CLAYTON KERSHAW 2005 Upper Deck USA Vision Acetate clear RARE rookie BGS 9.5 GEM

Description: Winning buyer will receive the rookie card described in the item title, a rookie card of Dodgers starting pitcher, CLAYTON KERSHAW. This Kershaw rookie card is the rare Acetate version inserted into the 2005 Upper Deck Team USA baseball set. Due to the surface of the card, it's very rare to find this card in GEM MINT graded condition. Read below for more info on this rare Kershaw rookie! Kershaw is the 2014 National League MVP and Cy Young winner...his 3rd Cy Young in 4 years!! Kershaw added a no-hitter to his resume in 2014. Kershaw continues to improve with each season! One would think his 2013 NL Cy Young season was as good as it can get but Kershaw had an even better 2014 season. Kershaw missed about a month's play and 6 starts due to an injury...but was still able to put together these spectacular numbers: 21-3 record (he had ONE bad start the entire season when he gave up 7 runs in less than 2 innings on May 17; his other two losses he gave up 3 runs in 7 innings, lost 3-2 and 3 runs in 9 innings and lost 3-2). In 198 1/3 innings, Kershaw struck out 239 batters, had a miniscule 1.77 ERA and 0.86 WHIP (that's only 139 hits given up along with 31 walks in almost 199 innings!!), along with 6 complete games and 2 shut outs. This is the rare acetate card from the USA team set. One major dealer told me he had opened 3000 of the USA sets (out of the 10,000 made)...and pulled around 150 of these Kershaw rookies. So that means there's probably only about 500 of these special acetate cards made...very rare indeed. This is probably Kershaw's' rarest non-auto rookie card...awesome collectible for any Dodgers/Kershaw fan. Note that the picture is the EXACT scan of the card winning buyer will be receiving! This card has been professionally graded a BGS 9.5 (which is GEM MINT!!), by Beckett Grading Services, one of the top two grading services in the sports card industry. Why buy a graded card by either Beckett Grading Services (BGS/BCCG) or PSA? Because Beckett and PSA are the top two 3rd party grading companies in the collectibles industry. Why buy a graded card in the first place? Because if you want your card to appreciate in value, the condition of the card is very important. Having the card sealed in the case & it's condition graded allows you to easily sell/trade the card online. CLICK HERE to get a look at our EBAY store which contains many other awesome sports cards! Shipping is $3.75 for the first card and $0.75 for each additional card. A portion of the proceeds from this listing will be sent to the world relief organization World Help. I am partnering with them to build a deep bore water well in a 3rd world country. This water well will provide clean/usable water for a community of up to 1000 people! Thanks in advance for your contribution towards this cause.Update 8/16/20 - as eBay has required me to switch over to "managed payment", I will need to adjust each of my listings one at a time for the charitable contribution part. Though my listings now do not say so specifically about the charity contribution, I will continue to deduct 10% off every sale and send those proceeds to TWO different charities I am fundraising for. One charity, World Help, drills and installs water wells that provide clean/usable water for villages of up to 1,000 people per location in Africa. Fundraising recently completed funds needed for water well #3 so thank you to everyone that has purchased from this store over the last 4 years...you played a part in that! The other 5% will go to an orphanage call Nueva Esperanza Children's Home in Tijuana, Mexico. This orphanage cares for 30+ children and is run completely from donations from people. I have visited the orphanage 4 times over the past 10 years and it's a joy to see the children each time. So rest assure that 10% of your purchase is going to these causes.

Price: 850 USD

Location: Elk Grove, California

End Time: 2024-12-16T08:25:05.000Z

Shipping Cost: 3.75 USD