Hi Everyone,
Well, unfortunately I don't have any pics today. I do have cards picked out but the guys were ready to leave and I didn't have time to change my setup to take the pcis for you.
But, tomorrow, I will post today's pic, tomorrow's pic, and a much clearer version of yesterday's botched pic.
Today, I photographed - wait for it - 8,685 cards! Running total of 21,866 cards. I was on a mission today, and basically did not stop for 15 hours straight, other than lunch and dinner.
It is strange but I could have kept going. The experience of being with guys who are packing the cards has been awesome. Actually seeing all these cards together is just really cool. One thing that I want to stress is just how carefully these guys seed each and every pack. Yes there will be some sub-par packs, but they really do try to get the most value they can into each one. I am very happy about that and think it is very encouraging.
Another thing is that the patches are in the cards right-side up! Seriously, there are so many just sick patches that could have been upside down but I would say that well over 95% are in the cards properly. Actually, I have only seen one patch upside down but to be conservative, I'll go with "well-over 95%). If you collect Wheeler, Hasek (two in particular who's patches have caught my eye, there was one Hasek card that could win best patch ever, seriously) or any Bluejacket you are going to love watching box breaks and ebay. Crazy sick stuff!
All the cards go through my photo station first before to the packers so I constantly need to make sure they have enough of each card (1 - 6). So if I fall behind, I become the bottleneck and would miss capturing cards so they could keep packing. Thankfully, I quickly became very efficient at this task and have not ever fallen behind. Actually, I have a very comfortable cushion going into tomorrow.
Overall, this has been an exhilarating experience, to say the least. When I think back over my 30 years of collecting, I never would have thought this would happen and I am so thankful it has; for both just being here and being able to capture the images for security reasons.
Anyway, enough babbling. I need to sleep since tomorrow will be another long one.
Cheers,
Jeremy
Well, unfortunately I don't have any pics today. I do have cards picked out but the guys were ready to leave and I didn't have time to change my setup to take the pcis for you.
But, tomorrow, I will post today's pic, tomorrow's pic, and a much clearer version of yesterday's botched pic.
Today, I photographed - wait for it - 8,685 cards! Running total of 21,866 cards. I was on a mission today, and basically did not stop for 15 hours straight, other than lunch and dinner.
It is strange but I could have kept going. The experience of being with guys who are packing the cards has been awesome. Actually seeing all these cards together is just really cool. One thing that I want to stress is just how carefully these guys seed each and every pack. Yes there will be some sub-par packs, but they really do try to get the most value they can into each one. I am very happy about that and think it is very encouraging.
Another thing is that the patches are in the cards right-side up! Seriously, there are so many just sick patches that could have been upside down but I would say that well over 95% are in the cards properly. Actually, I have only seen one patch upside down but to be conservative, I'll go with "well-over 95%). If you collect Wheeler, Hasek (two in particular who's patches have caught my eye, there was one Hasek card that could win best patch ever, seriously) or any Bluejacket you are going to love watching box breaks and ebay. Crazy sick stuff!
All the cards go through my photo station first before to the packers so I constantly need to make sure they have enough of each card (1 - 6). So if I fall behind, I become the bottleneck and would miss capturing cards so they could keep packing. Thankfully, I quickly became very efficient at this task and have not ever fallen behind. Actually, I have a very comfortable cushion going into tomorrow.
Overall, this has been an exhilarating experience, to say the least. When I think back over my 30 years of collecting, I never would have thought this would happen and I am so thankful it has; for both just being here and being able to capture the images for security reasons.
Anyway, enough babbling. I need to sleep since tomorrow will be another long one.
Cheers,
Jeremy
