exquisite 04/05 ?

[pharmacist]

Hi,

I'm totally new here and wanted to ask you some things about collecting basketball cards. Back in the days I used to collect Upper Deck Collector's Choice cards, as they were the only ones available in Europe back then, but I guess those don't have any value (except emotional value for myself). Now I see that there are beautiful collections nowadays with game-used stuff etc... Now I found oiut that there are hobby and retail boxes, but I don't know the diference, could you please tell me what differenciates them, and where I could find an online store for hobby boxes ( they're the most valuable right ? ) that ships to europe.

I also found out recently that upper deck is going to launch th 2004-2005 exquisite collection at the end of this month, and I was wondering if that was true and if so, again, where I could find boxes of that collection online.

Thank you for your answers,

Jeff the pharmacist

[kartel]

where in Europe are you? i am in Germany... I almost exclusively shop online for my sportscards... i would suggest either of these two:
www.dacardworld.com
www.charmcitycards.com

they seem to have the better prices out there and are the only ones that i have dealt with... i know of some German websites that sell boxes, but havent ordered through them though...

[laidback75]

The main difference between hobby and retail boxes are the inserts that you can get. Usually companies put hobby exclusives in boxes. Plus, hobby boxes guarantee a certain amount of inserts as retail gives you odds or one insert.

Online stores that ship overseas, like to me, are:

www.dacardworld.com
www.charmcitycards.com
www.dcssportscards.com

Those are the 3 that I order from. They have some pretty decent prices. Those exquiste collection cards are relly expensive, if you did not know that. Good Luck.

[pharmacist]

Thanks for the advice

I'm in Belgium, so I would be interested in the adresses of those german shops too ( I speak german so there's no problem).

[pharmacist]

and by the way, do you know any online worldwide shipping stores tat sell cases ?

I know exquisites are expensive but they're an investment, so I figured I should go for those....

[golfermatt91]

yup . . . blowoutcards.com sells cases

[GrandKenyon06]

you can get cases from charmcitycards dacardworld also..stick with them there the best

[kartel]

i ordered a case from dacardworld... they shipped to me...

[Professor-Chaos]

Holy cow! $2400.00 for a 3 box case! You only get 3 cards per 'case', right? P-C

[kartel]

yeah, I read that price too... i am not sure what comes in it, but at that price, i would just let someone else bust it up and then buy the one that i want off him/her... knowing my luck i would pull a Bob Sura Auto/Jersey #/350; catching $15 on ebay!