Wednesday, July 4, 2012

My best hit ever?

It has taken me some time, but I finally made it to another card store that has been in my "area" for a while but I have only known about for a month or so. My wife found it in her travels and finally I had a moment and some birthday cash to go and check it out. Last year I had some great luck on my birthday when I pulled this beauty, maybe I could get lucky twice? Well when I got into the store I was a little surprised, he had lots of new boxes and practically no singles. The good news is, I was itching for a box or two so I guess I came to the right place, so I put aside my want list and looked around.

After talking to the owner about cards for 15 or 20 minutes, he started to let me know some "deals" which meant he was taking 10-15 bucks off each box for me! I then inquired about two lone boxes of 11/12 Certified I saw on the shelf and he said I could have them for a C note each (taxes in). The problem was, that was also the price Between the Pipes was selling for too. I had to make a decision, two of one, two of the other or one of each.

I asked him for a coin, he provided a Remembrance day quarter with a poppy on it, I flipped it and the answer was two boxes of Certified. I brought the boxes home and busted the first four packs. 

ALL had hits in them and the fourth pack yielded this monster!


This seam is bulging out of the card, much like ITG's hits tend to!





#/5. THIS IS A CROSBY numbered out of 5 and I LIVE IN NOVA SCOTIA. This card is only hotter in downtown Pittsburgh. The only question remains, what do I do with it! I love the card, but someone out there may love it more than I do. My wife wants me to hold onto it, but at the same time there are some hardcore Crosby fans out there that might want it more than I do.

Either way, this box so far is pretty solid! I will share this box and the other one when I am done busting, but I just had to share!

6 comments:

  1. Thats a great pull! I'd hold on to it until he tears it up again next year and then maybe sell it for a decent enough price to get a couple boxes worth of cards from it...

    But hey! it's your card so do what YOU want to do!

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  2. I'd like a shot at the card. Check out my trade bait and let me know if I have what you're looking for. Cardboardconundrum.blogspot.com. Check out the trade bait link as well as the "hockey hits" link. Email me at Matt-Pederson@hotmail.com.

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  3. Amazing pull, congrats! I wish I had some of that kind of luck!

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  4. W-O-W! Congrats on a great card. If you decide to sell it I doubt you'll have a problem recouping the cost of your box.

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  5. Thanks guys! I still can't believe I finally got myself a rare star player.

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