500,000+ Card Collection - Part III

[chelseafc11]

Originally Posted by HoustOM

Your 1988 starting lineup set is complete?

It is not, and those cards shown are not in the greatest shape.

Originally Posted by DajuanWagner

Yuta Tabuse is the GOAT!!!!!! We all know that, amiright???

You are right. I gotta find some nicer Yuta's in this collection!

Originally Posted by gowizards0

5'8" asian guard playing in the NBA... whats not to love?

edit: im not hip to the blowout meme lol

Don't worry about it, it is just a silly joke!

A couple boxes worth of stuff:

- Crazy amounts of Finest from 94-95, 95-96, and 98-99
- A small stack of 96-97 Topps Chrome Base with Ewing being the best player
- The HIStory inserts from Fleer Showcase are cool die-cuts


- Some cool 90s baseball sets here (E-X, Flair Showcase)
- Stack of 97-98 E-X2001
- Some UD ESPN Inserts of Jordan, Kobe, Lebron, Chris Paul (Rookie Year)

[da_man1980]

Lol thanks for adding another Redd to the scan. I could use the Redd Topps Gold in addition to any Bazookas you might find that I need.

[Harper]

Honestly, I’m bumping this just so it doesn’t get buried by all these stupid honestly threads

[chelseafc11]

Holy hell, you’re not kidding! 2020 had been a hell of a year, haha.

[DajuanWagner]

Originally Posted by Harper

Honestly, I’m bumping this just so it doesn’t get buried by all these stupid honestly threads

Oh honestly.......

[MrAnonymous]

Any Durant RC White/Black/Orange in those?

[chelseafc11]

Originally Posted by MrAnonymous

Any Durant RC White/Black/Orange in those?

No, they are long gone!

Lots of 00-01 Fleer Genuine and 01-02 UD MVP Here!

Fleer Genuine has some col insert sets - Yes! Men, Smooth Operators and Formidable - all die-cut

The 00-01 Fleer Genuine is a near complete set with all the RCs /1500. Might have to complete that set!

The 02-03 Stadium Club has some amazing photography and is definitely slept on!

[HoustOM]

Hey which Dunkus Colossus and Stardate 2001 did you get?
Any 94-95 finest refractor?

Thanks for your reply regarding the 1988 Starting lineup, too bad they are in bad shape.

Really cool to see all these pictures!

[duron]

Man, I’m in love with that McDyess F/X.

And Showcase Elevators is one of the most underrated insert sets of the era. Much less rare than Z-Force Rave Review and Ultra Stars Gold, but to my knowledge they are the only 3 sets that use this specific effect. It’s often cited as “the original cracked ice” but I’d argue they are far superior. It’s a deeper, more intricate tech. Would make for some great wrapping paper

[chelseafc11]

Originally Posted by HoustOM

Hey which Dunkus Colossus and Stardate 2001 did you get?
Any 94-95 finest refractor?

Thanks for your reply regarding the 1988 Starting lineup, too bad they are in bad shape.

Really cool to see all these pictures!

Dunkus Colossus: Webber, Rasheed, Marrion
Stardate: Mercer, Jacque Vaughn

I don't recall seeing any 94-95 Finest Refractors yet.

Originally Posted by duron

Man, I’m in love with that McDyess F/X.

And Showcase Elevators is one of the most underrated insert sets of the era. Much less rare than Z-Force Rave Review and Ultra Stars Gold, but to my knowledge they are the only 3 sets that use this specific effect. It’s often cited as “the original cracked ice” but I’d argue they are far superior. It’s a deeper, more intricate tech. Would make for some great wrapping paper

You inspired me to take some scans of cards I've mentioned. I'll post another couple boxes in a bit!

[n1nesports]

That elevators card sure is pretty!

[chelseafc11]

A coupe boxes again. Many contain a lot of base so I am lumping things together. A couple notables:

- 2004-05 Fleer Showcase partial set
- Luke Jackson Hoops Parallel /100
- Iggy Hoops RC
- A ton of 03-04 Finest Base inclding stars (but no Kobe )

[abidtsteele]

The history inserts are super fun. Had not seen those before

[chelseafc11]

Highlights from the next couple of boxes:

- Tons of 06-07 Topps Full Court including RCs, Refractors, Gold Refractors, Parallels, etc.
- Partial 98-99 Flair Showcase Row 3 set with Kobe, Dirk, Vince, and Pierce (also a bunch of Row 2 with JWill)

[lietuvalabas]

Originally Posted by chelseafc11

Highlights from the next couple of boxes:

- Tons of 06-07 Topps Full Court including RCs, Refractors, Gold Refractors, Parallels, etc.
- Partial 98-99 Flair Showcase Row 3 set with Kobe, Dirk, Vince, and Pierce (also a bunch of Row 2 with JWill)

Row 2's are seriously underrated, gorgeous design, look like inserts honestly.

[bkcardcollector]

man those eddie jones are sick!

[HoustOM]

If we can work out a trade later, I also need these for my sets:
Dunkus Colossus: Webber
Stardate: Jacque Vaughn

[romayo]

reallly enjoying this thread. I dream to have an experience like this and flipping through a collection of cards.

[chelseafc11]

Originally Posted by bkcardcollector

man those eddie jones are sick!

Agreed, they are often forgotten sets from the early 00s.

Originally Posted by HoustOM

If we can work out a trade later, I also need these for my sets:
Dunkus Colossus: Webber
Stardate: Jacque Vaughn

Noted!

Originally Posted by romayo

reallly enjoying this thread. I dream to have an experience like this and flipping through a collection of cards.

Some parts are dreams, others are nightmares. For example, I spent the better part of two hours removing cards from penny sleeves and top loaders today...nightmare, haha.

Originally Posted by lietuvalabas

Row 2's are seriously underrated, gorgeous design, look like inserts honestly.

I think they are better looking that the Row 1s, but don't tell anybody I said that. The jersey number and the coloring makes Row 2s look sweet!

Here are a few more group shots:

- Topps Chrome & Base Topps are never bad, especially when you have some Kobes thrown in.
- The Hakeem Meltdown is pretty cool!
- The Ekpe Udoh Manufactured Patch Auto is /10
- Other random Lebron and Jordan base is never a bad thing



- Enough 04-05 Fleer Tradition to heat your house for the winter...
- Partial 04-05 Spx Set
- Random Topps Heritage Baseball Chrome/Refractors
- Bunch of GU
- Some more Crystal parallels from 04-05 Fleer



- A ton of 99-00 Topps Base/Tip-off/00-01 Tip-off w/rookies & Inserts
- 05-06 Topps 52 Style base for days, no kobe, lebron or chris paul at first glance
- Six 01-2 Fleer Maximum Jordan - I trashed hundreds of bricked cards from 01-02 Fleer Maximum, including every Kobe, but the Jordan are basically unscathed!
- Same for 01-02 Honor Roll. The entire run of base cards was bricked, but I was able to recover many copies of star base without surface damage.



Last picture for now, HOLY 00-01 ULTRA!!!

- MULTIPLE complete sets of 2Ball, Year 3, and Air Club for Men is only missing Kobe for multiple sets. Slam Show is missing a Vince Carter or two.
- Essentially a complete set of Gold Medallion (missing Kobe) with many of the RCs included.
- On the right is a bunch of UD Susperstars (multi-sport product) gold parallels /250
- The Leaf Limited Golds /10000 aren't nothing! Got Bonds, Ripen, Gwynn, etc.

[Ray27Ray52]

I was looking through rosters on 2K21 today and realized Jamal Crawford was still in the league which I thought was insane. I was a young 23 year old single guy living in my first apartment when he came in to the league and now i'm a nearly 44 year old married guy with 2 kids. Some things change, but apparently Jamal Crawford and his nearly 20000 career points will go on forever.

[mindcycle]

Originally Posted by chelseafc11

I am curious to see how long it will take to go through all this. My guess is I am about 20% done and it has been one week. I will surely let you know if I find any cool Nuggets stuff!

Thanks my friend! This is definitely one you take your time looking through IMO. I’ll keep checking back in as you post updates. Really fun seeing everything so far!

[bkcardcollector]

nice ultra box

[rasclat]

Put the # dominique wilkins aside for me if u find some.

[daeve]

Some nice stuff in those last few!

Are we free to claim stuff as we see it? [aside from near sets?] I'm mostly just looking for nice singles. Starting to see some things I'd like though.

[Springerj23]

Not trying to pry too much? Is the geographic location of this pickup near the Midwest?
The era of all this looks similar to something I was able to look at back in the summer..,