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My 2 Year Bird, Magic Dr J. Odyssey is finally complete!!!!

BPorter26BPorter26 Posts: 3,499 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I'm not on the boards as nearly as I once was, but I do want to share this piece with this community. It started two years ago this month as I decided to tackle on this project of getting the 1980 Topps Bird Magic rookie signed along with Julius Erving. Here's my chronological order of my journey. I do want to thank Mike (Vitoco1972) who helped me get Magic and Kingbeeswax for selling me the card.

I purchased this PSA 7 and cracked it out (9-17-11)
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Magic signed (10-10-11) Mike (Vitoco1972)
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Bird signed (4-4-12) Stadiums of Legends
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Julius Erving (8-25-13) Which I got in person at the Richmond VA show
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Received back from PSA yesterday (9-11-13) Dropped off a Richmond show since PSA was there.
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"EVERYBODY LOVE EVERYBODY IT SAYS IT RIGHT THERE ON THE WALL" - JACKIE MOON

Comments

  • Mdube16Mdube16 Posts: 744 ✭✭
    VERY nice. Love the card and the grade bump!
  • YogiBerraFanYogiBerraFan Posts: 2,390 ✭✭
    Looks great and a grade bump to boot. You must be pretty happy after all that time.
  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
    Looks awesome and the ink gets progressively bolder down the line image
    BUYING Frank Gotch T229 Kopec
    Looking to BUY n332 1889 SF Hess cards and high grade cards from 19th century especially. "Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy" Dan Gable
  • DoublestrikerDoublestriker Posts: 547 ✭✭
    Great Job Bobby. This is on my radar in the future.
  • vladguerrerovladguerrero Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭
    Wow, looks great!
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,614 ✭✭✭✭
    Great stuff, Bobby. I love that card.
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • JoeBanzaiJoeBanzai Posts: 11,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice to read a great story with a happy (grade bump) ending!
    2013,14 and 15 Certificate Award Winner Harmon Killebrew Master Set and Master Topps Set
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,464 ✭✭✭
    great piece!!!

    congrats!!
    Fred

    collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.

    looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started

  • churchiscoolchurchiscool Posts: 534 ✭✭
    nice card, better bump! i'm waiting for the bird to be under $100 so i can complete my card also.

    also, how much did the authentication cost? thanks.
  • Nascar360Nascar360 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for sharing Bobby. I really enjoy these multiple signings. I think the piece that gets autographed is as important as the autograph(s) and this was done right.

    The grade bump was just the icing on the cake!
  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Awesome story and a tremendous addition to any collection.

  • thunderdanthunderdan Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭
    Love that card, Bobby. Keep it away from gasoline.

    You just started your own club with that cardboard.
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  • MBMiller25MBMiller25 Posts: 6,057 ✭✭
    Smokin Card Porter! Congrats
  • ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    that IS real pretty Bobby!

    miss you around here Brother.
    Big Fan of: HOF Post War RC, Graded RCs
    WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
  • jboxjbox Posts: 408 ✭✭
    Very nice!
  • hookemhookem Posts: 971 ✭✭
    Congrats! Nice bump on the grade as well.
    Hook'em
  • BPorter26BPorter26 Posts: 3,499 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks guys appreciate the nice words. If anyone tackles this project Dr J seems like a tough auto. It took me two years to get him at a good price.
    "EVERYBODY LOVE EVERYBODY IT SAYS IT RIGHT THERE ON THE WALL" - JACKIE MOON
  • halosfanhalosfan Posts: 2,643 ✭✭✭✭
    Congrats ... Just finished mine and it is out to psa this week
    Looking for a Glen Rice Inkredible and Alex Rodriguez cards
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Thanks guys appreciate the nice words. If anyone tackles this project Dr J seems like a tough auto. It took me two years to get him at a good price. >>



    Your patience paid off, Bobby. Congrats on an absolutely beautiful card!

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    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • daprodapro Posts: 209 ✭✭
    This tempts me to crack open my card and resubmit.
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