Well, I received a trade in the past week that had me thinking just the opposite. For one Wayne Gretzky card, I received many cards in return from new trade partner Charles (TCDB ID: CharlesD). Charles helped me with a trio of hockey sets, and a card for a couple of player collections.
Likely to be one of the next 10 sets up for completion is the 18-19 OPC set, which after a strong couple of trade months is down to 70 cards, 20 base and 50 SPs. 16 of the 50 are the team checklists, so I'm hoping to get them for a reasonable price, along with a good chunk of the rookies that I have left, many of which haven't established themselves in the NHL yet.
Still moving along very slowly is the 85-86 build, with only 38 cards in hand. Nice to get a trio of star cards out of this trade. Still a long way to go and a lot of big names to acquire, but this is one set that I'm looking forward to the fun of the chase.
Not far behind my love for 85-86 is the 86-87 OPC set, a little further along with 72 cards in hand, or just over a quarter of the set. Again, nothing but stars in this group which is always good. Some guy by the name of Patrick Roy and his rookie card are what's going to slow this build down at the end. Again, the fun of the chase, right?
More additions to to a pair of my hockey player collections; especially nice is the Mats Sundin jersey card from the 07/08 Black Diamond set, #'d out of 100! It's kind of funny that I appreciate trades for hockey cards more in the summer time than I do in the winter. Wonder why that is....
Thank you for the trade Charles, the cards are really appreciated.
Enjoy the hobby!!
Robert
That Sundin Jersey card is cool. I also like the photo used on the 1986-87 OPC Fuhr. Very jealous of both of those mid 80's set builds.
ReplyDeleteStill a long way to go on both set builds, and the key RC's (Lemieux and Roy) are just a dream at the moment. I love both sets so much that someday I will have them done...
Delete