Finished my 1986 Fleer Basketball PSA 9 Set

MBMiller25 · January 19, 2009 4:45AM

I was able to acquire the last 7 cards I needed to finish this set last night. A little history, I purchased a PSA 9 Jordan from LD Ferg (David Ferguson) last August 17th before I really knew these boards even exsisted. From there I kept building this set in PSA 9 and now I am finally complete! I wanted to take a minute to thank a few board members who REALLY helped me out along the way:

BillWaltonsBeard
LD Ferg
CDsNuts
BKritz

Bill Feldmaier
Bret Toman

All the other Ebay sellers!

Anyone else that I might have missed along the way, Thanks very much for all the help!

VitoCo1972 · January 19, 2009 4:56AM

Congrats Matt. Now if only you had a nice case to put them in...

mickeymantle24 · January 19, 2009 4:59AM

Great job matt! How long did it take ya?

MBMiller25 · January 19, 2009 4:59AM

<< Now if only you had a nice case to put them in >>

Yea, I think there is a board member selling these sweet cases that MIGHT fit my set!

MBMiller25 · January 19, 2009 5:02AM

<< TextHow long did it take ya >>

Almost 5 months to the day. I purchased the Michael Jordan on 8/17/08

mickeymantle24 · January 19, 2009 5:03AM

That did not take to long to do. What are the next sets you are going to go after

MBMiller25 · January 19, 2009 5:07AM

<< What are the next sets you are going to go after >>

Thats a great question. I am trying to decide. I am still working on these:

Stan Musial Basic
Paul Oneill Basic
Paul Oneill Master

Post War HOF'ers--Although I have no plans to complete that set, I am just collecting the First Ballot HOF'ers and some select others like Harmon Killebrew, Juan Marichal, etc.

Got any ideas?

Blackie · January 19, 2009 5:12AM

Thats a hellofa accomplishment. Great Job!!!

julen23 · January 19, 2009 5:37AM

how does your maurice lucas look, any scans by chance?

thanks & wd

j

slantycouch · January 19, 2009 5:51AM

Congrats! That's a nice accomplishment for sure.

Elemenopeo · January 19, 2009 5:55AM

Congratulations! Very impressive.

MBMiller25 · January 19, 2009 5:56AM

Lucas Scan: I paid $12.95 for this card about 3 weeks ago. I was flipping through stores looking at all the PSA 9 cards and came across the Lucas in the PSA-SET-GUY store and purchased it immediately. I was worried they would not honor my purchase considering this tends to be a $150.00-$200.00 card. I got the card no problem.

lawnmowerman · January 19, 2009 5:59AM

Matt, why does the Lucas sell for that much?

gumbyfan · January 19, 2009 6:02AM

Great accomplishment! I was just looking through the scans on your registry and you've got some amazing 9's there! Congrats!

MBMiller25 · January 19, 2009 6:03AM

Q]Matt, why does the Lucas sell for that much? >>

They were at the end of the sheets and have really bad centering problems.

lawnmowerman · January 19, 2009 6:05AM

I kinda figured it was a centering thing but wasn't sure.

Good job!!

julen23 · January 19, 2009 6:39AM

holy -ish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

like iv'e been saying, great time to be collecting this setQ!

Dboneesq · January 19, 2009 6:56AM

CONGRATS MATT

billwaltonsbeard · January 19, 2009 7:12AM

<< Lucas Scan: I paid $12.95 for this card about 3 weeks ago. I was flipping through stores looking at all the PSA 9 cards and came across the Lucas in the PSA-SET-GUY store and purchased it immediately. I was worried they would not honor my purchase considering this tends to be a $150.00-$200.00 card. I got the card no problem.

<< 

OH my God!!! Thats amazing! It was obviously a listing mistake on their part. Way to go!

Congrats on finishing your set.

CDsNuts · January 19, 2009 7:20AM

Lucas and the Checklist are the two toughest cards in the set; Lucas because of centering and the checklist because of centering and printing defects. 12.95 for Lucas was such a gift. I pulled one from a pack that graded 9 and got $180 for it. Nice set you put together.

Lee

jivan · January 19, 2009 9:26AM

Matt, congrats on that set !!! sorry i was no help for you on this endeavor... now go for a 69 basketball set!! GOOD SHOW!!

MBMiller25 · January 19, 2009 12:52PM

Thanks Guys!

nightcrawler · January 19, 2009 1:00PM

Wow, magnificent work, congrats.

TheCARDKid · January 19, 2009 4:35PM

That's a great set, great accomplishment. A true cornerstone basketball set.

julen23 · January 19, 2009 9:49PM

ohhhh the karma does go around.

matt was klind enough to look up like 9-10 '74 topps on vcp for me,
and told me how awesome i was after looking it up for me.

what a man
what a man
what a mighty good man.

+1 cardboard karma

j

Rogermnj · January 19, 2009 11:11PM

Congrats Matt, awesome set. Awesome price on the Lucas.

baseballfan · January 20, 2009 9:26AM

congrats!!!

i'm hoping to finish mine this year in psa 8, need the jordan.

now you should do the stickers in psa 9 a nice bookend for the set

Finished my 1986 Fleer Basketball PSA 9 Set

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