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.
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52. 2002-03 Fleer Platinum - Platinum Portraits Game Worn Patch #PP/DN Dirk Nowitzki
Don't remember how I got it. |
53. 2002-03 Fleer Platinum - Platinum Portraits Game Worn Patch #PP/SF Steve Francis
Don't remember how I got it. |
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55. 2002-03 Hoops Hot Prospects #99 John Salmons
I pulled two of these. The other patch has more brown and less blue. |
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59. 2003-04 SkyBox LE - Championship MettLE SN99 #CM-JK Jason Kidd
Don't remember how I got it. This is my only patch from an Olympic jersey, and one of only two or three relics I have from the Olympics at all. |
60. 2003-04 Ultra - Leaps and Bounds Ultra Swatch #LBU-SM Shawn Marion
Pulled this one. They did not differentiate between regular relics and patches yet, the idea to use patches for harder to find parallels had not hit Fleer at this point. |
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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