2017 Year in Review - purchases
fergie23
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Decided to put together a list (and some scans) of my purchases in 2017.
Unopened purchases for 2017:
2003-04 Topps Chrome basketball hobby box
(2) 2016 Donruss Optic hobby box
1984 Donruss box FASC
2016 Panini Select football box
1989 Score football vending box FASC
2016 Bowman Chrome baseball vending box
2016 Bowman Draft super jumbox box
2017 Bowman baseball jumbo box
2015-16 UD Ice hockey hobby box
2014 Bowman baseball jumbo hobby box
2011 Bowman Draft Picks baseball hobby box
2015 UD Ultimate Collection hockey hobby box
2005-06 Upper Deck hockey series 1 hobby box
1981 Topps football wax box (from opened case)
1997 Topps Chrome bsk box
1998 Topps Chrome bsk box
2015 UD hockey series 1 hobby box
2005 Upper Deck Ice hockey box
2013 Bowman baseball jumbo hobby box
2006 Bowman Draft baseball hobby box
1981 Topps hockey box
2005 Upper Deck hockey series 2 hobby box
PSA 9 purchases for my HOF and future HOF collection:
2010 Playoff Contenders auto White jersey Rob Gronkowski PSA 9
2012 Playoff Contenders Andrew Luck auto PSA 9
2000 Pacific Aurora Premiere #/85 Tom Brady PSA 9
2000 Fleer Showcase Rookie Showcase First #/250 Tom Brady PSA 9
2000 Ultimate Victory parallel #/100 Tom Brady BGS 8.5 (cracked and subbed to PSA)
2000 Bowman Rookie Of the Year Tom Brady PSA 9
2012 Panini Contenders Russell Wilson Playoff Ticket #/99 PSA 9
2012 SP Auth auto Russell Wilson PSA 9
1985 Topps Mario Lemiuex PSA 9
2007 SP Auth Patrick Kane auto #/999 PSA 9
2015 UD Young Guns Connor McDavid PSA 9
2005 Ultimate Collection Alex Ovechkin auto #/299 PSA 9
1986 Topps Patrick Roy PSA 9
1996 Topps Chrome Refractor Allen Iverson PSA 9
2003 Topps Chrome Refractor Lebron James PSA 9
2009 Exquisite Stephen Curry auto #/225 PSA 9
1996 Topps Chrome Refractor Ray Allen PSA 9
2006 Bowman Chrome Xfractor Clayton Kershaw auto #/225 PSA 9
2011 Bowman Chrome refractor Bryce Harper auto #/500 PSA 9
2011 Bowman Chrome Bryce Harper auto PSA 9
2006 Bowman Chrome Clayton Kershaw auto PSA 9
2001 Bowman Albert Pujols certified auto PSA 9
1997 Bowman Chrome Refractor Adrian Beltre PSA 9
1997 Bowman Chrome International Refractor Adrian Beltre PSA 9
2006 Bowman Chrome Refractor Clayton Kershaw auto #/500 PSA 9
1989 Bowman Tiffancy Ken Griffey Jr PSA 9
2001 Finest Albert Pujols auto PSA 9
2009 Donruss Elite Mike Trout auto #/149 PSA 9
2006 Bowman Sterling Clayton Kershaw auto PSA 9
2000 Playoff Contenders Round Numbers Gold #/60 Tom Brady PSA 9
(ebay picture as this card is in transit)
2003 Panini Mega Craques Christiano Ronaldo PSA 9
**Review Bumps: **
In addition to the PSA 9 Jordan RC that bumped to a 10
The following PSA 9s bumped. There were several review subs and these are the highlights (though there were plenty of low lights as well).
Lebron & Kobe
Brady
Crosby & Tiger
Robb
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i know this is a trite statement, but thank....you....for....freaking....sharing. those bump jobs are transcendent!
you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet
Was watching that round numbered Brady and thought of you. Glad you got it
The Leaf R&S is the best looking Brady RC by far
Nice to see all the rookie graphs too, they've all seemed to morph into crap over time
Looks to have been quite the enjoyable hobby year for you. Thanks for sharing
You've had a busy year. Congratulations.
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Ralph
Really good year in review Robb.
I wouldn't dare put the year to print - ya never know when the wife would be looking.
Fantastic Hockey pickups! Especially the Crosby FWA bump. If I had to pick one of your 9s to bump that would be it. That’s ones a beaut!
Kevin
Kevin
Robb, I always enjoy your posts. Great year you had yet again. If you don't mind, what were the grade of those cards pre-bump?
Brian
Great group. You did well. Always great to see some newer high end cards here.
The round numbers gold Brady is the most I've ever spent on a card ($6k). I only have a few left in my quest for every Brady RC numbered 50 or higher in PSA 9. Most of the ones I don't have at this point are pop zero or pop one in PSA 9 with none higher so once I replace the Brady RCs that bumped I will probably be done or close to it. Other than the PSA 10 Brady replacements there are only two Brady cards remaining in my quest that I have any realistic chance of obtaining. The single Playoff Contenders Championship ticket in PSA 9 is way out of my price range (probably a $75k-100k card at this point) and there are 4 Brady RCs that match my collecting requirement that are pop zero in PSA 9 and PSA 10. Once I have all the Brady RCs I think I can reasonably obtain I will put together a thread with scans of each. I have exactly 100 different PSA 9 Brady RCs so far along with a BGS 9 Playoff Momentum graded series (they came in the pack pre-graded by BGS).
I have an ongoing Ovechkin PSA 9 auto RC collection I am working on but those cards don't come up very frequently. Also going to slowly grow my Kershaw PSA 9 auto RC collection, probably adding another base Bowman Chrome auto & Refractor auto each year (I already have a couple of each). Have started looking at Trout PSA 9 auto RCs as well (I purchased his 2009 Bowman Chrome auto refractor in PSA 9 in 2014).
All the reviewed cards were PSA 9s originally.
Robb
Great stuff Robb.
It's all amazing. Great year! I'm partial to those awesome Kershaws.
Continued success on a stellar collection.
This thread almost has me changing my strategy. Thinkin' 2018 will be a buy the single card and avoid the unopened year.
Quite a few of those cards above are ones I would love to have and I ain't gettin' 'em opening boxes.
those are some sweet RC's ...thanks for sharing....giving me some inspiration ....or no hope ha....awesome
This was a good year for my collection. On top of finally completing my 1968 set, I completed two 1986F basketball sets and an 1980T basketball set. I picked up a few Gem modern rookies, then kept buying multiples. For your viewing pleasure.