BillInDallas
Verified Trader,
Over five years ago when the wildly popular ITG Captain-C was released, I was keeping my eyes peeled for the aptly named Captain-C cards. Joe Sakic had one in the set, featuring his "C" while playing for Team Canada. The only competition where Sakic was named captain for Team Canada was the 2006 Olympics. Knowing just where patches come from is always a bonus for me and I always place a premium on such cards. While the 2006 Olympics weren't exactly the best performance for Team Canada, the special nature of the card made it a no-brainer for me to try to hunt down 1 of the 2 cards. A few days after release, one of the cards was cracked in a group break at Clouts & Chara. After some negotiating, the card was mine. You can see it in my signature below. It was cool that I was able to get my hands on a little piece of history and I assumed that the other half was safely tucked away in someone's collection, especially since the wax has pretty much dried up since release. I maintained an Ebay search and would get daily updates featuring a bevy of stick and jersey cards, base cards, but never the bottom half of this card. Fast forward to about a week ago when IT finally popped up in my search. After another easy negotiation (and overpayment) for the card, it was on my way from Canada. A missed delivery from the mailman meant having to pick it up today. Needless to say I couldn't wait to get home to open up the package. Upon getting home and lining it up with the other half, I admittedly had a bit of a sinking feeling as the two pieces had different materials featured, and one with a seam. After doing a lot of image searches and piecing things together, that feeling subsided. The Nike jerseys for that Olympics had some unusual patterns and panels and I now feel comfortable in my belief that the card is error-free. The team that was between the shoulder and chest panels of that jersey is right along the horizontal cut line of the cards and the seam on the bottom card is consistent with the Nike jerseys from that Olympics. Pieced together, it's a sight to see, made even better by the 5 years I had to wait to put it together! Thanks to Brian Price and ITG for making a true one of a kind card!
