking 1950’s Mantle at a reasonable price these days, I have a hard time passing. Lower technical grade with higher than that eye appeal.
1954 Bowman #65 Mickey Mantle
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
@1951WheatiesPremium said:
Pumped! It seems any time I see a nice looking 1950’s Mantle at a reasonable price these days, I have a hard time passing. Lower technical grade with higher than that eye appeal.
1954 Bowman #65 Mickey Mantle
hey 51Wheaties,
I'd be Pumped as well...Pretty Cool...
Back from a couple of early 2021 box breaks some ultra moderns- rest were all Tom Brady
Subbed at the end of March 2021- entered by PSA end of April 2021
Also had some Brady pop on the same order- those I'll scan later on
Both the Illusions box and LRS box were freebie boxes a friend sent for me to break
He kept what he wanted and I got the balance. Subbed what looked interesting at the time-please with these returns
At the time made a post here no one could say what the dark Illusions were ( now know they are Trophy Collections)
Mostly low pop stuff although the Herro and Burrow rookies have quite a few PSA 10
The Allen apparently is just a Pop 2 for some reason
The Dugger auto is #10/10 and cool in person. Being from MA- well was nice to pull from a box
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Comments
Some more backlogged slabs scanned as I catch up
As part of the Big 10 of recent top QB along with Brady I have a whole slew of Drew Brees and Peyton Manning coming back
These are all Drew Brees inserts from various years
Happy with grades. For the life of me I just can't get a 9 or higher on 2005 Prestige colors
If you've ever subbed Pacific stuff or thick jerseys- the Mint and higher are tough to get, so those were some nice hits
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
The second sub had more Tom Brady which I'll scan in a bit= these were the Brees on the second sub
Some tough inserts and I always enjoy dual HOF players on the same card
,
,
,
Here is a recent buy. I was torn between a 1965 Clemente and a 1958 Clemente. A 1965 Clemente PSA-9 recently sold for ~$20k...and I already have a portrait image of a 1957 Clemente PSA-9. After much consideration...I decided then on a full length batting pose of Roberto in a PSA-8.5
Nice mail day:
Still chugging through my Griffey basic set. This takes me to 201/221. Total pop of 5 in all grades (no 10's) for this one, so no matter the grade, have to go for it...
Nic
Guides Authored - Graded Card Scanning Guide PDF | History of the PSA Label PDF
Added another hand cut team
2004 spx
1989 topps psa 10
1959 phillies
Phillies of the 70's
How is this hand cut?
Only two known signed in the hobby. Just picked up this black one. Don’t want the other blue ink one because the signatures overlap. Actually emailed Marcel Dionne this week and asked him if I sent him a few Dryden cards and a check if he could get them signed without Ken personalizing them. Marcel politely responded, sorry, that can’t be done. He knows Ken like the rest of us. Marcel owns a hobby store.
got a great looking 92 topps gold set on ebay. i just got in the mail on friday . i took the scans off ebay. the griffey is really great looking so is the thomas gold.
I'll take 5's like this all day
Two upgrades for my NFL HoF Rookie Set.
Amazing cards fellas! I picked up this Mattingly/Rags dual from the Yankees Signature Series. I have all but two of the ultra short prints from the base set (Goodman and Jason Alexander) but this is my first dual.
www.questfortherookiecup.com
I've always been so fascinated with Dennis Rodman's career and skillset. An extremely late bloomer, he was working as an airport janitor when he had a VERY late growth spurt. He was 5'11" and shot up to 6'7". Bounced from a junior college to a small NAIA school, Southeastern OK State, where he dominated defensively for 3 years. Drafted in 1986 as a 25 yr old! And by sheer will power and hard work, turned himself into one of the best handful of rebounders in NBA history. While he was on the court, he reeled in almost 25% of the available rebounds, which is 2nd all time to Andre Drummond. I think that's absolutely insane, considering Rodman played in an era full of great big men.....Ewing, Olajuwon, Shaq, Robinson, Motumbo, Mourning.
(And it's a great looking RC as well)
Man, that is NICE. I have that as a 6 and it’s one of my favorites.
Yours is beautiful.
Absolutely love how that one came out!
Very nice. Love all the Philadelphia football sets in high grade, especially key rookies, and 84 Topps FB is an all timer for me.
Make that 3... here's mine.
Very first purchase in the Ebay ~ PSA authentication Era..... interesting ensemble.....took about another 4-5 days for the interlude to PSA from original seller and back to me.
Added 2 to my 68 team
2004 spx
1989 topps psa 10
1959 phillies
Phillies of the 70's
/10 gold
For my Cubs PC...cool sky.
Last year for Mickey followed by the first appearance of Thurman Munson; these are very tough to find…
1968 New York Yankees Tri Fold - Yankees Team
1969 New York Yankees Tri Fold - Yankees Team
ETA: Fixed thanks to the keen eye of @brad31
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987963/1951-wheaties-premium-photos-set-registry#latest
Think you have the back of the ‘68 twice.
Cool items.
Thank you.
See note above.
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987963/1951-wheaties-premium-photos-set-registry#latest
hey 51Wheaties,
That's pretty cool...
Last year for Mick & 1st year for Thurman...
frame it & hang it...
Love it. It appears that Ken and Tony signed our cards for the same person.. Same ink and pen, yes ?
It must have been a pretty special person to Ken to sign that card twice for him without personalizing it.
I’m guessing yours doesn’t have a Tretiak sig on the back ? Mine doesn’t.
BTW, the PSA/DNA population report says there is only 1 in existence. That’s why I figured there may only be two. Now there are three. I may have to look into Tretiak signing mine.
Agree; though, I might have to have PSA do the framing! 😉
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987963/1951-wheaties-premium-photos-set-registry#latest
By the way, I do a Bobby Orr new item search on eBay last night and out pops this one. Never had a signed one in my collection because 55/45 to 60/40 centering never crossed my path.
It was listed as Nr-Mt to Mint, so hopefully it arrives that way. Will be happy if it’s at least Nr-Mt.
His All Star and Double Trophy high series cards from 1971 always have a tilt issue. All that Molson at the opc factory during lunch breaks.
I purchased the card years ago with only the Dryden signature on it... I had Tony sign his portion of the card maybe 5 years ago. As for population report, I could be wrong, but I believe PSA only tracked the Red flip cards and does not include the old Blue flip cards in the pop reports. Again, I could be mistaken but I recall hearing that at one point.
Regarding this 101 card set, I have everyone possible at time of issuance with exception of 4 deceased Russian players.
Some cards, I have up to 4 autographs on. I rarely got the front and back of card signed. Rather, I just got 2 examples of card and had them signed.
That’s fantastic. Well done. Just heard Terry Oreilly just had a massive heart attack. 7 stents put in. Some of these guys don’t have much time left. That’s why I’m stepping it up a bit now to fill in some holes.
While great goalies are being discussed, this arrived today. Much smaller sample size on this guy and long way to go to get into that class but had to buy after watching him recently. Regular Young Guns is on the way.
1971 Topps Series 2 Wax Pack Rip - Bradshaw back from grading
UFFDAH, that back centering is as good as you will ever see on a Bradshaw...
Without those two edge problems that’s an easy 7.5
hey UFFDAH,
Pretty cool on your TB...I like it...
@azvike - thanks. Without the 2 edge issues this card would have blown away the PSA 9 I once had front and back. It is what it is. Fortunate to pull it, mission accomplished and a collection keeper.
I've bought and sold this card a few times over the years but have missed it every time it's gone. I think I'll keep this one a while.
www.questfortherookiecup.com
hey yankeesman.
I'd keep that one too...
Lots of familiar names from Ball Four on that '68 tri-fold. Also a cameo from Bobby Cox.
Added 1 to my 75 team set
2004 spx
1989 topps psa 10
1959 phillies
Phillies of the 70's
i remember when you opened that pack and saw that the bradshaw had that bad edge. great card! that cardmight have at least graded an eight if that edge was not there.
A upgrade from a PSA 3.
I collect hall of fame rookie cards, https://www.instagram.com/stwainfan/
Nice upgrade!
Got to do some more scans this morning. More Drew Brees and Brady with some colors from various series and a dual HOF again
Your probably wondering same as I was how I could have a bunch of Mint 2005 Bowmans Best colors-- then that 5
Well- I didn't send it in that way= let's put that out there. I see a card like this come thru my apartment= its shredded
Literally- I would put in the shredder so no one else would ever encounter its damage
I certainly wouldn't have wasted time & money subbing the thing in this shape
And when all the cards on the same sub were 8 and higher- yeah- c'mon now- let's get real
23 years with PSA, 21 with BGS- I don't sub trash unless its a short print 10 or less and then I'll authenticate slab
Reported as a Quality Assurance issue using the appropriate channels
Second item in the last few subs to come back with damages
I normally do not waste time- but this is getting out of hand on my low serial number items
I've had enough of the damages. It happens now on a card I care about- getting reported
I reported the Bernie, this one, and any that follow
Just in case the numbers on the 05LRS Ruby are not visible kept the last 3 digits open so you can see its a different card
I won't be selling the Gold Holo from the 2007 Playoff NFL Playoffs set either that's not a dupe- rest of these all are
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Another 61 for the registry
Awesome looking Gibson rookie.
Pumped! It seems any time I see a nice looking 1950’s Mantle at a reasonable price these days, I have a hard time passing. Lower technical grade with higher than that eye appeal.
1954 Bowman #65 Mickey Mantle
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987963/1951-wheaties-premium-photos-set-registry#latest
hey 51Wheaties,
I'd be Pumped as well...Pretty Cool...
Back from a couple of early 2021 box breaks some ultra moderns- rest were all Tom Brady
Subbed at the end of March 2021- entered by PSA end of April 2021
Also had some Brady pop on the same order- those I'll scan later on
Both the Illusions box and LRS box were freebie boxes a friend sent for me to break
He kept what he wanted and I got the balance. Subbed what looked interesting at the time-please with these returns
At the time made a post here no one could say what the dark Illusions were ( now know they are Trophy Collections)
Mostly low pop stuff although the Herro and Burrow rookies have quite a few PSA 10
The Allen apparently is just a Pop 2 for some reason
The Dugger auto is #10/10 and cool in person. Being from MA- well was nice to pull from a box
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Nice double dime on the Judge!!
www.questfortherookiecup.com