Hi there Gents.... In my never ending pursuit of 200 #21 jersey #'d cards I've now come within 9 of the big goal....I've picked up 8 cards in the last few months which is a lot for me. Some are pure junk and some are absolute beauties but every one counts!
I'll start with the junk and slowly up the ante....
One reason I'm glad this chase is nearly over is the number of US buyers not offering cards for overseas guys anymore. It makes my job very difficult as Ebay even screen what I can see, so US only auctions aren't available to me. Luckily I've saved a couple of sellers indivdually which helps me get around that. I'm also very fortunate to have a mate like LJBiggestFan who helps me with every US only auction - he wins them for me, then repacks them off to New Zealand, often in new cases. I'm forever indebted to him and look forward to paying him back when he visits me later in the year.
Anyway - a US only seller I found via google search (!!) had been posting some #21 cards. Patrick helped me out and we landed this rather strange card....
#'d #21/1989! No idea how they came up with that number but here it is. I do have another card that's 21/2007 but this one is right up there!
The same seller also had this card...
Won't bother with the back - it's 21/100 and in my eyes a butt ugly card but they all count!
These two aren't the prettiest either but as I said they all count. They're the earliest luxury box cards I own and both went for more than I thought. They seem to sell well..
Anyway both are #21/25....
Now onto cards of a better quality
Patrick helped me with the first two cards as I said above and he also found out the seller had this little puppy.
One of my favourite ever sets was 01-02 Upper Deck Flight Team - My 2nd #21 card ever back in 2004 was this awesome card...
..and from then I'd hoped to get any of the fantastic parallels or inserts. I'd seen none! UNTIL this gift came with the other two....
It's the gold 21/50 version, awesome in hand and has been on display ever since I got it a month ago!
I also have a couple of other thank yous to say.
Firstly for help getting this next card - thanks to xavieronly1! - He made me aware that the next card was for sale at BO so I hoped on over there. The seller ended up putting it on ebay and I won it, so without further ado...
Finally onto the last two for the next wee while...
and another thank you....
Chocsports2000 sent me a PM a while back saying he'd found some links on Sportsbuy - I'd not been to that site for months and had basically forgotten about it. My eyes lit up when I saw the links! Two jersey #'d exquisite cards! The prices weren't off the charts either, in fact they were pretty fair. Sportsbuy is a major hassle for overseas buyers so once again Patrick helped me land these two great cards.
They bring my number of jersey #'d exquisite cards to nine and also helped me put together a spinotron-type treble!!
Anyway here they are....
and this pretty little ditty
...and here's the 05-06 base theme I'm now working on....
Need the base card now which I've never seen....
....and here's my spinotron trebles moment!!!!
All three Garnett giant Extra Exquisite cards that are available.... There is no Garnett extra exquisite card from 06-07 and the design became 4 smaller pieces.
Anyway so in summary - big thanks to my good mate Patrick, and two other great guys for keeping an eye out in xavieronly1 and chocsports2000
9 cards to go fellas.... can't wait.
I'll start with the junk and slowly up the ante....
One reason I'm glad this chase is nearly over is the number of US buyers not offering cards for overseas guys anymore. It makes my job very difficult as Ebay even screen what I can see, so US only auctions aren't available to me. Luckily I've saved a couple of sellers indivdually which helps me get around that. I'm also very fortunate to have a mate like LJBiggestFan who helps me with every US only auction - he wins them for me, then repacks them off to New Zealand, often in new cases. I'm forever indebted to him and look forward to paying him back when he visits me later in the year.
Anyway - a US only seller I found via google search (!!) had been posting some #21 cards. Patrick helped me out and we landed this rather strange card....
#'d #21/1989! No idea how they came up with that number but here it is. I do have another card that's 21/2007 but this one is right up there!
The same seller also had this card...
Won't bother with the back - it's 21/100 and in my eyes a butt ugly card but they all count!
These two aren't the prettiest either but as I said they all count. They're the earliest luxury box cards I own and both went for more than I thought. They seem to sell well..
Anyway both are #21/25....
Now onto cards of a better quality
Patrick helped me with the first two cards as I said above and he also found out the seller had this little puppy.
One of my favourite ever sets was 01-02 Upper Deck Flight Team - My 2nd #21 card ever back in 2004 was this awesome card...
..and from then I'd hoped to get any of the fantastic parallels or inserts. I'd seen none! UNTIL this gift came with the other two....
It's the gold 21/50 version, awesome in hand and has been on display ever since I got it a month ago!
I also have a couple of other thank yous to say.
Firstly for help getting this next card - thanks to xavieronly1! - He made me aware that the next card was for sale at BO so I hoped on over there. The seller ended up putting it on ebay and I won it, so without further ado...
Finally onto the last two for the next wee while...
and another thank you....
Chocsports2000 sent me a PM a while back saying he'd found some links on Sportsbuy - I'd not been to that site for months and had basically forgotten about it. My eyes lit up when I saw the links! Two jersey #'d exquisite cards! The prices weren't off the charts either, in fact they were pretty fair. Sportsbuy is a major hassle for overseas buyers so once again Patrick helped me land these two great cards.
They bring my number of jersey #'d exquisite cards to nine and also helped me put together a spinotron-type treble!!
Anyway here they are....
and this pretty little ditty
...and here's the 05-06 base theme I'm now working on....
Need the base card now which I've never seen....
....and here's my spinotron trebles moment!!!!
All three Garnett giant Extra Exquisite cards that are available.... There is no Garnett extra exquisite card from 06-07 and the design became 4 smaller pieces.
Anyway so in summary - big thanks to my good mate Patrick, and two other great guys for keeping an eye out in xavieronly1 and chocsports2000
9 cards to go fellas.... can't wait.