I don't collect much hockey. My Pens collection is the smallest of my
Pittsburgh collections, at just a little over 200 cards. It's not that I
don't have an interest in them; hockey cards just seem to be nearly
impossible to find at decent prices at shows
Beyond
my Pens cards, the entirety of my hockey collection comes from a huge
box of commons I (my parents) bought when I was 9 or 10 at a garage sale
- 20,000 cards for $20. It was a goldmine for a kid. Probably 7k of
those cards were hockey, which are still sitting in a big box in my
parent's house. There is probably some TTM fodder in there, but I am so
backlogged with requests I rarely look.
Except when something catches my eye.
I've
said it a million times, but I love cool jerseys. And by extension, I
suppose I love goalies. So when a name caught my eye while skimming
successes on SCN, I knew I had to dig out a few cards from the
mysterious hockey box.
As much as I loathe the smug Caps these days, I love the old jerseys, and these are two great action shots.
The
Lindsay was a little less romantic. I knew he's good signer, and dug
through the rare hockey dime box at card shows until I finally found a
card to get out to him. It's not my favorite card, but I can't complain
about adding a very gracious TTM signer to my collection.
I think that is the first time I've seen a Pro Set Platinum card on a blog. I'm ashamed to admit I liked those.
ReplyDeleteThe set obviously never gained much traction, but I always thought Pro Set Platinum was just as strong in terms of photography as any set of that era. I really liked the minimalist design on the front and pretty good writeups and layout on the back.
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