Collection stories
From Brum to the Bernabeu, back to Brum
I first held it on Danz’s stand in Macau. A year later, with help from my two best men, Jude’s Brum-to-Bernabeu one of one came home to Birmingham.
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Collection stories
I went looking for Jude. I came away with Messi.
The £100 random spot, the gold-ink autograph and the trade that reshaped my collection.
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Collection stories
The Cavan Sullivan 1/1 that arrived the same night
A chosen player spot became a Sapphire rookie one of one. Then came the delivery, the PSA 10 and a conversation with Antonee Robinson.
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