Tag: white whale
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After 14 Years, This Side Collection is 100% Complete!
Way back in 2010, I was introduced to online card forums for the first time. These forums allowed me to interact with other like-minded collectors and have access to a larger network of card collectors to trade and deal cards with, which as a teenager in high school, was truly an amazing thing. I’m not…
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My Most Wanted Jhonas Enroth Cards
When I was younger, I loved the game Need For Speed: Most Wanted. I logged many hours on my Playstation 2 playing that game. Aside from the cool police chases and custom cars, there was something about hunting down rival drivers and collecting their cars that I really enjoyed. Pink slips aside and racing aside,…
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The ‘Golden Whale’ Found After a Decade-Long Hunt
After chasing this card for over 10 years, the chase finally comes to an end… The 2014-15 Upper Deck MVP Gold Script /100 is now in my collection! To call this card one of my white whales is an understatement, so I have cleverly dubbed it the ‘golden whale’. I first heard of this card come up…
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Reeling in a White Whale from 2009-10 The Cup!
2023 has been awesome for the Enroth card collection. As luck would have it, and as this year draws to a close, another important card has finally made it’s way into my collection. This coming on the tail end of a search that spanned over a decade long…
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21 White Whales in a single day! Is this real life?
21 of the infamous 2009-2010 Fleer Ultra Rookie Ice Medallion Parallel #/25 of Jhonas Enroth (Buffalo Sabres).Finally securing a ‘White Whale’ for one’s collection is a feeling like no other. This week, one of my 10+ year hobby whales, arguably my most wanted card, came home… and then some. I don’t know what it was, but I…
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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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Golden Boy is Finally Home!
Today I finally tracked down a copy of this 2010-11 ITG BTP Masked Men Gold of Jhonas Enroth /10. This year is quickly shaping up to be one of my best for this collection. Not in terms of quantity, but the quality of additions is up there for sure. Another white whale was finally located…
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White. Whale.
2011-12 ITG Between The Pipes Dual Autographs – Jhonas Enroth/ Tom Barrasso (SP) /5Last week, I was getting some things at Tim Horton’s of all places when I had some great hockey card fortune come my way. I usually don’t go in there during the day, but I wanted to do something fun and surprise…
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