Posts Tagged ‘Pearson Award’

First off, I know I missed Bruins Friday but I have been absolutely OVERWHELMED with work, coaching, and grad classes. This week is school break, but I will be spending most of it on two research papers/projects. Once this week is over, my schedule gets infinitely easier and I’ll be posting more. I’ve picked up a couple of nice cards off of eBay that I want to write about and Bruins Friday can’t experience back-to-back blackouts.

Anyways…

Today was a small card show in my area that was benefiting the local Little League. I’m talking like 10 tables at best. Lot a ton to pick from, but I managed to snag two cards; one that fits my collection and one that was a total impulse buy.

First, there is this:

A nice on-card autograph of Yzerman. Like most Yzerman autos, this one books high ($80) but I got it for a deal ($40). It’s sort of a boring card design wise, but I like the big space for the signature. I can cross him off my list.

The next card was a total impulse buy:

A dual patch card of Doug Gilmour and Theoren Fleury. I am very much anti-jersey/patch cards; they’ve never done anything for me, but this card just popped out to my eyes. I absolutely LOVE the colours and I’ve always had a soft sport in my heart for Fleury. It may not show up that well in the scan, but the white on the Gilmour patch is a little dirty which I like.

I also picked up a couple packs of Champ’s but didn’t pull anything big. I now have a stack of them that I am willing to trade. I was initially going to build the normal sized set, but have scrapped that idea. I do, however, want to build the Presidents and Prime Ministers set, so if you have any for trade, let’s deal!

Also, how ’bout them Bruins?!

And finally…

First, my recent eBay purchases:

2001-02 Be A Player Signature Series Vintage Autographs #VR-20 Henri Richard /80

1995 Signature Miracle On Ice #39 Marc Wells /2000

1995 Signature Miracle On Ice #39 Mark Johnson /2000

These put a small dent in two collections: HOF autographs and the Signature Series Miracle On Ice set.

Next are two cards I picked up in a trade from my local shop:

2005-06 Upper Deck Trilogy Ice Scripts #IS-MT Marty Turco

1984-85 O-Pee-Chee #67 Steve Yzerman

Not shown are two cheapish rookies: 05-06 UD Victory Zach Parise and a 09-10 UD Collecter’s Choice Tyler Myers Silver edition. I picked up the Turco because it’s just such a sharp looking card and autograph. And he could potentially make the HOF down the road. Who knows? The Yzerman…well, I have one already but this one is pretty nice. It’s up for trade if anyone is interested.

Also, is anyone doing the 09-10 MVP or Collector’s Choice sets? If so, I have a mini pile of each to help build sets. Same goes for 2010 Topps and UD baseball. Let me know.