Some additions I would make without thinking too much:

Preferred Statline Memorabilia Booklets:
My love for these is no secret, I like 15-16 the best because I think the small design details are best executed. 14-15 is the only year with vertical orientation. Without going into excruciating detail ...

I know Panini is not popular here but as it comes to a close I have found myself reflecting on the era. Particularly because my main PC Kemba is exclusively panini and rather unlikely he would carry any post playing cards.

Thanks for making this thread. I started collecting during Panini's first ...

MVP Promotion! Kyle (Deadshot) got me into those years ago and i've been slowly building Nuggets sets of those as I find them.

I'll definitely keep an eye out for Kings MVP promos for you. They don't pop up all that often anymore sadly.


Yeah, his podcast and conversations are the ones that ...

Finally put up my Grizz. I will spam you with this set until you’re sick.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49869489042_578b6b14c0.jpg Randolph 4 by Joey Elmasri , on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49869489422_1f26519270.jpg Gasol 2 by Joey Elmasri , on Flickr


And then a ...

Had a (probably underwhelming) mail return after vacation I shared here:

Fun fact, Derrick Rose was 9th place in MVP voting for the 2020/21 season. He had move MVP points that year than LeBron, Harden, Kawhi and Westbrook combined.

Anyway, here is a 2nd year Certified Base Emerald /5


Absolutely LOVE 09-10 Certified. So nostalgic for me (I started collecting in Jan ...

At the end of the week, I have a huge lot of parallel (mostly numbered?) and inserts coming in that'll add a significant chunk to what I've already shared, as well as Gerald Wallace, who I haven't shown yet. But I'll show the Crash stuff I have now, and then just have a post with the entire lot ...

Really great pickups everyone. Love the Giannis additions; he's one of those players who just looks so different now than he did when he entered the league.

Always love the electric gold pickups Abra, one of these days I feel like you'll inevitably find yourself somewhat close to the set!

Speaking ...

Honestly looking at them again, it does look a lot more shiny, but I am a sucker for aesthetics, it's such a clean design. Plus...purple and gold, sick combo...although as a Kings fan, I'm guessing purple AND gold are enemy colors lol.

I want to get a Chrome gold of VC, or KG at some point, since ...

First off, this is a great topic and I hope you don't mind that I moved it to "The Hobby" forum as I feel it fits perfectly with what I created this section for.


Awesome post man, thanks for letting us in your head a bit. What really sticks out to me is what you mention about baseball. I don’t ...

I also wonder how these dealers are always getting new inventory, seemingly every few weeks some of these big IG accounts are always showing off their new 100k of pickups. And they aren't getting them from auctions, and they are looking to liquidate the pickups immediately for a profit. Who on ...

I have a lot of scattered thoughts about CardLadder. Hopefully it can come together to form some modicum of coherency.

1. I don’t understand its existence. Why does anyone feel the need to pay to view comps when resources like Abra referenced are freely available? I gotta think it’s the CL ...

ChrisP57 wrote: Thu Mar 20, 2025 9:09 pm
Donruss Lasers are some of my favorite parallels in basketball, this black one is amazing!

Happy to hear I'm not alone, I also didn't realize they were well liked. Pleasant surprise!

Yay, another PC thread, really enjoying it! I'm loving the themed posts. The Kemp autos are my fave, I feel like your passion for them oozes out of my screen. Cool that you got that IP one yourself and the other popped your auto cherry!

Got this one in recently for a decent price now that Panini 1'1/s are flooding the market, lol. For as many 1/1 parallels that Panini has put out, I feel like the black 1/1 will always be the go to for their "era" of bball cards.


Love that card. The laser effect juxtaposed atop the game photo ...

My gosh, I'm a 90s idiot but holy die cuts!! I'm sorry I have nothing more intelligent to say haha

Thanks for the Odom kind words. I LOVE the 02-03 SPGU set, going for the whole thing. Odom was so much cheaper than it should've been because there was some peeling on the paper on the back, but meh it's fine haha I think I have 12/24. I thought it was so much more *cry*. One of those is Shareef ...

Lol, I just love that year of Pristine and Finest. Those are products I wish I didn't miss out on back then, maybe that's why I'm so drawn to his lot. Still dig the other stuff though. I don't think I've ever seen that Contenders cracked ice/atomic set either, dope ass Webber. Could easily pass ...

I'm with you guys. Never understood the obsession with these guys who own 5 and 6 figure cards that talk about the card market ad nauseum. Funny how they rarely talk about, you know, the cards themselves. Still can't believe no one cares that this guy with a hugely valuable collection is the head of ...

I love the Bobby Jackson spread, especially the Topps Pristine auto and Finest.

You also mentioned the discoloring on the Reflections. There are a few late 90s/early 00s UD sets that fell victim to greening almost exactly like the Topps sets up until ~1998. Check out the '04 mj trilogy gold that ...

^ Chris, you already know how I feel about that card (and set). Incredible grade on top of it. Congrats.

and thanks Abra and Sac. I thought you guys would find this interesting too, because I had no idea they came in pouches. Even the seal on the certificate of authenticity envelope appears to ...

Couple more players to share and an addition to a previous pc!

First is Hedo Turkoglu, another player who joined the team in 2000-01. A 16th overall pick who found a way to contribute to a playoff team and lift that team into a title contender. Great player whose skills would be very valuable today ...

Amazing card, and I can't imagine that is easy or cheap to find in a 9. Huge!

Beautiful card, not sure of the lore around the set or anything but I was surprised when I learned about the set because I knew about the Panini stained glass cards first. Very clean design and I love die cuts personally.

Thanks man, appreciate that! Another "rainbow" from that era represents my Clippers:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54368360574_fba7c193f0_c.jpg

And @COMC ready to ship:
https://img.comc.com/i/Basketball/2002-03/SP-Game-Used-Edition---Base---Autograph-Jersey/40/Lamar-Odom.jpg?id=1760f6a5 ...