Saturday, January 10, 2009

Collecting the Common Guy: One Step Closer (1997 Pinnacle Totally Certified Platinum Gold)

 
Over the Christmas holidays I finally pulled the trigger on the above beauty for my John Jaha collection: 1997 Pinnacle Totally Certified Platinum Gold (0006/0030). The gimmick behind Totally Certified was that the product was totally serial-numbered creating a sense of rarity. No matter how false that rarity may be, this has proven a tough card for me to find and one of the last non-1-of-1 cards I need for my John Jaha collection. Since 1997 I have only ever seen one other copy of this card and I was sniped at the last second. 
This particular copy was sitting in a big-time dealer's Beckett store and then eBay store for quite sometime. The pricetag scared me off but I finally decided to go for it and take a major hit off my wantlist. Another one might show up, but it might not. 
Here's the 1997 Pinnacle Certified and Totally Certified John Jaha collection:

 
  
  
 

2 comments:

Wax Heaven said...

Holy cow, nice!

Do you have the entire rainbow of both?

Ryan Cracknell said...

I believe it is a rainbow for both. Certified had those Mirror Blacks in varying quantities for some players. I've never heard of or seen a Jaha.