Sadly, the show was home to only four dealers - and only one of those had any hockey cards to speak of. Even more unfortunate, for me, was that those hockey cards consisted of unopened packs of 1990-91 Upper Deck. Not wanting to leave empty handed, I coughed up $1 for six packs and slunk back to my car and got started on my 60+-minute drive home.
At home, my pulls were less than thrilling (not that there's much about this set to be excited about in the first place). I pulled one of the terrible hologram cards, which I think is the Brett Hull solo card. They're unnumbered with no info on the backs and so poorly designed that I can't make out anything about the uniform. I won't even bother scanning it. Instead, here's the Kip Miller Young Gun from one of the packs:
Michigan native Kip comes from what, in my opinion, is a true hockey dynasty. His cousin Ryan is the Sabres' netminder while his other cousin Drew currently skates for the Red Wings. Kip's brothers Kevin and Kelly also spent a number of years in the NHL with various teams. So not a great pull from an investment perspective, but a nice addition for my "Michigan Natives" collection.
The six packs also yielded up three cards for my Red Wings collection, which is not a great ration but I'll take 'em.
I found my way here from Drop the Gloves.
ReplyDeleteI'm a little familiar with the area that this card show was at. I don't live in Ohio, but I have a lot of family that lives in Cincinnati.
Like you, I got back into collecting less than a year ago(I would buy packs here and there over the last 10+ years). I still have most of the cards I collected from 89-90 - 01-02.
I'm a Rangers fan, but Detroit was my 2nd team when I was younger. I have a small Yzerman pc, and a pretty nice Fedorov pc. I also have some newer Red Wings, and Columbus cards.
If you're interested in a random trade(I don't have much in the super- rare category), hit me up. We can do a straight Red Wings/Blue Jackets for Rangers deal. Let me know, and we can set something up.
Thanks for stopping by! And I would most definitely be interested in putting a Wings/Jackets-for-Rangers deal together. I don't have any super rare gems either, but if you don't mind drowning in commons then I think you'll be happy. I also added your blog to the sidebar. Cheers!
DeleteHey, if they're cards I don't have, it'll work! Over the next few weeks, I'll check out what I have in the DET/CBJ category, and I will ship them out as soon as I can get them together.
DeleteShoot me your address, and I will ship them to you over the next two weeks(bills had to get paid, so shipping stuff has to wait, sorry). I look forward to your e-mail.
originalnes(at)Hotmail(dot)com.