Just a collector that turned shop owner! Dedicated to displaying & finding the best Kentucky Basketball Cards & Wildcats AND the best people in he Hobby!
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Pulling a 1/1 SIGNED Zion Williamson and R.J. Barrett Rookie Card from a pack of basketball cards is definitely a “Pinned Tweet” worthy moment! Had to show it one more time y’all just to pin it! Thanks so much for all the AWESOME comments and congrats!
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Cameron Mills, Jeff Sheppard, Estill, Derek Anderson, Erik Daniels, Twany, Winston Bennett, Perry Stevenson, many here to support which is cool to see..
So…Oscar needs a ride to Indianapolis Thursday and wants me to see if I can take him (Sentences I never thought I’d type). I’ve dropped kids off at summer camp before but never dropped any off at the NBA.
It has arrived!! Some cards are just worth it. They aren’t for resale, they become heirlooms. They are a ‘dropped pin’ in a collecting life full of memories. This is just perfect for this Braves, baseball, history fan…I have no words good enough for this beautiful card.
YES!! This is the security video of one of our favorite guys, hanging in the shop with us, pulling a Zion out of
@paniniamerica
“One and One!” We went nuts! I think you can see my hat hit the window from outside at the end! THIS MADE MY MONTH! Customers we love hitting a monster!
So I bought the biggest baseball card I’ve ever bought in terms of what I paid. But some cards just speak to everything about what and who you collect…some cards just sing to you! This one is incoming and it was belting out my song….
OH MY GOODNESS! It’s a 1/1!!!
I asked Kayla to pick the box! She said “Box 3” and it may be the best baseball box I’ve ever opened! In my LIFE….! Kayla nailed it!
Headed to a dinner tomorrow with Coach Pope and his Family so I’m excited to meet him! I know a few of his old teammates and truly hope to have him in shop one day, give all proceeds to his team NIL fund, here’s hoping! Regardless I have never heard anything but great things…
Listening to
@reed_sheppard
@JeffSheppard15
, Stacey and Madison at FCA about things way more important than basketball! Fantastic, inspiring family of faith and joy!
Also, the floor of our shop...is Rupp Arena. The real former floor. Every time you open a pack in here you are on College basketball history! Pull a Shaq on the floor he played on, Charles Barkley, 3 UK National Champions...! All I need is
@wildcatnews
to come tell stories!
Attended a Dinner with
@ukcoachcalipari
and the team tonight, had a great time talking with everyone but my favorite part was giving Aaron Bradshaw one of his
@topps
Bowman University cards he signed in our shop back in September! I bought it online and returned it to him and got…
So, also had a mild coronary finding this binder yesterday. Tucked away, behind a Darth Vader piggy bank I believe, I almost took a knee, a lap around the building, a fresh glass of water...
Not the birthday present I was hoping for this year. The glass didn’t break or shatter but the door didn’t hold. We have ideas and they didn’t get much in 30 seconds but if you recognize please let us know. We didn’t want bars on windows but we will adjust accordingly. Just sad..
12 years ago in an empty Paul Brown stadium in March my wife and I were throwing TD passes to each other and I dropped to a knee (after an Ickey Shuffle) and proposed. She loved the Bengals & I loved them both. We have been die hard together for years & we can’t believe this…
SO GLAD TO BE BACK! Thank you for the prayers and kindness and for all the lifting up y’all did for me while fighting this puppy! We bout to get back to it and I’m just thankful for all y’all!
75% finished, have to get the wall Card displays up, many other things, but I can’t stay quiet any longer! Opening November 4th,
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Prizm Collegiate Draft Basketball day, no we can’t wait! Much more to do but oh man get ready...players signing, lots planned!
So this is kinda crazy but...it looks like I get to go on CNBC around 12:30 tomorrow & talk about being a collector and the exploding card market...! That’s a heck of an invite. Touch above the ‘Tuesday grilled cheese with my dogs’ lunch plans. So excited to say how great it is!
My pride and joy! The 1986-87 Fleer Basketball set graded BGS 9 or above! SO glad to have finished this a few years back and not in today’s market, whew!!
Welp I love collecting things but unfortunately the biggest pickup this week was a positive COVID test. I’m hanging tough but we are closing the shop till we heal. Appreciate all prayers and we will be back no time!
What a DAY!
@PJWashington
couldn’t have been a kinder more laid back guy! My favorite pics of the day are him with the little guys,
@Cardcollector2
and I, with my wife and then the team. It was a wonderful day in Lexington, KY!
I wasn’t allowed to post until release day but talk about an amazing moment for a little card shop full of Kentucky and basketball collectors! See, back in September
@Topps
had all the Kentucky players in this Bowman Chrome University product come into the shop after closing and…
Last night I had the pleasure, honor of spending a couple quiet hours with Jeff and Stacey Sheppard in the shop. They were exactly what one hopes when sitting with new friends, kind, humble, inquisitive and loving. At the end they were kind enough to both sign this old 1998…
Loving this guy since day 1 at Kentucky! These are the ones that aren’t in the mags in the big cases! Definitely need to put a few on the shop and give a few away to my fellow Kentucky guys and Heat fans!
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#TylerHerro
So Cathy and I ponied up up and are heading to the Super Bowl! 😬😬 nervous for sure but it’s all gravy just to see our team play in it and experience this! Can’t believe it but man…the Bengals are in the Super Bowl. What a sentence. Heading out tomorrow!
Christmas in July! An unexpected, unbelievable morning visit and breakfast with Coach Tubby Smith, Ralph Hacker (former voice of the Wildcats) and
@wildcatnews
…!! After breakfast Tubby said…”Let’s go see your shop! I’ve heard about this, let’s walk over…” I about fell over.
After seeing what the Lebron Exquisite RC sold for this past week...I mean wow, it’s an exciting time to be an old school collector that’s held on to cards because of stories and love of the hobby with hopes that one day they may be able to provide something more. Just amazing!
For all the new folks on here, this is craziness of the collection and passion for the hobby all in one place! Been cleaning up and reorganizing, hope y’all dig it!
Just a cool side note, we have Karl Towns stopping in shop today, last minute notice and not a public deal but incredible to think we opened 8 months ago and have the
#1
pick in our little shop! Just a killer feeling that he is coming to something we built! Just so so cool…!
So first off, 2 minute highlight of yesterday. I’m such a goofball. So glad Cathy decided to record the whole break of 5 boxes! This was just so crazy fun to experience!
Every year
@thefloofer
and I open
@paniniamerica
National Treasures Collegiate and NFL Football and look for Bengals and Kentucky players. This year wasn’t either but…I don’t think I’ve ever pulled a card this expensive at the actual time it was pulled…wowstill pretty stunned!
One year ago today….
What a 12 months. A Dream that’s still growing and we know it’s because of y’all and the good Lord and a lot of work! Most of all we are grateful, for all of you and the job we get to do in the hobby we love!
So a few times some folks had asked me to see the whole Herro collection. Had to spread out a bit but outside the binder here it is! I’ll try and get some more detailed shots but man this has been one fun journey!
Was at a
@paniniamerica
event tonight and we were given a free pack of Mosaic Draft Football and hit this! Mahomes Gold /10! What a way to cap off the day!
I guess my point is I don’t open a box to “did you make your money back?” I don’t go to Disney world to run in & win enough stuffed animals to pay for my ticket selling on the secondary market. I pay for the fun. All boxes are fun. Again, just for me and flipping is great too!
Oh man...it has arrived. Dream card. As soon as I saw it I had to contact the seller, who was great, & start working on a deal. This, as a Braves fan, is a Grail. Absolutely amazing and going on display here for good! Hank Aaron & Acuna 2019 Topps Heritage Dual Auto PSA 10 # /25
Side note: next years Logoman will be amazing in cards. Just got my Maxey game worn jersey in and this is the Logo for the NBA’s 75th anniversary. Will be interested to see which ones make it to Cards!
Took the risk and we opened one box of 1996-97 Topps series 2 Basketball, hoping we could hit Kobe and AI RCS that were centered, clean and had a chance to be a 10...it was an amazing rip, amazing box and man we think most, not all but most, of these look really,REALLY promising!
I wish we could have a whole bunch of these signed and in my shop…they wouldn’t last a week. We would be shipping them to ‘Cats all over the world! I’ll certainly try! I’m just so damn excited for a great kid and this state…
The next step in the story of the biggest pack pulled card of my Hobby life! On the way to Dallas and
@beckettgradingservices
Home office! Figured it would be fun to video & tell the whole story of this process from Pack to whatever conclusion is best! Here we go!
@beckettmedia
“Just go do it!” Dreamed as a kid of doing this and as a bigger version of that kid we now can! Can’t wait to see a lot of y’all along the way! (PS I’m bringing Kentucky gifts to my old friends!)
If you’ve ever tried one of these...you know this is a really good feeling. I’ve tried and come up short many times but the last piece arrived this week and the Blue Jersey Tyler Herro Draft Rainbow is complete!
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Birthdays are special, this one for Bennett was REALLY special! He turned 10 today which is appropriate! I bought him a box of Contenders Pro Football & in the LAST pack he pulls a Justin Herbert Auto /99!! His family have been friends for years!! SO SPECIAL of a day! Happy Bday!
Unbelievably great experience getting this 48 hours after buying, biggest baseball card I’ve bought and it’s amazing. 2018 Topps Heritage Ronald Acuna Jr. RC Real One Red Ink Auto /69 and just awesome, utterly thrilled here!!
#AcunaJr
#ChopOn
If y’all could, bear with me a couple of minutes here. This has been a great story, an incredible one, one that all y’all have been an awesome part of telling. But it’s got to have the right ending, and I think this is the right ending...
Oh man….they sent me a sneak peek of the Braves Jersey I bought….with inscriptions….oh my goodness this is awesome….these inscriptions are amazing I can’t see once the rest sign too, I’m so juiced!
My lovely wife is on FIRE opening packs this week! We bought one box of 18-19 Donruss soccer to try it out, it’s crazy expensive for one box so it was risky but she pulled this! What a card!!
Every year my wife, Cathy, and I open a case of
@PaniniAmerica
Contenders Draft Picks Football & Basketball because we live this stuff, huge College Football and Basketball fans, just for collecting and fun not as much resale…last night we did out football case & it was awesome!