Surprise in the mail and some oddball items

 One of the reasons why I started this blog was to help keep track of my cards. My main collecting habits right now is collecting Hockey autographs but mostly collecting the Women of Hockey autographs. I will also be discussing Baseball as well, as I collected many tobacco cards through the years and I am working on a nice article for a future blog post so stay tuned for that. Will also show some oddball items for Football and a few sheets in this post.

Today I will discuss different cards that I have picked up recently. The first card I want to show is from a very gifted hockey player as she played 4 seasons for the Ohio State Buckeyes. She also went on playing in the 2010 Winter Olympics which were held in Vancouver, Canada.

The player I am referring to is Lisa Chesson who played 4 seasons for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Her 4 year totals are 145 games played, adding 27 goals and 62 assists for a total of 89 points for a defenseman. Her Olympic totals were very impressive, she played in the 5 games scoring 2 goals and adding 3 assists. She and Team USA brought home the Silver medal during the 2010 Olympics. I was very excited from today's mail as I got back three cards from her first 3 years all signed. Another tougher autograph to cross off my wantlist.

This is Lisa Chesson's second season and what I love about this card is the great design as you can see in the background of another photo of her that resembles a mirage type of look along with the BUCKEYES along the right side of the card. 

This is her senior year the 2007-08 season as she earned the Assistant Captain letter. I Did not send her junior season card for her autograph because sometimes if you over send it can lead to getting none of the cards back signed but I hopefully will get that junior card of Lisa signed one day in the future. All of these cards made for the Ohio State Buckeyes were all sponsored by Holiday Inn as I will post the cards backs. Another interesting little tidbit is the size of these cards. They measure 3 1/2 X 2 1/4 making them much smaller than a standard card.

   

These are the three card backs of Lisa Chesson. The card on the left is from her senior season, the middle card is from her Sophmore season and the card on the right is her rookie card showing her with Shelby Aldous. I like the small inset photos and the senior year card has questions that she gave her choice answer. I really Love these cards and am very happy I got these all signed.

This sheet contains 6 different players from the 1988 Chef Boyardee and the entire set consists of 24 players which is a total of 4 sheets. You had to send in 10 proof of purchase of Chef Boyardee items and $1.50 shipping to receive the set. These are a unique item and the backs are easy to see and read with a bright red.

I do like the cards backs I can see MSA so that is who manufactured them. The cards are perforated for easy cuts if anyone wants single cards versus a entire 6 card sheet.

This card is from the 1994 Topps Finest and these cards are quite popular with collectors especially the refractors. I love the ones the did for hockey as the colors are electric and really standout. This card of Scott Fletcher I like how it looks more like a lithograph than a basic photo. This was one of Topps best designs or should I say their best Finest Designs.

This is another odd set, the Coca-Cola Monster's of the Grid Iron. This card is of Emmitt Smith also called Lone Star Sheriff. The set has 30 cards and there are a lot of unique names.

This sheet if from the 1993 Game day cards. This sheet has 6 cards and the entire set has 18 cards and 3 different sheets. This is a McDonald's issue and the cards are perforated for making the cards as singles.

This card is the 2024 Leaf Metal autograph card of Jessica Campbell who became the first female assistant coach in the NHL. She is currently with the Seattle Kraken. I love the design of this card as you can see the different metals throughout the card.

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HAPPY COLLECTING!!!