Last week, another Toronto Sport Card & Memorabilia Fall Expo came and went, and it was another great show.
For those that have never been, I encourage you to attend at least one point in your life if you can. The sheer number of cards at your fingertips is an experience in and of itself, and it’s something I’ve been able to attend a few times now.
While hunting with a small budget this time, I didn’t know if I would be able to pick up anything at all, but since it’s the Expo, you always seem to stumble upon something.
My first and second pickup of the show came from the same booth, which landed me a cool 2013-13 Upper Deck The Cup Honorable Number Proof card of Curtis Joseph. As a Leafs / goalie guy, CuJo was the man growing up for me. I will happily add a fun proof card for a few bucks. I think they are really cool.
While this card technically isn’t finished, I still enjoy the overall look and presentation of it. These were cut out from full Honorable Numbers sheets sheet.
For fun, I found an old image of the finished card. Maybe one of these years I can add the real thing into the collection, but for now the proof will have to do!
The next pickup at the same booth was a fun 2006-07 ITG Between The Pipes mask card of Henrik Lundqvist with Team Sweden. Always a good day to add a nice card of The King of New York!
The next two pickups were about an hour apart, as I managed to snag a very nice number patch of J-S Giguere from one of the ITG Superlative Vault products from a few years back. Can’t complain about that!
The next addition was a 2014-15 O-Pee-Chee Box Bottom insert of Marc-Andre Fleury. This was basically a throw in with the Giguere patch and I am always happy to add another oddball card to the goalie collection.
Speaking of more oddball items, I cast aside my hockey rivalry that afternoon and snagged this sweet 2009-10 Montreal Canadiens oversized 3.5″ x 5.5″ Team Issue from a table full of neat Habs items. This team issued card was released in 2009 during the Canadiens centennial year campaigns marking their 100th year as a franchise from 1909-2009.
Aside from being a sucker for team issued cards, I really liked seeing Price’s all-red Vaughn Velocity setup from that season. He always had great style in the net! It was also nice to add another piece to my small Price PC during his Hockey Hall of Fame induction weekend. Great timing!
Next up are two cards I sold at the Expo….. yes, sold. I made the decision during the latter half of this year to sell a piece or two from one of my other side collections in order to tighten up those collections a little more. While I wrestled with the decision in the moment, I feel as though it was the right call.
While these two Fleury autographs were really nice, I chose these specific cards to let go since they’ll always be around at some point if I ever need to pick them up again, and they were originally bought/traded for in 2014/2015 when his prices were a fraction of what they are today.
Even though I came home with more funds than I left with in the morning, I managed to make my way back to the table I had been at multiple times throughout the day for one last purchase for the Brodeur collection….
This Noble Numbers dual patch /30 card of Brodeur & Cheevers had been eying me all day. I decided to take a portion of the Fleury sale and pickup this beautiful card. The brushed gold design and the use of rainbow gold foil is beyond superb. The bold patches are really nice to look at as well, especially the vintage Bruins patch.
I have always wanted to own at least one card from the iconic 2005-06 The Cup release, and now I finally do. What a stunning card to bring home!
If you attended the Expo and found anything nice, please let me know. I would love to see it!
Happy Collecting,
Aaron
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