The Rusty Klesla Collection

[bunkman]

Wow that's awesome. I admire the dedication player collectors have.

 

[odjickfan]

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.

 

[Modojr]

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

02-03 OPC premier red /100, own 3

02-03 Topps opc blue /500, own 2

01-02 Pacific moments in time /85, own 2

These are two that I needed to cross off the list. Thanks to COMC

08-09 Fleer Ultra ice medallion /100

01-02 UD exclusives /100

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

01-02 BAP sapphire chicago /10

01-02 BAP emerald chicago /10, have three of these now

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.

 

[Modojr]

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

01-02 Crown Royale red /35, completes the Crown Royale base/parallel/insert run

00-01 Topps Heritage chrome RC /555, really like these so I'll pick up one when I can

02-03 UD Vintage green backs /199

03-04 OPC gold /50, tough to find, completes my OPC base/blue/red/gold set, now just need Topps red and gold

02-03 UD Classic Portraits classic stitches limited /75 with a nice 2 color swatch, part of the GU lot

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

05-06 SPGU game gear, jersey and stick /100, also from the GU lot

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

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

 

[Modojr]

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)

00-01 Topps Heritage RC /1955 (third I own)

01-02 Private Stock Titanium retail red /131 (second I own)

01-02 Private Stock premier date /100 (crossed off the list)

02-03 Parkhurst bronze /100 (crossed off the list and grabbed an extra)

13-14 OPC blank back (crossed off the list)

01-02 UD Mask collection dual patch /50 (second I own)

02-03 UD Artistic Impressions gold /199 (second I own)

02-03 Pacific Heads Up blue /240

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.

 

[creasecollector]

Nice pickup with that OPC blank back. Those can be impossible to find, especially the lesser known players. Well done!

 

[Modojr]

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.

 

[Avalanchefan21]

Love the designs of the pucks from 02-03! Would have been cool had they inserted game used ones

 

[Modojr]

Minor update

picked up another 00-01 Topps Heritage RC, definitely my fav RC of his. This makes number 4

02-03 ITGU Franchise jersey, nice to be able to cross this one off the list

02-03 Crown Royale dual patch, this is the 60th copy I own of this card, slowly moving towards my goal of 101

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.

 

[Modojr]

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

01-02 Stadium Club Master Photo /100

01-02 Pacific Adrenaline Premier Date /62

07-08 UD Be A Player Player's Club Platinum /25

09-10 UD Be A Player Player's Club /25

This came as part of a card lot, two color with a nice seam in it

02-03 ITGU Franchise

Show stamp 1/1s

02-03 ITGU Franchise The National Atlantic City

02-03 BAP First Edition NHL All Star Game

03-04 ITG Action Montreal

Some really solid pickups lately. A couple more on the way thanks to some boards members. Thank you for the comments and looking.

 

[creasecollector]

Great additions! Those show stamped cards can be tough to come by years later.

 

[Modojr]

Great additions! Those show stamped cards can be tough to come by years later.

Thank you. That's very true. Managed to pick them up for a pretty reasonable price too.

 

[BigG88]

Really great collection, I love it so much, I hope one day I will have same with my Simon Nemec PC, thx for sharing

 

[JohnnyDrama]

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

 

[neo1370]

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.

 

[Modojr]

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.

 

[Modojr]

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

02-03 Bowman Youngstars stick, my other copy has a crease at the swatch window

00-01 Topps Gold label class 3 gold /33

10-11 UD exclusives high gloss /10

02-03 SPGU first rounders patch /30, my second copy

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

04-05 UD Canadian exclusives /50

01-02 UD Mask Collection dual patch /50, upgraded patch pieces from my other copy

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

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.

 

[JohnnyDrama]

2002-03 Crown Royale Dual patches are so damn nice, love that set.

 

[Modojr]

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

00-01 Topps Heritage RC /1955

The last one I needed of his Score parallels
13-14 Score red back

Missed out on this months ago
07-08 UD MVP gold script /100

Hit BIN walking out of Deadpool/Wolverine, now just need the Bazooka back
03-04 Topps c55 mini hat trick back

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

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

 

[Modojr]

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