Tatupu Overload!! Seriously, you gotta see this!

[seahawks4ever]

First, I wanna show a few cards I've gotten...these are only the 1/1's and I may have show a couple before.

2006 Threads Ben Obomanu Yellow Plate 1/1

2006 Finest Ben Obomanu Framed White Superfractor RC 1/1

2007 Rookies & Stars Jordan Kent Black auto RC 1/1 (also got the emerald #d/5 in)

2007 NFL Playoffs Josh Wilson Platinum auto RC 1/1

2007 NFL Playoffs Jordan Kent Platinum auto RC 1/1

2006 Contenders Ben Obomanu Black plate RC 1/1

2007 Total Brandon Mebane Yellow Plate RC 1/1

2009 Topps Chrome Courtney Greene Magenta Plate RC 1/1

2009 Topps Chrome Courtney Greene Cyan Plate 1/1 (need the yellow I think for all 4)

2009 Limited Cameron Morrah Platinum spotlight RC 1/1

2007 Absolute Courtney Taylor Platinum RC 1/1

2009 Finest TJ Houshmandzadeh Magenta Plate 1/1

Once in a great while, a person gets a second chance to pick up a card they missed out on...well multiply that by 29. The Lofa Tatupu collector, who made every Tatupu collectors lives a living hell, sold his collection to a card shop in Olympia, WA. That guy, in turn, put the whole lot onto ebay. The original lot was just for the 1/1's but you know me, I wanted more. I'll be out of the game for awhile after doing this, but I would have never, ever got another shot at these.

We will start simple:
spx platinum 1/1's...there are 7 of them here...don't know how many total were made:

OK now a couple of random plates:

2008 Kickoff Yellow plate 1/1

2005 Bowman Chrome Black Plate RC 1/1

2007 Total Tatupu/Hill Yellow Plate 1/1

Now something close to completion:

Quick Break from the 1/1's. How about these....most of which you NEVER see anywhere anymore!

2005 Rookies & Stars True Green RC 79/100

2005 Playoff Honors O's RC #d 3/99

2005 Playoff Honors Vanguard RC #d10/50

2005 Upper Deck UD Exclusives RC 30/50

2005 Upper Deck UD Exclusives SPECTRUM RC 6/10!

and my favorite acquisition (non 1/1 related)

2005 SPX Spectrum RC 20/25

OK now something I've never been able to do:

ALL 4 PLATES!

Oh...they made this:

:mrgreen:

OK one more Super:

Now, down to the final 4 cards...

2006 Ultimate Dual Sig Jersey AJ Hawk/Lofa Tatupu #d 8/10

2006 Ultimate Dual Sig Patch Hawk/Tatupu #d 5/5 (thanks UD for the riveting patches...)

2008 UD Premiere Marc Bulger/Steven Jackson/Matt Hasselbeck/Lofa Tatupu/Brian Bosworth 5 jersey 1/1!!!!

and the sharpest tatupu card I have seen:

2006 Ultimate Combo Signature Materials Lofa Tatupu 1 color jersey, 3 color jersey, NFL SHIELD on card auto 1/1.

Thank you all for looking! This was one heck of an addition!

 

[NYCrulesU]

Just curious, what did that entire lot run you? If you don't want to say in public please PM it to me. Btw, GREAT FREAKIN' BUY!!! :!: :shock:

 

[deceptikon1978]

Wow, amazing haul, congrats!

 

[CollectorsCorner]

The guy that had those give up on his collection I remember him from BMB good guy

 

[tenclubber]

:shock: WOW!!! Nice pickups!!!

 

[Slette]

I can't even imagine how excited you must have been to discover all of those for sale. Glad they found their way into a deserving collection.

 

[seahawks4ever]

Just curious, what did that entire lot run you? If you don't want to say in public please PM it to me. Btw, GREAT FREAKIN' BUY!!! :!: :shock:

for all the Tatupu's shown (plus two I forgot to scan...topps total cards lol) I ended up paying about $900. Funny thing is, the original purchaser spent at least twice as much.

 

[seahawks4ever]

The guy that had those give up on his collection I remember him from BMB good guy

He fell onto some hard times and needed money fast so he went to his LCS and consigned the cards to him. I was happy to be in the right place at the right time. Yeah, he is a good guy. To be honest, I paid more than I should have knowing that he is a good guy.

 

[NYCrulesU]

Very nice! Great price.

 

[hawkfandan]

WOW!!!!

 

[metallicalex777]

Hey congrats dude I know how much you were talking about the Tatupu dude...I was at Westcoast Sports a little over a month ago. I was the scrawny half asian looking dude ::facepalm:: :lol: Congrats on getting the lot man, there is NOW WAY in hell you would ever get that chance and it seems like it has gone to the right home.

Alex

 

[Daltonb1219]

:shock: SICK :shock: :shock:

 

[jeff550]

wow that is amazing. congrats

 

[seahawks4ever]

Hey congrats dude I know how much you were talking about the Tatupu dude...I was at Westcoast Sports a little over a month ago. I was the scrawny half asian looking dude ::facepalm:: :lol: Congrats on getting the lot man, there is NOW WAY in hell you would ever get that chance and it seems like it has gone to the right home.

Alex

Alex,

Thanks for the kind words and don't be afraid to say hi next time!

 

[metallicalex777]

Hey congrats dude I know how much you were talking about the Tatupu dude...I was at Westcoast Sports a little over a month ago. I was the scrawny half asian looking dude ::facepalm:: :lol: Congrats on getting the lot man, there is NOW WAY in hell you would ever get that chance and it seems like it has gone to the right home.

Alex

Alex,

Thanks for the kind words and don't be afraid to say hi next time!

Haha...no prob bud, will do since I am usually there almost every weekend ::facepalm:: Congrats again bud!!! Now what will you do since there aren't anymore cards for you to watch for?? Seriously, you could almost get every card made :shock:

 

[mstng99tim]

WOW, very nice!!!

 

[seahawks4ever]

Hey congrats dude I know how much you were talking about the Tatupu dude...I was at Westcoast Sports a little over a month ago. I was the scrawny half asian looking dude ::facepalm:: :lol: Congrats on getting the lot man, there is NOW WAY in hell you would ever get that chance and it seems like it has gone to the right home.

Alex

Alex,

Thanks for the kind words and don't be afraid to say hi next time!

Haha...no prob bud, will do since I am usually there almost every weekend ::facepalm:: Congrats again bud!!! Now what will you do since there aren't anymore cards for you to watch for?? Seriously, you could almost get every card made :shock:

Well, there are still a few on my list to get. I am I think 6 cards short of having every non 1/1 Tatupu rookie card. 2 of them are low dollar but never come up (Topps Total first edition, Bowman Silver/200), the other 4 are just never on ebay or anywhere...ever (Rookies and Stars True Blue RC which was in retail blasters only, and Donruss Classics Timeless Tributes Silver, Gold, and Platinum...never seen ANY of those ever.)

Plus there are still Darryl Tapp cards I am missing, 4 Obomanu cards, etc. Just sucks that many of the cards I'm missing were retail only pulls...no one busts retail DLP products. ::facepalm::

 

[G $MONEY$]

OMG :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:


You must feel like you died and went to cardboard heaven :lol: :lol:


Congrats on that insane collection and i think that was a very fair price on them.

 

[seahawks4ever]

OMG :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:


You must feel like you died and went to cardboard heaven :lol: :lol:


Congrats on that insane collection and i think that was a very fair price on them.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Yeah, stuff like this is a once in a lifetime opportunity...well, once in a lifetime per player lol. Did the same thing with a Ben Obomanu collector. :mrgreen:

 

[TonyButlerStopSuckin]

While its a shame that he had to get rid of his collection, its certainly nice that pretty much all the big cards went to another dedicated Tatupu collector. Congrats on the pickup. Nothing beats seeing a bunch of cards you never thought you'd have a chance at owning pop up on Ebay again.