New Acquisitions Thread

[Exhibitman]

A fine example of the GOAT.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

A fine example of the GOAT.

It's interesting, Wilt seems ranked too low IMO on most of those lists you see.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

It's interesting, Wilt seems ranked too low IMO on most of those lists you see.

Here is another Warriors center who is way under-appreciated. One of only eight players with at least 3 NBA scoring titles and 3 All-NBA 1st team selections.

[Peter_Spaeth]

As I recall he retired before he reached 30, what happened there?

[Gorditadogg]

Knee injury. That was before the arthroscope. Warriors needed a new center so they drafted Wilt haha.

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[Peter_Spaeth]

https://www.inquirer.com/philly/spor...-20181123.html

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

It's interesting, Wilt seems ranked too low IMO on most of those lists you see.

I agree. He was the greatest offensive threat in history.

PPG 30.1 (#2 all time)

RPG 22.9 (#1 all time)

ASTPG 4.4

Career Triple-Doubles 78 (#6 all time and #1 among centers)

[hauntedcomputer]

Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

Here is another Warriors center who is way under-appreciated. One of only eight players with at least 3 NBA scoring titles and 3 All-NBA 1st team selections.

Yeah, I am looking for a nice Johnston. One day a tiny percentage of these new boom collectors will want to look back.

I spent the first of the year trimming my upper 70s to bring these two grail cards into the Holy Trinity (joining Wilt). I'm dead broke but it had to be done.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by hauntedcomputer

Yeah, I am looking for a nice Johnston. One day a tiny percentage of these new boom collectors will want to look back.



I spent the first of the year trimming my upper 70s to bring these two grail cards into the Holy Trinity (joining Wilt). I'm dead broke but it had to be done.

Nice cards and great choices. Mikan was as dominant as any player ever was in the game. And Russell has more rings than fingers.

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[hauntedcomputer]

Originally Posted by Dandor

Got the seller image of my two 1972 Dr J's. SGC is grading tough, thought that they both had a chance for a slightly better grade. Bought them raw on eBay, so just glad they measured up and weren't trimmed.

Very nice to get a Dr. J without the elbow dot!

[Dandor]

Originally Posted by hauntedcomputer

Very nice to get a Dr. J without the elbow dot!

Yup! Some common print defects drive me crazy. I had a PSA 9 Shaq Topps Gold rookie with the "scratch" print defect, and it drove me crazy! I kept on looking at it.

I have been getting raw cards to eventually grade when things get cheaper. For basketball I have been getting a bunch of 1996 Topps 50th. I have a PSA 9 of this card already, but if I seem them in this type of shape, I won't pass them up. These are completely undervalued IMO, condition sensitive, lower POP than Topps Chrome versions, and will never hulk.

[cardsagain74]

Just upgraded my Alcindor rookie disaster (making something better out of my Murphy's law '69 set situation) thanks to a fellow forum member who sold me this very nice 3 for a fair price:

[ronniehatesjazz]

Originally Posted by cardsagain74

Just upgraded my Alcindor rookie disaster (making something better out of my Murphy's law '69 set situation) thanks to a fellow forum member who sold me this very nice 3 for a fair price:

I saw that card and agree that it was a great price! I’m in a similar situation with the 69-70 set and have a Kareem (or Lew) that looks like it was stuck on some kids bike spokes all summer long! Very cool and underrated set though.

[ronniehatesjazz]

Originally Posted by packs

Picked up this Jabbar. I always liked the image on this one:

Beautiful card… was working on putting together an auto run from his rookie to 89. Unfortunately, he keeps jacking up his ttm pricing making it basically uneconomical… went from charging ~$25 a few years ago to $300-$500 for his rookie and early vintage and $200 for everything else.

[cardsagain74]

Originally Posted by ronniehatesjazz

I saw that card and agree that it was a great price! I’m in a similar situation with the 69-70 set and have a Kareem (or Lew) that looks like it was stuck on some kids bike spokes all summer long! Very cool and underrated set though.

My original one is raw and badly creased. Nothing really disastrous, but most of the other HOFers in the set are fairly nice, so it was out of place.

Now I'm roped into upgrading the other low end cards in the set into somewhere in the grade 4-6 range. About two dozen of them with Havlicek and Walt Frazier being the only big ones. The cards are so fragile that I'm surprised many survived in nice shape

[Exhibitman]

Nice one, Tyler.

[LuckyLarry]

some kind of vintage (1960s?) card game five bucks why not?
Larry

[Peter_Spaeth]

Thrilled to find this one for my coaches collection.

[scmavl]

This was my biggest basketball pickup of last year. Pop 4, super tough card.

[Dead-Ball-Hitter]

Love this centered 1969 Wilt #1... $200 less than the PSA 6.5... just sayin'

[Exhibitman]

Nice Wilt. Sure looks spiffy in that black holder. It has that recurring red mark at the top left. I thought that was part of the design until I realized it wasn't. I have to get mine slabbed some day.