The Official Kobe Bryant Thread - Page 5

imb4 · 01-26-2020, 06:14 PM

Cheken · 01-26-2020, 07:21 PM

Not a card but glad I picked it up a while back!

Soxfanguy · 01-26-2020, 07:30 PM

Tried looking for a Kobe card in my collection, unfortunately I couldn’t find one. I just thought finding one would make me feel better

Soxfanguy · 01-26-2020, 07:35 PM

Bought a Kobe card off COMC. Figured since it had a picture of him in his last game it was the right card

Earvin32 · 01-26-2020, 08:51 PM

Today's news was not the kind of news that anyone wanted to hear. God does not let us know how many days we get on Earth. Live like today is your last day. Many have posted on Kobe's age and I think that makes us sense our own mortality. May God be with his wife and daughters.

I also put together the Kobe Panini set from 2012 including the card from Flawless that is much more sp than the rest of the cards. I think I will be looking through the 200 card set and remember him for the career he had and the person he became. How many current NBA players used Kobe as a mentor?

Soxfanguy · 01-26-2020, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Soxfanguy

Bought a Kobe card off COMC. Figured since it had a picture of him in his last game it was the right card

Not even a basketball card collector, just felt like I had to get a Kobe card, obviously PC

Pblev26 · 01-27-2020, 12:22 AM

A couple of my favorite RCs....

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bmf · 01-27-2020, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by kobecollector81

Wish I still had my collection to share
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ummmmmm i bet you do!

O2BMJ23 · 01-27-2020, 09:23 AM

Still cant believe hes gone, so saddened by his passing and his daughter as well. As well as the 7 other people lost, so tragic. RIP Mamba

Here are some Kobes I have in my collection.

Jersey #

mkebuckscollect · 01-27-2020, 11:25 AM

Don’t collect a ton of Kobe, but his 2008 Topps Chrome Refractor is one of my favorite basketball cards of all time. The layout, the fonts, and the colors just pop so beautifully. Most of all, though, the photo is just UNREAL. Kobe and LeBron locked in, as if we’re witnessing the precise moment LeBron goes to grab the torch from Kobe to become the new face of the league, and we can see Kobe saying, “NOT YET.” It’s an incredible, timeless card, one that takes on a totally new frequency of meaning this morning. May the families of all yesterday’s crash victims find peace.

m2cool2go · 01-28-2020, 01:49 AM

Being an 80s baby, I was in my prime collecting years when Kobe came into the league. Sifting through my Kobe collection and especially reading the backs of the cards talking about Kobe being the Lakers 6th man really brought back memories. My personal favorite Kobe is this second year ultra gold medallion. Not expensive, just pretty.

Growing up I had always wished my dad had put away cards for me from when he was young - sadly, he didn't. As I got older, it became something I wanted to do for my kids. Late 2000's I started to put away sealed wax for them from my childhood years. My thinking was that some day I could share my experience with them and open some fun legacy wax. I thought similar age fellow collectors who remember riding their bikes up to the neighborhood card shop and spending hours to decide which one pack or single to buy with your allowance would appreciate this 96-97 Kobe rc year share:

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TownyBE · 01-28-2020, 03:02 AM

Can't believe this thread is from last year and doesn't have more pages...

His first Championship!

Kobe Contenders by Tony Dyckmans, on Flickr

regularp · 01-28-2020, 03:21 AM

Just got a new stream of Kobes in today for the first time in months...here's a couple of them...

ZappaFan · 01-28-2020, 04:51 AM

R.I.P. Kobe, Gigi and the 7 other people who lost their lives.

I remember buying packs @ my LCS and pulled this.

Pulled this from a box break years ago as a redemption card. It took forever to get it. On-card auto #/25

I remember pulling this from the last pack in this box break. #/10

I was buying some packs of Trilogy and pulled this beauty. I've always thought this could be an all-star patch. However, on the back of the card it only said it's from a game.

Pulled this from a box break of Absolute. I would pull a Bill Russell auto auto just like this Kobe from another pack in the same box. Sick break.

Picked this up at a card show in FL around 2009. I always liked "The Glove". #/100

kb 24 · 01-29-2020, 10:58 AM

Still hard to believe... my childhood hero... just wanted to share this set as a tribute

Cheken · 01-29-2020, 09:39 PM

mail day today - RIP Kobe!

aramwot · 01-29-2020, 09:42 PM

Beautiful collections in this thread.. RIP Kobe King.

jojo33374 · 01-30-2020, 07:54 AM

I pulled months ago and was so excited when I redeemed it. Would of been my first Kobe card. RIP Kobe, just like i'm sure this redemption card will as well. Oh well, win some and lose some!!

Islcey · 01-30-2020, 02:43 PM

I just got back into the hobby a year or two ago so I missed on accumulating a lot of Kobe Bryant cards. Kobe was easily my favorite basketball player of all time and his death has been tough to deal with. I'm glad I at least have a few of his cards to hold onto and hopefully I can add some more "big" cards in the future.

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crpav · 01-30-2020, 02:50 PM

I'm struggling big time with all of this. I'm sure many are but for me it's a 2 reason thing. First of course of losing Kobe so young in such a way. He was my favorite player tied with Shaq. I collected both of them heavily. Both since rookies up until 2006. I mentioned I had over $10,000 book value of Kobe alone at that point. Of course it's not about the value to me but just putting a number on it. I keep trying to reminisce of what cards I had but can only recall a few, mostly the big rookies like Topps Chrome, Finest, Finest refractor, EX-2000, Fleer Ultra Gold and some others. After that I just can't remember what jersey and auto cards I had.

Anyway, I'm just beating myself up for selling it in 2006. All of it. I only kept junk wax cards and my big White Sox/Frank Thomas collection. I started collecting baseball again last year but will not and can not do basketball. If I would have kept my full collection maybe I could but nope, can't after my "mistake" I wish I kept my collection and could have it back. I wish we could have Kobe back.

REGGIE206 · 01-30-2020, 07:24 PM

I picked this up at a new LCS today:

1997 Upper Deck SPx Kobe Bryant

cardmole · 01-30-2020, 07:28 PM

Great card (and set)!

jw8 · 01-30-2020, 09:05 PM

Dug up most of my Kobe's, I know I have another box somewhere just need to find it!

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estebahn73 · 01-31-2020, 04:39 PM

I just got this back from Beckett

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NJ Card Guy · 02-01-2020, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by estebahn73

Frickin', SWEET!!

On a side note, I just happened to notice his 19-20 Crown Royale KABOOM card. The first... "official" card release, after his passing. How fitting; look at the joy/happiness/fun that he's having, by the expression on his face! That was Kobe on the court! R.I.P. #stillhardtobelieve

01-26-2020, 07:21 PM	#102
Cheken Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Queens, New York Posts: 3,133	Not a card but glad I picked it up a while back! __________________ http://s1107.photobucket.com/albums/h381/ChekenCollection/

01-26-2020, 07:30 PM	#103
Soxfanguy Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: White Sox Posts: 15,579 Soxfanguy	Tried looking for a Kobe card in my collection, unfortunately I couldn’t find one. I just thought finding one would make me feel better __________________ ok

01-26-2020, 07:35 PM	#104
Soxfanguy Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: White Sox Posts: 15,579 Soxfanguy	The Official Kobe Bryant Thread Bought a Kobe card off COMC. Figured since it had a picture of him in his last game it was the right card __________________ ok

01-26-2020, 08:51 PM	#105
Earvin32 Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin Posts: 2,185	Today's news was not the kind of news that anyone wanted to hear. God does not let us know how many days we get on Earth. Live like today is your last day. Many have posted on Kobe's age and I think that makes us sense our own mortality. May God be with his wife and daughters. I also put together the Kobe Panini set from 2012 including the card from Flawless that is much more sp than the rest of the cards. I think I will be looking through the 200 card set and remember him for the career he had and the person he became. How many current NBA players used Kobe as a mentor? __________________ I collect Earvin "Magic" Johnson cards, the more goatee and short shorts, the better. The 80's PG not the 1996 PF. Check out my sports card albums at https://sportscardalbum.com/u/borisbadinov

01-27-2020, 12:22 AM	#107
Pblev26 Member Join Date: Jan 2020 Posts: 79	A couple of my favorite RCs.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ High end collector of Jordan/Kobe/Lebron/Durant with some Kawhi/Giannis/Curry sprinkled in. Always willing to trade and talk about the hobby

01-26-2020, 06:14 PM	#101
imb4 Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Seattle Posts: 653 ultimatefbfan

01-27-2020, 09:23 AM	#109
O2BMJ23 Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 794	Still cant believe hes gone, so saddened by his passing and his daughter as well. As well as the 7 other people lost, so tragic. RIP Mamba Here are some Kobes I have in my collection. Jersey # __________________ Cards for trade or sell http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e52/o2bmj23Collection/

01-27-2020, 11:25 AM	#110
mkebuckscollect Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 1,489 cardboardcardboardcardboard	Don’t collect a ton of Kobe, but his 2008 Topps Chrome Refractor is one of my favorite basketball cards of all time. The layout, the fonts, and the colors just pop so beautifully. Most of all, though, the photo is just UNREAL. Kobe and LeBron locked in, as if we’re witnessing the precise moment LeBron goes to grab the torch from Kobe to become the new face of the league, and we can see Kobe saying, “NOT YET.” It’s an incredible, timeless card, one that takes on a totally new frequency of meaning this morning. May the families of all yesterday’s crash victims find peace. __________________ PC: Bucks cards, Giannis cards. Also everything else.

01-28-2020, 01:49 AM	#111
m2cool2go Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 1,600 justanotherclone	Being an 80s baby, I was in my prime collecting years when Kobe came into the league. Sifting through my Kobe collection and especially reading the backs of the cards talking about Kobe being the Lakers 6th man really brought back memories. My personal favorite Kobe is this second year ultra gold medallion. Not expensive, just pretty. Growing up I had always wished my dad had put away cards for me from when he was young - sadly, he didn't. As I got older, it became something I wanted to do for my kids. Late 2000's I started to put away sealed wax for them from my childhood years. My thinking was that some day I could share my experience with them and open some fun legacy wax. I thought similar age fellow collectors who remember riding their bikes up to the neighborhood card shop and spending hours to decide which one pack or single to buy with your allowance would appreciate this 96-97 Kobe rc year share: Sent from my Pixel 4 XL using Tapatalk __________________ WANTED: 2010/11 NT Timeline last name patch Dejuan Blair Lebron 2015 Allen & Ginter #79 Grant Miller (base and all parallels) My LBJ Collection: IG: LBJCardboard

01-28-2020, 03:02 AM	#112
TownyBE Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,344	Can't believe this thread is from last year and doesn't have more pages... His first Championship! Kobe Contenders by Tony Dyckmans, on Flickr

01-28-2020, 03:21 AM	#113
regularp Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,173	Just got a new stream of Kobes in today for the first time in months...here's a couple of them...

01-28-2020, 04:51 AM	#114
ZappaFan Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: NYC Posts: 269 Don't have one.. What's this?	R.I.P. Kobe, Gigi and the 7 other people who lost their lives. I remember buying packs @ my LCS and pulled this. Pulled this from a box break years ago as a redemption card. It took forever to get it. On-card auto #/25 I remember pulling this from the last pack in this box break. #/10 I was buying some packs of Trilogy and pulled this beauty. I've always thought this could be an all-star patch. However, on the back of the card it only said it's from a game. Pulled this from a box break of Absolute. I would pull a Bill Russell auto auto just like this Kobe from another pack in the same box. Sick break. Picked this up at a card show in FL around 2009. I always liked "The Glove". #/100 __________________ http://s199.photobucket.com/user/Knix3/library/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/vgqv/albums NY Knicks Team Collector I Also Collect: Wilson Chandler Patrick Ewing John Starks LarryJohnson Sprewell Sheed

01-29-2020, 10:58 AM	#115
kb 24 Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: BCN Posts: 634 crds-inte skbcards	Still hard to believe... my childhood hero... just wanted to share this set as a tribute

01-29-2020, 09:39 PM	#116
Cheken Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Queens, New York Posts: 3,133	mail day today - RIP Kobe! __________________ http://s1107.photobucket.com/albums/h381/ChekenCollection/

01-29-2020, 09:42 PM	#117
aramwot Member Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 267	Beautiful collections in this thread.. RIP Kobe King.

01-30-2020, 02:43 PM	#119
Islcey Member Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Edmonds, Wa Posts: 272 Islcey	I just got back into the hobby a year or two ago so I missed on accumulating a lot of Kobe Bryant cards. Kobe was easily my favorite basketball player of all time and his death has been tough to deal with. I'm glad I at least have a few of his cards to hold onto and hopefully I can add some more "big" cards in the future. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

01-30-2020, 02:50 PM	#120
crpav Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 3,188	I'm struggling big time with all of this. I'm sure many are but for me it's a 2 reason thing. First of course of losing Kobe so young in such a way. He was my favorite player tied with Shaq. I collected both of them heavily. Both since rookies up until 2006. I mentioned I had over $10,000 book value of Kobe alone at that point. Of course it's not about the value to me but just putting a number on it. I keep trying to reminisce of what cards I had but can only recall a few, mostly the big rookies like Topps Chrome, Finest, Finest refractor, EX-2000, Fleer Ultra Gold and some others. After that I just can't remember what jersey and auto cards I had. Anyway, I'm just beating myself up for selling it in 2006. All of it. I only kept junk wax cards and my big White Sox/Frank Thomas collection. I started collecting baseball again last year but will not and can not do basketball. If I would have kept my full collection maybe I could but nope, can't after my "mistake" I wish I kept my collection and could have it back. I wish we could have Kobe back.

01-30-2020, 07:24 PM	#121
REGGIE206 Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Mukilteo, WA (hometown: Vallejo, CA) Posts: 9,795	I picked this up at a new LCS today: 1997 Upper Deck SPx Kobe Bryant __________________ INSTAGRAM: my_card_collection 📸 Last edited by REGGIE206; 01-30-2020 at 07:29 PM.

01-30-2020, 07:28 PM	#122
cardmole Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Redondo Beach Posts: 3,266	Great card (and set)!

01-30-2020, 09:05 PM	#123
jw8 Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 2,575 card.dog card.dog	Dug up most of my Kobe's, I know I have another box somewhere just need to find it! Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk __________________ IG: Card.Dog \| www.Card.Dog

01-31-2020, 04:39 PM	#124
estebahn73 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 2,025 estebahn73	I just got this back from Beckett Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk