theflyinggerco
OzCardTrader
Hey guys,
Just a few cards today. I was expecting these last week, but Australia Post decided otherwise (On a positive note for Australia Post, these cards were actually delivered to my door rather than left on top of my letterbox when they didn't all fit in. On a negative note for Australia Post, it was actually my neighbour who delivered them because she was worried about them being stolen. But I digress)
Firstly from Steve (Good_Old_BBall):
Louie Dampier UD Black ABA Autographs #ed 8/9
Bit of an unknown, Dampier was a gun point guard in the ABA for Kentucky (one of only two ABA players to play with one franchise for the entire length of the ABA) and named to 7 ABA All-Star games.
He changed his game from that of a quick shooting gunner (he set a three pointers made in a season record that lasted until 1995) to a traditional point guard setting up Artis Gilmore and Dan Issel, helping the Colonels win the 75 ABA title. He was named in the ABA All-Time Team, as one of only three PGs.
On top of all this, he played with my beloved Spurs for three years after the ABA-NBA merger.
Needless to say, he is an ABA legend and I have to thank Steve for selling me such a sweet looking card.
I also have to thank Steve for these legends freebies he chucked.
Walt Frazier Legendary Fabrics
Grant Hill Gold RC
Now for some Mikans.
35th Anniversary Team #ed 30/35
A really good card in hand, the scan does it little justice.
Timeless Treasures Hall of Fame Quad Materials with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jerry West and Magic Johnson #ed 9/50
Time for another rant...
I have no idea how Panini has decided to order these players on the card... They aren't in order of their careers which would be the logical way of ordering them.
Apart from that I'm very happy with this card; obviously because its a Mikan memorabilia card but also because its got Jerry West, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson jersey pieces on it and I love my legends.
The Mikan piece of memorabilia also has some stitchings on it in the top left corner, and its also interesting to see how the jersey fabric changed from the 1950s to the late 1980s (or maybe mid 90s, because Magic looks pretty chunky in the photo).
Thanks for looking guys...
PS. One of the cards I got today (The Mikan 35th Anniversary) came in this bubble mailer... I am very grateful that someone in the US Postal Service in Arizona thought better of sending my card to Canada
Just a few cards today. I was expecting these last week, but Australia Post decided otherwise (On a positive note for Australia Post, these cards were actually delivered to my door rather than left on top of my letterbox when they didn't all fit in. On a negative note for Australia Post, it was actually my neighbour who delivered them because she was worried about them being stolen. But I digress)
Firstly from Steve (Good_Old_BBall):
Louie Dampier UD Black ABA Autographs #ed 8/9
Bit of an unknown, Dampier was a gun point guard in the ABA for Kentucky (one of only two ABA players to play with one franchise for the entire length of the ABA) and named to 7 ABA All-Star games.
He changed his game from that of a quick shooting gunner (he set a three pointers made in a season record that lasted until 1995) to a traditional point guard setting up Artis Gilmore and Dan Issel, helping the Colonels win the 75 ABA title. He was named in the ABA All-Time Team, as one of only three PGs.
On top of all this, he played with my beloved Spurs for three years after the ABA-NBA merger.
Needless to say, he is an ABA legend and I have to thank Steve for selling me such a sweet looking card.
I also have to thank Steve for these legends freebies he chucked.
Walt Frazier Legendary Fabrics
Grant Hill Gold RC
Now for some Mikans.
35th Anniversary Team #ed 30/35
A really good card in hand, the scan does it little justice.
Timeless Treasures Hall of Fame Quad Materials with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jerry West and Magic Johnson #ed 9/50
Time for another rant...
I have no idea how Panini has decided to order these players on the card... They aren't in order of their careers which would be the logical way of ordering them.
Apart from that I'm very happy with this card; obviously because its a Mikan memorabilia card but also because its got Jerry West, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson jersey pieces on it and I love my legends.
The Mikan piece of memorabilia also has some stitchings on it in the top left corner, and its also interesting to see how the jersey fabric changed from the 1950s to the late 1980s (or maybe mid 90s, because Magic looks pretty chunky in the photo).
Thanks for looking guys...
PS. One of the cards I got today (The Mikan 35th Anniversary) came in this bubble mailer... I am very grateful that someone in the US Postal Service in Arizona thought better of sending my card to Canada