Patches!by Billy Kingsley - 103 cards (Last updated on Feb 25, 2020) |
There is something special about pulling a patch card. When they started doing relics in 1996 they didn't do patches, and when they started introducing patch cards, they didn't make a big deal about it...if you got one, that was great, but it was just considered a jersey card. That didn't last long, and they soon became the de facto parallel for relics.
For the NBA, patches come from the player's name, the team logo, the number, or the tag. (But NOT the borders around the arm or neck holes) For NASCAR it comes from the sponsor patches or the driver's name. I've got quite a few patches, so I thought I would share them in a List.
21. 2003-04 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection - Patches #SN-P Steve Nash
This is a lousy patch, for my least favorite player to have a patch card in my collection. I pulled this from the only box I ever foolishly spent the money on for Ultimate Collection. Yes this is a one color patch. |
22. 2004-05 SkyBox E-XL - Court Authentics Patches #CA-EB Elton Brand
Another Elton patch...there will be more joining my collection in the future I hope. |
23. 2004-05 Fleer Authentix - Jerseys Patches #JA-RW Rasheed Wallace
One of the last patches I pulled before my break from the NBA. (2006-12) |
24. 2012-13 Panini Totally Certified - Totally Blue Memorabilia Prime #184 Ben Gordon
The first patch I pulled from my NBA renaissance, from my second box of same. |
25. 2012-13 Panini Brilliance - Game Time Jerseys Prime #47 Elton Brand
This card also fits in my 2014 Big Ticket card a month. For me these days the $18 I spent on it is a big price tag for a single card. |
26. 2004 Press Pass Premium - Hot Threads Drivers Silver #HTD 5 Kurt Busch
The first NASCAR patch I pulled. Hard to believe it was over a decade ago now! I believe it's the IE in Sharpie. |
27. 2011 Press Pass Legends - Lasting Legacies Memorabilia Silver #LL-HG Harry Gant
This one is #33/199. 33 Was Harry Gant's car number from 1981-1994 when he retired. |
28. 2012 Press Pass Fanfare - Magnificent Materials Signature Edition #MMSE-RS1 Regan Smith
I'm not sure if a shoe card counts as a patch, but I think it might...close enough for me! I pulled the non-autographed version but nabbed this one on Ebay. |
29. 2013 Press Pass Total Memorabilia - Total Memoribilia - Single Silver #TM-CW Cole Whitt
I pulled this one for Christmas 2013. |
30. 2010 Press Pass Legends - 50 Win Club Holofoil #50-DE Dale Earnhardt
I really wasn't happy with the 2010 Legends set at all- so much so that I essentially stopped collecting what Press Pass issued in 2011. (They are the only ones who have the NASCAR license, my love of NASCAR eventually outweighted my hatred of Press Pass). But I did pull this card, and an Ernie Irvan autograph (Tied with Dale Jr. as my all time favorite drivers) so I guess it wasn't all bad! |
Comments
Impressive collection there Billy. Did you pull many of those from packs?
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Hi Switzr, I just saw your comment now. I would say that roughly 75% to 80% of these were indeed pulled by me. I also purchased some as singles, traded for one or two and even won one of them as a giveaway! I usually am making note of where I got them, but sometimes I don't actually remember. I was bringing in over 1000 new cards a month during the peak of my collecting in 2002-04, when most of these were added to my collection, and I just don't remember on many of them.
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I like that Gasol game worn jersey patch, good pick-up there.
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I go for the 'PRIME' patches myself...just because they are more colorful!
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Great collection of memorabilia - nice variety - gotta love those monochrome "patches" :) That Shaquille O'Neal patch looks like it hits "right between the numbers", as in the 3 & 4. Turned sideways, the two-color piece is part of the 3's upper curve & the small piece is the 4's left-most point. | ||
Just saw the comments I got years ago...major facepalm on my part! Thank you all Joey, Ray and SaintOrm! You might be right on the Shaq, certainly better than I've come up with. | ||
I think hockey cards have the best patches. | ||
That Gretzky is SWEET! | ||
Thanks! I'm still kind of amazed that I was able to pull that one. Certainly my best so far. |
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