Favorite Card As A Kid

[jbmm161]

This one is mine. I recently picked up a PSA 9. I had a copy as a kid that I purchased for $15 in the early 90’s. I traded it and few 93 Award Winner Ultra inserts for random baseball packs, Griffey 94 Finest and a 91 Frank Thomas Stadium Club in 1998.

I always wondered what the black shadowing was from. Only card I have ever seen this way. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210910/134cd896a97a7031c8c263cb1413b092.jpg


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[schism]

As a 8-9 year old, I really liked the 93/94 Skybox Thunder and Lightning Shaq/Penny, of the cards I actually had. And really, really wanted the 93/94 Stadium Club Beam Team MJ.

[duron]

Not even a contest

https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/224231179818_/1994-95-Skybox-NBA-HOOPS-GRANT-HILL-NBA-CO-ROOKIE.jpg

[ninjacookies]

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/QogAAOSwHDlg0oJW/s-l400.jpg

Piqued my interest in learning the ism and prophetic teachings of Iceberg Slim.

[discodanman45]

As a kid there was one card I wanted and could never get. I bought a lot of 30 plus Shaq rookie year cards last year. One of them was this that I got back from a PSA submission. In my youth this was the card to get.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51415491012_31843a78ef.jpg

[mc1]

Grant Hill Autographics

[OJMayo32]

Wanted this card as a kid so I picked this up like 20+ years ago. Kept it in a binder forever and sent it in last year for grading and it recently came back.

https://sportscardalbum.com/c/cz5e564t.jpg (https://sportscardalbum.com/card/cz5e564t/n-a)

[kkkz]

Pulled this in 96, sent it to grade in 98 and got a 9..and kept it ever since

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51280856759_c8647d9702.jpg

[duron]

Pulled this in 96, sent it to grade in 98 and got a 9..and kept it ever since

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51280856759_c8647d9702.jpg

Fantasticness. I love that card and set, have the mj myself.
I was about to say that grading wasn't even on my mind in 1998, but I still haven't graded a single card. What's the BGS serial number on that?

[stalemonkey30]

Shaq and Penny Fleer Ultra Famous Nicknames.

[asujbl]

As a kid there was one card I wanted and could never get. I bought a lot of 30 plus Shaq rookie year cards last year. One of them was this that I got back from a PSA submission. In my youth this was the card to get.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51415491012_31843a78ef.jpg

This is the first one I thought of (even though I had already been collecting for multiple years) as I was finally appreciating more College Basketball as a 10 year old

Shaquille was it. He was the biggest thing on the planet.

And people don't realize, if you didn't live it, how big a deal Stadium Club was at the time. It wasn't just another brand.

And before there were 10,000 inserts of every player you had to chase down those that existed... and Beam Team was it (along with the Magic's All Rookie Team)

I'm sure there are others but this one immediately came to mind

[liva]

Great idea

https://i.postimg.cc/dQT6V6WS/9-F62-D122-8-B5-D-41-A3-B574-9897-F547426-E.jpg

[smalltown]

From day one it was this card. I was an Isiah Thomas/Pistons fan before I knew basketball cards were i thing. This (not this copy) was one of the first basketball cards I ever owned.

https://i.imgur.com/C4X56zp.jpg

[rustywest]

Love the thread jbmm161

To be honest had a ton. It has to be a Hill though because he was the first guy I amassed 50+ cards of and I just stewed over my folder, over and over again rearranging, marveling and whatnot. I'll go with this one... the maroon foil was just wild, gold foil, slight embossing. Sensational.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50304829422_4938588f87.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jDgpcd)Grant Hill Skybox (https://flic.kr/p/2jDgpcd) by Rusty West (https://www.flickr.com/photos/184576768@N06/), on Flickr




Not even a contest

https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/224231179818_/1994-95-Skybox-NBA-HOOPS-GRANT-HILL-NBA-CO-ROOKIE.jpg

That was a good one, never quite secured it as a young pest, came close.

[rogueriver]

Never had much money as a kid, my absolute favorite I dont have a picture of but it was the 1992/93 Ultra Slam Dunk Michael Jordan #216.... HANDS DOWN still a favorite. I have most of Jordan's inserts and some are very expensive but this is Still my absolute favorite.

[REGGIE206]

Growing up in the Bay Area and being a Warriors fan, I always loved this card for some reason. The card was never worth much, but seeing RUN-TMC on one card always put a smile on my face. When I finally saw a “PSA Fine Nine” pop on eBay, I knew I had to get it:

https://i.ibb.co/txNSBnX/1991-Skybox-Tim-Hardaway-Chris-Mullin-Mitch-Richmond-PSA-9.jpg (https://ibb.co/Br7mLvN)

[LovelyLlamas]

1992-93 Fleer Larry Johnson. First card I chased in $0.50 packs of 1992-93 Fleer series one. Made that card the avatar for my IG page.

[mjcollector]

This one is mine. I recently picked up a PSA 9. I had a copy as a kid that I purchased for $15 in the early 90’s. I traded it and few 93 Award Winner Ultra inserts for random baseball packs, Griffey 94 Finest and a 91 Frank Thomas Stadium Club in 1998.

I always wondered what the black shadowing was from. Only card I have ever seen this way. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210910/134cd896a97a7031c8c263cb1413b092.jpg


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This was up there for me as 1989 was the first year the craze started! I remembered ripping open these packs and the thrill of landing an mj base and sticker.

[ChasingZion]

Still love this one...

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210910/55338ca48c4d7bb0bdaf5ba3931d91ad.jpg

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[Giantrobot]

Great idea

https://i.postimg.cc/dQT6V6WS/9-F62-D122-8-B5-D-41-A3-B574-9897-F547426-E.jpg

:)!

I have one signed by Larry

I loved those UD art cards, fantastic work by the artist Alan Studt.

[rustywest]

Growing up in the Bay Area and being a Warriors fan, I always loved this card for some reason. The card was never worth much, but seeing RUN-TMC on one card always put a smile on my face. When I finally saw a “PSA Fine Nine” pop on eBay, I knew I had to get it:

https://i.ibb.co/txNSBnX/1991-Skybox-Tim-Hardaway-Chris-Mullin-Mitch-Richmond-PSA-9.jpg (https://ibb.co/Br7mLvN)

Man, that's an absolute beaut of a card. This and the inaugural series of Skybox cops plenty flak but I think they win time!

[Giantrobot]

1992-93 Fleer Larry Johnson. First card I chased in $0.50 packs of 1992-93 Fleer series one. Made that card the avatar for my IG page.

I remember finding the rack packs of 92-93 Fleer at a Woolworths, and trying to find the LJ cards to finish my set instead of a Team Leader….oops.:p

[Qman316]

86-87 Fleer Charles Barkley rookie card, living in AZ sir Charles was my favorite player as a kid.

[Bulls90s]

MJ 1990 Skybox #41

[snomelcrob]

All Shaq rookies were basically on a pedestal, but I always loved this one in particular.

https://ansel.frgimages.com/los-angeles-lakers/shaquille-oneal-1993-fleer-ultra-all-rookie-series-card_ss2_p-12900664+u-17nsju81holzk8j3c9rp+v-a5257af5ef2d422bb9fad05c69ae9f04.jpg?_hv=1&w=900

[ClipsandVols]

https://i.imgur.com/xS2fSGy.jpg

Loved Calbert as a kid bc he was a lefty. I loved this card in particular because I used to play with the cards (5 v. 5) and Calbert was always my "heater" from the bench. This is maybe the only card that went from pack/toploader and is still in decent condition.

[jbmm161]

Keep them coming. Just my opinion but MJ’s photos just seem to always be better. Especially his Upper Deck base cards.
Love the Larry Bird, Run DMC and Grant Hill (had his Jersey).

I put all my old cards in sheets and binders.
I used to use the Card Savers and a foam/ pelican style case to store my cards. Haha I was an investorboi back in 92-93.

Definitely had better luck buying basketball 92-93 pulled some nice Shaqs than I realized compared to FB and Baseball. Wish I had stuck to BB I missed out on Kidd/Hill/KG/Kobe/Duncan/Dirk/VC as a teenager. Got distracted by teenage stuff and the Cowboys and Baseball in the late 90s. Really regret after college missing out on LBJ and buying comic books instead of cards. Flip flopped collecting I guess based one what I could find at retail and if a card shop opened for a few months before shutting down.


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[scotthenrichs]

90-91 Hoops Sam Vincent....made me always wonder "that's Jordan, isn't it?? why is he wearing a #12 jersey?? this card is awesome!"

[Giantrobot]

https://i.imgur.com/xS2fSGy.jpg

Loved Calbert as a kid bc he was a lefty. I loved this card in particular because I used to play with the cards (5 v. 5) and Calbert was always my "heater" from the bench. This is maybe the only card that went from pack/toploader and is still in decent condition.

That’s different and cool. I met Calbert after a Bullets game, and he was the nicest guy on the team.

[jbmm161]

All Shaq rookies were basically on a pedestal, but I always loved this one in particular.

https://ansel.frgimages.com/los-angeles-lakers/shaquille-oneal-1993-fleer-ultra-all-rookie-series-card_ss2_p-12900664+u-17nsju81holzk8j3c9rp+v-a5257af5ef2d422bb9fad05c69ae9f04.jpg?_hv=1&w=900


I pulled that one. Thought I was gonna be rich BV was $125 at release.


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[ClipsandVols]

That’s different and cool. I met Calbert after a Bullets game, and he was the nicest guy on the team.

That makes me really happy to hear. He's fallen down my list of favs as I've gotten older but I'll always remember how 9 year old Kyle felt about him!

[Kingofkings1281]

https://i.imgur.com/xS2fSGy.jpg

Loved Calbert as a kid bc he was a lefty. I loved this card in particular because I used to play with the cards (5 v. 5) and Calbert was always my "heater" from the bench. This is maybe the only card that went from pack/toploader and is still in decent condition.

Emotion was easily my favorite set as a kid. Hell, it’s still one of my favorite sets of all time.