Just got back today from Canada. Spent the last 4 days up in Edmonton and Calgary buying all kinds of stuff. Had a lead on a OPC set run and was able to make a few other contacts in the area to make the trip worth while. It turned out better than expected even though 2 other people backed out.
After a long day Friday after flying and a 3 hour drive from Calgary to Edmonton, just chilled and got ready for Saturdays scheduled meetings. The 1st stop was a complete run of OPC Baseball sets 1965 through 1976. He had 1977 on up but I didn't want them. Along with the sets, also got around 750 extra 1971 OPC singles with about 50 high numbers.
After this deal got over which took around 3 hours, went back to the hotel and waited for the next scheduled meet up. This was at the hotel and we didn't agree on what was being offered.
Sunday morning met up with a guy who we were in contact with for a while. He sold us a 1971,1973,1974 and 1975 OPC Baseball sets.
2 OPC Baseball 1971 sets in 2 days! Wow is all I can say
After this deal went down, met up with someone else and picked up a 1969 OPC Hockey set.
This was all up in Edmonton. After the 1969 set was purchased, started going back to Calgary. On the way back, got a phone call from the guy who sold us the 2nd batch of OPC sets. Told me he knows a guy in Calgary who is motivated to move inventory from a store that got closed down. He provided me the phone number and went straight to this guys house. Didn't know what to expect but was blown away!
For starters, picked this 1979 OPC Hockey set. The set is NM-NMMT but the gretzky although looks very nice, is probably a 5. It does have a surface issue.
Dug through all kinds of boxes and found a few more goodies...
Then he told me he had some OPC Baseball. Brings me a couple binders and when I opened them up, I was shocked! Another 1971 set! Although not complete. I would say about 80% complete.
The other binder was a 1970 OPC Baseball set.
Then he takes me to his garage where there was all kinds of stuff. In a big container I opened, I found these and when I noticed them, my jaw almost hit the floor!
Unfortunately the packs in the boxes were all opened up and the cards were in the boxes.
I will say however, 1979 and 1981 OPC is as difficult as any year when it comes to centering. These cards look like they were opened and put back in the boxes the year they were made - crisp and glossy. Centering on many of the star cards was just amazing!
Plane back to Texas on Tuesday....
Will have lots of new inventory listed on the website soon.
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