Saturday, March 20, 2010

a dinosaur, the last of a dying breed...

I, am a set collector. I've been called many things over the years. People still give me strange looks at card shows when I ask if they have any commons boxes of 1999 Topps Finest Football to look through. But I can't help it.
It's the chase. The joy of the completed page, and yes, the completed set.

Today was a good day for this dinosaur. My 1977/78 OPC hockey set, is now complete. Picked up the last 4 cards I needed for it. It cost me $2. Well worth it.

This is Holmgren's RC. The guy wanted $5, but look at the OC... ended up getting it for $1.50. Still too much...... but I paid it. I'll upgrade him, and two other cards in my set, later....
but first I want to enjoy it for a little while..... flip through the pages, read the backs... you know.
a couple of generous bloggers helped with my Conlon set. Thanks to Ryan and Shane! Now I only need 18 more to finish, but I did finally put the rest in pages. They look awesome!
It'll take weeks to read all of the cool stuff on the cards, let alone the pictures...
I also finished off my 09/10 UD Hockey series 1 set today...
and am only 2 cards short of Series 2. A big thanks to the nice card show dude today who gave me the 8 cards I needed... free! Gratis! Such a nice guy... I went back and bought 2 sets from him just because of that. See? Give me stuff and I buy more.
Now an ebay purchase. I'm working on the 40 card All World insert set from this year's Upper Deck Hockey. The last 10 are SP's... with these two, I now only need 4 more.
the book value of these 2? Over $40!!! Mojo!!!!
Meh. $2.99 shipped to my door from the same seller. He wasn't happy about it, but it's his own fault for even owning a Beckett.
If anyone out there can or wants to continue my good mood... please check out the old wantlist and let's make a deal. Hopefully I'll have something you want.

4 comments:

night owl said...

Congrats on completion.

I know what you mean. When I go to a card show and ask dealers if they have any commons of (insert set here), they practically give me a double-take, like they can't believe what they're hearing.

I love it when they set me up in a seat behind the dealer's table and give me all day to go through their commons box. They don't do that for any old mojo hunter.

Matt Runyon said...

The last time I went looking for Conlon cards the guy at the card shop looked at me like I was nuts. We are a rare breed, that's for sure.

shoeboxlegends said...

I'm with you guys, sets are the way to go! Nothing beats a nice looking set all laid out in Ultra Pro pages...

Chuck's Used Cards said...

Congrats on finishing a 70's hockey set. Bewtween the strike and the 1990's glut - many lost their way.

I have a few Conlon cards too. I great set with exceptional photoagraphy.

My Ruth card is dark blue instead of the black border in the Conlon set ?

cheers