The Great Zo
Verified Trader,
Here it is -- last mail post before the expo, and it's shorter than normal. Just clearing out the "incoming" pile before the pilgrimage begins!
Mail Post #28 for 2010
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80-81 Topps 213 Rob Ramage
80-81 Topps 243 Ron Wilson
81-82 Topps E68 Steve Kasper
83-84 O-Pee-Chee 167 Brian Bellows
86-87 Topps 67 John Tucker
87-88 Topps 92 Jimmy Carson
87-88 Topps 164 Shawn Burr
89-90 O-Pee-Chee 19 Phil Bourque
90-91 Bowman 166 Craig Wolanin
90-91 O-Pee-Chee 34 Daniel Shank
90-91 O-Pee-Chee 49 Paul Ysebaert
90-91 O-Pee-Chee 68 Michal Pivonka
Yup -- more older RCs from Dave Rearick. This batch of 10 pictures should pretty much take care of it for now. Dave's made huge dents in my RC wantlists over the past couple years.
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90-91 O-Pee-Chee 280 Mark Recchi
90-91 O-Pee-Chee 309 Wendell Young
90-91 Pro Set 24 Grant Ledyard
90-91 Pro Set 78 Daniel Shank
90-91 Pro Set 100 Yvon Corriveau
90-91 Pro Set 181 Mark Fitzpatrick
90-91 Pro Set 319 Michal Pivonka
90-91 Pro Set 512 Wendell Young
90-91 Pro Set 610 Kay Whitmore
90-91 Pro Set 625 Rob DiMaio
90-91 Score American 102 Mark Fitzpatrick UER (Catches Right)
90-91 Score American 167 Craig Wolanin
Now moving into the 90s -- and trust me, some of the early 90s years were as difficult to checklist as some of the most confusing RC years in the hobby's history (although I think 02-03 and 03-04 were the worst).
Fitzpatrick, for example, has four different versions of the same card -- American and Canadian, UER and COR.
The best news for this picture is that my entire Pro Set wantlist from 90-91 was knocked out in one shot.
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90-91 Score American 268 Michal Pivonka
90-91 Score American 298 Wendell Young
90-91 Score American 377 Daniel Shank
90-91 Score American 406 Paul Ysebaert
90-91 Score Canadian 167 Craig Wolanin
90-91 Score Canadian 377 Daniel Shank
90-91 Score Canadian 417 Steve Maltais
90-91 Score Rookie and Traded 82T Zdeno Ciger
90-91 Topps 34 Daniel Shank
90-91 Topps 49 Paul Ysebaert
90-91 Topps 68 Michal Pivonka
90-91 Topps 309 Wendell Young
More stuff from 90-91.
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90-91 Upper Deck American 80 Michal Pivonka
90-91 Upper Deck American 102 Wendell Young
90-91 Upper Deck American 178 Mark Recchi
90-91 Upper Deck American 225 Rob DiMaio
90-91 Upper Deck American 358 Darryl Sydor
90-91 Upper Deck American 375 Paul Ysebaert
90-91 Upper Deck American 429 Zdeno Ciger
90-91 Upper Deck American 452 Mike Sillinger
90-91 Upper Deck American 517 Danton Cole
90-91 Upper Deck American 536 Peter Bondra
90-91 Upper Deck Canadian 452 Mike Sillinger
There's still some holes to be filled -- I wonder if anyone even bothers to take this kind of stuff to the expo?
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91-92 O-Pee-Chee 28 Jay Mazur
91-92 O-Pee-Chee 471 Alexander Godynyuk
91-92 O-Pee-Chee Premier 118 Vladimir Konstantinov COR
91-92 Parkhurst 454 Ray Whitney (Final Update XRC)
91-92 Parkhurst Canadian 57 Geoff Sanderson
91-92 Parkhurst Canadian 371 Adam Foote
91-92 Pinnacle American 311 Vladimir Konstantinov
91-92 Pro Set American 399 Mike Donnelly
91-92 Pro Set American 536 Geoff Sanderson
91-92 Pro Set American 563 Alexander Godynyuk
91-92 Pro Set Canadian 536 Geoff Sanderson
91-92 Pro Set Platinum 183 Mike Donnelly
The Konstantinov UER (the one with Lidstrom's picture on the back) is going to be one of the toughest to track down.
Shield your eyes, those of you who never thought you'd see me intentionally pick up a Red Wings rookie card.
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91-92 Pro Set Platinum 251 Alexander Godynyuk
91-92 Pro Set Platinum 254 Vladimir Konstantinov
91-92 Pro Set Platinum 256 Geoff Sanderson
91-92 Pro Set Platinum 268 Adam Foote
91-92 Score American 324 Geoff Sanderson
91-92 Score American 391 Alexander Godynyuk
91-92 Score Canadian Bilingual 281 Alexander Godynyuk
91-92 Score Canadian Bilingual 354 Geoff Sanderson
91-92 Score Canadian Bilingual 499 Mike Donnelly
91-92 Score Canadian Bilingual 659 Vladimir Konstantinov
91-92 Score Canadian English 354 Geoff Sanderson
91-92 Score Canadian English 659 Vladimir Konstantinov
I can't figure out why Godynyuk had so many rookie cards.
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91-92 Topps 28 Jay Mazur
91-92 Upper Deck American 378 Jay Mazur
91-92 Upper Deck American 420 Mike Donnelly
91-92 Upper Deck American 529 Adam Foote
91-92 Upper Deck American 588 Geoff Sanderson
91-92 Upper Deck American 609 Alexander Godynyuk
92-93 O-Pee-Chee Premier 46 Roman Hamrlik
92-93 O-Pee-Chee Premier 123 Chris Kontos
92-93 Parkhurst 61 Robert Petrovicky
92-93 Parkhurst 171 Rob Zamuner
92-93 Parkhurst 173 Roman Hamrlik
92-93 Parkhurst 176 Chris Kontos
Now moving into the Lightning's first season -- including first-game hero Chris Kontos.
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92-93 Parkhurst 196 Dixon Ward
92-93 Parkhurst 305 Lonnie Loach
92-93 Parkhurst 356 Darren Rumble
92-93 Parkhurst 429 Jason Woolley
92-93 Parkhurst 493 Denny Felsner
92-93 Pinnacle American 227 Ray Whitney
92-93 Pinnacle Canadian 227 Ray Whitney
92-93 Pro Set 172 David Williams
92-93 Pro Set 241 Ray Whitney
92-93 Score American 475 Ray Whitney
92-93 Score American 481 Denny Felsner
92-93 Score Canadian 475 Ray Whitney
Denny Felsner earned a bunch of 92-93 RCs, while his brother Brian earned just one -- 97-98 Pacific Omega.
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92-93 Score Canadian 481 Denny Felsner
92-93 Stadium Club 461 David Williams
92-93 Stadium Club 490 Ray Whitney
92-93 Stadium Club Members Only 45 Chris Kontos
92-93 Topps 205 Ray Whitney
92-93 Topps 372 David Williams
92-93 Topps 514 Denny Felsner
92-93 Ultra 146 Lonnie Loach
92-93 Ultra 148 Darren Rumble
92-93 Ultra 201 Roman Hamrlik
92-93 Ultra 302 Robert Petrovicky
92-93 Ultra 309 Lonnie Loach
I think the most interesting card here is the Stadium Club Members Only card of Kontos. Is it actually a RC? I'm not sure, but the hobby doesn't seem to have counted the separate Members Only sets as RC-eligible. It follows the design of the 92-93 set closely, although future Members Only sets would not do so. The back is totally different, though, and isn't actually numbered either.
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92-93 Upper Deck 378 Michael Nylander
92-93 Upper Deck 407 Ray Whitney
93-94 Leaf 435 Darren McCarty
93-94 O-Pee-Chee Premier 412 Darren McCarty
93-94 Score American 612 Stewart Malgunas
93-94 Stadium Club 299 Kirk Maltby
93-94 Ultra 307 Darren McCarty
93-94 Upper Deck 508 Darren McCarty
99-00 Upper Deck MVP SC Edition 191 Jeff Halpern
99-00 BAP Memorabilia 378 Jeff Halpern
06-07 O-Pee-Chee 629 Noah Welch / Ryan Whitney
06-07 Upper Deck Sweet Shot 144 Michel Ouellet (101/499)
OK -- the truth is, I have a few good memories of the original Red Wings cup runs in 1997 and 1998. So, Konstantinov, McCarty, Maltby, and Draper have been added to my RC project. That's it. That's as far as I'll go!
That is all from Dave -- thanks again for all the help.
Just a few items in the mail, but they're not bad!
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03-04 Pacific Heads Up Dominic Moore RC (100/899)
This card is another Moore RC for my collection -- it came in with the next item. Both were purchased on ebay.
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97-98 Pinnacle Mint Coins Pure Silver Sergei Samsonov
There's good news and bad news about this one.
The bad news first -- the discolored blemish along the top-right edge of the coin. This blemish was noticeable on the auction picture, so I asked the seller if it was something on the coin or just an error in the scan. He assured me it was just an error in the scan, and that the coin was in mint condition.
Not so, obviously!
I decided not to ask for a refund. The coin is quite rare -- probably under 50 made. So, I'd rather just keep it for my collection than worry about finding another one.
That's the good news -- it's a great entry into my collection! Here is the text from the COA card that came with it:
"Congratulations! This card verifies that you have received an authentic Pinnacle Mint Collection Solid Silver Coin. The Solid Silver Coin is .999 purity and approximately .4 ounces in weight. Again, congratulations and thank you for choosing to collect Pinnacle Mint Collection products."
The coin itself is much shinier than the Nickel Silver variation, and it does say "Fine Silver" on the back. It is interesting to note that when 0.4 ounches of pure silver is melted down, it results in a value of about $11.00 US. That's within a dollar of what I paid for it.
In case anybody is interested, the ID of the seller is "bck49."
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02-03 UD Artistic Impressions Common Ground Gold (52/75)
-- Sergei Samsonov / Stanislav Chistov
This one also came in from ebay -- an insert/parallel from a somewhat tough set. It finishes out everything from Artistic Impressions except for the framed original artwork 1/1.
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09-10 O-Pee-Chee Premier Foursomes Jersey (19/25)
-- Tim Thomas / Milan Lucic / Patrice Bergeron / Michael Ryder
Another example of patience paying off -- I couldn't figure out why a few of these sold in the $30-$40 range shortly after the product was released. So I waited a few months, and got this one for around $10 instead. I purchased this card on ebay.
The last card for the post was also purchased on ebay.
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10-11 Panini Certified Big Men On Campus Autographs Tim Thomas (4/5)
Here it is -- my first hockey card produced by Panini in the new non-exclusive era. It's a nice one, too. The two things I like best about this card are the large jersey swatch, and the fact that the card back actually discusses the theme of the set -- in this case, Thomas' years at University of Vermont.
I also like the style of serial numbering that Panini uses -- it's a little bigger than UD's.
There are four versions of this card. Here's how it shakes out:
Regular: plain jersey swatch, /250
Prime: jersey swatch with a seam and multiple colors, /25
Autograph: the above card -- plain jersey swatch and a sticker auto, /5
Autograph Prime: same as the above card, except with a patch piece instead, /5
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News and notes:
** I'll be departing for Toronto early Thursday morning, and spending most of the day in the city. I will have internet access at my hotel so I'll still be able to check in here from time to time -- although I don't expect I'll be especially active.
That'll be it. Thanks everyone!
--Andy
http://www.thegreatzo.com/cards/
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Mail Post #28 for 2010
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80-81 Topps 213 Rob Ramage
80-81 Topps 243 Ron Wilson
81-82 Topps E68 Steve Kasper
83-84 O-Pee-Chee 167 Brian Bellows
86-87 Topps 67 John Tucker
87-88 Topps 92 Jimmy Carson
87-88 Topps 164 Shawn Burr
89-90 O-Pee-Chee 19 Phil Bourque
90-91 Bowman 166 Craig Wolanin
90-91 O-Pee-Chee 34 Daniel Shank
90-91 O-Pee-Chee 49 Paul Ysebaert
90-91 O-Pee-Chee 68 Michal Pivonka
Yup -- more older RCs from Dave Rearick. This batch of 10 pictures should pretty much take care of it for now. Dave's made huge dents in my RC wantlists over the past couple years.
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90-91 O-Pee-Chee 280 Mark Recchi
90-91 O-Pee-Chee 309 Wendell Young
90-91 Pro Set 24 Grant Ledyard
90-91 Pro Set 78 Daniel Shank
90-91 Pro Set 100 Yvon Corriveau
90-91 Pro Set 181 Mark Fitzpatrick
90-91 Pro Set 319 Michal Pivonka
90-91 Pro Set 512 Wendell Young
90-91 Pro Set 610 Kay Whitmore
90-91 Pro Set 625 Rob DiMaio
90-91 Score American 102 Mark Fitzpatrick UER (Catches Right)
90-91 Score American 167 Craig Wolanin
Now moving into the 90s -- and trust me, some of the early 90s years were as difficult to checklist as some of the most confusing RC years in the hobby's history (although I think 02-03 and 03-04 were the worst).
Fitzpatrick, for example, has four different versions of the same card -- American and Canadian, UER and COR.
The best news for this picture is that my entire Pro Set wantlist from 90-91 was knocked out in one shot.
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90-91 Score American 268 Michal Pivonka
90-91 Score American 298 Wendell Young
90-91 Score American 377 Daniel Shank
90-91 Score American 406 Paul Ysebaert
90-91 Score Canadian 167 Craig Wolanin
90-91 Score Canadian 377 Daniel Shank
90-91 Score Canadian 417 Steve Maltais
90-91 Score Rookie and Traded 82T Zdeno Ciger
90-91 Topps 34 Daniel Shank
90-91 Topps 49 Paul Ysebaert
90-91 Topps 68 Michal Pivonka
90-91 Topps 309 Wendell Young
More stuff from 90-91.
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90-91 Upper Deck American 80 Michal Pivonka
90-91 Upper Deck American 102 Wendell Young
90-91 Upper Deck American 178 Mark Recchi
90-91 Upper Deck American 225 Rob DiMaio
90-91 Upper Deck American 358 Darryl Sydor
90-91 Upper Deck American 375 Paul Ysebaert
90-91 Upper Deck American 429 Zdeno Ciger
90-91 Upper Deck American 452 Mike Sillinger
90-91 Upper Deck American 517 Danton Cole
90-91 Upper Deck American 536 Peter Bondra
90-91 Upper Deck Canadian 452 Mike Sillinger
There's still some holes to be filled -- I wonder if anyone even bothers to take this kind of stuff to the expo?
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91-92 O-Pee-Chee 28 Jay Mazur
91-92 O-Pee-Chee 471 Alexander Godynyuk
91-92 O-Pee-Chee Premier 118 Vladimir Konstantinov COR
91-92 Parkhurst 454 Ray Whitney (Final Update XRC)
91-92 Parkhurst Canadian 57 Geoff Sanderson
91-92 Parkhurst Canadian 371 Adam Foote
91-92 Pinnacle American 311 Vladimir Konstantinov
91-92 Pro Set American 399 Mike Donnelly
91-92 Pro Set American 536 Geoff Sanderson
91-92 Pro Set American 563 Alexander Godynyuk
91-92 Pro Set Canadian 536 Geoff Sanderson
91-92 Pro Set Platinum 183 Mike Donnelly
The Konstantinov UER (the one with Lidstrom's picture on the back) is going to be one of the toughest to track down.
Shield your eyes, those of you who never thought you'd see me intentionally pick up a Red Wings rookie card.
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91-92 Pro Set Platinum 251 Alexander Godynyuk
91-92 Pro Set Platinum 254 Vladimir Konstantinov
91-92 Pro Set Platinum 256 Geoff Sanderson
91-92 Pro Set Platinum 268 Adam Foote
91-92 Score American 324 Geoff Sanderson
91-92 Score American 391 Alexander Godynyuk
91-92 Score Canadian Bilingual 281 Alexander Godynyuk
91-92 Score Canadian Bilingual 354 Geoff Sanderson
91-92 Score Canadian Bilingual 499 Mike Donnelly
91-92 Score Canadian Bilingual 659 Vladimir Konstantinov
91-92 Score Canadian English 354 Geoff Sanderson
91-92 Score Canadian English 659 Vladimir Konstantinov
I can't figure out why Godynyuk had so many rookie cards.
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91-92 Topps 28 Jay Mazur
91-92 Upper Deck American 378 Jay Mazur
91-92 Upper Deck American 420 Mike Donnelly
91-92 Upper Deck American 529 Adam Foote
91-92 Upper Deck American 588 Geoff Sanderson
91-92 Upper Deck American 609 Alexander Godynyuk
92-93 O-Pee-Chee Premier 46 Roman Hamrlik
92-93 O-Pee-Chee Premier 123 Chris Kontos
92-93 Parkhurst 61 Robert Petrovicky
92-93 Parkhurst 171 Rob Zamuner
92-93 Parkhurst 173 Roman Hamrlik
92-93 Parkhurst 176 Chris Kontos
Now moving into the Lightning's first season -- including first-game hero Chris Kontos.
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92-93 Parkhurst 196 Dixon Ward
92-93 Parkhurst 305 Lonnie Loach
92-93 Parkhurst 356 Darren Rumble
92-93 Parkhurst 429 Jason Woolley
92-93 Parkhurst 493 Denny Felsner
92-93 Pinnacle American 227 Ray Whitney
92-93 Pinnacle Canadian 227 Ray Whitney
92-93 Pro Set 172 David Williams
92-93 Pro Set 241 Ray Whitney
92-93 Score American 475 Ray Whitney
92-93 Score American 481 Denny Felsner
92-93 Score Canadian 475 Ray Whitney
Denny Felsner earned a bunch of 92-93 RCs, while his brother Brian earned just one -- 97-98 Pacific Omega.
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92-93 Score Canadian 481 Denny Felsner
92-93 Stadium Club 461 David Williams
92-93 Stadium Club 490 Ray Whitney
92-93 Stadium Club Members Only 45 Chris Kontos
92-93 Topps 205 Ray Whitney
92-93 Topps 372 David Williams
92-93 Topps 514 Denny Felsner
92-93 Ultra 146 Lonnie Loach
92-93 Ultra 148 Darren Rumble
92-93 Ultra 201 Roman Hamrlik
92-93 Ultra 302 Robert Petrovicky
92-93 Ultra 309 Lonnie Loach
I think the most interesting card here is the Stadium Club Members Only card of Kontos. Is it actually a RC? I'm not sure, but the hobby doesn't seem to have counted the separate Members Only sets as RC-eligible. It follows the design of the 92-93 set closely, although future Members Only sets would not do so. The back is totally different, though, and isn't actually numbered either.
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92-93 Upper Deck 378 Michael Nylander
92-93 Upper Deck 407 Ray Whitney
93-94 Leaf 435 Darren McCarty
93-94 O-Pee-Chee Premier 412 Darren McCarty
93-94 Score American 612 Stewart Malgunas
93-94 Stadium Club 299 Kirk Maltby
93-94 Ultra 307 Darren McCarty
93-94 Upper Deck 508 Darren McCarty
99-00 Upper Deck MVP SC Edition 191 Jeff Halpern
99-00 BAP Memorabilia 378 Jeff Halpern
06-07 O-Pee-Chee 629 Noah Welch / Ryan Whitney
06-07 Upper Deck Sweet Shot 144 Michel Ouellet (101/499)
OK -- the truth is, I have a few good memories of the original Red Wings cup runs in 1997 and 1998. So, Konstantinov, McCarty, Maltby, and Draper have been added to my RC project. That's it. That's as far as I'll go!
That is all from Dave -- thanks again for all the help.
Just a few items in the mail, but they're not bad!
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03-04 Pacific Heads Up Dominic Moore RC (100/899)
This card is another Moore RC for my collection -- it came in with the next item. Both were purchased on ebay.
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97-98 Pinnacle Mint Coins Pure Silver Sergei Samsonov
There's good news and bad news about this one.
The bad news first -- the discolored blemish along the top-right edge of the coin. This blemish was noticeable on the auction picture, so I asked the seller if it was something on the coin or just an error in the scan. He assured me it was just an error in the scan, and that the coin was in mint condition.
Not so, obviously!
I decided not to ask for a refund. The coin is quite rare -- probably under 50 made. So, I'd rather just keep it for my collection than worry about finding another one.
That's the good news -- it's a great entry into my collection! Here is the text from the COA card that came with it:
"Congratulations! This card verifies that you have received an authentic Pinnacle Mint Collection Solid Silver Coin. The Solid Silver Coin is .999 purity and approximately .4 ounces in weight. Again, congratulations and thank you for choosing to collect Pinnacle Mint Collection products."
The coin itself is much shinier than the Nickel Silver variation, and it does say "Fine Silver" on the back. It is interesting to note that when 0.4 ounches of pure silver is melted down, it results in a value of about $11.00 US. That's within a dollar of what I paid for it.
In case anybody is interested, the ID of the seller is "bck49."
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02-03 UD Artistic Impressions Common Ground Gold (52/75)
-- Sergei Samsonov / Stanislav Chistov
This one also came in from ebay -- an insert/parallel from a somewhat tough set. It finishes out everything from Artistic Impressions except for the framed original artwork 1/1.
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09-10 O-Pee-Chee Premier Foursomes Jersey (19/25)
-- Tim Thomas / Milan Lucic / Patrice Bergeron / Michael Ryder
Another example of patience paying off -- I couldn't figure out why a few of these sold in the $30-$40 range shortly after the product was released. So I waited a few months, and got this one for around $10 instead. I purchased this card on ebay.
The last card for the post was also purchased on ebay.
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10-11 Panini Certified Big Men On Campus Autographs Tim Thomas (4/5)
Here it is -- my first hockey card produced by Panini in the new non-exclusive era. It's a nice one, too. The two things I like best about this card are the large jersey swatch, and the fact that the card back actually discusses the theme of the set -- in this case, Thomas' years at University of Vermont.
I also like the style of serial numbering that Panini uses -- it's a little bigger than UD's.
There are four versions of this card. Here's how it shakes out:
Regular: plain jersey swatch, /250
Prime: jersey swatch with a seam and multiple colors, /25
Autograph: the above card -- plain jersey swatch and a sticker auto, /5
Autograph Prime: same as the above card, except with a patch piece instead, /5
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News and notes:
** I'll be departing for Toronto early Thursday morning, and spending most of the day in the city. I will have internet access at my hotel so I'll still be able to check in here from time to time -- although I don't expect I'll be especially active.
That'll be it. Thanks everyone!
--Andy
http://www.thegreatzo.com/cards/
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