Sunday, March 20, 2016

SIGNATURE CHAMPIONS - Off To A Quick Start

Maybe it's the excitement of starting a new project or maybe the lack of Linden pickups locally of late, but the newest challenge I've set for myself started with a bang at the monthly card show today.

The Signature Champions set inserted into the 2014/15 UD Premier product caught my eye immediately and earlier in the week I decided to pull the trigger and walk around with an official wantlist.

While it's not a huge list in terms of numbers (24 cards) it is a giant in the sense that there are a few big names I'm going to have to try and track down.

But I'll worry about that later.....much later.

In the meantime, let's take a look at the newest cards to be added to the set.

2014/15 Upper Deck Premier
Signature Champions
#SC-PD Pavel Datsyuk  /50

I had sifted through a number of boxes on one particular table and had already seen a couple cards from this set (Dustin Brown and Grant Fuhr) but decided to pass on them as I thought maybe the price wasn't quite right.  When I came upon this Datsyuk.....I didn't hesitate.

Priced at just $20.........Canadian.......I knew that this was a great find.

While Pavel's strength in the hobby market isn't too huge, a nice hard signed offering - on a card with him hoisting the Stanley Cup - and numbered to just 50 copies makes this a definite keeper.

2014/15 Upper Deck Premier
Signature Champions
#SC-GF Grant Fuhr  /50

I mentioned that I passed on a Grant Fuhr earlier in the day.  Well, a quick pek at completed sales on ebay made me hustle back to grab this copy as well.

At just $15.....Canadian....I thought it was a very fair price.

I could never decide if Fuhr was the beneficiary of playing on spectacular Oiler teams or if he was just that good.  The debate continues to this day.

Personally, I think he's a little overrated.

2014/15 Upper Deck Premier
Signature Champions
#SC-MK Mike Krushelnyski  /99

You've already seen this one, but I thought I'd do an official write-up of it.

It's Mike Krushelnyski.

2014/15 Upper Deck Premier
Signature Champions
#SC-ES Eric Staal  /99

This was the first card I picked for this set.  I grabbed it months ago at the local show.  It was five bucks and I figured why not.  Now, it looks like a great find since I'm building the set.

I think this might go down as my favourite photo of a guy raising the Cup.  Awesome pic.

I need a few more pickups like this one so it can offset the beasts that will come knocking down the road (Gretzky).

I still really like the looks of this set.  Let's see how long it takes me (and no...that's not me telling you I will be quickly trying to finish).  Should be fun.


Current Collection - 4 of 24 

3 comments:

  1. You're gaining quite the amount of ground fast on your autograph set. All the cards look awesome. From the above cards posted, I think the Fuhr may be my favorite.

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  2. Those all look fabulous. Your set is already coming together. That will look awesome once completed. Best of luck to you in your hunt for Stanley Cup greatness.

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