One of my favorites. Outside of being off center, the color, edges and corners and great color really pop on this Bill Russell rookie. It’s stunning. SBC was the company that later turned into SGC. I’m reluctant to cross it as the slab hold value showing the legacy and history of when it was first graded. I’d only trade it for or towards a signed Russell rookie.

Man, I could have picked this up or a 1/1 Jackie Cut check auto. I should have picked both of them up, but got this one as I liked the UD SP lineage and it was in a BGS 9.5 slab. Wish the cancellation stamp wasn’t there, but it’s a beautiful card. Crazy to think Upper Deck put 147 of these into packs!

I bought this one raw many years ago. It’s perfect. It got a PSA 9 but I literally can’t find a flaw that keeps it from a 10. It’s one of my top 3 Kobe cards that I own. The three color patches really pop!

These were hard to let go of, too. Especially as a Celtics fan. But as a rookie, I was able to collect about 7-8 nice Tatum RPAs. As he solidified himself in Celtics history, and cards increased in value. I decided to keep two of my favorite RPAs and trade the rest towards a stellar Tom Brady game used patch with on-card auto. Just an absolute beauty of a card. Hard decisions to make, but all part of the collecting process!

outside of the Jordan, I have most of the big rookie autos from this set! Love the old SGC flip on this one!