thenavarro & PSA

[Big Six]

Nice write up on thenavarro and his signed rookie card collection...

http://www.psacard.com/articles/arti...ezine2012oct02

[isaac2004]

Originally Posted by Big Six

Nice write up on thenavarro and his signed rookie card collection...

http://www.psacard.com/articles/arti...ezine2012oct02

Great stuff here!!!

[thenavarro]

Thanks guys. I was really excited that they let me share pics of the family. I was quite pleased when I saw the magazine come out. Made a real nice keepsake for me and my kiddos loved being in it.

Mike

[novakjr]

Mike that's very awesome...Great article and a great collection. Congrats.

For some reason, the Saddam card has kinda drawn my interest. How exactly did that come about?

[thenavarro]

Originally Posted by novakjr

Mike that's very awesome...Great article and a great collection. Congrats.

For some reason, the Saddam card has kinda drawn my interest. How exactly did that come about?

The Saddam is a "custom cut" that I had done back in 2009. Technically, it should be in a blue flip, rather than a red flip. The autograph is from an Iraqi administrative decree that Saddam issued back in the 80's. Before the war, Saddam was an incredibly tough autograph to get. You could usually only find him on official State presentation gifts, such as on presentation cards for gold watches, official state photos, etc. It was not uncommon that his signature would fetch four figures and more. Then, the US Soldiers uncovered several books full of these administrative decrees that were brought back from Iraq as souvenirs. I purchased some from a couple different soldiers, and I had mine translated by a language institute in Dallas, and they are just run of the mill decrees. The custom cut was made by inserting the autograph in between two authentic proset Hussein cards and cutting the window out of one of them. Basically, it's creating a mini-frame job on a card.

Mike

[thenavarro]

Here's the magazine version:

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by thenavarro

The Saddam is a "custom cut" that I had done back in 2009. Technically, it should be in a blue flip, rather than a red flip. The autograph is from an Iraqi administrative decree that Saddam issued back in the 80's. Before the war, Saddam was an incredibly tough autograph to get. You could usually only find him on official State presentation gifts, such as on presentation cards for gold watches, official state photos, etc. It was not uncommon that his signature would fetch four figures and more. Then, the US Soldiers uncovered several books full of these administrative decrees that were brought back from Iraq as souvenirs. I purchased some from a couple different soldiers, and I had mine translated by a language institute in Dallas, and they are just run of the mill decrees. The custom cut was made by inserting the autograph in between two authentic proset Hussein cards and cutting the window out of one of them. Basically, it's creating a mini-frame job on a card.

Mike

Very cool Mike. That was a hell of a vision you had for that one. It looks great. I didn't notice before that the Thomas was the NNOF... Again, Awesome.. Also, the cards of the kids are a nice touch. Congrats..