I never managed to get to the expo this time around. My wedding is coming up this summer so money is tight. I did manage to have a friend get a card graded for me that I obtained in a trade on here. Pretty happy with the outcome on this one.
Have never busted any higher end panini before and I got hosed on a couple of my last boxes of UD so I thought I'd give Playbook a try. Here's the results...
Base /249: Mike Richards
Breakout 193/199: Ryan Murphy (navy blue jersey)
And my booklet was......
Alex Galchenyuk Rookie Playbook dual...
Busted a box of SPGU today here's the damage. Let's hear your opinions.
Pack1 - Beau Bennett/Scott Laughton dual jersey
Pack2 - Taylor Hall jersey
Pack3 - landeskog/duchene/hejduk/stastny quad jersey
Pack4 - David Backes Inked Sweater /99
Pack5 - Ovechkin jersey
Big fan of this obviously. The wings sign defenseman Jonathan Ericsson to a six year extension which will begin next summer. Looks like the Big E will be in Motown for a whole longer!
My mailbox has been busier than it's ever been before in terms of cardboard so I thought I'd share the past week of pickups.
First card up is more for the wifey's PC (obtained from a smooth transaction with OilersRule)
2007-08 The Cup Rob Schrenp ARP /44
Next up is a pickup from the bay...
Took a boot over to the expo today because a friend had a booth (Premo Collectables) and I thought I'd keep him company for a bit. Picked up a box of series 1 and went to the upper deck booth for my redemption. It was the first time I took part in the redemption program. Was hoping for a cool...
I'll start with the 2 packs of artifacts. Nothing too crazy here
Pack 1: JS Giguere /299
Pack 2: Mikhail Grigorenko /85
And now to my mail,
First up is a Score Cracked Ice Justin Schultz
It's available for trade or sale.
2 Jonathan Ericsson The Cup rookies. One is /249 ARP and the other is...
A friend I work with needed a few booklet one touches and I remembered seeing them at CnC. Since I bowl on Monday nights in Hamilton and love just north of Waterloo I told him I'd pick him up 4. Since I won a side pot at bowling (only $12) I decided to treat myself to a single pack of artifacts...
Stopped in to CnC and grabbed a box of artifacts. Artifacts was never friendly to me but I'm happy with my results today
Red223 - Pens
Justin Schultz /999
Ryan Murphy /999
Wayne Gretzky - Canada /999
Wayne Gretzky - Kings /25
Craig Anderson /999
David Desharnais dual jersey
Craig...
Got a couple things for sale.
Decades Chris Chelios 2 colour jersey /30
Decades Tomas Holmstrom/Pavel Bure dual jersey (really nice seam on the holmstrom)
Decades Yzerman/Lidstrom/Kolzig/Bondra quad jersey
The next 2 are not mine, selling for a friend that picked them up in a lot he recently...
Busted a pack of Decades this week. Here's what I got.
Base:
Patrick Marleau
Bryan Trotter
Gordie Howe
Byron Dafoe
Enforcers:
McSorley vs Clark (gold)
Cup Clashes:
Francis and Roenick
"Rookies"
Tomas Holmstrom
Peter Forsberg
Autos:
Byron Dafoe
Joel Otto
Ted Nolan (sold)
Game Used:
Chris...
My fiancee and I made the drive over to CnC for the first time, having just moved to the area. We grabbed a box of SPA (I never do well with SPA) Here are the auto hits
SOTT Peter Mueller
SOTT Ben Maxwell
FW Jake Gardiner 796/999
And the big hit
SOTT Dual Steven Stamkos/John Tavares
Looking...