The Set: 2002-03 Fleer Hot Shots 24 packs per box, 8 cards per pack Base set contains 100 Basic cards, 29 Give and Go, 39 All-Stars 27 Rookie Hats-Off /350 6 Vince Carter Hats-Off /350 6 Rookies /350 Hot Hands Parallels /199, Rookies /99 Give and Go Dual Event/Game Used /50 All-Stars Triple Event/Game Used… Read More Wednesday Wax: 2002-03 Fleer Hot Shots
The Set: 1997-98 Ultra Jam City Set Odds: 1 in 8 series 1 packs Key Cards: Kobe Bryant $8.00 Shaquille O’Neal $4.00 Kevin Garnett $3.00 Why I Like It: Oh man, how to get started. How sweet would a modern-day Jam City set be? Blake Griffin, Dwight Howard, LeBron, etc… highlighting a set of the… Read More Insert Set Flashback: 1997-98 Ultra Jam City
The 1999-00 Fleer Feel the Game sets were some of the earliest basketball game used card sets released. The Fleer Focus versions inserted at just 1 in 288 packs. At those odds, I am surprised that the Grant Hill card pictured above has a high book value of only $20. These can be had at… Read More Pickup of the Week, 1999-00 Fleer Focus Feel the Game
The Set: 2002-03 Hoops Stars Raising Up Set Odds: 1 in 5 packs Key Cards: Michael Jordan $10.00 Kobe Bryant $8.00 Yao Ming $5.00 Why I Like It: Hoops stars was an exciting set for me to open. The rookie cards are short-printed but not impossible to collect, inserted at 1:4 packs. Serial numbered parallel… Read More Insert Set Flashback: 2002-03 Hoops Stars Raising Up
The Set: 2002-03 Topps Tandems Set Odds: 1 in 5 hobby packs, 1 in 10 retail packs Key Cards: Michael Jordan/Richard Hamilton $10.00 Shaquille O’Neal/Kobe Bryant $8.00 Why I Like It: We’ve got some geometric shapes going on in this set’s background! While not the most flashy, there’s something about this sharp, clean design that caught… Read More Insert Set Flashback: 2002-03 Topps Tandems
The Set: 2000-01 Topps Reserve 10 packs per box, 5 cards per pack Base set contains 100 base cards, 33 rookies 12 8×10 Autographed Canvas 21 All-Star Veteran Relics 15 All-Star Rookie Challenge Relics 1 PSA Graded rookie card included in each box Our Break: 46/100 base set, 2 duplicates Rookie Card /999 (1): Jamal… Read More Wednesday Wax: 2000-01 Topps Reserve
Ricky Rubio made his NBA debut earlier this week as the Minnesota Timberwolves faced the Thunder. Coming off the bench, Rubio put up 6 points, 4 assists, and 3 steals in 27 minutes of action. He posted similar numbers in his second game against the Bucks on Wednesday. The numbers may not jump out (yet),… Read More Rookie Highlight: Ricky Rubio
The Set: 2010-11 Totally Certified 6 packs per box, 5 cards per pack Base set contains 150 base cards, 35 rookies autographs Relic and Gold Autograph versions of some of base set 15 Totally Certified Potential 50 Fabric of the Game Jumbo Jersey # 50 Fabric of the Game Jumbo Team 4 HRX Red/Blue/Gold/Green/Black parallel… Read More Wednesday Wax: 2010-11 Panini Totally Certified
Excited to get these in recently to add to my Pacers autograph collection. The cards are: 2006-07 Topps Big Game Relics Autographs #TJF T.J. Ford /75 2007-08 Topps Co-Signers Dual Autographs #CS32 Danny Granger/Ike Diogu 2008-09 Bowman Chrome #171 George Hill AU RC 2010-11 Black Box Signatures #88 Roy Hibbert /149 More to come in… Read More Holiday Pickups, Part 1
The Set: 1999-00 Topps Series 2 36 packs per box, 11 cards per pack Series 2 base set contains 117 base cards, 10 rookies inserted 1 in 5, and 10 USA cards inserted 1 in 5 MVP Promo, 1 in 172 packs All Matrix, 1 in 15 packs Team Topps, 1 in 18 packs Impact, 1… Read More Wednesday Wax: 1999-00 Topps Series 2 Hobby
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