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Showoff a card from your PC that you have rarely seen elsewhere

I'm not talking 1/1's or even stuff /10 or less. I'm more so talking about cards that were hard to pull inserts or stuff with print runs big enough that you should see more of them out there but don't for some reason. I've got a couple cards in my PC that aren't SUPER rare based on print run but I have hardly ever seen then posted anywhere else. I'm talking eBay, COMC, here on BO, anywhere. Makes me wonder how many of them are stashed away in PCs or are still sitting in packs/boxes/cases somewhere totally unearthed. I'll post a couple I've got that got me thinking about this topic...

First, is this Stoudamire. Cards from this set are incredibly tough to find these days. It's an 18 card set and the cards were really tough pulls at 1:180 packs. They're also extremely condition sensitive, so finding one with decent corners & edges is nearly impossible. I've seen 2 copies of the Stoudamire since like 2016. I ended up owning both at one point and have since sold one. The Jordan from this set sells upwards of $200-300, while most of the others go anywhere from $10-50. A lot of collectors who weren't in the hobby back in the mid-to-late 90's don't even know about these but for those of us who do they're a hidden treasure.

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[url=https://flic.kr/p/VXXLce]1996-97 SKYBOX PREMIUM LARGER THAN LIFE #B18 DAMON STOUDAMIRE[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/58237108@N06/]SMosley21x[/url], on Flickr

The other card that really got me thinking about this topic is the one below. It's got a print run of /40 but I swear I've only ever seen 2-3 of them pop up. I was looking for one for a loooong time and then finally saw this one on eBay about a year ago and snatched it up at right around $20. It's one of Artest's very few autos from his time with the Pacers. He has 7 total different autograph cards in a Pacers jersey. Between those 7 cards there are 6 cards that are serial numbered to a total of 151 copies of those signed cards and they're all from 2005-06 product releases and then there is one card that doesn't have a stated print run. It's also a rookie year auto for Granger and Sarunas. My card plus the 4 listed on Worthpoint (dating back to 2006) make for 5 confirmed sightings out of the 40 in the print run. There are 2 in BGS' pop report (a 9 and a 9.5 both graded back in 2006). So, either a bunch of these are still in unopened products or people have stashed them away/forgot about them.

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[url=https://flic.kr/p/WD7d4X]2005-06 Upper Deck Trilogy TriMarks #GJA Danny Granger/Sarunas Jasekevicius/Ron Artest /40[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/58237108@N06/]SMosley21x[/url], on Flickr

I never see this one

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Steveo!

Nice idea. :)

I didn't even know that Russ existed!

I thought about it for a minute and tried to think or a card that there are a bunch (at least 25) that you just never see and I came up with this one.

Although there's 50, I don't know where a single other copy is. Anyone else have one here or know someone who has one?

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Very cool idea.

Since I bought this ~4 years ago, I've seen 1 McGrady and 1 Kobe come up for sale. No more.

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ok this thread idea clearly works because that Russ and that Larry Legend are both stunning autos and I can't recall having seen either one before. Nice stuff!

Since I can't figure out how to crop and then save something on flickr and I'm too impatient to keep working at it...just focus on the card on the right.

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1987-88 Kansas State set. Good luck finding another one lol :)!

Nice stuff, guys!

That Westbrook is a beauty. That year of products is near and dear to my heart because that's when I first got HEAVY into my first player collection (Brandon Rush) so I'm very familiar with all of those releases like Ultimate that year that had just BEAUTIFUL designs and the print runs were low without being impossible. The one from that year that for some reason has always stuck out in my mind as being the sort of set that you hardly ever see pop up is the Exquisite Year One autos. They featured that year's rookie class and were /10. I had the Rush back then and I only ever saw 1 other copy of it. You still don't see cards from that set pop up too often. For example, there is only 1 (Joe Alexander) from the set currently listed on eBay and none in the sold listings. The design is so classy looking. Feels like you should have it on display with some leather hardbound books or something.

If anyone out there has a copy of the Brandon Rush I'd love to add that one back to my collection.

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[QUOTE=AlabamaSlamma;13849036]Very cool idea.

Since I bought this ~4 years ago, I've seen 1 McGrady and 1 Kobe come up for sale. No more.

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hehehehehehehehehe

This is one of my favorites. Ghost-like qualities.[IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180824/084cfdeda237c8b3e40ab0f40a3ee457.jpg[/IMG]

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[QUOTE=the27guy;13848994]Steveo!

Nice idea. :)

I didn't even know that Russ existed!

I thought about it for a minute and tried to think or a card that there are a bunch (at least 25) that you just never see and I came up with this one.

Although there's 50, I don't know where a single other copy is. Anyone else have one here or know someone who has one?

[img]https://i.imgur.com/sAmVCmUh.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]

Hey Adam, here's my copy, not quite as well centered as yours though.

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Bang!

2 of those ridiculous MJ's within the first page. That's nuts.

[QUOTE=karlsta26;13849357]Hey Adam, here's my copy, not quite as well centered as yours though.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/XB9yxS][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4349/36497369992_1ed588d9d9_z.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/XB9yxS]2001-02 Topps Chrome Black Refractor #95 Michael Jordan[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/151542861@N04/]Karlsta26[/url], on Flickr[/QUOTE]

HEY! Look at that!!!! Now that is awesome.

Did you happen to grab that gold finest that was up a month ago or so?

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Awesome idea. That Westbrook!!

Anyway, here's one.

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These ones with 3 types of memorabilia are /25.

[SIZE="4"]Ok, here's one. Stars from this set don't pop up much these days.
But what's more rarely seen about the card is Rodman's Near Perfect Auto.

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2012 prizms are getting harder and harder to find. I found this Noah in a random prizm lot not too long ago

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Nice idea. Now for my pick, i started collecting amare since he was drafted until 2008ish when i sold my collection. I swear in those 6 years i never seen one of them on ebay or any forums. I use to only focus on only collecting amare rookie stuff. Anyways but since coming back around 2 months ago i have come across 2 of these. One just popped up so looking to upgrade this one. Numbered to 75 btw.[IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180824/6c7edc40929e2c390215c413dee00472.jpg[/IMG]

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I hope someone can challenge me with this one. I haven't seen 2nd copy of this as of now

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This card pretty much never shows up, although there is a copy that showed up multiple times recently (same card) from a Japanese seller and it has been sold and relisted sold and relisted sold and relisted multiple times for some reason. Aside from that, I have never seen one listed for sale anywhere in the past 5+ years, ever.

Per Leximo, these were pulled from boxes of Japanese Collector's Choice and included only three players in the set, Kemp, Penny and Jordan. These were the [B]Big 3[/B] for U.D. back in those days. The Japanese international variants over all are my favorites because of the unique text.

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I would consider these two being some of the rares inserts in my pc. I have yet to see another Melo or Rudy Gay pmg green. Both of these players only have one pmg produced and it is from this set.:)!

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I have tons of rare Darrell Armstrong's, but this one was on my radar for years. Every once in a while an MJ, or Kobe gold parallel would pop up, but Darrell being more obscure, I never thought one would ever pop up. There's maybe 1 or 2 of these on EBay every once in a while. It's probably my favorite in my PC of him so far :)[IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180825/8c35ffab0f5e01026a141a0692002b28.jpg[/IMG]

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[QUOTE=ljandkg;13849615]Awesome idea. That Westbrook!!

Anyway, here's one.

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These ones with 3 types of memorabilia are /25.[/QUOTE]

That’s sweet. Is it actually serial numbered or is that the print run?

Great idea OP, I’m loving this thread!

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Just unearthed this Allan Houston 2003 UD Glass /100. Last sale I can find is from 2006. Anyone been looking for this?[IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180825/4a77338420a047a0bee3470e691cbd3b.jpg[/IMG]

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cool idea for a thread - the larger than life's are nice - got a few of the damons for just that reason :P

here's some that fall into that into that category - hard to find non SN stuff.

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