My 2020 Hobby Year

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Here are my favourite 2020 PC additions and other memories from the past year.

Bobby Orr (2018-19 Chronology)

Elias Pettersson (2018-19 SP Authentic)

Gordie Howe (2001-02 BAP {Unreleased} - ITG Warehouse Find/HI Exclusive)

Sidney Crosby (2018-19 Premier)

Connor McDavid (2019-20 Exquisite)

Larry Bird (2019-20 Panini Mosaic). I am not much of a basketball collector, but even I appreciate Bird is one of the greats

Leon Draisaitl (2014-15 SP Authentic)

Stevie Yzerman (1984 O-Pee-Chee) {picked up at the Virtual Expo #2}

Richard McWilliam - 1992 UD Field of Dreams Promo (signed)

And perhaps one of the most quintessential cards for 2020 ...

Ken Griffey Jr - Topps Project 2020 #88 Artist Keith Shore (Population 99,177)

Honourable mention
I had fantastic luck in various breaks during the year. In addition to a few of the cards above, here are some of my crazier hits (all moved except the tin that is locked away in the vault):
Lafreneire UDA signed Oceanic jersey (OOTB)
Makar Stature auto'ed rookie patch /9 (Breakaway)
Makar Ice Premieres RC /99 (OOTB)
Gretzky Letterman auto (CNC)
2019-20 Sedin twins canvas auto /26 (OOTB)
1 sealed case of 2019-20 SPA (CNC)
1 sealed tin of 2016-17 The Cup (CNC)

Here's looking to an even more fun year in the Hobby for 2021.
May all your pack pulls be case hits.

 

[ChuckNorrisFearsSid]

Man that Orr is a beautiful card. UD really did a great job with Chronology. Nice show as well!

 

[bto3105]

That Orr, 2 Howe's and the Griffey are my favs. Looks like you had a great year

Congrats

 

[BigBarracuda]

Definitely a good year for you! I agree, the Orr is best in show . Congrats!

 

[ChuckNorrisFearsSid]

The Yzerman is a beauty too! Should have mentioned that before. Great year for sure!

 

[creasecollector]

Love the Howe autos!

 

[BrookIsland]

Very cool, Bill - some of the artistry that's gone into alternate versions of classic Topps/UD rookies (whether officially sanctioned or not) has been really cool. I don't know if it dovetails too well with your history of trading cards PC, but it's definitely a very interesting off shoot of the hobby into a new direction that's seemed to pick up this year via Instragram among other mediums.

 

[creasecollector]

Very cool, Bill - some of the artistry that's gone into alternate versions of classic Topps/UD rookies (whether officially sanctioned or not) has been really cool. I don't know if it dovetails too well with your history of trading cards PC, but it's definitely a very interesting off shoot of the hobby into a new direction that's seemed to pick up this year via Instragram among other mediums.

I agree. While I think some artistic depictions of the cards were too "out there" for me personally, I really enjoyed seeing all of the Topps 2020 creations and seeing different artistic spins on these iconic baseball cards.

I think that would be great if UD could have a similar program. I could also see some of the Topps 2020 fans getting in on the action as well.

 

[CeddieB]

Some sweet autos there - congrats!

 

[johnse27]

Great looking autos and an awesome Yzerman rookie! Thanks for sharing.

 

[HammerHawks]

The McWilliam auto is the highlight to me, don't see those every day!