Show me those speared White Whales!!

sprague11 said:
The top card took me 2 years to find. One dealer at the Expo heard I was looking for it in 2003 and doubled the price he wanted me to pay for it. A year later one finally appeared on Ebay

What a tool.
 
Got this baby from a board member at a reasonable price. Tokk me a while to get this although there are 900 of these. However this would be my most coveted Kovalchuk rookie.
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My white whale was about 7 years long....guess it could've been shorter if I looked a bit harder.

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1997-98 Donruss Preferred Color Guard Marc Denis #/1500

I needed this one to finish off the 18 card set.

No current whales to chase right now though.
 
Andy, these Stamp of Approval cards are really sharp looking in person!!

But, pretty hard to pull. Got a Cicarelli out of my 4 boxes.

My principal whales that I got are a Odjick Emerald /10 and a Odjick auto buyback gold. My scanner isn't working really well, so no scan.
 
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Cool thread!!

My first speared white whale was the 2002-03 UD Mask Collection Patch of Dan Blackburn. This patch has the smallest print run (only 12) in the set, and eluded me for quite a while :( . I managed to get it through the help of two HI-members (who else ;) ), who knew I needed the card and spotted it on a cardshow and contacted the dealer on my behalf :D :D :D .

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Almost a year after obtaining this one, there were 2 others offered on eBay in one week's time (can you believe it?). I won both.

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#10 went to a friend of mine, who also has completed the set now (second person besides me that I know of).

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#12 I still have, so there can only be 11 completed sets out there!

Regards, Patrick
 
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Now to find an upgrade with both Emblem and Number multicolor swatches :)

The Tough Customers Super Boxes didn't sell really well, so there are still many unopened around.
 
As many of you know, I'm building the 04/05 UD Legendary Set... the master set... yep, all the friggin' cards... parallels, inserts, autos... plus the Summit Series (Canadian version inserts) AND the Miracle Men (US version inserts). As of today, I am TWO cards away from it.... TWO!!!! Thanks to Barrie (Prime) for pointing this card that was available on eBay:

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Barrie also needed this card and we were very honest with each other on what we'd bid for it, with me trumping him due to my OCD with Legendary... he backed away. In the meantime, some other seller found out Barrie was interested and offered him another copy of the same card!!! Funny how things work out sometimes!!! Thanks Barrie... you're a class act.

WHITE WHALE LANDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay... now a call out... to EVERYONE out there... I need TWO cards, as follows:

Miracle Men Auto Jim Craig /73
Triple Linemates Auto Babych/Sutter/Federko (Blues) /50

Levi has the Craig, but won't part with it right now... so I'm asking anyone else if they know of ANYONE with either or both of these cards... I'll make it worth their while big big... ;) THANKS!!

Bruce
 
Hemsky Victory Black 4/5

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It took me many shows and too many hours on ebay looking for this card and FINALLY found this on ebay, thanks to marcello_capoferri

Dan
 
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I'll probably never own that 19/99 Premier RC AU/P of Spezza which is my ultimate want... but I'll post some pics here once a scanner is bought (or my old one's resurrected ^)!

No need to haste, you've all got ansane cards shown already!
Andreas
 
1/1 Spezza Auto Emblem..:eek:
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I've wanted it ever since i first seen the post By Boomer1967!!

Now I GOT IT!!:D
 
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Perhaps not that big white whale but difficult to get as well. Especially as it's the #1/100:

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I love the starquest cards, I remember opening those packs and going crazy when u pulled a starquest of a different color other than blue. even tho i only pulled one. still it was my best pull when i was younger.

i must say the yzerman is "SWEET!"

congrats on that
 

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