This mailday features the old school ballers who have since retired but legends every one of them!
Up first - a couple of big nasty on card autos of Lights Out Finley! Under-rated product the old multi sport stuff...
/3000
/225 with the Classic embossed corner - somebody bring embossing back!
Can you spare a Buck?
Nice design on these Marks of Brilliance /199 Unsung hero, ROY, All-NBA, 3 x all-star and 4 x All Defensive team selections. An absolute iron man has played the 12th most regular season games in NBA history and only 17 guys in history have played more regular season minutes. anks 3rd in all time NBA offensive rebounds (one of the hardest stats to get) and cracks the all time top 20 mark for FG%. Classic blue collar, lunch pail and hard hat guy in the paint.
Couple of Former #1 picks rocking the big on card Press Pass autos
Ralph Sampson - one of the Twin Towers with Hakeem
Brad Daugherty - one of the best passing pivots on those Cavs squads the Bulls used to beat up on every year...
Anther great sharpshooter (or should that be sling shooter?) - Peja Stojakovic - had to grab at least one auto and this one is a beauty - had to be in Sac jersey... Good looking on card autos, Topps normally does a good job..
The X-Man
Funny guy who talked a lot of trash and a gritty defender who I remember for this exact reason and clip....the trash talker got owned!
Elite /149
National Treasures /99
Employee #8
Thought this guy was a world beater at first - loved his shimmy on NBA Live back in the day... Nice on card auto.
Signs of Stardom from the Starbury
Another nice on card auto - this guys cards seem to keep following me around!
Malik Sealy - RIP - Legacy being the optimal word here. My first Flair Showcase card of any description and I can see why they're so highly regarded. Beautifully designed. Row 2 / 150
Walt 'Clyde' Frazier /99 - great on card auto of the HOFer
Cedric 'Cornbread' Maxwell 2 x NBA Champ and the 1981 NBA Finals MVP - that;s what you call clutch!
My first look at Marquee /199
Preferred Red /74
Preferred Red (again) /74 - rates higher because of the Celtics uniform - check out the golden bling!
...and my first Silo #01/29 - ebay 1/1!!!! Beautiful cards, done right!
******HALF TIME BREAK & ENTERTAINMENT*******
Marion Jones - former UNC and WNBA baller and Olympic champion - who'd be a terror on the fast break! Thought she was one of the all time great athletes who had that million dollar smile and personality before she um, 'dropped the ball'...
/182
..back to it!
Another cult hero with a smile and a game bigger than his stature. A stunningly designed card featuring a big on card sig. Glad it's in Hornets colours too....
Muggsy Bogues Chronology auto
The nicest of the 'Bad Boys' - Joe Dumars
Material Monikers Patch auto /25
Couple of 'Old Boys' - the original Bowman '48s
Ralph Hamilton a 6'1' forward of the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons. Once was Indiana's all time leading scorer and dropped 60 in one game. In the off season also worked on the production line at Zollner Machine Works!
Howard Dallmar - 6'4' guard for the Philadelphia Warriors. Led the league in assists in the 1948 season (with a grand total of 120) and made his first all-star team. Won a NCAA championship with Stanford in 1942.
The Defensive Beasts patrolling the paint
Mount Mutombo - NT Colossal /25
....check this ad out if you haven't already:
'Zo - Premier Attractions - on card /50 - sexy bit of cardboard!
The Goggled One Kab Jab /50 - my third Kareem auto (if you count Kareem Rush)
Finally.......
Thunder Dan Majerle
Masterful Marks /199
Hmmmm, that wasn't the ending I was hoping for.......
Better chuck this in too..........
Court Kings Boxtopper auto /75 - biggest card and biggest on card auto you're ever gonna find my friends!
Well, that's it for now - the pile of cards to be scanned grows smaller....
Thanks for looking (and reading the history lessons), as you know any comments are always appreciated. Hopefully I will have something higher end to post up in a mailday soon!
Up first - a couple of big nasty on card autos of Lights Out Finley! Under-rated product the old multi sport stuff...
/3000
/225 with the Classic embossed corner - somebody bring embossing back!
Can you spare a Buck?
Nice design on these Marks of Brilliance /199 Unsung hero, ROY, All-NBA, 3 x all-star and 4 x All Defensive team selections. An absolute iron man has played the 12th most regular season games in NBA history and only 17 guys in history have played more regular season minutes. anks 3rd in all time NBA offensive rebounds (one of the hardest stats to get) and cracks the all time top 20 mark for FG%. Classic blue collar, lunch pail and hard hat guy in the paint.
Couple of Former #1 picks rocking the big on card Press Pass autos
Ralph Sampson - one of the Twin Towers with Hakeem
Brad Daugherty - one of the best passing pivots on those Cavs squads the Bulls used to beat up on every year...
Anther great sharpshooter (or should that be sling shooter?) - Peja Stojakovic - had to grab at least one auto and this one is a beauty - had to be in Sac jersey... Good looking on card autos, Topps normally does a good job..
The X-Man
Funny guy who talked a lot of trash and a gritty defender who I remember for this exact reason and clip....the trash talker got owned!
Elite /149
National Treasures /99
Employee #8
Thought this guy was a world beater at first - loved his shimmy on NBA Live back in the day... Nice on card auto.
Signs of Stardom from the Starbury
Another nice on card auto - this guys cards seem to keep following me around!
Malik Sealy - RIP - Legacy being the optimal word here. My first Flair Showcase card of any description and I can see why they're so highly regarded. Beautifully designed. Row 2 / 150
Walt 'Clyde' Frazier /99 - great on card auto of the HOFer
Cedric 'Cornbread' Maxwell 2 x NBA Champ and the 1981 NBA Finals MVP - that;s what you call clutch!
My first look at Marquee /199
Preferred Red /74
Preferred Red (again) /74 - rates higher because of the Celtics uniform - check out the golden bling!
...and my first Silo #01/29 - ebay 1/1!!!! Beautiful cards, done right!
******HALF TIME BREAK & ENTERTAINMENT*******
Marion Jones - former UNC and WNBA baller and Olympic champion - who'd be a terror on the fast break! Thought she was one of the all time great athletes who had that million dollar smile and personality before she um, 'dropped the ball'...
/182
..back to it!
Another cult hero with a smile and a game bigger than his stature. A stunningly designed card featuring a big on card sig. Glad it's in Hornets colours too....
Muggsy Bogues Chronology auto
The nicest of the 'Bad Boys' - Joe Dumars
Material Monikers Patch auto /25
Couple of 'Old Boys' - the original Bowman '48s
Ralph Hamilton a 6'1' forward of the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons. Once was Indiana's all time leading scorer and dropped 60 in one game. In the off season also worked on the production line at Zollner Machine Works!
Howard Dallmar - 6'4' guard for the Philadelphia Warriors. Led the league in assists in the 1948 season (with a grand total of 120) and made his first all-star team. Won a NCAA championship with Stanford in 1942.
The Defensive Beasts patrolling the paint
Mount Mutombo - NT Colossal /25
....check this ad out if you haven't already:
'Zo - Premier Attractions - on card /50 - sexy bit of cardboard!
The Goggled One Kab Jab /50 - my third Kareem auto (if you count Kareem Rush)
Finally.......
Thunder Dan Majerle
Masterful Marks /199
Hmmmm, that wasn't the ending I was hoping for.......
Better chuck this in too..........
Court Kings Boxtopper auto /75 - biggest card and biggest on card auto you're ever gonna find my friends!
Well, that's it for now - the pile of cards to be scanned grows smaller....
Thanks for looking (and reading the history lessons), as you know any comments are always appreciated. Hopefully I will have something higher end to post up in a mailday soon!
