Reed Kasaoka is the head buyer of the Sports Division at Dave & Adam's. His primary responsibility is traveling all over the country, buying private collections out of people’s closets, bedrooms, attics, basements, garages, and storage units, as well as complete inventories of show dealers, shop owners, autograph dealers, and distributors. Reed comes up with some amazing finds – rarely seen unopened boxes, quality graded cards, certified autographed memorabilia, and much more.
We have tagged all of his acquisitions as a Reed Buy so you’ll know where to look first for all of his deals. Almost every item is “one-of-a-kind” – so when you see something interesting, don’t hesitate, because there are likely many other collectors who are thinking the exact same thing!
12 Packs per Box, 4 Cards per Pack
Find (1) dual memorabilia card #'d to 225 or less, (1) dual signature and (1) other memorabilia card per box on average. Also look for (3) Rookies, (3) Legends, and (2) parallels #'d to 99 or less per box on average.
Key Rookies: Anibal Sanchez, Ambiorix Burgos, Brandon McCarthy, Chad Orvella, Yuniesky Betancourt, Brian Anderson, Ryan Zimmerman, Jason Hammel, Jeff Niemann, Justin Verlander, Ryan Garko, Kendry Morales, Philip Humber, Prince Fielder, Scott Baker, Stephen Drew, Tadahito Iguchi, Tony Giarratano, Wladimir Balentien.
BOX BREAK OF THE WEEK
On June 16th 2005 we broke a box, here's what we got:
Alfonso Soriano Base Set Parallel #29/99
Robin Yount Legendary Reflections Insert #39/75
Ryan Howard/David Ortiz Dual Autograph #33/99
Ian Snell/Merkin Valdez Dual Autograph
Albrert Pujols/Scott Rolen Dual Jersey Card #85/99
Chipper Jones/J.D. Drew Dual Jersey Card #160/225
All cards are printed on rainbow foil-board. Look for 400 different randomly inserted 1 of 1 cards, of which 140 will be autographed.