The most interesting item was this 1980-81 Topps Whalers team poster insert. 1979-80 was the Whalers' first year in the NHL (Gordie Howe is in the front row.) I was expecting this to have more wear and tear but it looks great!
Three more 1980s Whalers I needed.
A nine-pocket page worth of set fillers from 1993-94 Fleer Ultra basketball. I've completed the 1992-93 Ultra set, and now I'm at 69.3% completion of this one.
Some more set fillers here. I finally finished 2019 Topps baseball, though I could use a couple upgrades. The Singletary is a huge upgrade to my 1986 Topps football set, my previous copy was creased. I've had a hard time finding a well-centered Al Toon RC. This one isn't 50/50 but it's good enough.
Some team favorites here, including a Ted Williams insert from 1992 Upper Deck. The John Garret isn't a team PC card, and it isn't part of a set build... yet.
I was thrilled that these Hall of Fame Habs were in fantastic shape. I've had so many bad experiences trading for vintage-ish OPC hockey cards that I almost quit TCDB trading. In fact the 1982-83 OPC Shutt is an upgrade over a creased copy I got in an earlier trade.
There were two reasons I kept at it - to finish my 2019 Topps baseball set, and to complete 100 transactions. I couldn't be happier that this deal accomplished both those things and more. Transactions #101 and #102 (which will be trade #100) are already in progress.
Btw, this brings my current card count up to 98,002! However that number will go down as I have a stack of cards ready to ship out to a blogger tomorrow.
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