2000/01 SPx Johnathan Aitken Spectrum RC 8/50!
Back in 1997, I would read anything related to hockey. My dad worked for the airlines, so if someone left a magazine or paper behind and it was sports related, he would take it home for me to read. One week he got a hockey publication from Brandon, Manitoba that someone had left behind and he gave it to me. I was glued to reading about this hockey team I had never heard of before called the Brandon Wheat Kings. They talked about Cory Cyrenne, Kelly Smart, Peter Schaefer, Burke Henry and Johnathan Aitken. Not exactly household names, but these guys quickly became legends in my mind. Later that summer, Boston chose Aitken with the 8th overall pick in the NHL Draft and I tried to grab any cards of him that I could find. Now, in 2016, I can say I now own 100% of his cards. Although he only had a brief career in the NHL, I'm still a fan of his because had I never latched on to this team, I'm not sure I would even pay attention to anything other than the NHL. I'm still a Wheat Kings fan to this day. I pay attention to their players currently, and also in the NHL and even have a iphone case cover of the Wheat Kings.
Moving on to some of my auction grabs..
I ended up selling a few more things from the spring cleaning that I did. I found a pile of football cards that I listed and although they took a bit longer to sell, they eventually found a new home. I also ended up selling one of my 1/1's from my collection that I no longer wanted. This gave me some money to put away in savings, and also some money to play around with. I ended up bidding on a bunch of 1998/98 SP Authentic Future Watch Power Shift Parallels and some other things that caught my eye. 2 cards in particular had been on my wantlist, so I was happy to finally check those off. Below is the haul:
All are 1998/99 SP Authentic
Future Watch Danny Briere RC /2000 (to the PC!)
Future Watch Scott Kelman Power Shift RC /500 (to the PC!)
Future Watch Peter Reynolds Power Shift RC /500
Future Watch Johnathan Zion Power Shift RC /500
Future Watch Mike Zigomanis Power Shift RC /500
Future Watch Rory McDade Power Shift RC /500
Future Watch Olli Jokinen Power Shift /500
Wendel Clark Power Shift /500
Trevor Linden Power Shift /500
Mark Messier Power Shift /500
Daniel Alfredsson Power Shift /500
The Scott Kelman is heading to the PC because that guy is an enigma to me. A 1st Round pick of the Coyotes, never making the NHL, playing for 13 different teams. He's definitely traveled during his career and for some reason that intrigues me. The Briere is just a card I've always wanted, but felt it was always going for more than I wanted to spend. I got it for $3 and I think that's a fair price. As for the rest, I'll probably trade them at some point or sell them as a lot.
The other 2 cards that I purchased from the same seller were SUPER rare cards that are serial #'ed to 10. Can't blame a guy for grabbing them ultra cheap!
2000/01 Be A Player Memorabilia Danny Cleary Emerald 6/10
2007/08 Upper Deck High Gloss Gilbert Brule 2/10
A friend of mine was talking to me about his recent acquisitions and was boasting about a sweet Game Jersey card from Upper Deck he got of Andy Pettitte that was made to look like the Game Jersey cards from 1996. Hearing this made me think about 1996, when a kid pulled the Ken Griffey Jr Game Jersey from a pack at the sports card shop I used to frequently go to. The shop owner told me the kid came in bought 3 packs and BAM! pulled the Griffey. I ended up finding one of these 1996 Game Jersey cards and it was reasonably priced, so I ended up buying it. It's actually a pretty cool card. I remember the player being ridiculously amazing in the infield, but couldn't hit worth squat. One of these days, I will get my hands on one of the hockey ones, until then, I will keep this one in my PC. Here is my 1996 Game Jersey card...
1996 Upper Deck Game Jerseys Rey Ordonez
