Beckett Basketball Card Hall of Fame - Class of 2005

09-10 panini hall of fame

I was scanning through some of my old Beckett magazines today when this one has caught my attention.

If there's a Hall of Fame for basketball players, coaches and teams, there's also a Hall of Fame for basketball trading cards.

A total of 10 cards made the inaugural Beckett Basketball Card Hall of Fame.



Here's a scan:

Ordered by year:

1. 1948 Bowman George Mikan RC #69
2. 1957-58 Topps Bob Cousy RC #17
3. 1957-58 Topps Bill Russell RC #77

4. 1961-62 Fleer Wilt Chamberlain RC #8
5. 1961-62 Fleer Jerry West RC #43
6. 1969-70 Topps Lew Alcindor RC #25
7. 1970-71 Topps Pete Maravich RC #123
8. 1972-73 Topps Julius Erving RC #195
9. 1980-81 Topps 34 Bird/Erving/Magic RC #6
10. 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan RC #57

REFERENCE: Beckett Basketball Monthly #184 November 2005, Marvin Williams cover

09-10 Panini Hall of Fame Basketball Box Break

09-10 panini hall of fame

The itch to open basketball boxes is becoming unbearable again  so I decided to buy unopened basketball boxes from Dave and Adam's Card World last November 3. The package arrived two weeks later on November 19.

Here's my 09-10 Panini Hall of Fame Basketball box break.

A box contains 11 cards guaranteed to contain 2 autographs and 1 memorabilia card.

These are what I got:

The hits!

Larry Bird Dream Team patch #d/99 - this card contains a patch of his original jersey worn at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics as part of the original Dream Team (one sold at eBay for $97 [LINK])

Hakeem Olajuwon auto #d/299 - one sold at eBay for $23 [LINK]

Calvin Murphy auto - with "Murph" inscription

VERDICT: ********** 10 out of 10 stars!