OT: Autographs/Hockey Cards Thread

[Lord Defect]

I'm honestly tongue twisted to begin with and this being the first time I've ever recorded myself for this (not counting test runs) made it worse. I was also fixated on giving that little channel intro at the beginning and was concerned about leaving out something I wanted to mention. Plus I hate, despise how my voice sounds recorded (but doesn't everyone?). It might not show in the video but I did feel more and more comfortable as the box went on. I'm definitely expecting kinks for a while but I'm definitely not as worried about future videos as I was the first time. I'm not used to talking during my box breaks, let alone narrating them, at least not yet, ha. I always wonder how sports commentators can do it.

It definitely did get better as you went on, and I’m sure you’re going to get better as you do more.
Why do you take the last card from the back and move it from the front?

 

[Strawberry Fields]

It definitely did get better as you went on, and I’m sure you’re going to get better as you do more.
Why do you take the last card from the back and move it from the front?

Because the insert/jersey/auto is usually the first card behind the spacer. I like to save it for last in the pack, so I move the last base card or two to the front.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Was looking through my old autographs and forgot I had this one @Captain Dave Poulin

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Was looking through my old autographs and forgot I had this one @Captain Dave Poulin
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[Strawberry Fields]

This is the stuff I come here to see

 

[Lord Defect]

Was looking through my old autographs and forgot I had this one @Captain Dave Poulin
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Hey fields, your pack opening series is moving along smoothly dude. You’re already leaps and bounds better than when you started. Keep it up.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Hey fields, your pack opening series is moving along smoothly dude. You’re already leaps and bounds better than when you started. Keep it up.

Thanks. It took maybe a week or so to feel comfortable. I wouldn't quite call it second nature yet but it's definitely nowhere near as intimidating as it was to start either.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

After almost a month on YouTube here are some of my top pulls on camera so far, auto and non auto.

And an off camera Ebay purchase from last week

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Picked this up in an Instagram trade. Love how he just straight up wrote his name instead of signing.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Not an autograph, but I just traded for a Kevin Hayes Young Guns rookie card, forgive me @Captain Dave Poulin

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Not an autograph, but I just traded for a Kevin Hayes Young Guns rookie card, forgive me @Captain Dave Poulin

Young Mutts

 

[swami24]

A coworker has an autograph for everyone that has ever played for flyers. He lives near Vorhees, and I dont know how he got the early ones.

I only went to team signing events when my daughter was little. Funny story. We went when Forsberg was here, and went to get his first. They had given out a poster with all of the players. Forsberg signs the poster then draws a Hitler moustache on Jon Sim. So of course we get into the line for the group with Sim. He sees the stache, looks at me and says "Forsberg is such a d!ck."

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Spoiling Saturday's video right now. I was psyched!

Spoiler

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Not an auto but I pulled this out of an $18 tin today.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Just received in the mail today @Captain Dave Poulin @Chinatown88

 

[Chinatown88]

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[Captain Dave Poulin]

Just received in the mail today @Captain Dave Poulin @Chinatown88 View attachment 363873

I mean, why was he even born? What's the point? I can't even imagine how fugly the rest of that litter was.

 

[CutOnDime97]

Here's my channel and first video. Feel free to watch on mute because my voice is awful. I opened a box of this year's Ice for my first video (which, ironically, didn't have any autographs).

Gonna check out your videos, GL with the channel.

Maybe change this to the Autograph/Hockey Cards thread?

Don't collect myself but have been watching this guy a bunch and it's very entertaining: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UClZW4yt0mevmLMeZrUZpR9w

Maybe at some point I'll buy a box or something, I'm a bit of a minimalist and just not sure it's a great hobby for me

 

[Grandma]

Have a Ryan Nugent-Hopkins signed draft day ticket I don't really have much use for any longer. Looking to sell it if anyone is interested.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Gonna check out your videos, GL with the channel.

Maybe change this to the Autograph/Hockey Cards thread?

Don't collect myself but have been watching this guy a bunch and it's very entertaining: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UClZW4yt0mevmLMeZrUZpR9w

Maybe at some point I'll buy a box or something, I'm a bit of a minimalist and just not sure it's a great hobby for me

Title updated.

 

[CutOnDime97]

Title updated.

Sweet!

Is there a good site to see top valued cards for a certain series? For example if I'm buying a pack of Upper Deck 19-20 Series 2, which are the most valuable cards?

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Sweet!

Is there a good site to see top valued cards for a certain series? For example if I'm buying a pack of Upper Deck 19-20 Series 2, which are the most valuable cards?

I've never bought a price guide so I usually rely on eBay sold listings and COMC (Check Out My Cards, a site that sells singles) listings. They're not always 100% accurate but should provide at least a decent gauge at a card's value. I personally don't know of any site that lists the values of a product's whole checklist, but if there is, I'd be interested to see it!

The big selling point of Series 1 and 2 is always the Young Guns. Series 2 typically has a weaker checklist than Series 1, since the top rookies usually go in the latter; however, this year I personally think the Young Guns crop is stronger in Series 2. Makar is the biggest one but there are also a lot of other sought after names: Suzuki, Dach, Elvis, and Kakko just to name a few. I have pulled each of the first three so far. Series 2 also has canvas Young Gun variants of some big rookies who had their base Young Gun in Series 2, like Quinn Hughes, though these are less common (I think 1:2 boxes). There are also rarer Clear Cut (acetate), Exclusives (#'d to 100), and High Gloss (#'d to 10) variants of each Young Gun. Young Guns aren't the *only* valuable cards in Series 1 and 2, but they are the most common ones what most people buy the product for.

Series 1 or 2 are definitely good products to start with for someone new to the hobby. A box of either won't break the bank and gives a shot at good value. They also come in several formats. You can typically buy a 24-pack hobby box of Series 1 for about $70, Series 2 for $75. A 24-pack retail box of either usually goes for about $20 less. The main difference between the two is that the former offers sets like the Clear Cuts, Exclusives, High Gloss and other insert sets that can't be pulled from retail. Both 24-pack boxes guarantee six Young Guns. There are also retail tins (9 packs, 2 Young Guns) and retail "blaster" boxes (7 packs, 1 Young Gun) that offer an even cheaper buy at about $15 and $25, respectively. It's a fun set to chase and you have a lot of options for how to do so.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

New pickups for my Flyers and Hershey Bears collections from COMC.com.

 

[b10]

I'm a big baseball card collector. Hockey cards I never really got into despite my fandom for the Flyers, but I'd like to start.

I know the Topps RC = Upper Deck Young Guns in terms of baseball = hockey. My question is what is the equivalent to the Bowman 1st Auto for hockey? Is it the Future Watch autos? Which product is the premier rookie auto to have?

 

[Lord Defect]

I'm a big baseball card collector. Hockey cards I never really got into despite my fandom for the Flyers, but I'd like to start.

I know the Topps RC = Upper Deck Young Guns in terms of baseball = hockey. My question is what is the equivalent to the Bowman 1st Auto for hockey? Is it the Future Watch autos? Which product is the premier rookie auto to have?

Is bowman on the upper end? I think the cup is one of the upper end “packs”