Received the last white whale yesterday, the search is over (daily eBay and forums search)!
Inspired by WillC (OZT and BO) and THAT one card (obtained 5 years ago) that spark the revival of the chase (though I refuse to purchase cards that I sold… sadly a BGS 9.5 of Kobe Dunk competition, the other two Kobes and Kevin Durant cards)
I decided to collect just the cards that I like in this set as it was too much to collect it all and partly I did not know some of the players. Some cards I have overpaid but worth it as it is very difficult to find singles, let alone boxes and lastly auto have to be on-card. Sold a lot of my other cards to get to this chase. To me, one of the most underrated sets and my favourites.
A big shout out especially to BO members AlabamaSlamma, bdrr and Craig for helping me completing the last 3 card chase and also to other members whom I have dealt with!
1. Detroit Bad boy / NBA champion – Bill Laimbeer
2. Ex-Atlanta Hawks Coach - Lenny Wilkens
3. Walt Frazier
4. An assists leader - John Stockton (Started lowball and then offered what I thought was fair, used up all 3 offers, tried to deal out of ebay after expiry but seller extended his listing. This one come via auction and got it cheaper than my highest best offer, the other copy I believe is still available on ebay!)
5. Coach of the Year 2015-2016 Steve Kerr
6. Magic Johnson
7. The Big Ticket - KG
8. The Dream
9. The Admiral
10. The Glide (legends x 2, timeless memories)
11. Kareem Abdul Jabbar with the hook shot (just got it yesterday - thrilled last card chase wan't expecting freebies from Craig, thanks for the kind gesture) and I should have taken a better pic!
12. SLAM DUNKING (SD)
o 1986 SD Champion – Spud Webb
o 1985 & 1990 SD Champion – The Human Highlight Film x 2 (inscription & BGS!)
o ABA 1976 SD Champion – Did anyone ring a Doctor? - Dr. J (Jsy#)
o 2000 SD Champion – Vince Carter x 2 because one just doesn’t look good enough!
13. 3 x NBA Champion – Lebron James with the dunk
14. Killing two birds with one stone – Larry Bird and Magic Johnson dual auto
15. The one card that I was glad I did not sell that sparked the revival – Michael Air Jordan.
16. Sadly I won’t be chasing the MJ Dunking version so this will have to do - a BGS 9.5 version
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Damn, Chronology is like Court King son steriods! Some real nice high quality additions! Silver sharpie is obviously the best effect though. Lov the inscriptions and Bird / Magic dual auto - winning!
Update:
A few months ago, I almost got my hands on a BGS 9.5 version however the deal fell apart which was very frustrating.
Rather than buy a graded version, I recall reading in one of the threads comparing BGS / PSA, I looked at the PSA population and decided to give them a shot.
Excluding AUD$40+ postage to get to PSA, US$100 cost (well US$55 to get posted back to Oz + $45 grading fee). This is the end result - call it Pop 1!