Recent slab pickups / grading

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Last up will be the Golds, both Base Gold and a Gold Xfractor. Difficulty of Blacks to this jumps 20x where the Xfractors concerned

Gold Refractor #43/49 BGS 9.5
Gold Xfractor #06/10 BGS 9

I've seen plenty of Golds over the years, but never another Gold Xfractor

I'm going to make a separate post on the Superfractor 1/1. After 2 decades of silence, I'm going to talk about the card that has shaped the last 20 years of my collecting journey. My fellow Clemens guys will learn the why behind my desire to keep to myself was so great. Why sharing only a select few items from my million card plus PC occurred. And why I still refuse to spend one ounce of energy on negativity

 

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Probably wondering why I'm posting this Jordan instead of the 2006 Finest Superfractor Clemens I was going to discuss. Well they tie in. Couldnt locate my auction pics but super was $125+ almost 2 decades ago

This hobby is about relationships. How we make them, nurture them, keep them. How we build bridges to grow a PC. And how fragile they can be when BUSINESS becomes involved.

I was involved in a bidding war +recognized the competition. Tried during that time period to work with my fellow collectors. Help them grow their PC. Share intimate knowledge of true rarities, not just show pony pieces. Trade rare pieces to them

Thought I won. Only to discover the close friend, someone I'd trusted enough to bond and crack bread ,had created a 2nd account to hide their buy rather than just say "steer clear" . Made me realize right then I was an "expendable" asset. Business 101. They went Elon Musk on me. Extract knowledge. Extract ideas= dispose.

I went underground the next 20 yrs. Rarely told anyone any set I was working on. Kept to myself

Folks= either your an Elon Musk collector. Or a bridge builder. Decide which you want to be known as. Me ? Bridge guy. Ethics and Honesty. Rather go out as a helper. Not one minute did I spend on negative.

I can look in my mirror and know I built bridges. Still do. The Jordan? Reminded me karma works both ways. The 120 I was gonna spend on the 1/1 instead turned into this BGS 8 and 20 other Jordans. Paid for my wifes lupus treatments for 2007/2008. I'd say I made a proper choice

 

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Sad to see these go, but need space and looking to cut retirement expenses down.

Moving on to the Base Bronze #159 and Bronze Promo #159 Bagwells. Sadly sold the Gems a very long time ago. The Base 9 is a Pop 2 just 1 higher, while the Promo is a Pop 8 which I own 3 of the 8.

As many are aware the online checklists on Beckett show a B, S, or G to signify rarity levels

Bronze B = lowest level, says Common on card
Silver S= middle level, says Uncommon on card
Gold G = highest tier, says Rare on card

Further types include Embossed and Die Cut variations, with the Die Cut Embossed Refractor variations the top tier of all

Enjoy more to follow

 

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This one pissed me off. Reslabbed during 2020. Set aside and boxed. Took it out. Cheap friggin plastic, the same plastic that leaked oils on to cards and had to be redesigned and replaced - bubbled up

Top pic = looks like now
Bottom pic what I sent in

 

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Now to bring some

There are just 2 Die Cut Embossed Bronze PSA 10 in the pop report. Never been a sale before. I looked up the Silver Embossed #318 = theres 5 of those and the last sold for $288 with several sales near $400

We about to find out what the player / set collectors of Finest think of it. Gonna throw a BIN up with best offer and see where it leads. Generally on these I'll price it above what I expect reality to handle. Hate to see it go but gotta clear the space

More big boy Bagwells coming up

 

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Heres the last two, both toughies in high grade. Embossed is Pop 1, Embossed Refractor Pop 8 average sales 250-400 on both

 

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Another run about to be shown off and depart from 2006 Upper Deck Future Stars. Messed up years ago and sent in the base instead of the Blue serial numbered. Generally base cards were throw ins when I wanted a spare card to protect the top of a pile. Never got around again to slabbing a Blue. Planning to later this year

Base unnumbered
Purple to 1799
Green to 499
Red to 299 - tough retail pull
Blue to 99 (raw)
Black to 50
Gold to 25 and yes it"s #22/25

Lots already sold to a buyer

I know one of my guys gonna be disappointed cause of that uni # item, but he's getting first dibs on most other uni # items , so I gotta be fair to ALL my collecting friends . Its just how I roll

 

[jmc855]

Another run about to be shown off and depart from 2006 Upper Deck Future Stars. Messed up years ago and sent in the base instead of the Blue serial numbered. Generally base cards were throw ins when I wanted a spare card to protect the top of a pile. Never got around again to slabbing a Blue. Planning to later this year

Base unnumbered
Purple to 1799
Green to 499
Red to 299 - tough retail pull
Blue to 99 (raw)
Black to 50
Gold to 25 and yes it"s #22/25

Lots already sold to a buyer

I know one of my guys gonna be disappointed cause of that uni # item, but he's getting first dibs on most other uni # items , so I gotta be fair to ALL my collecting friends . Its just how I roll


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Good run. I m already over it lol

 

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In the box where I've located my missing sets found another subset I never inventoried. So lets do it now. 2007 SPX Winning Materials subset

Ok to start = base items. Says I should have 7, with 5 of them graded. Found the 5 graded, missing the two raw

BASE ITEMS LIST/ STATUS
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Bronze /199 graded
Gold /199 graded
Silver /199 graded
Blue /175 graded
Green /175 graded
Gold /99 raw= missing
Silver/99 raw = missing

Looks like a project this week will be to locate the two raws so I can knock em off

Rest are going in the 2014bestservice feebay store in the next 24 hrs

Enjoy


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i remember being at a old card store called Diamond Jacks. he had a box open selling packs for $7.50 i said omg im not paying that for a pack of cards. lol.

 

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To start off the 2006 Upper Deck Epic Series the RC1 varistions. In no way shape or form will what I show be completely what I have. Just whats in this box. Have more chilling in my Mass storage unit. Was also informed by another Clenens guy hes finished this set= an astonishing feat
I was two short= both Autos

Dark Orange /155 not slabbed yet
Light Orange 64/155
Dark Purple 69/145
Light Purple/145 not slabbed yet
Red /145 not slabbed yet
Blue 50/99
Teal 02/99
Green/75 not slabbed yet
Dark Green 24/50
Grey 25/40
Gold 07/25 cause you know 7 Cys
Signature /5 I do not own one

More to follow.

 

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PART TWO of the 2006 Upper Deck Epic subseries of items.these are the RC2 Variations I had slabbed. Again not all I own just whats in the box locally

Dark Orange /155 not slabbed yet
Light Orange 151/155
Dark Purple /145 not slabbed yet
Light Purple 112/145
Red /145 not slabbed yet
Blue 74/99
Teal 22/99 ( uniform number)
Green 32/75
Dark Green not slabbed yet
Grey 30/40
Gold 07/25 cause you know 7 Cys
Signature /5 I do not own one

More to follow.

 

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Part 3 of the 2006 Epic series. Ticking me off as I cant locate a slab that is "supposed" to be in the box. You'll noticed a lot of Gems. From a case I broke

Dark Orange 10/155
Light Orange - have but slab is MIA see pic
Dark Purple 114/145
Light Purple 42/145
Red/145 not slabbed yet
Blue 04/99
Teal 08/99
Gteen 61/75
Dark Green /50 not slabbed yet
Grey 07/40
Gold 03/25 never searched to complete trifecta
Signature 1/5 the only one of 3 that I own

More to follow