Swimming PC - Showing it Off :)

[akarlen]

I know we don't really have a forum for this kind of stuff, but I just wanted to show off some of my swimmer autographs. I'm still (and constantly) looking for a michael phelps auto, haha.

Amanda Beard Swimsuit Auto



Amy Van Dyken Auto



Gary Hall Jr. Auto



Gary Hall Jr. Swim Cap Relic



Ian Thorpe Auto



Janet Evans Auto



Jenny Thompson Auto



Lynne Cox Auto (cold water swimmer)



Lynne Cox Swim Cap Relic



Mark Spitz Auto



Matt Biondi Auto



Summer Sanders Auto



I have an album with some surfers (5 to 6 famous ones) and a snowboarder (Hannah Teter) and skiier (Jeremy Bloom) autographs along with these swimmers in my Personal Collection section of the bucket:

http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...%20Surf%20Ski/

If anyone has info on other swimmer stuff, I'd be very very interested!

[marcus0202]

Very nice collection!

[duwal]

is there something available out there for Natalie Coughlin?

I remember seeing her book, she is just gorgeous



oh and here are the items I got back signed by Amanda Beard

[windmortal]

Very, very sweet cards. Interesting collection. Keep going with it! Don't forget to post you new additions. Looking forward to seeing this collection grow!

[akarlen]

Nice Duane! I haven't seen anything of Coughlin certified from major card manufacturers - doesn't mean its not out there, just that I'm not looking all that hard, sorry. Been super busy trying to study for board exams and all (2nd year med student, ugh).

Thanks for the compliments guys, I've added a few more cards that I'd like to show off. Mattf put me on the trail to some Olympics cards that are kind of neat, the whole 99 card set can be had for <$10 so that's a bonus.


1910 Hassan Budd Goodwin



Mark Spitz Worn Swimsuit (at least that is what the material looks like)


And some examples of the 1983 Olympics Cards (there are 24 swimmers!)

[akarlen]

Just thought I'd put my surfer autos up now, as this is kind of the same niche:

Corky Carroll


Gerry Lopez


Kelly Slater (this one is from sorianofan22, I also have a 16x11 autograph of him surfing a sweet pipe in my entryway)




Laird Hamilton


Mike Parsons


Tom Curren

[marcus0202]

There are three well-known swimmers in 1933 Sport Kings you may want to pick up - Duke Kahanamoku (most famous as a surfer), Johnny Weissmuller (played Tarzan) and Helene Madison.

John Marshall broke 28 world swimming records:

[akarlen]

Thanks for the heads up. I almost bid on a Sportkings Kahanamoku a few days ago (it had a hole punched through the side, lol) but there was a mini bidding war over it and I didn't want to pay that much for such a compromised condition card.

I've thought about some of the german card sets from the same era, and they also feature Weissmuller and Madison (among others). I'm not super into vintage stuff, but I'll pick it up when the price is right, etc.

[akarlen]

Just got done with our licensing exam, and wanted to show off the "crowning jewel" of our swimming auto collection, courtesy of faji23:


Michael Phelps auto /99

[kurt420cobain]

oh man, those laird hamilton cards are freaking sic! Very nice! I like those more than the phelps but that is sweet as well.