The Rusty Klesla Collection

I love all those 02-03 jerseys and autos! It was the first year I followed the hobby more closely. The Topps Total auto is cool! I have a master set of Topps Total minus the autos, maybe I should start looking for them.
 
Wow that's awesome. I admire the dedication player collectors have.

Thank you

I love all those 02-03 jerseys and autos! It was the first year I followed the hobby more closely. The Topps Total auto is cool! I have a master set of Topps Total minus the autos, maybe I should start looking for them.

It was a good year. Probably my favorite in terms of collecting. That's really awesome completing the master set of Topps Total. That would be cool to see you put together the auto set.



A few more packages came in, grabbed a few parallels I already have but really like and a couple that I need from my wantlist.

01-02 Vanguard premier date /83, own 2
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02-03 OPC premier red /100, own 3
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02-03 Topps opc blue /500, own 2
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01-02 Pacific moments in time /85, own 2
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These are two that I needed to cross off the list. Thanks to COMC

08-09 Fleer Ultra ice medallion /100
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01-02 UD exclusives /100
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Grabbed some more show stamp cards. Not sure what the bronze is from, I guess produced for the show

00-01 BAP Sig Series bronze fall expo /10
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01-02 BAP sapphire chicago /10
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01-02 BAP emerald chicago /10, have three of these now
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Not too much from my wantlist has shown up lately but I am enjoying picking up duplicates of some of the parallels that I really like. Same with the show cards. Thank you for looking.
 
Been a little bit since my last update. Buying kind of slowed but I did pick up a few from my wantlist and also snagged a nice GU lot to cross off some much needed cards.

Picked this one up because there wasn't much available and I just kind of wanted to be involved

02-03 BAP Sig Series buyback auto gold
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01-02 Crown Royale red /35, completes the Crown Royale base/parallel/insert run
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00-01 Topps Heritage chrome RC /555, really like these so I'll pick up one when I can
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02-03 UD Vintage green backs /199
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03-04 OPC gold /50, tough to find, completes my OPC base/blue/red/gold set, now just need Topps red and gold
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02-03 UD Classic Portraits classic stitches limited /75 with a nice 2 color swatch, part of the GU lot
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01-02 BAP Sig Series jersey and stick, already have a copy of this but came in the lot and has a nice stick piece, so wanted to share
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05-06 SPGU game gear, jersey and stick /100, also from the GU lot
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and for the big score from the GU lot: 4 copies of 02-03 Crown Royale dual patch, brings my total in hand copies to 61

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The dual patch cards are becoming more difficult to track down and to score 4 in one go was pretty awesome. It was a pretty solid two months for the Klesla PC and I'm very happy with its progress. Thank you for looking
 
First update of the new year. Been about a month since my last one. Still slow but did cross a few more off my needs list. Scooped up several duplicates of cards I just enjoy. Here are the goods:

01-02 Upper Deck Exclusives /100 (second I own)
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00-01 Topps Heritage RC /1955 (third I own)
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01-02 Private Stock Titanium retail red /131 (second I own)
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01-02 Private Stock premier date /100 (crossed off the list)
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02-03 Parkhurst bronze /100 (crossed off the list and grabbed an extra)
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13-14 OPC blank back (crossed off the list)
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01-02 UD Mask collection dual patch /50 (second I own)
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02-03 UD Artistic Impressions gold /199 (second I own)
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02-03 Pacific Heads Up blue /240
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Found I've really enjoyed picking up duplicates of some of the parallels that I really like. I'm a big fan of the Topps Heritage RCs, I have 3 copies and 4 of the chrome version now. Thank you for looking and I appreciate comments.
 
Nice pickup with that OPC blank back. Those can be impossible to find, especially the lesser known players. Well done!

Isn't that the truth. I still need three more for my collection

Picked up a non card related item:

My first auto'd puck of Rusty. These were redemptions in 02/03 Bowman Youngstars. No idea how many were signed let alone redeemed. Sat on ebay for a little bit until the seller dropped the BIN price a couple of times.

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Minor update

picked up another 00-01 Topps Heritage RC, definitely my fav RC of his. This makes number 4
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02-03 ITGU Franchise jersey, nice to be able to cross this one off the list
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02-03 Crown Royale dual patch, this is the 60th copy I own of this card, slowly moving towards my goal of 101
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Ebay pickups have been very slow lately, there's another dual patch listed but the seller doesn't seem to like my offers. Thank you for looking.
 
Update time, crossed a few off my list, grabbed a few show stamps, and upgraded one. First up the ones I needed:

00-01 Topps Premier Plus Premier Rookies blue ice /250
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01-02 Stadium Club Master Photo /100
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01-02 Pacific Adrenaline Premier Date /62
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07-08 UD Be A Player Player's Club Platinum /25
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09-10 UD Be A Player Player's Club /25
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This came as part of a card lot, two color with a nice seam in it

02-03 ITGU Franchise
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Show stamp 1/1s

02-03 ITGU Franchise The National Atlantic City
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02-03 BAP First Edition NHL All Star Game
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03-04 ITG Action Montreal
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Some really solid pickups lately. A couple more on the way thanks to some boards members. Thank you for the comments and looking.
 
I love seeing collections like this. Rusty was included in quite a few different sets than Milan Kraft so I'm a little jealous of the variety you have, but we do have a lot of overlap.

I think I may have a few Klesla kicking around unless I sent them to a CBJ fan. The next time I'm digging through the boxes I'll keep an eye out.
 
Really great collection, I love it so much, I hope one day I will have same with my Simon Nemec PC, thx for sharing

Thank you. I'm looking forward to seeing your additions in your PC thread

Awesome collection. It's always fun seeing someone with a more niche player collection and a fantastic one at that.

Really appreciate the kind words. Thank you.

I love seeing collections like this. Rusty was included in quite a few different sets than Milan Kraft so I'm a little jealous of the variety you have, but we do have a lot of overlap.

I think I may have a few Klesla kicking around unless I sent them to a CBJ fan. The next time I'm digging through the boxes I'll keep an eye out.

I remember Milan Kraft, I wish I had my older stuff still, I'd check see if I had anything of his for you. Appreciate you looking.
 
Smallish update to my collection. Now only need 51 more cards to have at least one copy of each release with 3 of those being 1/1s. A big thank you to some board members that helped in these pickups

Ebay and COMC pickups

01-02 Pacific extreme limited /49, scanner doesn't really pick up the light foil stamp
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02-03 Bowman Youngstars stick, my other copy has a crease at the swatch window
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00-01 Topps Gold label class 3 gold /33
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10-11 UD exclusives high gloss /10
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02-03 SPGU first rounders patch /30, my second copy
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A big thanks to Avalanchefan21 for posting a site based in Czechia where I was able to pickup the following:


08-09 OPC micromotion black /100
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04-05 UD Canadian exclusives /50
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01-02 UD Mask Collection dual patch /50, upgraded patch pieces from my other copy
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And the final pickup, a big thank you to Shaun (spooner9ball) for the sale #61 in my goal of 101

02-03 Crown Royale dual patch
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Thank you everyone for looking. The last 50+ are going to be a challenge given their age, and scarcity but it should be fun to keep on with the search.
 
Not big update to the Rusty collection but I did cross three more cards off my list. Picked up a 5th copy of the Topps Heritage RC and another copy of the UD exclusives.

08-09 UD Exclusives /100
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00-01 Topps Heritage RC /1955
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The last one I needed of his Score parallels
13-14 Score red back
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Missed out on this months ago
07-08 UD MVP gold script /100
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Hit BIN walking out of Deadpool/Wolverine, now just need the Bazooka back
03-04 Topps c55 mini hat trick back
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My third copy of this one which is funny because I haven't seen either red version or the topps version /25 pop up yet.
00-01 Topps Chrome OPC blue refractor /35
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Now down into the low 40s of cards needed. It can certainly be frustrating but its still fun doing searches and tracking down new ones and grabbing multiples of ones I have. Thank you for looking.

Bonus photo: Comet helping out while scanning
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Just one pick up but it is a solid one for my RC graded collection. Not too many graded Rusty cards out there, so to be able to pick up a YG for very cheap was awesome.

00-01 Upper Deck YG PSA 9
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