I thought I'd share my Sportkings Spectacular Patch cards - baseball

[mwheeler27]

Out of curiosity did a checklist for the National 1/1 cards ever surface?

Are you talking about the one with 2 Canseco 1/1s on it?

LOL...Just kidding. I have not seen them release that checklist yet.

 

[RAZOR-Z]

Are you talking about the one with 2 Canseco 1/1s on it?

LOL...Just kidding. I have not seen them release that checklist yet.

My stomach dropped for a second - lol

 

[RAZOR-Z]

There are a total of 315 counting the redemptions, and I have 158, so .5 over half of them.

Not sure where that Armstrong patch ended up, and yes, there's a Jordan Patch out there somewhere. Do you have it?

What are the top 5 or so S Patches you own or have seen?

AJ

 

[mwheeler27]

What are the top 5 or so S Patches you own or have seen?

AJ

Honestly hard to say. The Pippen went for $1300 on ebay auction. There is a Barkley right now nearing that with 5 days left:

Charles Barkley 2012 Sportkings Series E Spectacular Patch 1 1 NBA Logo Logoman | eBay

Do I decide value wise, aesthetic wise, rarity wise, or some other way to determine top 5? I really don't know how to choose. Personally, I like them all...almost equally.

 

[mwheeler27]

I can't believe it's been over a year since I've updated this thread. I just added all kinds of new cards to the original post.

 

[mrmopar]

i had never seen the Garvey cards. Assume they went to you privately. Are the all 1/1s? Besides your copies, I've never seen any other Garvey cards from this set. I'd like to own them, but at the rate a couple new buyers are driving up garvey prices to INSANE levels, if one showed up now, it would end up in someone else's collection anyway.

 

[mwheeler27]

i had never seen the Garvey cards. Assume they went to you privately. Are the all 1/1s? Besides your copies, I've never seen any other Garvey cards from this set. I'd like to own them, but at the rate a couple new buyers are driving up garvey prices to INSANE levels, if one showed up now, it would end up in someone else's collection anyway.

Yes, they are all 1/1s. Most of these come to me privately, but they do occasionally appear on ebay and COMC. Not many Garvey cards.

 

[Hawk8]

Love the Dawson

 

[mrmopar]

Any chance I can get you to scan the two Garvey backs? I try to keep scans of any cards I don't own for future reference. Thanks.

 

[mwheeler27]

Any chance I can get you to scan the two Garvey backs? I try to keep scans of any cards I don't own for future reference. Thanks.

Sure thing. Here they are:

 

[mrmopar]

cool, thank you! Maybe someday if I ever get everything scanned, they can be part of my Steve Garvey gallery of cards I don't own.

 

[A_Pharis]

The Mathews. Wow....

 

[dstrawberryfan39]

I love the strawberry! !!

 

[mrwhitesox30]

I've been collecting White Sox patch cards for about a decade, and that Aparicio is the best White Sox patch I've ever seen. I have a couple nice ones from 2005 Sweet Spot Classic, but the Sportkings patch is much bigger. The Bill Skowron looks like a Sox jersey, as well.

 

[mwheeler27]

I've been collecting White Sox patch cards for about a decade, and that Aparicio is the best White Sox patch I've ever seen. I have a couple nice ones from 2005 Sweet Spot Classic, but the Sportkings patch is much bigger. The Bill Skowron looks like a Sox jersey, as well.

In my opinion, Sportkings is very under appreciated. They produce some of the nicest, authentic patches in the industry, yet it seems they are almost unknown.

You are correct. Both the Aparicio and Skowron are game-used White Sox jerseys. Here's what the Skowron says on the back:

 

[lambert58]

Awesome collection. After seeing your collection it almost seems right for you to get the whole set. Personally I think the first Tony Gwynn was the nicest of them all. One thing about the Glavines, why are they all Mets Jerseys? I mean the dude is a Braves HOFer!

 

[byronscott4ever]

What's the cheapest one you've landed (price not which one)?

 

[mwheeler27]

Awesome collection. After seeing your collection it almost seems right for you to get the whole set. Personally I think the first Tony Gwynn was the nicest of them all. One thing about the Glavines, why are they all Mets Jerseys? I mean the dude is a Braves HOFer!

I would love to be able to get the whole set, but several of those I don't have are already under lock and key in aggressive player-collector PCs. It would take me a lifetime, and a lot of luck, to put this set together.

What's the cheapest one you've landed (price not which one)?

$60.

 

[michaelstepper]

I absurdly love the Mathews and Musial. Amazing collection

 

[mwheeler27]

Dustin Pedroia arrived recently: