Thursday, May 8, 2014

30 years after its release and 23 years after starting, I finally finished the set.

The title says it all. One of my all-time favourite sets (a guilty pleasure) is the 83-84 OPC set. While it isn't loved by all, I am a big fan and I finally completed it after opening my first pack of the stuff back in 1991. The last card I needed was the one below:

83-84 OPC Wayne Gretzky Record Breaker #212
I tried pulling the trigger a few times on this card but never in the price range I wanted. It actually sold for well over book value a couple of times before I stole this one for 3 bucks with shipping. Seller even threw in a few other Gretzky base cards. There is a great story about my journey on completing this set, hope to get that post up soon.


6 comments:

  1. congrats. nothing like sliding that last card in the last empty pocket in the binder.

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    1. Can't agree more! I usually page it before I finish the set just so I can do that exact thing.

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  2. Congratulations! It's very satisfying to finish a set you've been working on for years, but sometimes it doesn't fully sink in that you're done. "Isn't there something else I should be looking for?"

    I like that set as well, and it's one of the few complete hockey sets I own... but I took the easy way out, I bought a hand-collated set 30 years ago. :-)

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    1. Thanks! Glad to hear someone else out there likes the 83/84 offering. I thought about doing what you did but it was one that needed to be done this way.

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  3. Congrats Dave! That is definitely a nice set to knock off.

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