Just got to keep on keepin' on. If you stay in it long enough, some of your fellow player collectors decide to sell out. I've been able to pick up quite a few rare issues this way. As of 100% completion, I think we can all agree that is impossible even with unlimited funds. I've found that some...
The great thing about Bonds is that as of 2004 he owns his own licensing. There are basically zero new items of his after 2007 excluding these Leaf Memories buybacks. This is a great advantage to me as I can play catch up and not worry about crazy, high priced, new GU/auto pieces coming out. I...
As a 15 year old, I started collecting Bonds almost exclusively in '98. With so many products coming out I knew I had to start to specialize and narrow my collection. I have fond memories of going to Target and buying Leaf/Pinnacle/Pacific products trying to pull rare Bonds issues. Fast forward...
The auto Fleer Showcase I got a few months ago from a fellow collector friend. He was kind enough to send it my way knowing how much I would appreciate it. He got it from a friend who must have gotten it signed in person. The auto specs out to my eye and I don't think it would have a problem...
I've also bought about 15 of these. They're a lot of fun and great variety. Yes, there's always a few late 80s packs but the majority are pretty decent quality. My best pull was a 2012 Topps rack pack Dual Game Used Golden Moments Andre Dawson jersey /Ernie Banks Bat /50.
Definitely a lot of different Topps porcelain cards out there. I just saw an example of a 1991 Topps the other day. I had never saw that issue in porcelain before.
I won this on eBay yesterday. It's not on my Bonds checklist which is pretty extensive including oddballs. I have all his phone cards for this product up to $100. I was unaware of a $200 issue. This issue is shaped like a standard card not a phone card and the picture looks like an artist's...