KING ME COMPLETED

 

    

On Friday after cashing in my paycheck I went to a shop in Ypsilanti in search for some 1968s I found a couple of them. As I was perusing the showcases my eyes zoomed in on card #221 of the `03/`04 Topps Basketball set

I had to rub my eyes to make sure I was not dreaming. There it was a raw version of King James himself RC the last card I needed for my set that I started 2 years ago after my friend Pat had a starter lot of 235/249 cards. I spent the last year whittleing the list down picking up the Shaq,Kobe,Dirk at a show for $5 then I got Dwayne Wade & Carmelo Anthony at shop for $20 then went to another shop just to see if I could locate the missing 2 as I was going through Pistons singles I got the redemption unreedemed for a $.25 unlike the Pistons who had the pick I didn't think of it until I figured what are my chances of finding a redeemed one not only thought it the card was Darko himself redeemed back to back total cost $.50 

Not bad for $.50 

That left me in finding King James to complete it. I tried to find it at the National last summer but wasn't lucky to find a raw version in my price range. So as I mentioned earlier my eyes zoomed on it & they wanted $200 for it needless to say I couldn't pass up on it after consulting 2 others about inquiring it the both gave good arguments to purchase it so with it said my `03/`04 Topps Basketball set is complete.  

I completed 1 set 2 days within new year as well picked up 1/3 of the top RCs I wanted to find this year so far I've been sticking to my resolutions lol. Now if ya excuse me I need to see where I stand on 1968s after picking up the few singles & do my report on a later post update so stay tuned as always I'm reminded of Rogers Hornsby once saying about signing autographs for little kids "Any Ballplayer who doesn't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American, He's a Communist."