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Top ten pick-ups from 2011

Hi everyone,

At this time of year I always look back to see how my collection has grown over the course of the year. 2011 was a banner year for me. Seems as though high grade key vintage cards were just falling into my lap all year long. I had to pay up, of course, but I came away with some real beauties for my vintage hockey collection.

I've enjoyed hearing about everyone's interests, and have learned more about unopened baseball packs than I ever thought a casual observer ever could. Anyone else want to share their 10 key pick-ups?

-Nathanael

10. July-December- 1970-71 OPC deckle set. I had a high grade raw set and I bought a high grade PSA graded set and all of a sudden my set was complete in a GPA of 8.45.

9. May- 1979-80 Topps #18 Wayne Gretzky PSA 9. This card completed my Gretzky topps basic registry set in 9.18. Thanks, Dan!
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8. July- 1955 Quaker Oats #44 Jean Beliveau in PSA 7. This card is very tough, and along with the Parkhurst version is one of the nicest set designs in all of hockey.
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7. October- 1967-68 Topps #92 Bobby Orr in PSA 9. A very nice PSA 9 2nd year Orr and I had to have it.
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6.September- 1971-72 OPC #45 Ken Dryden OPC rookie in PSA 9. This got me over the 9 GPA hump for my Ken Dryden basic registry set at 9.02. Thanks Sigmin!
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5. August- 1955-56 Parkhurst #50 Jacques Plante in PSA 7. I'd been looking for this card in PSA 7 or PSA 8 for three years. I was so happy to get it in such a nice grade.
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4. December- 1979-80 OPC #18 Wayne Gretzky PSA 9. This card completed my Gretzky O-Pee-Chee basic registry set in 9.07.
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3. April- 1956 Topps #33 Roberto Clemente in PSA 8. My favorite Clemente card and a sweet PSA 8 to boot. My Clemente basic set still has some holes, so I'll have something to work in in 2012. Thanks, Matt!
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2. October- 1953-54 Parkhurst #27 Jean Beliveau in PSA 8. This card was another of those cards that eluded me for years. This card got my basic set to a 8.21
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1. March- 1951-52 Parkhurst #4 Rocket Richard in PSA 8. My set now stands at a GPA of 7.97. I dug deep for this example, but you'd be hard pressed to find a better condition Rocket rookie. Ah, my search for that card is OVER.
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Comments

  • drewsefdrewsef Posts: 1,894 ✭✭
    that's going to be hard to top, I can't pick a favorite, those are all outstanding
  • BunchOBullBunchOBull Posts: 6,188 ✭✭✭
    Wow...that's quite a year. My vintage pickups were lacking, less some progress on my raw '56 BB set. I'll try to put together a top 10 for my Thomas collection.
    Collector of most things Frank Thomas. www.BigHurtHOF.com
  • If I put my #1 up for this year it wouldn't crack Nathanael's Top Ten. Nice cards!!!
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  • BunchOBullBunchOBull Posts: 6,188 ✭✭✭
    I had a really good year in terms of my Thomas collection; I probably have 10 more pickups I'm just as pleased with, but this is a nice sample.

    2001 Absolute Home Opener Souveniers Home Run /25
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    1997 Zenith The Big Picture Unreleased Prototype
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    1997 UD SPx Grand Finale (limited to 50)
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    1997 Pinnacle Certified Team Pinnacle Mirror Gold /25
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    1997 Donruss Preferred FanFest Tins
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    1997 Bowman's Best Mirror Image Inverted Atomic Refractor
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    1992 Reebok Pump Shoe Tag
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    1992 Donruss Elite serial numbered to Frank's jersey number, 00035/10000
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    1987 Pan Am Blue Uncut Sheet
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    1987 Auburn Tiger Greats (first card with period signature)
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    Collector of most things Frank Thomas. www.BigHurtHOF.com
  • FrozencaribouFrozencaribou Posts: 1,084 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the kind words, guys. I've been a lifelong collector and I've NEVER had a year like this. I might just take a year off in 2012 to enjoy what I picked up this year.
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