George Mikan Autograph...............Over 1K with a day to go.... HOT!!!!!!!!

[SportsItUpCards]

I haven't followed George Mikan autos since I already have them for my collection.... so WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek: very surprising!

Over 1k with a day left...

2003-04 Upper Deck Legends Legendary Inscriptions GEORGE MIKAN Auto 26/100 | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/2003-04-Upper-Deck-Legends-Legendary-Inscriptions-GEORGE-MIKAN-Auto-26-100-/200754209837?pt=US_Basketball&hash=item2ebde2242d)

Anybody here have any Mikan autos? :cool:

[SportsItUpCards]

After all, he is deseased and will not be signing anymore... They can make all the Cut autos they want, but it will never compare to on-card autographs!

Once people put these bad boys in their NBA 50 Greatest PC's, or HOF set, or Lakers....... you name it, they'll be gone forever!! Wanna talk about drying up? These are not too far from that.

Get one while you can! The first original big man of basketball.

[crazymj]

Yea also really nice inscription probably make it get premium too.

[SPauthentic84]

The bidding looks real to me, but common sense says otherwise. This is usually a 300-400 card.

[suki24]

I find it hard to pour that much money into a player I've never seen play.

[SportsItUpCards]

Yea also really nice inscription probably make it get premium too.

Yeah, it was a matter of time Mikan for some love....

He's Mr. frigen Basketball for crying out loud!!! lol

It's a sweet card.

[SportsItUpCards]

The bidding looks real to me, but common sense says otherwise. This is usually a 300-400 card.

That was the ancient prices.............. It's a new day :D

Things can't sell for the same price forever! As an awesome member here has said. Sick cards like this are bound to go up.

[Nsingerma11]

Yea...that card doesn't sell that high...The inscription is cool, but no one is paying that for it.

[SportsItUpCards]

conspiracy theorists......... smh :p

[Homerun]

Yeah, also really nice inscription probably makes it more valuable.

I agree. That's an awesome auto of an NBA legend.:)

[SportsItUpCards]

I agree. That's an awesome auto of an NBA legend.:)

How can any basketball card collector go wrong with that card? Not possible.

Original big man of basketball...

No basketball card collection is complete IMO without a George Mikan autograph.

[herbc]

Anybody here have any Mikan autos? :cool:

I have a nice one....


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/hlc1949/Sports%20Cards/HOFAU033.jpg

[Rare23air83]

That was the ancient prices.............. It's a new day :D

Things can't sell for the same price forever! As an awesome member here has said. Sick cards like this are bound to go up.

Wow. You're the biggest hypocrite in the world! So when it comes to cards YOU like... it's all good. Nothing can be fake, it's real, and even if that card "shouldn't" be selling for that high, you justify it with your own opinions on why it is the way it is.

But if it's any high end Jordan/Kobe/Exquisite cards that you are known to absolutely despise... it's instantly not right because they aren't selling for the same prices they used to many years ago and you'll start throwing out ridiculous conspiracy theories even when solid proofs are there. Myyyyy goodness. :rolleyes:

Genuine old fashioned hypocrisy at it's finest. :)!

[SportsItUpCards]

I have a nice one....


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v354/hlc1949/Sports%20Cards/HOFAU033.jpg

That's SICK! :cool: nice grade too.

I remember back in 2005, about a week before he passed... there was this card on ebay. I put in a last seconds $51 bid and remember thinking I put in too much lol. Then a week later he passed and people were putting them up and they were going as high as $200 and some change... then I thought I got a pretty good deal haha.

Thanks for sharing that beauty.

[Magicman32]

After all, he is deseased and will not be signing anymore... They can make all the Cut autos they want, but it will never compare to on-card autographs!

Once people put these bad boys in their NBA 50 Greatest PC's, or HOF set, or Lakers....... you name it, they'll be gone forever!! Wanna talk about drying up? These are not too far from that.

Get one while you can! The first original big man of basketball.


I will be happy with my cut auto that i paid under $100 for. It is a nice card, but think of all the cards you could get for the extra $900.

[SportsItUpCards]

I will be happy with my cut auto that i paid under $100 for. It is a nice card, but think of all the cards you could get for the extra $900.

Everybody has their own style of collecting.... nothing wrong with a Cut, but it's just not for me. All I was saying is, they can always make Cut cards of players at any point, but having an on-card auto of a deseased player is very special imo.

Do you have a pic of your card and wish to share it? I've seen some Mikan cut cards that were very pretty.

[Sutantoj]

I have two
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/Sutantoj/c4f252dd.jpg
http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/Sutantoj/bc6e15e7.jpg

[SportsItUpCards]

I have two

Nice!!! That triple is just out of thi World!!! Love it!

You don't need that Topps auto, give it to me... :D

[Sutantoj]

Nice!!! That triple is just out of thi World!!! Love it!

You don't need that Topps auto, give it to me... :D


I need ur Earl Malone :)

[Magicman32]

Everybody has their own style of collecting.... nothing wrong with a Cut, but it's just not for me. All I was saying is, they can always make Cut cards of players at any point, but having an on-card auto of a deseased player is very special imo.

Do you have a pic of your card and wish to share it? I've seen some Mikan cut cards that were very pretty.

Nope, I don't have scans of it. My wife lost the disk to format the scanner when we had to reprogram it (computer). I know what you are saying about on card autos with most of my collection now moving that way. I have the Legends sets of 2010-11 UD Ultimate '97 Legends and 2009-10 Panini Classic Legends autos completed since most major HOF players are in one or the other.

Here is a real old thread of my Classics about half way....just got the Bird yesterday after 2 years waiting on the redemption. Still have McHale and Mcadoo redemptions to come in(2 years and counting lol)

http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/gallery-mail-days/70507-classics-basketball-autos.html

[SportsItUpCards]

Nope, I don't have scans of it. My wife lost the disk to format the scanner when we had to reprogram it (computer). I know what you are saying about on card autos with most of my collection now moving that way. I have the Legends sets of 2010-11 UD Ultimate '97 Legends and 2009-10 Panini Classic Legends autos completed since most major HOF players are in one or the other.

Here is a real old thread of my Classics about half way....just got the Bird yesterday after 2 years waiting on the redemption. Still have McHale and Mcadoo redemptions to come in(2 years and counting lol)

http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/gallery-mail-days/70507-classics-basketball-autos.html

Oh nice! Sick Jabbar and Pippen auto :eek: Good luck with the set.

[SportsItUpCards]

I need ur Earl Malone :)

Who the heck is Earl Malone?! hahahaha :D

[Magicman32]

Oh nice! Sick Jabbar and Pippen auto :eek: Good luck with the set.

Set is complete and in hand minus the 2 redemptions...just don't have the scans due to the wife lol

[SportsItUpCards]

Set is complete and in hand minus the 2 redemptions...just don't have the scans due to the wife lol

Oh ok... do you have both redemptions and just waiting for them from Panini? Which players?

Congrats on the completion then, very nice looking set.

[SportsItUpCards]

Check these Mikan's out... :cool:

THE GEORGE MIKAN COLLECTION - The Legendary Signatures Inc Collection (http://www.legendarysignaturesinc.com/legendarymikancollection.htm)

[Magicman32]

Oh ok... do you have both redemptions and just waiting for them from Panini? Which players?

Congrats on the completion then, very nice looking set.

Yes, I have the redemptions, they have been redeemed for almost 2 years. They are the McHale and Mcadoo autos in the set. There is still hope since the Bird just showed up this week.

[bettydaw1970]

he should of inscribed it "overated"
yep..i went there:eek:

[jr24ai3]

Wow. You're the biggest hypocrite in the world! So when it comes to cards YOU like... it's all good. Nothing can be fake, it's real, and even if that card "shouldn't" be selling for that high, you justify it with your own opinions on why it is the way it is.

But if it's any high end Jordan/Kobe/Exquisite cards that you are known to absolutely despise... it's instantly not right because they aren't selling for the same prices they used to many years ago and you'll start throwing out ridiculous conspiracy theories even when solid proofs are there. Myyyyy goodness. :rolleyes:

Genuine old fashioned hypocrisy at it's finest. :)!

Pretty much spot on with this post.

[Orangejello727]

A bidding war between 2 bidders has seriously twarted the market price for this card.

See below. If the 2 bidders didnt go to war on it, the card would be half that price.

Again, should we be basing market trending and prices based on what a couple are willing to fight and pay for a single card?

Just like a nit wit who goes out and puts in an order for 20,000 barrels of OIL at $200. Should the market place on the 40 million barrels thats gets traded daily be based on a $200 small buy?

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[fullmetal]

he should of inscribed it "overated"
yep..i went there:eek:

You might be onto something. I never watched him play, but (to me) the name equates to 'legendary'. I have read numerous accounts that his career image and actuality don't measure up.

[SportsItUpCards]

http://i45.tinypic.com/14bt6qv.png

[bdrr]

You might be onto something. I never watched him play, but (to me) the name equates to 'legendary'. I have read numerous accounts that his career image and actuality don't measure up.

Those accounts are usually along the lines of "there were no black players in the league, so the competition was inferior." The fact of the matter was that Mikan simply outclassed every other player in the league in those days, both in terms of skill and size. People like to find reasons to discredit the early NBAers, but I just don't see why.

I never hear people saying that Babe Ruth couldn't have been as good as he was if he had to face Satchel Paige or Double Duty Radcliffe, or that Walter Johnson didn't have to face Josh Gibson. Given the quality of the Negro Leagues, it's impossible to say that MLB in those days wasn't "watered down" to an even greater extent than the NBA would be 30 years later.

[bettydaw1970]

[QUOTE=bdrr;2656987]Those accounts are usually along the lines of "there were no black players in the league, so the competition was inferior." The fact of the matter was that Mikan simply outclassed every other player in the league in those days, both in terms of skill and size. People like to find reasons to discredit the early NBAers, but I just don't see why.

that argument is often used vs wilt and bill...they faced other great tall black athletes..mikan didnt..


The fact of the matter was that Mikan simply outclassed every other player in the league in those days, both in terms of skill and size

you saw him play?
his lifetime 40% fg% dosent really support that statement at all!


and he didnt play that long, or play that many total games..

[SportsItUpCards]

bettydaw1970, youtube is your best friend.......... :)!

George Mikan - Vintage NBA - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnV14L-nfrE)

Most people today never saw most of the 50 Greatest players of NBA history play, but what does that mean? They're still the 50 Greatest!

You can't change the history..... It's already in stone.

[bettydaw1970]

bettydaw1970, youtube is your best friend.......... :)!

George Mikan - Vintage NBA - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnV14L-nfrE)

Most people today never saw most of the 50 Greatest players of NBA history play, but what does that mean? They're still the 50 Greatest!

You can't change the history..... It's already in stone.

you dont think i know who george mikan was?
or are aware of what he did?

idont blindly accept people as GREAT the way most do, without looking further..

[SportsItUpCards]

you dont think i know who george mikan was?
or are aware of what he did?

idont blindly accept people as GREAT the way most do, without looking further..

Can't remember who in this thread said they never saw him play... was it you? If not, sorry.

Here's another video for those who didn't see him play(which is most of us... LOL).

George Mikan - Mr. Basketball - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xEoCsDKXPo)

[bettydaw1970]

[QUOTE=SportsItUpCards;2657085]bettydaw1970, youtube is your best friend.......... :)!

George Mikan - Vintage NBA - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnV14L-nfrE)

Most people today never saw most of the 50 Greatest players of NBA history play, but what does that mean? They're still the 50 Greatest!

i started watching the nba in 1976..i saw plenty of them!!!!

[WillC]

and he didnt play that long, or play that many total games..

I assume you're only looking at his BAA/NBA career during which he played 439 games between the ages of 24 and 31.

However, prior to that, he won two championships in the NBL.

The guy absolutely dominated the game of basketball:

- Scoring leader in the NCAA (twice), NBL (twice), BAA (once) and NBA (twice).

- Champion in the NBL (twice), BAA (once) and NBA (four times).

I'll end on a quote from 'The Biographical History of Basketball', which sums up Mikan's legacy quite nicely:

"The winning of team championships and individual scoring titles at an unprecedented rate, the unparalleled impact on the game's reshaped appearances and rewritten rules, the magnetism of basketball's first oversized one-man spectacle, all conspired to write a lasting legend. When the ballots were counted in 1950, George Mikan was named 'The Greatest Basketball Player of the First Half Century' in an unsurprising landslide".

No doubt in my mind, he's one of the 10 most significant players of all-time.

[bettydaw1970]

I assume you're only looking at his BAA/NBA career during which he played 439 games between the ages of 24 and 31.

However, prior to that, he won two championships in the NBL.

The guy absolutely dominated the game of basketball:

- Scoring leader in the NCAA (twice), NBL (twice), BAA (once) and NBA (twice).

- Champion in the NBL (twice), BAA (once) and NBA (four times).

I'll end on a quote from 'The Biographical History of Basketball', which sums up Mikan's legacy quite nicely:

"The winning of team championships and individual scoring titles at an unprecedented rate, the unparalleled impact on the game's reshaped appearances and rewritten rules, the magnetism of basketball's first oversized one-man spectacle, all conspired to write a lasting legend. When the ballots were counted in 1950, George Mikan was named 'The Greatest Basketball Player of the First Half Century' in an unsurprising landslide".

No doubt in my mind, he's one of the 10 most significant players of all-time.
40% from the floor..again this is dominate?
what do you think his verticle was? i bet wilts and bill russels was high 30s..
i bet mikans was 25 tops..does he exhibit great speed and quickness? no..
he was a big fish in alil pond back then...
overated YES..

[knicks_please]

without a doubt mikan is one of the most important figures in basketball history...they changed rules for gods sake because he was dominating everyone so hard lol....he changed the game single handed and is most definitely a top 5 important...all of the video i've seen just makes him look dominant...i haven't seen a whole game but im sure those exist just got to dig for em...too bad he didnt play a little later so we could have seen some wilt mikan matchups or the likes...

[knicks_please]

40% from the floor..again this is dominate?
what do you think his verticle was? i bet wilts and bill russels was high 30s..
i bet mikans was 25 tops..does he exhibit great speed and quickness? no..
he was a big fish in alil pond back then...
overated YES..

whats a verticle?

[bettydaw1970]

whats a verticle?

vertical, i spelled it wrong...

[knicks_please]

he dominated when he played, how is that over rated? is shaq over rated because he was bigger than everyone? he was still dominant.

[bettydaw1970]

he dominated when he played, how is that over rated? is shaq over rated because he was bigger than everyone? he was still dominant.

you are right he was a god...

[WillC]

40% from the floor..again this is dominate?
what do you think his verticle was? i bet wilts and bill russels was high 30s..
i bet mikans was 25 tops..does he exhibit great speed and quickness? no..
he was a big fish in alil pond back then...
overated YES..

I'm not disputing those things. It's common knowledge that Mikan was slow and lacked athleticism. However, he had good coordination, toughness and tremendous size. He also had a great work ethic. Those things combined to help him dominate his era.

It's generally accepted that players get bigger, stronger, faster and, arguably, more talented with each passing decade.

That's not Mikan's fault.

All he could do was beat the best players put in front of him, and he did just that.

If you're going to hold it against Mikan that the game has changed since the 1940s and 1950s, then your criteria for determining the best players ever is flawed. Using such criteria, the 'best players' list would only ever feature current/recent players.

That seems very short-sighted.

The game has changed a lot. We shouldn't hold it against players from yesteryear who dominated their eras; George Mikan, Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, etc.

[knicks_please]

you are right he was a god...
haha you're going to be one of those people who makes bold statements and then when i make two posts your going to play the sarcasm card and tell me im making him out to be a god? all you said he was over rated and because he wasnt playing with the same competition...look ill admit if im wrong if you give me a good reason why mikan was over rated, but only playing with white people who are on the occasion 1 inch shorter if that because mikan was only 6-10/11 is not a good enough reason...thats like saying anyone who was more physically dominant in their generation ahem *wilt* should have their careers discounted for some reason...

i guess babe ruth sucked too because there wasn't near the pitching there is today back then? big fish in a little pond...

[knicks_please]

I'm not disputing those things. It's common knowledge that Mikan was slow and lacked athleticism. However, he had good coordination, toughness and tremendous size. He also had a great work ethic. Those things combined to help him dominate his era.

It's generally accepted that players get bigger, stronger, faster and, arguably, more talented with each passing decade.

That's not Mikan's fault.

All he could do was beat the best players put in front of him, and he did just that.

If you're going to hold it against Mikan that the game has changed since the 1940s and 1950s, then your criteria for determining the best players ever is flawed. Using such criteria, the 'best players' list would only ever feature current/recent players.

That seems very short-sighted.

The game has changed a lot. We shouldn't hold it against players from yesteryear who dominated their eras; George Mikan, Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, etc.

thats exactly what im saying....if people KEEP getting taller and in 50 years 7 feet tall isnt HUGE then will shaq's career and wilts career and kareems career be discounted?

[WillC]

I wonder if, in 50 years' time, people will look back at Michael Jordan's career and say things like "well, the competition wasn't so good back then, the players were shorter and less athletic in the 1990s than the 2060s, not to mention their skills weren't as good".

I'm pretty much guaranteeing that will happen (i.e. the game will get more advanced and players will get bigger and stronger).

It shouldn't take away from what Jordan achieved, in the same way that the game's developments since the 1950s shouldn't detract from what Mikan achieved in his era.

Remember, today's news is tomorrow's history.

[bdrr]

40% from the floor..again this is dominate?
what do you think his verticle was? i bet wilts and bill russels was high 30s..
i bet mikans was 25 tops..does he exhibit great speed and quickness? no..
he was a big fish in alil pond back then...
overated YES..

Here are some numbers for the other great scorers in that era

Joe Fulks .302 FG%
Max Zaslofky .342 FG%
Arnie Risen .382%

Yes... 40% from the floor was dominating. It often placed him in the top 10 in the league.

The 50% FG standard didn't come out way until the 80s.

Bill Russell himself only had a 44% career FG percentage. It's against that comparison that Chamberlain's 54% career FG percentage is so amazing. That's expected from a big man today... in his era, that would have been like somebody shooting 65% today.

[DrJ Converse]

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Retracted: US $1,051.00
Explanation: Entered wrong amount

Bid: May-10-12 01:39:03 PDT
Retracted: May-10-12 01:41:12 PDT

Looks like we had some shilling going on. Oh well this card will be back up on eBay soon I assume.

[forgiven1]

How can anyone hate on Mikan?.....Get a clue dude!

[SportsItUpCards]

1K is not bad at all.......... As long as it gets paid for then it's legit. If not....

This card will go up at some point anyway, no need to rush. Not like i'm selling mine anyway... just got a pm from a member here after posting mine the other day and I was shocked!!

Either way, my card is staying with me :)