Tag: upper deck
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How SWEDE It Is: This 10-Year-Old Card Gets Knocked Off The Want List!
It’s not everyday that you can knock off a 10-year-old card for the collection numbered out of 5, but today was (luckily) one of those days. The card above is the 2009-10 O-Pee-Chee Premier Signings Gold Triple Autograph 1/5 that features three Swedish Goaltenders: Henrik Lundqvist, Jhonas Enroth, and Jonas Gustavsson. I made a deal…
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These New 2019-20 Upper Deck Stature Red’s Insane! More Than Meets The Eye with This Card
2019-20 Upper Deck Stature Base Red Parallel 31/75 of Marc-Andre Fleury (Vegas Golden Knights).
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Collectors Corner: Gaborik Super Collector Turned Supreme Patch Hoarder
Curt’s Introduction I am 60 years old and grew up in Minnesota as a huge sports fan (Twins, Vikings, North Stars). I started collecting football cards at first around 1972 when I was 13. Mostly for Vikings players, but that evolved into other sports, teams, players, etc. I went into the Navy in 1977 and…
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Unexpected Mail For The Jhonas Enroth Collection Today!
About 2 weeks ago, I was browsing the BlowOutCards Forum when I received a PM from one of the fellow members there, Blake ( Freli55). I’ve dealt with Blake before and he’s always been very generous in helping me acquire cards from my collection, and once again, totally out of the clear blue sky, he…
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Upper Deck Win Club: Throwback to 2002!
2001-02 UD Challenge For The Cup 500 Win Club: Patrick Roy 132/300. My Upper Deck Win Club set just got a nice boost today with the addition of the 2001-02 Upper Deck Challenge For The Cup A Piece Of History: 500 Win Club card of Patrick Roy These Roy Win Club cards were the first…
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Billy “The Bat” Smith Makes An Appearance In The 300 Win Club Set
UD A Piece Of History: 300 Win Club – Billy Smith (Stick).Another 300 Win Club card bites the dust! Today I acquired the Billy Smith card for my ongoing set collection. Aside from absolutely murdering the legs/ankles/bodies of apposing players with his stick and being the first NHL goalie ever credited with a goal, Billy “The Bat”Smith…
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All-Time NHL Wins Leader Boosts the NHL Win Club set!
2019-20 SP Game Used: A Piece of History 40 Wins Club – Martin Brodeur 50/99. After some Quarantine thinking, I decided it was time to pursue the new SP Game-Used 40 Wins Club cards as a part of my ongoing A Piece of History: Wins Club memorabilia card collection. The Brodeur was the first addition…
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Number 50! The 50th 1/1 Enters The Enroth Collection Today.
2009-10 SP Game Used Authentic Rookies Gold Spectrum 1/1 Jhonas Enroth It’s never a bad time to add a 1/1 card to the collection. Today I finally reached the 50th 1/1 milestone in my collection with this beautiful SPGU Gold Spectrum 1/1. I’ll let the card do most of the talking on this blog post…
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First Mail of 2020: Two Upper Deck 300 Win Club Cards!
Not a bad way to start 2020 with not one, but TWO new additions for my Upper Deck 300 Win Club set. A received both of these in a deal from a member on Hobby Insider and the timing couldn’t have been better. My goal for the new year was to reach 20 cards for…
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“Stick”ing with it: Another card for the Win Club set! Featuring a Penguins Legend
It’s been a little while since I added to my Upper Deck 300 Win Club set. After missing a couple of key auctions on a few cards which bummed me out, luck finally was on my side as I was able to snag the Barrasso stick card recently. This Tom Barrasso card was a big…
