On Card Autos – Rico Petrocelli!

My collection of on-card autographs has grown quite a bit over the last few months, and in keeping with the baseball theme here is another recent addition:This is a Rico Petrocelli auto from the 2005 Upper Deck Past Time Pennants set. These autos are …

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It’s been all hockey here at Shoebox Legends lately. I just checked and since the beginning of this year, 18 of my 21 posts have centered on hockey cards. After the past couple of months you might get the impression that hockey is all I collect.The t…

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I’m sure most of you have read about the concept of the “one card challenge” that’s been floating around. I’ve read plenty of posts in recent weeks where one collector has helped another with that final card they needed for a set. In my most recent t…

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In case you couldn’t tell based on recent posts, I’ve been focusing on vintage hockey these past few months. I can’t even remember the last time I purchased a pack of anything, so I’ve seen almost nothing in terms of 2011-12 product. I have to say th…

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Alright, this has dragged on entirely too long, time to put this countdown to bed! The item at #1 is definitely one of my more unique purchases from 2011, but it’s not really a card…What is it? A 1981-82 Topps Original Match Print Photo of Denis Pot…

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Here’s something quick to tide you over until this evening’s Super Bowl festivities. A few months back I showed off a Mike Liut auto from the Parkhurst Champions hockey set. I liked the card so much I decided to pick up a couple Boston Bruins autos a…

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One of the under-rated bonuses that comes along with writing a sports card blog is the reader comments. I read every single comment that gets posted here, and try to respond to them all as well (although I’m far from perfect at that). I figure that i…

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I’ve got a day full of poker and floor hockey ahead of me, so there’s not much time for a legitimate post. Instead, enjoy some scans of a few 2011-12 Parkhurst Champions wire photo cards, some of the better looking hockey cards released so far this ye…

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Beginning in 2012, I’m going to start paying some long overdue respect to the World Hockey Association here at Shoebox Legends. My Card of the Month posts this year will instead be WHA Card of the Month posts, and I’ll talk a little bit about the “riv…

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Time for the runner-up in the 2011 Top 20 Under $25 Countdown…What is it? A 1974-75 Topps Don Cherry!When and where did I get it? CheckOutMyCards.com, September 19thHow much did it cost me? $5.80 (plus a little for shipping)My quest to hand collate t…

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We’ve finally reached the top 3 in the 2011 Under $25 countdown. Here’s the bronze medalist…What is it? A 2005 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes Al Kaline Auto, #’d/99When and where did I get it? During baseball season, back in June, on eBayHow much did i…

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At #4 in the 2011 Top 20 Under $25 countdown we have a pair of ’80s O-Pee-Chee superstars:What is it? Two of the top four cards from the ’87-88 O-Pee-Chee set, Wayne Gretzky and Mario LemiuexWhen and where did I get them? At the local hobby shop, way …

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Getting close to the end on this series of posts (thankfully), here is the first of the five remaining items…What is it? A 1968-69 Topps Gump Worsley, graded NM 7 by PSAWhen and where did I get it? eBay, in OctoberHow much did it cost me? $12.30 (p…

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What is it? A 1985-86 7-Eleven hockey card setWhen and where did I get it? Flea market, in OctoberHow much did it cost me? Ready for this? $1.Back in early October I went to a very small, hole-in-the-wall flea market with my younger brother. The pl…

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Quick break from the 2011 Top 20 Countdown today. While I was browsing eBay the other day I came across one of the more interesting cards I still needed for my ’74-75 Topps hockey set. The condition and price were both right, so card #250 from the se…

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I’d like to have this 2011 Top 20 countdown wrapped up in the next week or so, so let’s proceed with card #7…What is it? A Rogatien Vachon Brushstrokes Auto from 2008-09 Upper Deck Legends Masterpieces hockeyWhen and where did I get it? eBay of cour…

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Not much time today, so here’s a quick post to knock off the next item on the 2011 Top 20 Under $25 countdown…What is it? A 1952 Bowman Walt Masterson, graded EX-MT 6 by PSAWhen and where did I get it? May 2nd, once again on eBayHow much did it cost…

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If you read just the last week’s worth of posts here, you’d get the impression that I collect hockey cards only. I guess it’s just difficult to get enthused about baseball when it’s 12 degrees outside and the NHL and NFL seasons are in full swing. Th…

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Recently I picked up yet another card towards the 1974-75 Topps set courtesy of eBay. Like the Scotty Bowman I featured a week or so ago, this card was one of the bigger names I had left to track down for the set:1974-75 Topps – #195 – Denis Potvin RC…

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Not much time for a post tonight. I just finished watching the Bruins hand the New Jersey Devils a good ol’ fashion ass whooping, and I’ve got an early start to my work day tomorrow.In lieu of a legitimate post, please enjoy this 2011-12 O-Pee-Chee Ro…

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Today’s post is the first selection of 2012 for The Ultimate Hockey Card Set. I’m not sure if it’s because I’ve already covered some of the obvious choices, or because I’m getting more and more cards inventoried by the day, but choosing these cards se…

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Still catching up here on some posts from 2011…Over the last week or so, I’ve seen a few other bloggers out there display cards received as holiday presents. Until this past year I never really received cards, or anything card related, as a gift. Th…

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Happy New Year everyone! Nine cards left in the 2011 Top 20 Under $25 countdown. Today’s card is another autograph:What is it? A 2006-07 Parkhurst Milt Schmidt autoWhen and where did I get it? This past September, where else but eBayHow much did it …

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This past year I started a new, recurring series of posts called “Out With The New, In With The Old”. Basically, whenever I end up with a somewhat valuable modern card that I’m not interested in keeping, I flip it and use the money to pick up some vin…

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Just one day to go, I almost dropped the ball on a Card of the Month for December. After yesterday’s lengthy baseball post it’s back to hockey today…Recently I’ve been focusing primarily on older hockey cards, but over the past couple of months I ha…

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I’ve kind of mailed it in the last couple of times with single-card posts. Time for an image-heavy one. We’re past the halfway point with my 2011 Top 20 Under $25 countdown. Here’s item #10…What is it? A 1992 Topps baseball factory set.When and w…

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I’m getting closer each month to finishing off my #1 collecting goal for hockey, completing the entire 1980s Topps run. Recently I spent a whopping $1.56, plus $2.50 shipping and handling, to knock another card off of the 1986-87 Topps want list:This …

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Back to the countdown of the top 20 (under $25) items from this past year that did not get a post initially. Today we have #11 in the countdown, yet another auto…What is it? A 2010-11 Panini Limited Select Signatures Normand Leveille auto.When and …

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Happy Sunday everyone. After consecutive baseball posts, it’s time to get back to some hockey cards. A few weeks ago, I posted a pretty good quarter box haul of vintage hockey. Here are the rest of the cards from that same trip to the local shop, th…

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Continuing on with the list, today’s post actually contains two different cards from the 2011 Topps Lineage set. I stayed away from this one, mainly due to the atrocious backs. I didn’t buy so much as a single pack, but there were a couple of things …

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Ever feel old? I recently joined a floor hockey league, and after my first session this past weekend I was sore for a couple of days. It made me realize that I’m definitely not getting any younger. I definitely am getting older. Perhaps if you can …

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Time to select card #9 in The Ultimate Hockey Card Set. A couple of weeks ago I sold off some David Krejci cards, and I used the money to pick up two new cards for the collection that I’ve had my eye on for some time now. The first was Steven Stamkos…

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Continuing my countdown of the top 20 pick-ups from 2011 that were under $25 and did not initially get a blog post, today we look at spot #13…What is it? A 2011-12 Parkhurst Champions Mike Liut auto.When and where did I get it? eBay, just a few week…

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I decided a few months back that I was going to compile The Ultimate Baseball Card Set, a franken-set of my all-time favorite baseball cards to go along with the hockey version I’ve been plugging away at. I selected the first card, a 1971 Topps Thurma…

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