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14 minutes ago, The Elevator Killer said:

I'm assuming life sized? 

21x21 Bought it a Shasta’s garage sale in when I was twenty. Paid two bucks for it. Was a great conversation piece. Has him wearing the silver glove and all.🤩

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7 minutes ago, BunnysBastatrds said:

21x21 Bought it a Shasta’s garage sale in when I was twenty. Paid two bucks for it. Was a great conversation piece. Has him wearing the silver glove and all.🤩

Oh it's a painting. My bad. I was going to say that this may be more disturbing than you peeing on the dead hooker in your fridge. Stung by a jelly fish my ass. You just wanted to pee on her. 

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I like my seats from Veterans Stadium.  My kids enjoy that they are numbered 6-7

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10 hours ago, BunnysBastatrds said:

My  velvet Michael Jackson 

How do you know it's bed time at Michael Jackson's house?

When the big hand touches the little hand😮

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1 minute ago, Nomad99 said:

How do you know it's bed time at Michael Jackson's house?

When the big hand touches the little hand😮

I heard that same one before, only it was regarding Penn State. 

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41 minutes ago, Nomad99 said:

How do you know it's bed time at Michael Jackson's house?

When the big hand touches the little hand😮

 Did you hear there’s a kids underwear discount at Pennys? Michael Jackson got them half off.

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Most valuable probably a PSA 9 graded 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie card.  Most prized, either Lance Berkman's AA BP/alternate jersey or a cracked Louisville Slugger name stamped bat from my since deceased HS teammate when he got a short stint with the KC Royals.

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2017 Panini Contenders Playoff Ticket Autograph RC foil #/15 Patrick Mahomes

1984 Star #101 Michael Jordan XRC BGS 7.5

1986 Fleer #57 Michael Jordan RC BGS 8.5 (old label BGS when they graded stricter)

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I have framed and mounted map of Louisiana with the.French Quarter with it from 1886. 

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Autograph from Sweetness

My grandfather's uniform pins from WWII

My grandmother's Ellis Island Medal of Freedom she got in 1986.

The cross my wife gave me for our wedding.  It has a diamond mounted in the center.  Her father had gave it to her shortly before he passed. 

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1 hour ago, Gepetto said:

2017 Panini Contenders Playoff Ticket Autograph RC foil #/15 Patrick Mahomes

1984 Star #101 Michael Jordan XRC BGS 7.5

1986 Fleer #57 Michael Jordan RC BGS 8.5 (old label BGS when they graded stricter)

I can remember the days of those old team bags of Star cards.  I still have a couple, I think I have the Kings and Bucks sealed from 1986.  I have an 86 Fleer set in the registry.  I was top 50 but may have slipped some.  Haven't checked in quite awhile.  So stupid not to sell during Covid.

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1 hour ago, Mark Davis said:

I can remember the days of those old team bags of Star cards.  I still have a couple, I think I have the Kings and Bucks sealed from 1986.  I have an 86 Fleer set in the registry.  I was top 50 but may have slipped some.  Haven't checked in quite awhile.  So stupid not to sell during Covid.

Yeah, I actually sold a few high dollar cards I got graded PSA 10 during Covid but I bought a lot more and got credit card debt that I finally paid off. And I lost out on a lot of money by holding almost all cards I have which is a ton. My collection is still worth a lot of money but not as much as it was. I should have sold everything, I could have upgraded to a significantly bigger new house. I mean I guess I could still today or anytime but it's harder to sell now with less interest from potential buyers.

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56 minutes ago, Gepetto said:

Yeah, I actually sold a few high dollar cards I got graded PSA 10 during Covid but I bought a lot more and got credit card debt that I finally paid off. And I lost out on a lot of money by holding almost all cards I have which is a ton. My collection is still worth a lot of money but not as much as it was. I should have sold everything, I could have upgraded to a significantly bigger new house. I mean I guess I could still today or anytime but it's harder to sell now with less interest from potential buyers.

Yeah I mean for most people who are around our age, few are ahead.  I definitely got ahead during that time.  Around the start of Covid I took an interest in finishing that old 86 set again I used to have and buy and sell in for money while in college.  I got some 10's.  One I did buy/flip was the Steve Johnson.  I realized  it was low pop.  I bought one and when things got nuts I put it out there and sold it.  I bought it for around $330 in late 2020 and got $8K for it in April 2022.  I wish I had bought all of them up I could find rather than just 1.  They were like low 80s in pop count for 10s.  So that lick definitely helps. 

I picked up my Jordan as an investment for $5350 back in late 2019.  I'm obviously way up but not near what I was.  I had Heritage Auctions ready to do my set with stickers at the time but the packaging to send to them was onerous.  I should have followed through because my normal business was stalled during Covid.  My set was top 50 back then, I just checked it and I"m bumped down to 54.  It's weird b/c the valuable ones just sit in a box at the bank.  I have that set all 9's and 10's, then stickers with a 9 Jordan.  I am missing the Jabbar.  The estimate on the auction was I'd get around $100K (I can't recall if the Johnson 10 was still in the set or if I'd sold it and put a 9 in it's place).  Talk about missing the boat.

 

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41 minutes ago, Mark Davis said:

Yeah I mean for most people who are around our age, few are ahead.  I definitely got ahead during that time.  Around the start of Covid I took an interest in finishing that old 86 set again I used to have and buy and sell in for money while in college.  I got some 10's.  One I did buy/flip was the Steve Johnson.  I realized  it was low pop.  I bought one and when things got nuts I put it out there and sold it.  I bought it for around $330 in late 2020 and got $8K for it in April 2022.  I wish I had bought all of them up I could find rather than just 1.  They were like low 80s in pop count for 10s.  So that lick definitely helps. 

I picked up my Jordan as an investment for $5350 back in late 2019.  I'm obviously way up but not near what I was.  I had Heritage Auctions ready to do my set with stickers at the time but the packaging to send to them was onerous.  I should have followed through because my normal business was stalled during Covid.  My set was top 50 back then, I just checked it and I"m bumped down to 54.  It's weird b/c the valuable ones just sit in a box at the bank.  I have that set all 9's and 10's, then stickers with a 9 Jordan.  I am missing the Jabbar.  The estimate on the auction was I'd get around $100K (I can't recall if the Johnson 10 was still in the set or if I'd sold it and put a 9 in it's place).  Talk about missing the boat.

 

Yeah, mine are stored in plastic boxes with lids and the best cards in my safe. I just like owning them for some reason. Now I collect carded Star Wars The Vintage Collection figures and sealed in box starships, etc. The figures are in plastic boxes too. I pretty much got every carded figure from all the movies and shows all purchased just this year. I keep a checklist with prices paid. For the cards I keep a list in Excel also, with sold prices, except I need to go and update a lot of those prices. I base prices on ebay sold prices but haven't been as good about updating those for a while now. At least that 1986 Fleer Basketball graded set is desirable and really nice, so even though you don't have cash for it, you have it which is pretty great.

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