from what i noticed of the printing of the stamping from what i learned from the basketball side of the hobby...looks phony. the printing isn't as sharp as a real one.the M is usually not clean and bleeds a bit.
the damon was submitted on the 8th of may this year. prob to see if it would pass...
trips to the shoprite for money orders regularly those days. only once did i get screwed, for a vince carter bowman best auto refractor. only 65 bucks but damn i wanted that card of VC.
anyway....congrats! ive been on since 02 but had an account back in 98 that well...i was 12 so wasn't always...
hey i have a question about these proof crusades. i noticed the ones sold by samho didn't have the xxx / 250, etc. they were just blank. is that something that not all the proofs received? i noticed that the mike piazza executive proofs had that xxx / numbering on it, so was just curious.
man that card would LITERALLY give me chills! that is so sick, congrats!!
i remember how crazy it was to pull this from a case of inaugural immaculate basketball and that was surreal! congrats again...
i had a shot to trade for a trout xfractor auto for under 200 and felt the same way. i got burned on brandon wood and thought of him and didn't pull the trigger
from my experience
luminescent, the card itself has a refractor finish, but the player doesn't.
illuminator, the player image has a refractor finish, the card does not
3 more VLADS... listed the certified gold because i read that there were more than 30 produced and there are backdoored extras. does anyone know what the estimated quantity is on the 98 certified platinum golds are? i know the 97 certified mirror golds are way over what the claimed the print run...
looking to put together a nice little IMPALER PC. here's the results so far...
few more coming soon... if anyone has some high end VLADS they are open to moving, lmk!
following basketball auctions i have come across a card very similar to the one on the right... i believe it is fake and the left is real. the card below i had come across in the past and at the time i thought it was legit even though the font had some striking flaws to the font (weak dot over...
ARRIVED thursday, very happy to be reuinted with this. i bought one WAY back in the early days of my collecting. come to think of it, probably the year these came out, 98 when i was in the 8th grade. cost me $250 of my graduation money but was worth every penny. ended up selling it soon after to...