The NBA Finals are here, let’s play with star cards. Chapter 1: Introduction to NBA star cards (Basic Chapter)
After looking at the sharing of only football cards on SMZDM, I dare to write about basketball cards. Everyone is welcome to correct me.
Why I think the first thing to collect star cards
is out of love. Whether it is basketball, football, rugby, ice hockey or baseball, collecting star cards can make you like the sport even more. Especially the autograph cards and jersey cards make you feel closer to the players. Drawing a card you like gives you more motivation to get to know the player and team. Moreover, collecting star cards is a relatively cheap way to own the signatures and jerseys of your favorite stars. A SW jersey costs a few hundred, and it is a fan version, made by a clothing-making aunt... a player of similar quality. The GI is in the thousands, it should be hung in the locker room... The GU is several thousand... Star cards. An autograph from a top star is not expensive. Kobe and Durant cards are worth six to seven hundred, McGrady is over two hundred, and Yao Ming has a great series. Four or five hundred. In the words of the old man, Uncle Mu is in his early 100s and Nash is in his early 200s. Doesn’t it sound more appropriate? Moreover, the signature and jersey are guaranteed by the company, and their value and circulation are better than those of letter bugs.
2 Types of star cards
Regular cards: The cards with the most in the box are not worth much, but putting together a set will be worth more. There are photos of the players on the front, and the player's height, weight and on-field data on the back.
Parallel cards: The appearance of the parallel card is actually roughly the same as the regular card, but the difference is that it has an extra logo, stamp or printed signature, etc.
There is an extra line of words
Special card: The design and pattern of the card surface are different from the regular card and should be special.
Rookie Card: Also called RC, short for Rookie Card, it is usually a card issued by players in their first season. RC is divided into ordinary limited edition and limited edition RC. In recent years, RC jerseys, RC floors, and RC signature card. This shows how highly RC cards are valued and popular in the market.
The oil painting rookie signature in the new MVP library
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Exchange card: When you open the card, you open a card with words such as EXCH on it. You must send that card back. Only in the United States will the real card be sent back to you. This is an exchange card. The reason for exchanging cards may be that the star did not have time to sign when the card was issued or there was a problem in the production process of the star card.
Limited Edition Card: Limited edition card means that this card has an exact limited number of copies. Generally, ordinary limited edition cards are regular cards + limited edition numbers, so they can be regarded as a kind of parallel cards. Limited edition cards also have a limited number of signatures. One of the more precious limited edition cards is the one with the same number, that is, the number in the limited edition is the same as the player's jersey number. For example, Jordan's back number is 23, and the limit of that card is 23/99. This card is his card with the same back number. Of course, some players will change their back numbers during their careers. Naturally, different teams at different times have different cards with the same number. Moreover, the first and last cards in the entire series are more expensive than other cards, such as 01/99 and 99/99, but 98/99 and other numbers have the same price. Naturally, the smaller the card number, the more valuable it is. Like this 1/1 card, it means there is only one card in the world, and the price will be more expensive.
This Yi Jianlian card has more than 6,000 numbers, so there are only 40 or 51 cards. There are more than 6,000 cards, which are easy to get in space...
Signature card: This is the card where players sign their names on the star cards. There are now two types of signature cards. The first is the card signature, which is the card signed directly by the player on the star card. The early signature cards were all card signatures. In order to save production time, star card companies now ask players to sign a certain number of names on some pieces of paper, and then affix these signatures to the produced star cards after the cards are produced, which is called sticker signatures. However, no matter what form of signature card, it needs to be notarized by a lawyer. The characteristic of card signing is that the player has personally touched the card, while sticker cards do not have such a feature.The photo sticker of the sticker will be slightly reflective. If you look carefully, you can see the company's logo. It is relatively easy to identify.
. These two are stickers. Look carefully around Yi Jianlian's signature.
. These two are card signatures. The one on the right is the card signature. 10 times, the words and logos below are all gold, the 99 number on the left does not have this effect.
jersey card: jersey card means that after the company signs a contract with the star, it can buy the player's jersey and use a small part of the jersey Part of it is cut out and made into the card, and then the card is completed after being certified by a lawyer. It is also the most common physical star card. The back of the jersey card has the words "The enclosed game-worn material is guaranteed by Panini America.Inc", indicating that the jersey in this card was cut from a jersey worn by the player and is guaranteed by the company. .
Ordinary jersey cards
are this kind of one-color
patch cards: The literal translation of Patch in English is patch. Simply put, it is a jersey card with sewing thread. In fact, the material is the same as the jersey card, but the main difference is the color. There are more than ordinary jerseys, and there are usually lines and textures cut into the jersey to make the card more beautiful.
is a patch card. The small window is cut like this, which is very violent.
Stockton’s patch has seams. The jersey below also has several colors.
career jersey and patch: from the BRIC box. They are all big stars, and their career data consists of jerseys. Some jerseys have patch
Celtics Big Three jerseys
patch
TAG card: It means the label, the hem of the jersey. There are usually two TAGs for BRIC, one is the Adidas logo and player ID, and the other is the NBA logo and the player's jersey size.
This one is Da Luo's TAG.
LOGOMAN card: It is the NBA logo on the jersey, usually more than TAG is even more expensive
A small card, Mavericks Ledo's rookie year logo man
jersey signature and patch signature: the jersey and signature are on one card, the price is higher than a simple jersey or signature
Kobe Bryant jersey signature
James patch sign
Various other physical cards: With the continuous updating of card production technology and creativity, mainstream star card companies such as UD and PANINI have launched physical star cards of various materials. In short, they use the stars. Cards are made of used sneakers, towels, hats, suits, or the floor, seats, basketballs and other physical objects used in the game. The most famous one is the floor card of Michael Jordan's last shot in the Finals. I once saw one. The seller listed it for RMB 69,000. If it’s worth buying, it’s better to be bought by a rich man. Wherever you go, people will see that “MJ is the one who kills on this floor.” So cool...
Jordan’s University of North Carolina floor card
small vest and vest signature: from threads box, called vest box in China. Because this cute card
does it look like a player’s clothes?
signature
There is also a guarantee printed on the back, for fear that you will sign one yourself...
Wood grain: also from the small vest box, with the texture of the wood on the front and a normal card on the back, quite interesting
Championship flag special card: from the past box, like Flag-like card surface design, plush texture. The key players and the number of championships are printed on it, and the year of the championship is printed on the back. Look at the Lakers and Celtics...
photo frame card: from the court kings box, which is called an oil painting box in China.There are a lot of things coming out of the oil painting box. In my next post, I want to focus on the photo frames of
Stowe and Anthony. Photo frames with a lower number than five numbers really have a circle around them. The ones with a larger number are printed. Just look at the color of the words on the front. I know that I have compiled
large cards and large card labels: they are also from oil paintings. Each box of oil paintings has a large card. The general card size is 6.3cm×8.85cm, but this version of the large card is: 9cm×12.8cm, which is larger than the ordinary card. It's a lot bigger, and it's the size of a 7-inch photo, so it can be matched with various photo frames and so on.
Kobe Bryant's first year oil painting large card signature
film card: most of them come from signatures, which are called signature boxes in China. The middle piece has the effect of a movie film, which is very fun.
Thompson's two film cards, one of one, one of 11/20 with the same serial number
Iron card: from gold standard box, domestically known as gold brick, the material is iron, the color is very similar to gold plate, the real thing is very beautiful . But it's very heavy. If you collect a few more, you can use them as dumbbells...
Dayao, soaring into the sky...
Gold pieces: Same as above from the gold brick box. The middle piece is real 14K gold, matching the gold brick box and gold records theme
refraction card: it is an ordinary card that has been specially treated to give it a special reflection and refraction effect. Among refraction cards, topps is one of the best. In the 2012-13 season, Panini launched the prizm series, which mainly focused on refraction cards, for the first time, which was well received by card fans. The green discount only appears in prizm retail packages in the continental United States. The refraction made by the select series is also very beautiful.
There are two incomplete sets of Yao Mai refraction, the black fold of the first series and the gold fold of the tenth series are not available...
triangle: from the pre box, the shape is not rectangular like other cards, it is triangular, and it is also a special card
Tracy McGrady 10 small books with purple triangle signature
: same as above from pre box, folding like a book is a feature. Usually seven people's jerseys or patches are put together, which is very helpful to express the theme or a team.
Fake logo signature: As mentioned above, the logoman is cut from the NBA logo on the player's clothes. There are also some cards that are made separately with the logo. Or a card or cloth with a team logo, for players to sign on it, pay attention to the difference, the price difference is day by day
These two Kobe Bryant numbers are connected, and the value is slightly larger
Rating card: Rating card is actually not It is a type of star card, that is, any of the above types of cards can be graded. Submit the card to a professional star card grading agency (such as BECKETT Company), and then the star card rating company will evaluate the card's ink (only for signed cards), the balance of the card, the quality of the edges and corners of the card, and other comprehensive aspects. After the inspection, the score is finally obtained, and the identification card holder is installed for the identified card, and the rating score of the card is marked on the top of the card holder. Generally, the full score is 10 points, and 0.5 is a level. A total score of 9.5 or above is a gold label, and a score of 10 or above is a black label. A score of 9 or below is a Silver Label. The cost to send it domestically to the United States for grading is about 220 yuan.
Jordan's rating glass sign, the four small points evaluate the condition of the card, the larger one is the total score
The back is the score of the signature, whether the strokes are coherent and whether the ink is full will affect the score
Video card: Panini America recently launched A new kind of video star card, which can bring fans a new experience. This kind of star card is only 1/4 inch thick, and each card can play 20 minutes of video. The characters of the first edition of the star cards include Kobe Bryant, Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant and John Wall.
How to obtain the three star cards:
Open the box or talk to card friends Buy. All cards are drawn from boxes like this
You can try your luck by buying a box yourself, or you can buy cards issued by others.However, don’t buy Zhongyatu in ! Don’t buy Zhongyatu! Don’t buy Zhongyatu! What represents is a castrated version. All the cards I wrote above are not coming out! In most cases, issues a card called a gold signature, but the signature is printed... not signed by the player on the card. That is to say, it has no value. It is said that Zhongyatu purchased 20 stickers each signed by Kobe and Durant from Panini, and randomly placed them in a card box with a ratio of 1:6000. The market price of stickers for Kobe and Adu is less than 800 RMB, and the average cost you pay is 70,000. So if you want to buy, buy these boxes distributed by Panini in the United States, with signature and jersey guarantee. You can buy cards, sell cards, check card prices and more on CardZu, China's largest sports card trading platform. You can also follow Baidu Star Card, everyone will enthusiastically solve your problems.
star cards have a history of more than 120 years. It is still a very niche hobby in China. I hope that the Chinese star card circle will also develop and expand soon. Everyone is welcome to come to me to communicate. The last picture of the political commissar’s welfare
