New Set For Month End

Happily, we get to see another set that is new enough for me, and starting in enough numbers that I am going to add this one to my slow build set...

Sure, it may just be the 2024 Topps flagship set, but it's new to me to see cards in this number, and I expect more in the lot, so happy to collect this one. It's definitely a different design than prior years, but I can go with something different, and another set to collect is good for making some more trades.

Happily, just a few dupes in the bunch, so we get about 30 cards from this set. I like the different look, a bit of a bar lighting / night life kind of look. The photography is great as usual.

The backs of the cards look so much cleaner with black and white use makes it look much cleaner. Some of the other more recent years have done this, versus the mid 2010s when colour was everywhere.

I'm not going to go yet and add all the missing cards from the set to my want list, but maybe when I am done getting through the lot. Always exciting to begin a new set!

Build of A Set and Insert Set

 1992-93 O Pee Chee as a set, is one I am slowly building.. Mainly because I have come across enough of it to take a go at it, but I don't mind the design.

I am getting near to 90% done on the base set, but do have a few knocked off with these cards today including Holik above, Cujo and Barrasso below.

Design isn't a favourite, but early 90s was a great time following the sport, so always love seeing the names of the day, including Ray Bourque - amazing defender.

Isn't just the base set that came up, but an insert set I was about half way on, but now am about 75% done on...

The 25th anniversary insert set highlights the changing designs over the 25 years for the O Pee Chee sets, with a card for each year reprinted on the front, and a slight difference to the back, so as not to confuse with the original cards, which I can absolutely appreciate.

I needed Mike Bossy above, and all of the cards below except Esposito....

A nice little set to commemorate how much O Pee Chee changed and grew over those 25 years. The big name I need from the run though is Gretzky, though still a few others as well, but I wouldn't be surprised to see them later in this lot as these aren't expensive cards or anything, but a nice summary insert set.

Assorted Baseball

We keep slowly working through the 2026 Lot and it is what I'd expect it to be - fun, different and adding something to my collection here and there.

The assorted baseball is from a few different sets today and we start off with a familiar set.. 

Except, this isn't 1990 Topps, it's actually 1990 O Pee Chee. You can't really tell from the fronts as these are the same in both, but on the back, the copyright line says O Pee Chee and the back cardboard /colour is a but lighter than the Topps cards.

These cards are from 1988 Pacific League Legends which is a nice set highlighting stars from the past that had time in the league. Not a bad set and I have a soft sport for these "stars of yesteryear" sets but nit one I plan on collecting myself yet.

A few more Bowman cards and a run of 6 cards from 1992 McDonalds Donruss MVP set. I do have the set but a good use of the 1992 Donruss design on the McD cards.

We end with a few actual 1990 Topps cards, including a couple Blue Jays for the collection - a great way to end this one!

More Pro

 Another visit from the 2026 Lot and the Pro Set fairy. Spoiler - nothing here that is getting to stay in my collection, but that doesn't stop us from seeing if there isn't anything of interest or neat to see.

May not be for me, but Bruins cards will find an easy home I can get them too soon. Otherwise, heavy on the Pens...

I haven't bothered showing some of the backs of the cards on the subsets, but let's take a look at some of them here since we have seen a lot of these cards recently from the lot anyway...

The summary for the coaches makes sense, and nice that you can put some stats on the cards of course. Can't do that the same way with the referees, though it would be interesting to see if you could put stats for the refs now with all the technology - whether it's things like penalties called a game or something odd like that, would be interesting to come up with some stats for refs. I mean, they are obviously "graded" in order to decide who works play off games or the Stanley Cup - so insight would be amazing to stick on the cards.

As for today - they go to the trade pile for anyone interested!

More Hockey

 Can't escape the hockey from the 2026 Lot, and we have more 1991-92 Upper Deck to show! All of there with the UPPER DECK text hologram if you are wondering, and as you can seem, some are of the French version, and not just the English.

Still have to enjoy a good goalie card like Tom here, nice use of the horizontal lay out for the card. Might have been some team grouping to how these were sorted given the number of Canucks and North Stars here.

May not be a top name Leaf, but I'll happily take another Tom Fergus Leaf card coming in the mix here.

Heh - I still see Booger every time I come across a Doug Bodger card - just how the name looks lettered on the jersey, but still sticks to me as booger to this day....probably not the only person who sees it. Or maybe I am and I am just odd that way...

Baseball (and a couple) Prospects

 A few baseball cards from the 2026 Lot, so let's see who we have show up today...

I can't really complain with getting prospect cards becasue they are inserts, so I do get to add to my collection that way, though I may not need a handful of each, but traders work too.

Seem to be early 2010s Bowman may have some more "hits" for me as we go. Nice to see these aren't the only sets for baseball showing up as we have a couple more interesting and less widely found...

Newer Bowman, and Finest from the similar early 2010s frame - very nice. Can't complain about a Kershaw pick up. Clayton is one of those players that I remember the start of his career and think of it not being that long ago, so when we get to the end of the career - such a reminder of how old I am getting!

Definitely the winner of the cards today has to be the Kershaw though - may not be an action packed photo, but a very nice pickup for trade if nothing else.

Early 90s Hockey

 The 2026 Lot has had plenty of newer cards so far - 2023-24 Upper Deck Allure being a set there has been a bunch of, but the early 90s has to be represented when buying an assorted sports lot, and we get a few more of such hockey sets represented today.

1991-92 Upper Deck hockey is a great design, and the fact the set had a French equivalent shows just how big collection was at the time. Sports cards were big news!

Easy enough to tell the language difference, but the design was kept the same. A couple Bruins cards to give away which is nice - but no Leafs unfortunately.

1991-92 O Pee Chee I like much less. The set is fine, but I picked up the complete set as a kid and the insert set I have had completed foe a long while, so nothing new to get except Leaf cards, though I have a full tram set already as well. With no real upside, not so excited to see them in lots.

We end with some McD cards which were very cool at the time. I have the complete set so again, Leaf hunting which falls short today. Nice variety in sets though, and at least it's hockey!