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The Joy of Being a Niche Player Collector
Dec 11th
by Richard McAdam aka RGM81
Player collectors are a fun breed of hobbyist. As a collector of two current NHL players, I can readily attest to this. The endless scouring through eBay for good deals, waiting for months to track down that shockingly hard-to-find numbered-out-of-one-hundred parallel, and numerous searches through fellow collectors’ trade and sales threads at SCF are but three of the symptoms of being a player collector. In addition to these practices, there is one other special ritual that we perform roughly twenty-two times each hockey season: whenever a new product release’s checklist is posted on the manufacturer’s official More >
The Dreaded #2 RC
Nov 7th
By RGM81 aka Richard McAdam
I got back into card collecting because of a rookie. It was January 2008 and Carey Price was lighting it up for the Montreal Canadiens. I’m sure that many other collectors have a similar story. Rookie cards are what drives the hobby – they are a primary reason that people bust wax by the case. Hitting a major RC will pay for your box and then some. For the last couple of years I’ve observed a trend when it comes to the early-season product releases. The Hobby as a whole decides—it is never written down by More >
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