SpinFadeSplash23 Pickup Thread
SpinFadeSplash23
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Taking some inspiration from Charrigan's thread, I wanted to document my collecting journey. Ever since I was a little kid, I've been a huge Michael Jordan fan. When he retired the first time in October of 1993, my Mom let me stay home from school to watch the ceremony. I cried like a little girl.
Growing up, one of my "bucket list" items was to attend the Michael Jordan Senior (35+) Flight Fantasy Camp in Las Vegas so I could play Jordan one on one. Sadly, that ended years ago. Amazingly enough, my zeal for collecting Michael Jordan items has grown, not diminished, in my middle age years. Coming up on 40, I am fortunate enough to finally be able to afford some really cool Michael Jordan collectibles. And here is where the journey starts. I will post pictures in a little bit.
Here are some of my current collecting goals and wish list items
- 1986-87 Fleer Basketball Set in PSA 10 condition, with stickers
- Game Used Pair of Michael Jordan Autographed Air Jordans from an NBA Finals, with high quality provenance
- Game Used Michael Jordan Autographed Bulls and Wizards Jersey, with high quality provenance
- Older New York Rangers PSA Cards, mostly from the GAG (Goal A Game) Line era
- Random BBCE Sealed Wax Boxes, especially from the forum breaks. I love being a part of these
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.
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Pictures #1 and #2 are my personal Mount Rushmore of Michael Jordan Wax Boxes - 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989 BBCE Fleer Basketball sealed boxes.
Pictures #3 and #4 are some older Topps Basketball I picked up from BBCE.com months ago. While I love this underappreciated era, these will most likely be trade/resell bait down the road for more Jordan items.
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.
Sweet!
Those are some sick wax boxes.
My #2 Ranked Michael Jordan PSA Basic Set
Very cool and great items. That's quite the unopened stash there. Glad at least *something* useful came out of my thread!
Thanks, Slum. The PSA 10 set has been a weird journey for me. Back in 2000, a friend of mine was trying to complete the set and never finished. It always seemed out of reach (and yes, 12k for a Moore is insane) but in the back of my mind, it was a white whale of sorts. The PSA 10 set and a Lamborghini were filed under the "If I ever hit it rich, the first thing I would buy is..." category.
Fast forward to 2012 and I picked up a PSA 8 set for a decent price. It was nice to have, but deep down, I knew what the goal was. I'm not sure if collectors are wired different than most people. I won't spend more than $5 on lunch each day, or any money on Cable/DirecTV each month, but I have no problem indulging my collecting bug.
Anyways, I sold the PSA 8 set and sat on the sidelines until 2014. After getting the itch again, I started to slowly piece together the PSA 10 set. After getting to 37 cards and about 12k spent, I said, "Who am I kidding, this is impossible", so I stopped and sold them all. Now fast forward to 2015, I was negotating pricing on a PSA 9 set and bailed after realizing the hard, cold truth: it was PSA 10 or bust.
So now here I am - after a nice raise and bonus at work, being single, no kids, no debt, no financial commitments except for a modest mortgage, it was now or never.
As of right now, I have 91 cards for the 1986 Fleer PSA 10 set and no stickers. And yes, I need all the heavy hitters still. Just adding up the numbers for the Jordan, Wilkins, Moore, stickers, etc... it is enough to cause a headache. But like everything else in life, I'll slowly hammer away like a blacksmith on a tough piece of iron. At this point, unless Jordan's Game Used 1998 Finals Game Jersey comes up for sale and I dump everything to make a run at it, I'll all in to complete the PSA 10.
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.
Frankly, your thread got me back into collecting. Best thread on these forums, IMO. Keep it up!
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 job on getting to 91. Best of luck the rest of the way. That would be a great collecting accomplishment. Definitely keep us posted on how you are doing along the way.
Amazing collection, good luck with the goals and...
My lord, you nailed it.
Looking forward to your posts.
Tell me, aren't you even the slightest bit tempted to open that 86-87' box to try to help out with your PSA 10 run? I know that box is worth an insane amount of money, but.........
A little side project of mine is to do a cost analysis based on expected cards pulled in a box, average % of grades per the Pop Report and corresponding sale prices to determine the expected yield from a box. I'm sure this has been done elsewhere, but I can't find it. I'd love to see that math, even if not a perfect methodology.
And yes, it crosses my mind every so often until I see other forum members rip a box and get a nasty run of O/C or miscut cards. Takes me back to reality real fast.
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.
Nice boxes.
Is spin fade splash supposed to be three things michael jordan does during a shot? If so, you forgot push off.
Bryon Russell, is that you!?
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.
1969 OPC Walter Tkaczuk PSA/DNA Auto - my Dad is a lifelong New York sports fan and he gets a trip out of seeing me bring over hockey cards from players he grew up admiring.
1962 Topps Vic Hadfield PSA 10 - My first high dollar item in the hockey realm. I love the set design, color and he is a member of the famous GAG line. Sweet card.
Game Used Base from Old Yankee Stadium Autographed by Derek Jeter with Steiner COA - Again, this pickup was inspired by my father as a lifelong Yankees fan.
BBCE Case Break - 1978 Topps Baseball Rack Pack, 1989/90 Fleer Basketball Box. 1983 Topps Baseball Michigan Test Box, 1984 Topps Baseball Box, 1985 Topps Baseball Box and 1985 Donruss Baseball Box - This was a nostalgia purchase for me. Growing up in the 80s, I collected mostly football while my friend Sean collected baseball. I always admired his Don Mattingly and Rickey Henderson collections. The 89/90 Fleer adds another to my collection. The 1985 Donruss is my personal favorite because it holds the rookie card of Eric Davis, one of my favorite baseball players of all-time.
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.
Wow, nice Hadfield. I'd imagine that set is very tough in high grade with the blue borders. 10s from the early 60s are generally tough to come by. Very impressive card.
Thanks! Amazingly, the entire set only has 26 total PSA 10s. The Bobby Hull with four (4) PSA 10s out of 209 subs and Hadfield has four (4) PSA 10s out of 128 subs. It works out great for me because it makes the card affordable - if it was a pop 1, no chance.
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.
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.
Nice job on the Fleming. That's one of the sneaky tough cards in the set. Keep them coming.
Joe,
Nice job on the Fleming. That's one of the sneaky tough cards in the set. Keep them coming.
Thanks, slum. This road is going to be a slow, slow journey.
In the mean time, I added the following two hockey cards. A sweet Rod Gilbert RC and a solid Phil Esposito RC. This hockey itch is going to be a problem.
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.
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
Those are some heavy hitters. Nice stuff. Going to do the whole run of hockey HOF rookies?
Maybe, but it would be over a loooooong timeline. Would be a fun project.
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.
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.