The last few weeks I've seen both the good and frankly, quite sad aspect of the hobby. I'm gonna focus on the good though because it's well worth sharing with you all.
A while back out of the blue two 90's Garnett jersey #'d cards were on ebayat the same time.
I'd just spent $60 at the beckett marketplace and so watched them pass me buy unfortunately.
Luckily one of the winners of the two cards got back in touch with me regarding the card he won. I"d just had the $60 refunded from beckett because the card I'd bought had already been sold so I had $60 in the back pocket. This card though was still well outside of my price range.
I was very much in luck though, as vto47 a great bloke from the Philippines, dropped the price for me so it didn't sound so horrific to my financial advisor (read wife!!). After a bit of gentle persuasion and mention of my birthday coming up (only a matter of 8 weeks away!!! Pfft) we struck a deal!!
More importantly a friendship has been struck with vto47 a fantastic collector with a truly awesome 90's collection. Through him I'm now a member of a Philipino card group and will hopefully soon be helping out another KG collector there with his 800 strong Garnett collection.
That's what the hobby is all about in my eyes.
Anyway big props to Vito who basically decided this card belonged more with me than with the set he is putting together. It'll always be a card I cherish because of the story behind it.
These cards are amazing. In my eyes they're either a garish 90's card that blind your eyes, or their an amazing refractor with an awesome design....
This card is #201 and just my 13th jersey numbered card from the 90's.
Thanks again Vito, you'll always be a champ in eyes.
By the way fellas, if you want to see all my cards on one page, go to this link. They're all age ordered too. Cheers
http://www.tc-collector.com/ljandkg...in-garnett-21-collection_1/Album-Details.html
A while back out of the blue two 90's Garnett jersey #'d cards were on ebayat the same time.
I'd just spent $60 at the beckett marketplace and so watched them pass me buy unfortunately.
Luckily one of the winners of the two cards got back in touch with me regarding the card he won. I"d just had the $60 refunded from beckett because the card I'd bought had already been sold so I had $60 in the back pocket. This card though was still well outside of my price range.
I was very much in luck though, as vto47 a great bloke from the Philippines, dropped the price for me so it didn't sound so horrific to my financial advisor (read wife!!). After a bit of gentle persuasion and mention of my birthday coming up (only a matter of 8 weeks away!!! Pfft) we struck a deal!!
More importantly a friendship has been struck with vto47 a fantastic collector with a truly awesome 90's collection. Through him I'm now a member of a Philipino card group and will hopefully soon be helping out another KG collector there with his 800 strong Garnett collection.
That's what the hobby is all about in my eyes.
Anyway big props to Vito who basically decided this card belonged more with me than with the set he is putting together. It'll always be a card I cherish because of the story behind it.
These cards are amazing. In my eyes they're either a garish 90's card that blind your eyes, or their an amazing refractor with an awesome design....
This card is #201 and just my 13th jersey numbered card from the 90's.
Thanks again Vito, you'll always be a champ in eyes.
By the way fellas, if you want to see all my cards on one page, go to this link. They're all age ordered too. Cheers
http://www.tc-collector.com/ljandkg...in-garnett-21-collection_1/Album-Details.html