New member from Vermont

Fastfalcon94 · 11-30-2022, 05:23 PM

Hello,

New Member here! I collected cards as a kid (mostly basketball), but outgrew it when I entered high school. Like many I liked Jordan, Penny,
Kevin Garnett, Shaq, Kobe, Bird etc... Frank Thomas was my favorite baseball player. The Philadelphia Flyers were my favorite hockey team, but mostly because they are who I used on NHL 95 for the Sega. I wasn't really into football at the time, but now it's probably my favorite sport. I watch every Patriots game.

Flash forward to the pandemic and I heard about cards blowing up. One night I started looking through my old stuff to see what I had for Kobe and Allen Iverson cards. The intention was to sell some stuff. Next thing you know I'm back into the hobby. I made all the classic mistakes. I overpaid for some Kobe stuff. I bought some draft cards (not even silver prizms). I sent in a Lamelo Ball redemption card I pulled (still waiting... 2 years now). I bought a Brady Bowman Chrome right after the Super Bowl. I made several trips to Walmart trying to find product. Once I even waited in a Covid line outside the store thinking it was people lined up for sports cards.

I probably spent 3-4k more than I needed to making mistakes, but I understand the hobby a lot better now. I've decided to focus most of my money on my favorite players (Tom Brady, Gronk and eventually some Larry Bird). Maybe twice a year I'll buy a Mega box just for fun. I also have a few non star players that I PC for fun.

This is some of my Brady stuff. Eventually I want to collect every rookie card, but I took a step back to focus on some early year refractors. I read through some old threads and its hard to believe I could have bought a contender for 2-3k 5 years ago.

Then here is my nice Gronk stuff. Gronk didn't get a Championship Ticket card like Brady. He has two Rookie Ticket cards (one in blue jersey, one in white jersey) that are both autographed and have a print run of 499. Then he has the two Playoff ticket cards that are each numbered to 99. One of mine is his jersey number.. 87/99. I want to get it graded, but would love to somehow get it Autographed first.

My favorite basketball team is the Celtics. Payton Pritchard, Marcus Smart and Rob Williams are my favorite players on the team. I like collecting Pritchard as his stuff is cheap.

I live in Northern Vermont so UVM is really the closest thing we have to a sports team. I've been to some basketball games (and some hockey). I watched Anthony Lamb play in college and was impressed. I also bought ESPN+ for the first time ever so I could watch some of his games in the G League. Now he has a two way contract with the Warriors and is playing beside Steph Curry lol. Who would have thought.

Maybe he won't pan out, but I don't regret scooping up a lot of his cards back when they were a few dollars each. He's the first UVM player to play in the NBA. Taylor Coppenwrath was also a local UVM star. Him and TJ Sorrentine gave UVM their only NCAA tournament win against Syracuse a long time ago. I still get chills watching the shot TJ made to seal the game at the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbFNFHsNo3w

Also I have a few Jairus Lyles cards. UMBC beat my UVM with a buzzer beater by Jairus to go to the NCAA tournament. Then they became the first 16 seed to beat a 1 seed (Virginia). I remember watching the game live. It's the best college game I've ever watched. I believe Jairus plays overseas now, but he did spend some time in the G league.

So that's it. I've been active on various car forums for years. Hopefully I'll find the same enjoyment here.

- Charlie

barberromo2008 · 12-01-2022, 07:20 PM

Love all the cards...but the Brady's man congrats.

11-30-2022, 05:23 PM	#1
Fastfalcon94 Member Join Date: Nov 2022 Location: Vermont Posts: 27 802projects fastfalcon94	New member from Vermont Hello, New Member here! I collected cards as a kid (mostly basketball), but outgrew it when I entered high school. Like many I liked Jordan, Penny, Kevin Garnett, Shaq, Kobe, Bird etc... Frank Thomas was my favorite baseball player. The Philadelphia Flyers were my favorite hockey team, but mostly because they are who I used on NHL 95 for the Sega. I wasn't really into football at the time, but now it's probably my favorite sport. I watch every Patriots game. Flash forward to the pandemic and I heard about cards blowing up. One night I started looking through my old stuff to see what I had for Kobe and Allen Iverson cards. The intention was to sell some stuff. Next thing you know I'm back into the hobby. I made all the classic mistakes. I overpaid for some Kobe stuff. I bought some draft cards (not even silver prizms). I sent in a Lamelo Ball redemption card I pulled (still waiting... 2 years now). I bought a Brady Bowman Chrome right after the Super Bowl. I made several trips to Walmart trying to find product. Once I even waited in a Covid line outside the store thinking it was people lined up for sports cards. I probably spent 3-4k more than I needed to making mistakes, but I understand the hobby a lot better now. I've decided to focus most of my money on my favorite players (Tom Brady, Gronk and eventually some Larry Bird). Maybe twice a year I'll buy a Mega box just for fun. I also have a few non star players that I PC for fun. This is some of my Brady stuff. Eventually I want to collect every rookie card, but I took a step back to focus on some early year refractors. I read through some old threads and its hard to believe I could have bought a contender for 2-3k 5 years ago. Then here is my nice Gronk stuff. Gronk didn't get a Championship Ticket card like Brady. He has two Rookie Ticket cards (one in blue jersey, one in white jersey) that are both autographed and have a print run of 499. Then he has the two Playoff ticket cards that are each numbered to 99. One of mine is his jersey number.. 87/99. I want to get it graded, but would love to somehow get it Autographed first. My favorite basketball team is the Celtics. Payton Pritchard, Marcus Smart and Rob Williams are my favorite players on the team. I like collecting Pritchard as his stuff is cheap. I live in Northern Vermont so UVM is really the closest thing we have to a sports team. I've been to some basketball games (and some hockey). I watched Anthony Lamb play in college and was impressed. I also bought ESPN+ for the first time ever so I could watch some of his games in the G League. Now he has a two way contract with the Warriors and is playing beside Steph Curry lol. Who would have thought. Maybe he won't pan out, but I don't regret scooping up a lot of his cards back when they were a few dollars each. He's the first UVM player to play in the NBA. Taylor Coppenwrath was also a local UVM star. Him and TJ Sorrentine gave UVM their only NCAA tournament win against Syracuse a long time ago. I still get chills watching the shot TJ made to seal the game at the end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbFNFHsNo3w Also I have a few Jairus Lyles cards. UMBC beat my UVM with a buzzer beater by Jairus to go to the NCAA tournament. Then they became the first 16 seed to beat a 1 seed (Virginia). I remember watching the game live. It's the best college game I've ever watched. I believe Jairus plays overseas now, but he did spend some time in the G league. So that's it. I've been active on various car forums for years. Hopefully I'll find the same enjoyment here. - Charlie

12-01-2022, 07:20 PM	#2
barberromo2008 Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 13,983 sportscloset12	Love all the cards...but the Brady's man congrats. __________________ Collecting Dallas Cowboys,NFC East Players,Drew Brees, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.