tmar214
07-04-2018, 04:56 PM
We are halfway through 2018 and I wanted to showoff some pickups, share some goals and see what everyone else is hoping for in the back half of 2018.
For 2018 my goals were to buy more pre-panini cards and try to buy only cards that I know i'm going to want to be a part of my collection long term. So far so good (mostly)
In the final 6 months of the year i'd like to speculate a little on players. It seems that with the east being wide open it could make for some fun buys. I'd like to go to the national for the first time and take it all in. Would also like to get my first jordan bulls auto. Then of course as always try to slim down my ever growing collection. For whatever reason selling always feels like way more work than buying.
And for my top 5 pickups of 2018. Most coming in the last couple months as ebay really can get anyone to spend with all these promos.
Jordan fleer RC bgs 9. Feel like these have finally come down to a reasonable price point after i missed the boat a few years back.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1801/28333063537_c2c092456d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KaGmFt)Jordan RC (https://flic.kr/p/KaGmFt)
Duncan autographics. I generally hate paying up for a star who could come in and sign every day especially when so much of Duncan rookie year cards are so cheap but was happy to get my first big autographics.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/834/42483663484_b0755f1488_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27J8T3C)Duncan autographics (https://flic.kr/p/27J8T3C)
1996 Kobe gold finest refractor. I know a lot of people are all about these being unpeeled but personally prefer them peeled from an aesthetics standpoint. I think gold refractors from 1996 finest are some of the nicer cards out there and to think it was produced 22 years ago.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1809/42483695344_fa2b525024_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27J93vW)Kobe gold refractor (https://flic.kr/p/27J93vW)
This has been one of my favorite auto sets for a long time. UD black had some real great cards mixed in with a lot of garbage. Now if I can manage to find the jordan.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/925/42483670154_67a06d12c5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27J8V2C)Lebron ud black (https://flic.kr/p/27J8V2C)
One of the only panini cards i've picked up this year. Potentially the front runner for MVP this season. These cards haven't aged well from a collecting standpoint but when I got back in to the hobby 4-5 years ago I remember just wanting to have a card from the 2012 base set and I think this is the card to have. I really need to take a new pic of this one with better lighting.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1766/42483675654_b727f49c54_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27J8WEs)Ad flawless (https://flic.kr/p/27J8WEs)
For 2018 my goals were to buy more pre-panini cards and try to buy only cards that I know i'm going to want to be a part of my collection long term. So far so good (mostly)
In the final 6 months of the year i'd like to speculate a little on players. It seems that with the east being wide open it could make for some fun buys. I'd like to go to the national for the first time and take it all in. Would also like to get my first jordan bulls auto. Then of course as always try to slim down my ever growing collection. For whatever reason selling always feels like way more work than buying.
And for my top 5 pickups of 2018. Most coming in the last couple months as ebay really can get anyone to spend with all these promos.
Jordan fleer RC bgs 9. Feel like these have finally come down to a reasonable price point after i missed the boat a few years back.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1801/28333063537_c2c092456d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/KaGmFt)Jordan RC (https://flic.kr/p/KaGmFt)
Duncan autographics. I generally hate paying up for a star who could come in and sign every day especially when so much of Duncan rookie year cards are so cheap but was happy to get my first big autographics.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/834/42483663484_b0755f1488_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27J8T3C)Duncan autographics (https://flic.kr/p/27J8T3C)
1996 Kobe gold finest refractor. I know a lot of people are all about these being unpeeled but personally prefer them peeled from an aesthetics standpoint. I think gold refractors from 1996 finest are some of the nicer cards out there and to think it was produced 22 years ago.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1809/42483695344_fa2b525024_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27J93vW)Kobe gold refractor (https://flic.kr/p/27J93vW)
This has been one of my favorite auto sets for a long time. UD black had some real great cards mixed in with a lot of garbage. Now if I can manage to find the jordan.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/925/42483670154_67a06d12c5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27J8V2C)Lebron ud black (https://flic.kr/p/27J8V2C)
One of the only panini cards i've picked up this year. Potentially the front runner for MVP this season. These cards haven't aged well from a collecting standpoint but when I got back in to the hobby 4-5 years ago I remember just wanting to have a card from the 2012 base set and I think this is the card to have. I really need to take a new pic of this one with better lighting.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1766/42483675654_b727f49c54_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27J8WEs)Ad flawless (https://flic.kr/p/27J8WEs)