Three Cards and the Shaw

I worked out another trade on Sports Card Forum to pick up more cards from the 2017 Topps 1987 Topps insert set.  We'd agreed to a trade, when he mentioned to me that he had an Andrew Shaw 2016-17 SP Game Used sweater card.  I have a couple of them, but they are white swatches and this one was black.  He found a card that he could use and we made it happen!

2017 Topps 1987 Topps Baseball #8714 Henry Owens

2017 Topps 1987 Topps Baseball #8772 Blake Snell 

2017 Topps 1987 Topps Baseball #8788 Aroldis Chapman

 After getting these three in-hand, I have 12 of the 100 cards in the set.  I've put up a want list on the blog, if you have any to trade off.

2016-17 SP Game Used 2016 NHL Stadium Series Fabrics #CBAS Andrew Shaw

I mentioned that I had two copies of this card already, but they both were white pieces.  I was thrilled to pick this up.  In return he asked for a card that I picked up in a lot with one of the white-swatch Shaws.  The way I look at it, it's like I got two Shaw cards in the ebay lot!

It's About Time

You'd think that "It's About Time" would be in reference in the time that it took for a card I bought from feeBay to get to me.  I was completely shocked on Friday when it was delivered.  Somehow, shipping from Winnipeg to Fort Worth took less than two weeks.  That is quite abnormal in my experience.

It is about time that Andrew Shaw had another sweater card.  Shaw's first NHL cards appeared in 2011-12 product.  Until the release of 2016-17 SP Game Used, his only sweater card was his rookie (and parallels) in The Cup.

Let's be honest, jersey cards are a dime a dozen in the hobby anymore.  I know Shaw isn't an All-Star, but he's a two time Stanley Cup Champion that's also had a 20-goal season.  You'd think they could have fit him in over some fourth line winger on the Penguins at least once.

What matter is that he finally has more sweater cards now and the first one has arrived.

2016-17 SP Game Used 2016 NHL Stadium Series Fabrics #CBAS Andrew Shaw

2016-17 SP Game Used 2016 NHL Stadium Series Fabrics #CBAS Andrew Shaw (back)

It's here and I have another copy of this one (picked up in a lot) on the way.  Shaw has eight cards in SPGU and at least none of them are 1/1.  I feel that I have a puncher's chance at acquiring one of each.

THE ANDREW SHAW PROJECT STATS:
140/194 (72.1%) of all cards per Sports Card Forum
131/152 (86.2%) non-1/1
9/42 different 1/1s (21.4%)
9 additional cards not listed on SCF
Numbers as of February 4, 2017