Here's one of the few I've considered sending in for grading, although someone told me recently I probably ruined it putting it in the screw down case.

Take it out and inspect it. Get a magnifying glass and inspect the edges, corners and surface, front and back.
If it looks perfect, wipe the card off with a micro fiber cleaning cloth. Do NOT send the card in with your finger prints, they're that picky.

If the card looks perfect, you've removed all the finger prints, cross your fingers you get a 9. 10s are really hard to come by on older cards. Brand new stock, straight from the pack, often grades a 9! Watch a Youtube vid on the proper way to mail off a card to PSA/grading service

The card looks centered or close which is good. The back side is what I'm concluding that from

With less than 10 seconds to go in the Ebay auction, I tried sniping this same card today. PSA 10 grade and all. I'm not sure what it would have taken to win it but I did one bid at $42.50 (I think) shipping was around $5, and it was at $38 when I made my move. I had no clue they made these. I was a fan of the original Garabage Pail kids cards back in the 80s and started buying packs again in the 2000s. The MLB version is pretty cool. Unfortunately they don't do a lot of different players.

Picked up another letter.
Made an offer on another but didnt get it. This one was about $20 or so less than what i spent on the other.

Here are some of my duplicate Former Student cards I have. I have a bunch of Acie Law/Sloan/KMid and then some Von/Myles CKirk - I'll try to get some pics of the actual collection later.

Open to Trades.

There's a group on Facebook devoted to getting autographs TTM (through the mail). Jay Buhner has been listed recently as a good dude to sign and return cards for no fee. You should look into that for your special Buhner card!

Facebook group name is "4 sports autographs (ttm or ip)"

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There's a group on Facebook devoted to getting autographs TTM (through the mail). Jay Buhner has been listed recently as a good dude to sign and return cards for no fee. You should look into that for your special Buhner card!

Facebook group name is "4 sports autographs (ttm or ip)"

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I might go through all the sports photos I have taken over the years and get my pics autographed.

I just noticed that Costco online has what looks to be a pretty good deal on some Topps basketball cards.

I know Sam's has some Donruss nba cards in the store.

I have a bunch of Luka rookie cards I was thinking about getting graded.

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I just noticed that Costco online has what looks to be a pretty good deal on some Topps basketball cards.

I know Sam's has some Donruss nba cards in the store.

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Are you talking about the 2023 pack? People have some weird reviews of that

OMG! 2023! I did not notice that when I ordered one! lol. I just naturally assumed it was current year. Oh well. Arrives today, I'll give a review.

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OMG! 2023! I did not notice that when I ordered one! lol. I just naturally assumed it was current year. Oh well. Arrives today, I'll give a review.

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Omg what a fail! I thought it was some nba cards and some McDonald's HS cards.

Not NBA, but Overtime Elite! I did get 2 Amen Thompson autographs, which according to eBay should more than recoup the cost of the order.

I did get a Bronny James card…so that counts for something right?!

Big collector here. Massive David Robinson fan and collector! Actually have several full Prizm Rainbows of his and thousands of different cards! Also collect all the Spurs in general!

I have lots of other cards too but they aren't my PC.

The Topps era is officially back. I should have a new hobby box waiting for me when I get home from work. Will report back.

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The Topps era is officially back. I should have a new hobby box waiting for me when I get home from work. Will report back.

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Really want to hear how this goes. Ordered two boxes for the boy.

Will do. Hopefully I get a GOOD auto out of it.
I saw earlier today they have some holiday boxes too. I may pick some up.

Well, it was fun to open but got nothing great. The design certainly says "Topps."
I did get a base Flagg RC so that's good. A bunch of other RCs. The auto was some dude I've never heard of.
Got one #'d James Harden.
Got several retired players: Dirk, Bill Russell, a couple of Shaqs including a cool insert.

There was a bonus pack of 5 chrome cards, which are a cool design. I may hold off on buying more until the chrome boxes come out.

Thanks for sharing the break. Interesting, disappointing, but not surprised.

I've got two other buddies who got their boxes already - "biggest" rookie they pulled was also Cooper base. They must have printed a billion of those.

It kinda sucks pulling a no name auto when I see these YouTubers pulling nice, rare cards.
I know I'd be better off just buying individual cards I want rather than chasing the big ones that I literally never pull. But where's the fun in that?

I'll try to post some pics later.

Was a huge Magic Johnson collector, almost exclusively BGS. Pretty much stopped when Covid hit when the hobby went nuts. Did manage to get my holy grail Bird-Magic rookie BVG 9.0 before then though. Have the other three rookies in BVG 9.5 or 10 (these were all three-paneled cards in 1980).

My son and I bought a $12.97 hanger box of Topps from Walmart last night. Got a Flagg "Power Players" insert, 2 Dylan Harper RCs (one insert), and a Stephon Castle patch card. Much better pulls than the $200+ hobby box.

Topps Chrome is out soon so I'll probably pick something up.