Sue Bird RC #2

I finally found a 2002 Ultra Sue Bird RC for a reasonable price. Someone who was selling the 2002 Ultra WNBA rookie SP cards (#101-120) for $39 and I wasn’t going to pass it up. When Bird’s card alone sells for $40-60 for a raw copy, I came out ahead on this purchase.

Sue Bird Trifecta

When I picked up Sue Bird’s 2002 Fleer Authentix rookie card I did not realize that I had completed a Sue Bird trifecta. Even though I only have 11 Sue Bird cards, according to TCDB she has 164, I do consider this a mini-PC and I plan to continue building on the collection.

2002 Fleer Authentix RC #101

2003 Ultra WNBA Who Am I Game Used jersey #W-SB

2006 Rittenhouse WNBA Autograph #NNO

A Major Pickup For My Sue bird Mini-PC

Two weeks ago I served jury duty and with the per diem and mileage I ended up with a check just over $35, so some extra spending cash for the month. The hobby gods were watching out for me and a HUGE card that I felt is missing from my collection showed up for auction starting with a $15 opening bid, a 2002 Fleer Authentix Sue Bird RC (plus a Swin Cash RC).

I put in a bid for $35.09 and held my breath, the auction ended at $31.00 plus $3.49 shipping. This is amazing, just two months ago I had posted about this Sue Bird rookie card in one of my Monday Question Day posts.

Monday Question Day- Who Is Your Choice?

Today is question day:

Let’s say you have a $100 card budget to pick up one RC of a unique favorite player, not a PC or minor PC, who would it be?

For me it would be one of two cards; 2002 Fleer Ultra Sue Bird #101 or 2002 Fleer Authentix Sue Bird #101. I would lean more towards the Ultra card because I prefer the design and green background. They each run around $50-75 for raw copies with graded copies running significantly higher.

Seattle Storm Rocking And Rolling

The WNBA may not be as well known as the NBA and most basketball fans can probably not even name a current WNBA player, but that has not stopped the league from surging forward. Players like Cynthia Cooper, Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes have come and gone, some of the greatest to ever play the game and you can still find many of their “top” cards selling for well below $100 each. Even today’s biggest star, LA Sparks Candace Parker, still has relics and autos selling in the $50-60 range.

My attention turns to one of the two teams that I actually follow, the Seattle Storm (the Phoenix Mercury being the other team I follow). The Storm have railed off 13 straight wins and at 22-2 stand within 3 wins of tying the Houston Comets for the best start to a season ever. With only 10 games left, the Storm actually could be racking up the wins on their way to a 2nd title in 6 years.

Just for good measure I had to post up a couple of my favorite Sue Bird cards, she is just so cute...