Saturday, March 26, 2016

One Card Post - Golden Nugget

What:  1997 Metal Universe - Mining for Gold #3 of 10 - Nomar Garciaparra
Where:  Central Sports Cards, Pawtucket, RI
How Much?:  $.25

Why?
:  Leave a die-cut Nomah insert from one of the gaudiest sets of the '90s behind in a quarter bin?  I don't think so!


Thursday, March 24, 2016

Enough Canvas to Paint a Picture

I feel like I've been posting a lot of the Upper Deck Canvas hockey inserts here recently, and you're about to get a whole slew of them today, but this was just too good a deal not to blog about.

I'm not sure if this year's set is more plentiful, or inserted at easier odds than previous years, but for whatever reason all 90 of the 2015-16 Series 1 Canvas cards have been listed for insanely cheap money on COMC compared to what they typically go for.  At this moment, every single one of the 90 cards can be had for 35 cents or less, with the majority of them going for 31 or 32 cents.  Do some quick, simple math and you figure an entire 90-card set can be purchased for less than a single retail tin of '15-16 Upper Deck hockey ($29.99).

Well, that's exactly what I did!  I'll spare you the commentary since the great images speak for themselves, but here are all 90 cards in order for your viewing pleasure!


























































































There you have it!  What a gorgeous set for $28 and change.  Plus, if you ship 100 cards from COMC (and these alone get you 90% of the way there) you get a $5 credit, so they're really even a bit cheaper when you look at it that way.

Best part of all?  At 90 cards these fit perfectly into 10 binder pages.  Mine are already in a binder and look amazing together.  Now, hopefully in a couple more months the same things happens with the Series 2 Canvas inserts, but that remains to be seen.  Anyway, if you're on COMC and enjoy these you can't go wrong!
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