Gary's Basketball card webpage
Hi and welcome to my webpage. Everything that you see here is not everything that I have but it is most of it. I only trade and if you want to trade e-mail me with what you have and what you are looking for. All game jerseys are at the bottom. My e-mail address is COMICKIDGG@aol.com
4/23/02
My Philosophy: Please take the time to read this you may find it interesting. As you can see I do not have alot of the newer stuff on this page such as serailly numbered rc autograph gamejerseys. This is because of two reasons. First off the quality of rc's is not like it use to be so there is really no point in investing money in the new rookies, becasue after the first season is over everyone realizes that these players have several years to go before they become an elite player and all thier cards go down. Steve Francis's EX RC was valued at about $100 when it first came out and people went out and payed $100+ for this card. In about 18 months the card was worth about $20 which is when I bought it. I figured hey, here is a player who will be a great player one day and no one wants his cards and they are very cheap right now. The one rule about collecting that I have experienced about collecting is that if a card reaches a certain peak then experiences a decline in price then one day it can reach those heights once again. Look at Chris Webber, here is a player who was practically a common card and now his cards are worth a lot of money just like when he entered the league. Its all about patience. Examples of players we had to be patient with are Tracy McGrady, Ben Wallace, and Jermaine O'neal. These are guys whose cards were dirt cheap and it took them several years before they were making an impact with their respected teams and now there cards are going through the roof. The second reason why I dont have newer stuff is that there are too many different sets. I first started to collect basketball cards during the 96-97 season which doesn't seem like a long time ago. There were about 12 sets in which you could collect which is a fair number. These days there are about 30-40 different sets each one having multiple game jerseys and numbered rc's. I am with most collectors that think the idea of a piece of a game worn jersey on a basketball card is pretty neat, but all these cards companies have gone overboard with producing to much of the same thing. 97-98 was when the game jersey first made its appearance to the basketball card collecting hobby inserted at 1:2500 packs. That sounds like an astronomical number, but when you actually saw one you had an appreciation for it because you rarely saw it. Now there inserted at 1:3 packs and every dealer you go to has hundreds of them so I as a collector don't appreciate them therefore I dont buy into them. I only buy into them so I can trade them to other collectors, because game jerseys are the big trend right now. With their being so many game jerseys out there it is like our economy. Our economy is going through inflation, which makes stock prices go down. The basketball card industry is exactly like the stock market. What goes up must come down and if youre lucky it will go back up which brings me back to my Chris Webber example. He is drafted as the number one overall pick coming from arguably the most popular college team ever being THE FAB FIVE. His cards are very expensive because of this popularity. Webber however is stuck in Golden State and Washington playing for lousy teams and having run-ins with the law his cards go down to common status. He gets traded to Sacramento and cleans his act up and plays for a championship contender and all of a sudden his cards are now listed with the likes of Micheal Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Vince Carter the most popular players in the industry. If you are wondering why I talk about Chris Webber, its because of patience. At first collectors wanted all his cards, and it turned out that he was several years away from superstar status so everyone sold his stuff, and now he is a great player and everyone is buying into his cards again. This is pretty much how the card industry fluctuates. This is why I'm not quick to buy cards of Jamaal Tinsley, Tony Parker, Pau Gasol, or Jason Richardson, and Shane Battier among others. This is because most of these players aren't playing for good teams and their numbers aren't all that great so I guarantee you that in the next 6-12 months that these players cards will go down significantly. As for Tinsley and Parker who are playing for good teams there cards will go down if there team doesn't win the championship, because first off there numbers will have declined from playing such a long season, and there numbers aren't that good yet, and it is also the offseason when everything slows down a bit. Also people will somewhat forget these players because everyone wil be excited about the new rookie class and the cycle repeats itself. Back to the game jerseys. There are so many game jerseys and they are so easy to get that is why they are all so cheap. Come on $5 for a game jersey. That is disgusting for such a cool card. So right now the industry is going throgh inflation and everything is so cheap because there is so much to choose from. I think in the next five years or so that the card companies are going to wise up and you will see less and less sets. This brings me to what I collect. I collect rookies from the past several years who are proven players but are not very expensive...yet. An example is Antoine Walker. My friend bought his Finest Rookie at $40 and it dropped to under $5 because Walker wasn't a proven player so his cards went down. This brings me to my last point in that Walker is now an all star playing for a very good team, and I think the combination of that and collectors getting tired of game jerseys will allow Walker's cards along with other players cards to go up dramatically. And I'm talking about non serial numbered cards. I'm talking about cards of Steve Nash, Antoine Walker, Allen Iverson, Stephon Marbury, Tim Duncan, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter, Dirk Nowitzki, among others. These are all players who have very few serail number rcs if none at all.
If you have taken the time to read this I thank you. Just remember that this is my opinion, and that I think that collecting cards is the greatest hobby on Earth. I am open to all arguments and am curious to hear what other collectors think of this philosophy.
Sincerely, Gary Gileno Please go below to see my tradelist and wantlist.
Tradelist
Shareef Abdur-Rahim
96-97 TSC Class Acts w/Jason Kidd
96-97 Upper Deck Rookie Exclusives
96-97 Hoops Rookies x2
97-98 Fleer Rookie Rewind
97-98 E-X 2001 Stardate 2001
97-98 Fleer Fresh Foundations
98-99 Fleer Ultra NBAttitude
99-00 Upper Deck Super Powers
99-00 Skybox Dominion 2 Point Play
Ray Allen
97-98 Fleer Rookie Rewind x2
96-97 Bowmans Best #R5 x2
Elton Brand
99-00 Topps #115 x2
99-00 Topps Chrome
99-00 Upper Deck #156
99-00 Finest #110
99-00 UD Encore #1668/1999
99-00 Flair Showcase #1936/2000
99-00 E-X Skybox #3482/3499
Kobe Bryant
97-98 Flair Showcase Row 3
97-98 Flair Showcase Row 2
97-98 Fleer Rookie Rewind x2
98-99 Topps Chrome Apparations
98-99 Fleer Brilliants Shining Stars
00-01 Hoops Hot Prospects Hoops Originals
Vince Carter
98-99 Topps Chrome Instant Impact Refractor
98-99 Fleer Brilliants Illuminators
98-99 Flair Showcase #25
98-99 TSC #198
98-99 Topps #199
98-99 Fleer Brilliants #105
98-99 Fleer Ultra #106
00-01 Hoops Hot Prospects Hoops Originals
00-01 E-X Generation E-X
00-01 Fleer Ultra Slam Show #10
00-01 Fleer Ultra Thrillinium
Baron Davis
99-00 Upper Deck #158
99-00 Finest #111
99-00 Flair Showcase #1019/2000
Keyon Dooling
00-01 Fleer Showcase #181/500
Tim Duncan
97-98 Flair Showcase #5 Row 3 x3
97-98 Flair Showcase #5 Row 2
97-98 Bowmans Best #106
97-98 SPx #37
97-98 EX-2001 #75
97-98 Finest #101
97-98 Topps Chrome #115
97-98 Fleer Rookie Sensations
97-98 E-X 2001 Stardate 2001
1998 Upper Deck Hardcourt #63 Home Court Advantage
98-99 Upper Deck Ovation Superstars of the Court
98-99 Topps Chrome Seasons Best Refractor
Steve Francis
99-00 Fleer #211 Roundball Collection
99-00 Topps #118
99-00 Topps Tipoff #118
99-00 Upper Deck #157
99-00 Topps Gold Label #87
99-00 Upper Deck Ovation #62
99-00 Skybox Apex #152
99-00 Fleer Mystique #0270/2999
99-00 Fleer Force #1489/1600
99-00 UD Ionix #0709/3500
99-00 Fleer Focus #2005/3999
99-00 E-X Skybox #3065/3499
99-00 Skybox Apex First Impressions
Kevin Garnett
97-98 Finest #136 Silver
98-99 Upper Deck Ovation Superstars of the Court
98-99 Topps Seasons Best
Grant Hill
96-97 Bowmans Best Best Shots
97-98 Topps Seasons Best
97-98 Topps Chrome Seasons Best Refractor
97-98 Topps Chrome Destiny Refractor
98-99 Upper Deck Ovation Superstars of the Court
98-99 Topps Seasons Best
00-01 E-X #62 Essential Credentials #118/201
Allen Iverson
96-97 Finest RC
96-97 Topps Chrome RC #171
96-97 Upper Deck Predictor
96-97 Hoops Rookies
96-97 TSC Class Acts with Mutombo
96-97 Fleer Metal #201
96-97 Ultra Fleer All Rookie
1997 SPx #35
97-98 Flair Showcase #3 Row 3
97-98 Flair Showcase #3 Row 1
97-98 Z-Force Boss
97-98 Fleer Rookie Rewind
99-00 Fleer Force Forceful Forcefield
Antawn Jamison
98-99 E-X Century #87
98-99 E-X Century Dunk'N Go Nuts
Michael Jordan
95-96 Michael Jordan #15
95-96 Collectors Choice #324 Players Club Platinum
95-96 TSC Warp Speed
96-97 TSC Top Crop
96-97 Topps Chrome #139
96-97 Flair Showcase #23 Row 2
96-97 Flair Showcase #23 Row 1
96-97 Hoops Starting Five
97-98 Upper Deck Airlines #AL8
97-98 Fleer Flair Hardwood Leaders
97-98 Topps Chrome Seasons Best Refractor
97-98 Topps Rock Stars
97-98 Z-Force Super Boss
97-98 Ultra #85 Gold Medallion
97-98 Flair Showcase #1 Row 3
97-98 Flair Showcase #1 Row 2
1998 Upper Deck Hardcourt 23 and 23A
98-99 Upper Deck MJ23 #MJ12, MJ20
98-99 Upper Deck #169 x2
98-99 Upper Deck #25
98-99 Upper Deck #26
98-99 Upper Deck Now Showing
98-99 Upper Deck Ovation Superstars of the Court
98-99 Upper Deck Ovation Jordan Rules #'s J2,J9,J14. Bronze, Silver and Gold Versions.
Corey Maggette
Black Diamond #104
Topps #112
Upper Deck #168
Shawn Marion
99-00 Upper Deck Hardcourt Rainbow #179/500
99-00 Finest #121
Stephon Marbury
96-97 Bowmans Best #R2
96-97 Upper Deck Rookie Exclusives
96-97 E-X 2001 Star Date 2001
97-98 Fleer Rookie Rewind
Tracy McGrady
97-98 Flair Showcase Row 3 x3
97-98 Flair Showcase Row 2 #21
97-98 E-X 2001 #79
97-98 Finest #107
97-98 Fleer Ultra Gold #138
97-98 SPx #42
97-98 Fleer Ultra #138
98-99 Black Diamond #82 #d 0644/1500
Dirk Nowitzki
98-99 Flair Showcase #16
98-99 Fleer Brilliants #109
98-99 Fleer Ultra #118
98-99 Molten Metal #35 x2
98-99 E-X Century #68
98-99 Finest #234 x2
98-99 UD Ionix
98-99 SPx Radiance #0044/1500
Lamar Odom
99-00 UD Ionix #0716/3500
99-00 Skybox E-X #0233/3499
99-00 Fleer Focus #2413/3999
99-00 SP Authentic #0158/1500
99-00 UD Gold Reserve #1841/3500
99-00 Topps Chrome #231
99-00 Black Diamond #94
99-00 Ultra #135
99-00 Upper Deck Ovation #64
99-00 Skybox Apex #154
99-00 Upper Deck #159
Shaquille O'neal
92-93 Upper Deck #1 Draft Pick (The Good one)
96-97 Fleer Ultra Platinum #P55
97-98 E-X 2001 Gravity Denied
97-98 Ultra Ultrabilities All Star
98-99 Upper Deck Ovation #31 Gold #0987/1000
99-00 Fleer Net Effect
Paul Pierce
98-99 Upper Deck #321
98-99 Black Diamond #101
98-99 Molten Metal #91
98-99 E-X Century #82
98-99 Fleer Brilliants #110
98-99 Fleer Ultra #108
98-99 Flair Showcase #29
Scottie Pippen
96-97 TSC High Risers
97-98 Skybox Premium Mod Squad
Antoine Walker
96-97 Finest Rookie #84 Refractor
97-98 Finest Silver
97-98 Rookie Headliners
Game Jerseys
01-02 Ultra League Leaders Darius Miles 188/450
01-02 Topps Chrome Lacing Up Refractor Richard Hamilton #22/50
01-02 Hoops Hot Prospects Hot Tandems Eddy Curry/Shane Battier
01-02 UD Playmakers Players Club Game Jersey Stephon Marbury #253/350
Trade Policy: My policy is to send at the same time, i think it is the only fair way. If you are a collector of some of the players off my wantlist, don't worry I am always willing to trade anything, but some cards will be harder to get from than others
Wantlist
Any Stephon Marbury cards
RC's of the following players:
Dirk Nowitzki
Paul Pierce
Quentin Richardson
Lamar Odom
Elton Brand
Tim Duncan
Steve Francis
Antoine Walker
Steve Nash
Allen Iverson
Kobe Bryant
Baron Davis
Andre Miller
Corey Maggette
Tracy McGrady
Ray Allen
and any other good cards including any 99-00 SPx rcs
References:
polishcannon47@hotmail.com
alabama21slammer@hotmail.com
nakkerdakker@yahoo.dk
peeler281@aol.com
Azntwnguy
JBuelKaren@aol.com
GStipisich
IVisotsky
cardmonkey@froggy.au
F5star44
Refractrman
JeremyJJL
GCSNM
NY Ewing
deoriginalone@hardwarezone.com
iverso1018
Cousin Darius hall of game trading card page
David's Basketball Card Page
Send E-Mail to: comickidgg@aol.com
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