My "A-Train" white whale CAUGHT!!! WOOHOO!!!

My most sought after Gilmore of his entire checklist arrived today!!!


But first let's get the other A-Trains out the way...


/10


To go with the /50



/25


To go with the /99 and the /49 auto



Now to Black Box:

/148


/24


/5 and /99


Both /10 (one blue ink, one black ink)


Only missing the Gilmore/Rodman/Mullin HOF triple auto /25......one sold a month ago, I thought I'd wait for the second one to pop up....but that's the only one I have seen!! If anyone finds one please let me know.



Glass cleaners platinum #1/1!!!




Which makes up the only possible complete Glass Cleaners Gilmore parallel set:
Top row: base /149, silver /99, silver /49
Middle row: gold /99, gold /49, gold /24
Bottom row: platinum /25, platinum /5, platinum 1/1




And now.......my A-Train white whale!!!!



Not long after starting this Gilmore PC I went through his entire checklist and one card stood out above all others as the one I wanted to track down the most.
About 2 weeks ago I did my 50,000th random Gilmore Google search to see what might pop up and I managed to find the link to an ended ebay auction from mid-2009 for my white whale! It was for eBay Philippines, seller was attyball, but the worry was that the buyer had no feedback at all for the past 12 months.
Anyway I sent the guy a message through ebay with a link to my Gilmore bucket telling him I was desperate to track down the card. To my surprise he replied the next morning - yes, he still had the card, he is an NBA legends collector, but after seeing my bucket he was happy to sell to me!!
We agreed on a price, I had to pay via Western Union which worried me a bit, but he said he had stopped using eBay and had closed his Paypal account.
Anyway he posted via DHL express on Friday.......and the card arrived in my letterbox this morning!!!

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Which goes beautifully with his twin brother - #01/15!!!












And also goes nicely with another 08-09 UD Premier 1/1:







I would love to track down the other two UD Premier 1/1s (Franchise Faces and Penmanship).....but for now I am PUMPED with this new whale!!!


Cheers guys :v:

Brad

The A-Train!

The complete Glass Cleaners set looks great together.

The 1/1 is amazing, especially after you would have been stressing until it came!

Did the seller ask for an arm and a literal leg?

Sweet Gilmore Collection!

Unreal mailday....so many nice pick ups....love the 1/1!

Brad

Whenever I see one of your A-Train maildays I am thrilled as I remember how friendly and helpful you were to me when I first joined here

Congrats mate, great haul!

Another epic A Train haul congrats mate

The A-Train just gathered even more momentum! All aboooooooooard! Landing your white whale must be an awesome feeling. Congrats!

Wow Brad, what an epic mailday!! Love the 1/1's but that complete Glass Cleaners looks awesome together. Well done mate, Gratz

Insane 1/1 Brad! Good to see you got the limited 1/1 aswell.

Loving the Consummate Bradley... not so much the one blue, one black, both horribly placed/cut Black Box fiascos...

Wow Bradley, im impressed!
Can't blame you for having the consummate masters as the top card to get, it truly is one great looking piece of cardboard.

UNREAL!!!!!!!! absolutely awesome. Glad u got it mate. WOW

Great work on landing your whale buddy. It's definitely a sweet card.

bjs127 said:

seller was attyball, but the worry was the seller had no feedback at all for the past 12 months.
Anyway I sent the guy a message through ebay with a link to my Gilmore bucket telling him I was desperate to track down the card. To my surprise he replied the next morning - yes, he still had the card, he is an NBA legends collector, but after seeing my bucket he was happy to sell to me!!
We agreed on a price, I had to pay via Western Union which worried me a bit, but he said he had stopped using eBay and had closed his Paypal account.

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LOL, attyball eh, haven't heard that name for a while.

i'm sure many here would be aware that the reason his ebay account has been shut down is because of this:

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/08/20/10/citibank-exec-goes-missing-millions-stolen

this may also be of interest:


there's plenty more that can be found from googling this seller.


Sorry to put a dampener on things...

Excellent collection of A-Trains you have there! Great work

Very, Very nice mate!!

nice pick ups
but didnt attyball get caught and busted 50 cases of exquisite wth other peoples money lol

hingey242 said:

nice pick ups
but didnt attyball get caught and busted 50 cases of exquisite wth other peoples money lol

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correct ^^^^

kybeh said:

LOL, attyball eh, haven't heard that name for a while.

i'm sure many here would be aware that the reason his ebay account has been shut down is because of this:

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/08/20/10/citibank-exec-goes-missing-millions-stolen

this may also be of interest:


there's plenty more that can be found from googling this seller.


Sorry to put a dampener on things...

Excellent collection of A-Trains you have there! Great work

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The "Attyball" group also had a lot of other people selling and busting wax etc etc, some of it legit I believe, but the majority of it was with embezzled money... At the end of the day there is A LOT, I MEAN A LOT! of collectors, including big time players that have cards from this group... At the end of the day, if it hasn't been seized then it isn't stolen property in the eyes of the law in that country!

A hell of a lot more then 50 cases.....

And everyone thats been collecting longer then 5 minutes,or collecting high end stuff knows all of this, has heard it 10 times over and this person doesn't deserve to even be talked about......

aussiemjfreak said:

The "Attyball" group also had a lot of other people selling and busting wax etc etc, some of it legit I believe, but the majority of it was with embezzled money... At the end of the day there is A LOT, I MEAN A LOT! of collectors, including big time players that have cards from this group... At the end of the day, if it hasn't been seized then it isn't stolen property in the eyes of the law in that country!

A hell of a lot more then 50 cases.....

And everyone thats been collecting longer then 5 minutes,or collecting high end stuff knows all of this, has heard it 10 times over and this person doesn't deserve to even be talked about......

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Well the person who started this thread clearly wasn't aware of it, which is the only reason i brought it up.

discussion over.

theflyinggerco said:

The A-Train!

The complete Glass Cleaners set looks great together.

The 1/1 is amazing, especially after you would have been stressing until it came!

Did the seller ask for an arm and a literal leg?

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The guy I dealt with (not Attyball, he was the one who originally sold it to this guy back in 2009....in a very above board deal that i'm sure was 100% legitimate LOL) paid for half the express shipping and was easy to negotiate with on price.....although I made the first offer which was comfortably above what i would consider market rates - he was well rewarded for his generosity in letting the card go. The Western Union money order also cost me an extra $20.

Matty76 said:

Brad

Whenever I see one of your A-Train maildays I am thrilled as I remember how friendly and helpful you were to me when I first joined here

Congrats mate, great haul!

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Thanks Matty, plenty of helpful people on this site, and the NBA guys are some of the most helpful of them all outside of the cricket forum

Wattsup said:

Sweet Gilmore Collection!

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Thanks mate

Matt26 said:

Unreal mailday....so many nice pick ups....love the 1/1!

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Thanks Matt, anytime a 1/1 arrives it's a great day!

kiwi_in_melb said:

Another epic A Train haul congrats mate

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Cheers kiwi

skip20 said:

The A-Train just gathered even more momentum! All aboooooooooard! Landing your white whale must be an awesome feeling. Congrats!

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Gilmore's love hopping on the Adelaide express Skip!!

Strop said:

Wow Brad, what an epic mailday!! Love the 1/1's but that complete Glass Cleaners looks awesome together. Well done mate, Gratz

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Thanks Strop, they are a very nice set....9 parallels to hunt down is a bit overboard though

kingjack said:

Insane 1/1 Brad! Good to see you got the limited 1/1 aswell.

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Yeah was never going to let that one go anywhere else!

hairyangryfella said:

Loving the Consummate Bradley... not so much the one blue, one black, both horribly placed/cut Black Box fiascos...

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Cheers G, yeah the bloke inserting the sticker autos on the Black Box autos must have either gone to work with a hangover or got his raise request knocked back I reckon

Verse1 said:

Wow Bradley, im impressed!
Can't blame you for having the consummate masters as the top card to get, it truly is one great looking piece of cardboard.

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Ta Nicholas, yes still rueing the day eary this year I was offered an MJ consummate for $670 and didn't go through with the deal.....still having nightmares!!

C3PO said:

UNREAL!!!!!!!! absolutely awesome. Glad u got it mate. WOW

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Thanks Threepio.....as Yoda would say, "nice card this one is!"

KB. said:

Great work on landing your whale buddy. It's definitely a sweet card.

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Super sweet KB!

aussiemjfreak said:

Very, Very nice mate!!

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Thanks buddy

kybeh said:

Well the person who started this thread clearly wasn't aware of it, which is the only reason i brought it up.

discussion over.

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I am well aware of attyball's history, which is exactly why I mentioned who the original seller was....I have also corrected my post, attyball sold to the guy I bought from, and this guy has not used ebay in over 12 months, I was not referring to attyball's ebay habits. They have still been selling recently on ebay anyway, so i'm not sure how that works given their colourful history in the hobby and with the law.


Anyway thanks for the kind words fellas, definitely a great day for my collection!