Even with the world on shut down, group breaks are still a thing. On a whim, I grabbed a few spots in a 5 box break of Artifacts - Chicago, Montreal, and Carolina. I only ended up with 3 non-base cards in this, with nothing for the 'Canes. It is pretty easy to put the ones I did end up with in order.
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Something has to be on the bottom, and in this case, it is a appropriately coloured ruby parallel of Jonathan Toews. But no relic, and no ink, means this has to go on the bottom.
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You know a group break has gone well when an on-card autograph of a HOFer only gets a #2 spot. While I did grab a PSA encased autograph of Guy not that long ago, both of these are keepers. So, with this in #2, what is #1?
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How about a piece from the Chicago Stadium itself? The piece itself is encased in acetate, so I can't touch the item to determine exactly what it is, even though most checklists call it a piece of a seat at the arena. It is definitely a very unique item to add to my collection, and I think the only other seat in my collection is a piece of Forbes Field on a Josh Gibson card.
Landing two super rare, super interesting cards in a break for less than a price of a hobby box = AWESOME! I'd call both certain keepers, but I've shown in the past that I can be had. for the right trade, especially something of my less-than-reasonable list.
1991 Pacfic - Browning Nagle - Browning? Did they take his name off a toaster over?
1996 Pinnacle - Steve Young - Steve? That's not how you wear the helmet. Off to the concussion protocol tent?
1992 UD - Willie Green
2019 Donruss - Mario Addison - I start off this cube with a card of a new member of the Bills, and here's another one!
1997 Donruss - Yatil Green
1992 UD - Marty Carter
1985 Topps - Dieter Brock - Oldest card, complete with CFL stats on the back!
1996 Topps - Rick Mirer
1995 Classic - Frank Sanders
1991 Topps - Bruce Armstrong
1991 Stars & Stripes - Mark Clayton
1991 Pro Set - Gary Anderson
1990 Topps - Bruce Smith - BROOOOOCE!
1995 Fleer - Michael Zordich
2008 Select /999 - James Hardy - Yet another Bills card, this one being a /999 one. Shiny too!
1991 Stad. Club - Sean Landeta - Keep the kicker cards coming!
2011 UD University of Texas - Jerry Gray
2011 UD University of Texas - B.J. Johnson
2005 Rookie Debut - Steve McNair - Another 2/14 card! It is a need too!
1996 Ultra - David Palmer
1992 UD - Dana Hall - More infield dirt on a football card.
1991 Score - Randall Cunningham
2011 UD University of Texas - Dominique Wright
2011 UD University of Texas - Vince Young - Let the great photos in the Texas set continue!
1995 UD - Joe Montana - While they don't seem wrong, Montana on the Chiefs cards just seem...off.
2011 UD University of Texas - Vince Young/Colt McCoy
1991 Ultra - William Perry
1999 MVP - Ellis Johnson
1990 Pro Set - Perry Kemp
2004 Bowman - Kelly Campbell
2002 Ultra - Johnnie Morton
1991 Pinnacle - Jerry Gray
1990 Fleer - James Thornton
1991 Ultra - Neal Anderson
1995 Score - Jerome Bettis
1992 UD - Steve Emtman - Almost 300 pounds of DL taking flight!
1992 Pro Line - Bubby Brister
1990 Pro Set - Eugene Robinson
1991 Stad. Club - Timm Rosenbach
1988 Topps - Mike Pitts - A classic design.
1989 Score - Bruce Smith - More BROOOCE!
1993 Skybox - Calvin Williams
1994 Coll. Choice - John Thierry
1991 Ultra - Mike Singletary
1991 Stad. Club - Keith Byars - A great photo that shows you don't need to have a tight crop to show the 'every inch matters' nature of football.
1997 Skybox Premium - Quentin Coryatt
1995 Fleer - Neil Smith
1997 Skybox Premium - Andre Reed - Yet one more Bills content.
2000 Chrome - O.J. McDuffie
2002 SPA - Donovan McNabb
1993 Bowman - Brad Muster
1995 Fleer - Neil Smith
1991 WLAF - Rob Sterling - I'm starting to really enjoy the obscurity of these WLAF cards.
2019 Donruss - Fletcher Cox
1998 Momentum - Jerald Moore
1993 UD - John Baylor
2012 Leaf Draft - Trevor Guyton - My final hit. A pretty nice photo with the stadium rising behind the player, especially on an unlicensed card.
1990 Topps - Darrell Thompson
1991 Stad. Club - Darryll Lewis
1991 Pacific - Neil Smith - I've found a lot of Neil Smith in this cube - might as well scan one of 'em!
2004 Tradition - Steelers Leaders - A shame a great name like Kimo Van Oelhoffen only gets 1/4 of the card.
1990 Pro Set - Bill Fralic\
1990 Score - Naz Worthen - AT least Naz got a full card.
1992 Collector's Edge - Floyd Turner
2011 UD University of Texas - Shea Morenz
1990 Fleer - Chris Bahr - Part 2 starts off with a kicker card.
1995 Score - Darnay Scott - Looks like a post-TD celebration.
2001 Game Gear - Shawn Bryson - Bills content.
1991 WLAF - Don Matthews - The late Don Matthews would go on to make the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. His only mainstream cards would be WLAF ones, though.
1996 Topps - Dave Krieg - I'd completely forgotten Krieg spent time with the Cardinals, but he had a lot of one-season stops at the end of his career.
1999 Absolute - Cam Cleeland
1990 Pro Set - Chris Doleman
1990 Topps - Pat Swilling
1991 Stars & Stripes - Jeff George - Jeff saw yesterday's park creeper card and said "Big deal."
2019 Legacy - Alex Smith
1991 Stad. Club - Pat Swilling
1991 Pacific - Dave Szott - I originally read his name as Dave Snott. Because I am forever immature.
1990 Pro Set - Lawrence Taylor
1991 Score - Ed West
2011 UD University of Texas - John Wesley "Lam" Jones
1992 UD - Louis Oliver
1996 Topps - Rick Mirer
1994 Coll. Choice - Steve Bono
1991 Pinnacle - Tunch Ilkin
1990 Fleer - Mark Carrier
1990 Score - Albert Lewis - A gem of a photo from the junk wax era. You can just experience the "Oh crap." reaction of the Charger's receiver.
1990 Topps - Rickey Jackson
1991 Stad. Club - Mark Robinson
1991 Stad. Club - Mark Clayton
1995 Ultra - Calvin Williams
2017 Classics - Phil Simms - Again. I miss Classics.
1990 Topps - Hoby Brenner
2000 Gold Reserve - Tim Couch
1999 Edge - Rod Smith
1990 Pro Set - Tom Newberry
1990 Topps - Via Sikahema
1995 Classic - Todd Collins - Another Bills card. There was a lot of Todd Collins content in this. I'll have to compare this with my binder before sending anything off to Ann Arbor, though.
1992 UD - Chris Spielmann
1992 Edge - Pat Swilling - 3 Pat Swillings in this portion. I might as well scan one of them.
1990 Pro Set - Anthony Miller
1994 Coll. Choice - Mark Carrier
1992 UD - Tracy Scroggins
2016 Prizm - Jerell Adams - Hit #2. I think this was a retail parallel.
1993 Bowman - Darrick Lassic
1994 UD - Lewis Tillanm
2011 UD University of Texas - Scott Henderson
1991 Stad. Club - Ben Smith
1990 Topps - Jets team
1990 Pro Set - Brent Fullwood
1993 UD - Amp Lee - Like I'm not scanning a card of player named Amp.
1995 Pinnacle - Neil Smith
1992 Fleer - Tony Epps - The infield dirt makes another appearance.
1991 Score - Sam Mills
1999 Edge - Curtis Martin
1995 Ultra - Herman Moore
1995 UD - Neil Smith
1995 Topps - James Steward
1992 UD - Matt Darby - You'd have to turn this over, but this is a Bills card of a draft pick.
1995 UD - Steve Walsh
1990 Score - Tim Green
1992 Pinnacle - Jessie Tuggle - Infield dirt and a nice photo, but there's something really interesting on the back.
Born February 14th? How has this player eluded the collection? I'd call this an error, but a sampling of cards on COMC showed that those that had birthdates listed also had 2/14 down. Most online sources list it as 4/4, but there are a few 2/14 results. I guess I'm going to do what I do for guys like Kelly Stinnett and Boom Boom Geoffrion. Add them to the collection - but only add cards that list his birthdate as 2/14, or don't list it at all.
Consistency!
2011 UD University of Texas - Jamaal Charles - Another nice photo from this Longhorns themed set.
2011 UD University of Texas - James Saxton
2011 Press Pass Legends Gold /99 - DeMarco Murray - Numbered card!
1990 Pro Set- Mike Merriwether
1991 Stad. Club - Jim Breech - Kicker card! I'm still scanning all of them.
1990 Pro Set Super Bowl - Super bowl XIX
1993 Topps - Richard Dent
2018 Contenders - Jarvis Landry - How do you make a card where a logo is part of a design but the team doesn't really have one? Like this!
1991 Ultra - Dennis Gentry
1991 Score - Steve Jordan - Sure, he's a well-known name in Vikings history, but I more remember him for this:
That's the perfect way to end the first half of the repack!
