Vince Carter 09-10 Exquisite Collection Buyback Auto

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Last July 22, 2010, I redeemed four redemption cards for 09-10 Exquisite Collection Buyback autos of Dwight Howard, Chril Paul and Vince Carter.

After the process, I was given a message to allow up to 12-16 weeks for delivery. That's 3-4 months which I find very long. However, I did not expect that it will be until 8 months later before I receive... not all cards but only one -- the Vince Carter.

Here it is, a 06-07 Exquisite Collection base card autographed and serial numbered to 02 out of 59 - not 25 as stated in the redemption.

This was included in last week's mail.

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My two Dwight Howard and 1 Chris Paul buyback redemption are still unfulfilled though.

I wonder when will they sign.

Mail Week March 28 - April 1: 1 of 1 Inserts and Autos, Carter Exquisite and Jordans

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I have been literally flooded with mails this month.

While I really like my March 21-25 mail week because of the rare Shaq 90's inserts, nice Dwight Howard autos and Kobe 2nd year inserts, my mails for the past week is not too shabby either because, finally, my Dwight Howard white whale has arrived.

Check out my mail week for March 28 - April 1.

The centerpiece is of course the card at the center, a 07-08 Topps Triple Threads Printing Plate Jersey Auto White Whale 1/1.

Next one I got is this cool rookie card of Dwight Howard that contains a beautiful piece of patch.

However, that same patch is the reason why this only got a BGS 6 grade (Excellent-Mint). You see, the thickness of the patch made creases at card's surface as shown in red circles below.

Nevertheless, it still is a beautiful card. In fact, I plan to acquire as many rookie cards of this kind as I can from now on. The card is serial numbered out of 350 so, there are still 349 out there.

On to the Michael Jordans.

I can't really afford an original rookie card so I just have to settle with the Michael Jordan 86-87 Fleer Rookie Card Reprint. Or fake if you want to be more technical.

Also to be added to my Jordan side PC are these hologram cards from 96-97 Collector's Choice. This is an oddball set I must say as they are released outside the US. Becket value for this Jordan's Journals set is $50.

I also happened to chance on this beautiful set from the same seller, southsidestore1 of eBay so I also bought it to take advantage of the combined shipping. This is a 95-96 Fleer Flair Perimeter Power set featuring the top 15 outside shooters during the early 90's including the likes of Reggie Miller, Scottie Pippen, Gary Payton, Anfernee Hardaway and Clyde Drexler.

For my Shaq PC is this 99-00 Black Diamond FINAL CUT parallel card serial numbered 001/100. Yes, the first card in the series so this is somewhat special. It also happens to be my first Shaq card  to have a 001/** serial number.

Just a side note, my Shaq card to feature the last number in a series is this: 1995 Classic Five Sport Hot Box Autographs 655/655!

 Speaking of special serial numbered cards, I was able to buy this lot at hobbykings composed of:

2003-04 UD Manu Ginobili Green Reflections #20/100 - Ginobili's jersey number
2009-10 Absolute Steve Nash Spectrum #1/25 - first card in the series
2009-10 Absolute A.J. Price Spectrum #25/25 - last card in the series
2009-10 Absolute Kevin Love FF #42/100 - Love's jersey number
2007-08 Stadium Club Jason Kidd jsy #280/499
2003-04 UD Reflections Jason Kidd Gold #47/50
2005-06 Finest Refractor Chris Bosh 323/349

What's even more special with the Ginobili and Love cards is that they are serial numbered to both player's respective jersey numbers.

Cards like this typically carry some premiums as they are considered as 1/1s by hardcore player collectors.

Last but not the least with this mail week is the redeemed card for a 09-10 Exquisite Collection Vince Carter Buyback auto.

I redeemed it last July 22, 2010 along with 2 Dwight Howards and 1 Chris Paul. So after 8 months, Carter finally signed but not Howard and Paul. :-(

So there you go. I hope you enjoyed my mails as much as I do.

08-09 SPx Box Break (2nd)

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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  08-09 SPx Basketball box break. This is actually my second box break of this product after last July's 08-09 SPx box break.

A box of 08-09 SPx contains 10 packs. Each pack contains 3 cards. Each is guaranteed to contain one autograph or memorabilia card.

These are what I got:

I got base cards of Kobe Bryant, Lebron, Shaquille O'Neal and Tim Duncan among others. The whole base set is composed of 60 cards. With what I got in my first break, I now lack only 20 cards to complete the set.

The rookie / autographed cards
* Chris Douglas Roberts Auto Jersey RC #d/599 HOME - I also got a similar one in my first break

* Marreese Speights Auto Jersey RC #d/599 AWAY
* Joe Crawford RC #d/99 HOME
* Ramon Sessions auto

The jersey cards
* Vince Carter dual
* Rudy Gay dual
* Corey Maggette dual
* Channing Frye / Martell Webster dual
* Chris Douglas Roberts rookie
* D.J. Augustin rookie


VERDICT: ***** 5 out of 10 stars!

My Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Buyback Redemption Cards

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The 2009-10 Exquisite Collection was Upper Deck's last Exquisite release (for now at least) after Panini was able to grab hold of the NBA sports cards licensing monopoly.

In the product, Upper Deck bought back old Exquisite cards from the previous releases and have them signed by various players.

Redemption cards were then issued for these buybacks.

I was able to purchase four of them off eBay:

DWIGHT HOWARD 2009-10 NBA EXQUISITE 08/09 BASE CARD PARALLEL NO #ING CD#3

DWIGHT HOWARD 2009-10 NBA EXQUISITE 06/07 BASE CARD NO #ING CD#30

CHRIS PAUL 2009-10 NBA EXQUISITE 06/07 BASE CARD NO #ING CD#27

VINCE CARTER 2009-10 NBA EXQUISITE 06/07 BASE CARD NO #ING CD#25

I then set to redeem them at Upper Deck's redemption page.

After some simple steps, I was given a listing of the redemption cards in your account with Status for each player as: Athlete committed to signing soon, please be patient.

I was then given a message to allow up to 12-16 weeks for delivery.

Whew! That's a long wait.

I'll post the redeemed cards after 3-4 months.

Ciao!

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UPDATE April 6, 2011: After 8 months, the redeemed card for the Vince Carter finally arrived.

No sign of the Howards and Paul though.