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I originally had planned to post this on Christmas Day, but unfortunately this year I was busier than normal, and my travels took me to places that didn’t allow time for posting.  So instead, 2 days later we’ll show the few odds and ends I’ve had laying around for a few days/weeks…Gardenhire 462, Ordonez 482One of a handful of sets I’m going to finish in 2017, 2011 Heritage has been a slow burn over the past few months.  The Gardenhire and Ordonez cards above were part of my Black Friday purchase from COMC, and leave me with just 5 cards left to finish the set, including the overpriced (in my opinion) Justin Verlander card.   If Kate Upton was naked on the card with him, I’d pay the $12. 2007 McDonald’s PC1I got a nice little package from Dave at the Wax Stain Rookie blog just before Christmas, which included this beauty of a Sakic card which I had never seen previously until it arrived in my mailbox.  Dave’s envelope also included some more Sakic’s, along with a few Maple Leafs that I’d also never seen before.  I have to get off my ass and get some Devils cards his way…Optic and ChromeA couple of more McCutchen’s for that PC came with the Black Friday order, on the cheap of course.   I had never owned one of the Donruss Optic cards before, but I don’t mind the Diamond Kings version of McCutchen on the left.  It’s a very high gloss card, and the artwork is well done, logo or no logo.  The Topps Chrome on the right is the refractor version, and was also obtained at a reasonable price.86/99Both of the Blue Jays cards above came courtesy of Jim from GCRL fame; the Lawrie is the foil version, needed for the PC.  The Encarnacion is the mini version, serial numbered 86/99 and came in a mini top loader, something that I haven’t seen before as well.  I really need to get out more.Jim also sent me this card below, which was the highlight of the package for me.89-90 PaniniA lot of the earlier Sakic stuff I need for my PC are the stickers from Panini and other various companies.  This features him in his rookie season, wearing the #88 jersey that he only had for that year.  Check it out, no glove on the left hand, risky playing like that at any time. I also learned this past week that Jim started a new blog back in September called cards as i see them.  I’ll be sure to keep an eye out for new posts there…I hope that everyone had a super holiday, and is getting ready for a prosperous 2017.Thanks for reading, Robert 

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A quick post to get some more of the serial numbered hockey cards that I had in my personal collection out there. The response to this project has been amazing so far, I’ve received cards from a few unexpected sources so far (thank you all!), and while I know that this project is going to take a while, I can see that I’m going to enjoy the ride…So let’s get a little closer to the 100 card mark, shall we?  Here’s 5 more cards, all serial #’d under 100 from my personal collection.I’ve had these cards for what seems like forever.  I remember opening the box of BAP Memorabilia still and remembering how disappointing it was ($70 price tag and zero jersey or auto cards), but the Stu Barnes card I pulled finally finds a spot somewhere.  Stu is numbered 61 out of 200.The Holik Holo-Silver was a pretty rare card for the time, numbered to just 99 cards.   A lot of the star players from that set have held their values over time.  Holik as you can plainly see is #80.Stan Drulia was the long shot of long shots to make the NHL, an 11th rd pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1986 draft.  He played in 24 games in the 92-93 season for Tampa, then spent the next 6 seasons in the minors before playing 2 more seasons in Tampa between ’99 and ’01.  Stan’s card is #89.Carlo Colaiacovo was the Leafs first round pick in the 2001 draft, and the club had high hopes for him.  He unfortunately had a tough time staying healthy over his first 5 years with the team, and wound up getting traded to St. Louis in what would be one of the worst deals for Toronto since the 21st century began.  This card is serial #’d 81.Why the Avalanche gave up on this guy is beyond me.  One of the top defensive forwards in the league, great on faceoffs, 50-60 points each year, those guys don’t grow on trees.  Oh, did I mention the Lady Byng trophy (most gentlemanly player) in 2013-14 for taking just 1 minor penalty?   I’m a Joe Sakic fan, and always will be, but moving O’Reilly out of Colorado will be a move I’ll never understand.This gold MVP from 2014-15 MVP is #’d 98/100.Whatever you do this weekend, whether it be traveling or staying at home with family and friends, do it safely and responsibly.Thanks for reading, and Merry Christmas Eve, Robert

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With the generosity of everyone over the past couple of weeks, I’ve seen the small piles of cards on my desk start to multiply.  Add in the COMC order that I purchased but posted little of so far and the old problem is beginning to build.  So to make sure that the goal of neatness remains intact, I decided to get off my ass and get some more of the serial numbered hockey cards on the blog.I purchased 7 of them during the black Friday sale recently, and they sat on the bottom of that pile for the past couple of weeks.  No more…Interesting how the foil on 90’s cards scans a lot better than the foil on more recent cards.  These cards are all from sets released earlier than 2000, a time where companies were really starting to use serial numbering to enhance the “chase” value of cards.  It’s amazing that Jarome Iginla is still going here in 2016, 18 years after the Donruss Elite card shown above was released. I can still remember the year I joined a hockey pool, and drafted a rookie by the name of Tony Amonte in the last round.   The entire pool turned around, looked at me and said “WHO??”  Amonte scored 35 goals and 69 points in his rookie season.  The Peca and Brind’Amour cards are from the Totally Certified set from 97-98.  The four cards knocked off serial #’s 290 (Amonte), 254 (Peca), 476 (Iginla) and 1146 (Brind’Amour).The 2nd scan is 3 more recent stars, all of them from Panini products.  The Sedin and Stamkos cards are both inserts, which haven’t really been plentiful so far.  My favorite of the 3 is the Ryan Miller card.  I played some goalie when I was younger, and I’ve always been intrigued by goalie mask designs.  Also notice that the four cards in the top scan all have the serial numbers on the back of the card, while the lower scan sees the three cards numbered on the front.  Even though that’s the case, the numbers are still tough to see; Sedin is #’d 370, Miller is #143 and Stamkos is 192. I still have a nice stack of serial #’d cards from Doug to scan and post…that will have to be done before too long.Gotta keep that ol’ desk clean…Thanks for reading, Robert

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First off, I hope that my video post from the other day hasn’t scared anyone off.  Like I mentioned, it’s something that I wanted to do for a while, and now that I’ve figured out the basics, I’m hoping to do a video post maybe once a month, because sometimes running my mouth is a lot easier than typing!!Anyhow, folks around the blogosphere likely have come across the giveaway from Dennis at the Too Many Verlanders blog.   There was only one thing that I really wanted on there, and that was the Pinnacle can that featured Mats Sundin of the Maple Leafs.  (Item #91 if you’re interested in seeing the actual can)Dennis, being the ingenious fellow that he is, sent me the can with a few goodies inside.  Why waste extra packaging, right?  Dennis was a big contributor to the baseball version of SNI, and I’m sure that he saw the hockey project come by and figured he had to get in on the action as well.His first six pack of cards were fantastic for me, because they featured sets/cards that I hadn’t seen before…The Bowman Young Stars cards on the left of Kristian Huselius is something that I hadn’t seen before.  Unfortunately, I had already added serial #4 to the set recently, so I’m going to have to find a home for that card.  The OPC red parallel of Rusty Klesla, and the SP Authentic of Phil Esposito on the right both will find a home in the set as I didn’t have #’s 42 and 46 before now.  Another aspect that I’m discovering with the SNI hockey  version is I’m finding more veterans and legends for the set, compared to the baseball version.   I have both of the Esposito brothers in the set now, and it will not  upset me to find more greats of the game for the set.Next up, there’s 3 more cards that fit in nicely.  Pascal Dupuis retired last year after developing blood clot issues.  It was good to see him go out as part of the Penguins Cup champion team however.  Saku Koivu overcame cancer to have a solid career of over 1100 games with the Canadiens and Ducks.  I can easily say right now that the Zdeno Chara card on the right will represent the tallest player in the set at 6’9″.  If I manage to find a serial #’d card of Darren Pang at 5’5″, he will easily be the shortest.Dennis has also sent me a couple of Blue Jays oddballs in the past, and this phone card of Shawn Green fits in that categoryI’ll have to get the paper off the back and see if the card works…A fantastic holiday lot indeed from Dennis, thank you very much, the cards are appreciated!!Thanks for reading, Robert

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OK, I may lose a lot of followers after this one, but I finally decided, after many months of wanting to do so, to make a video of myself for a blog post.I decided to tear the Rip card open that I posted yesterday, and I had a little fun making the video.Enjoy:Hopefully nobody was scared off, because I plan to do some more of these in the future.Thanks for reading/watching, Robert

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