MY CAREY PRICE COLLECTION
My Collection is small, but Pricey!
Updated 9 Mar 2010Just Another Reason To Cheer For Carey Price.
On November 12th 2009, Carey played and won against the Phoenix Coyotes. Even before the puck dropped, Carey had already displayed yet another reason to cheer.
That night Carey was wearing his special Remembrance Day Mask that will be auctioned off with proceeds going to Canadian Soldiers and their Families.
Well done Carey, we appreciate everything you do and I’m very proud to be your fan.
God Bless Our Infantry
2nd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Oct 2007
To be a goalie and drafted by Montreal is an honor all in it's own. Here's to you Carey, and a long career as a Canadien. "Behind every great player is an even better parent" Congrats Jerry and family. And to Jill W. Without you, my Price collection would have never got off the ground. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. And lastly to Carey, you are a true role model for all kids and fans alike. Good Luck this season. Oct 2007
Shane
These cards are not for Trade or Sale
2009-10Artifacts #24
Black Diamond #BD3 Horizontal and Die-Cut
Fleer #82
McDonalds # 24, Goaltending Greats
MVP Checklist, #141, Hart Candidates
OPC # 31
OPC Retro
SPx # 29
SPXcitement 843/999
Spx Spectrum 24/25
UD1 #18, All World Team, Face of the Franchise
UD1 GU Jersey Red
Victory #103
Victory Stars of the Game
2008-09
Artifacts and UD1
BAP 2/15
Black Diamond Quad
Between The Pipes base
Champs #15 x 2
Champs Mini C20
Fleer Ultra x 6
Fleer Ultra Ice Medallion 30/100
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Montreal Canadiens Centennial UD # 168
Montreal Canadiens UD Centennial Autograph # HABS-CP
MVP
MVP M7
OPC #177, #177 Parallel, All Rookie Team,Season Highlights
SPA # 87 x 2
SPA SP Notables 350/999
SPxcitement 98/99
Spx Winning Materials Spectrum 41/99
Trilogy Frozen In Time 657 & 008
UD 1 and Exclusives 95/100
UD 1 Masked Men
UD 1 Sophomore Seasons
UD 2 Favourite Sons
UD 2 Jersey red UD 2 Jersey Blue
UD 2 The New Guard
Upper Deck Biography of a Season
UD Ice Glacial Graphs
Victory Game Breakers GB-30 x 3
2007-08
Carey Price Game Used Stick / Yann Danis GU Stick autographed (the nicest item in my collection)
MVP rookie x 1
Ovation x 2 (I would like more)
OPC rookie
OPC rookie BGS 9.5
Rookie Headliner x 3
SP Authentic auto rookie (see pic for link)
SP Authentic Limited (see pic for link)
SP Game Used Rookie 15/50
UD ICE Frozen Threads UD Ultimate Auto Rookie BGS 9 09/99 Victory rookie x 13 (Looking for 31 in total)
BTP x 8
2006-07
Between the Pipes x 63
2005-06 Heroes and Prospects Emblems
2005-06 H&P NUMBERS
2005-06 H&P ser2 NET PROSPECTS DUAL (ELLIS)
Carey Price Auto 1 Carey Price Auto 2 Carey Price Auto 3 Carey Price Auto 4 Carey Price Auto 5 (Special thanks to Jill and Carey for these cards)
MY FAVORITE ROOKIE CARD x 2
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Dual Marks of Obsidian 1/10, 3/10, 5/10, 6/10, 7/10, 10/10
Hamilton Bulldogs Game Used Jersey
My New Custom Emblem
Carey Price Canadian Sports Magazine
Carey Price Montreal Canadiens 8 x 10
Carey Price Montreal Canadiens 8 x 10 autograph
Residence
Last year I made Carey's dad Jerry, a custom McFarlane of Carey. This year I made Jerry a Custom 12-inch McFarlane of Carey. I also made an extra 11 x 14 Custom picture of Carey's wins from the 2007-08 season for Jerry to frame and auction off or keep for himself.
So here is how it all went down. The doorbell rang, and as usual Matthew (7), and Meagan (5) went running up the stairs, as it's almost always the kids from our street wanting to play.
Matthew calls me and I come to see what's going on. He says that these packages were in the doorway. As soon as I saw the return address, the Ol light bulb went off, and I said "look guys, Carey sent your stuff back". Meagan screamed and said" CAREY, WHAT DID HE SEND ME". I pulled the mini goalie stick out and Matthew grabbed that right away, he said "is this for me", and I told him that it was but you have to hang it on the wall. He was happy with that. To be honest I've never seen any mini goalie sticks of Carey's yet, so it was a nice surprise.
Then out came the baseball. That was for me. I love baseball, and thought it would be a nice collectable. I was right. And the rest is TTM history. Please see the list below for pictures of the collectables received.
Jerry, thanks for getting these back to me. More great memories for my little rug rats. Talk to you soon, thanks.
A little advice for struggling Price (CBC's Elliot Friedman) 13 Feb 09
Team Canada autograph puck- That's Gold Baby!
Montreal Canadiens autograph puck
Carey Price Autographed Mini Goalie Stick
Autograph copy of the Hockey News
Custom 11 x 14 Autographed 2008 Wins List
Custom Autographed Base Plate for 12'' Custom McFarlane
2008 Sholi2000 custom cards x 7 all autographed
Autographed Baseball
The whole TTM
27 Aug 2007 "Carey Price Day In the Oliver Residence"
Game Used Auto Emblem
Custom Auto Team Canada Patch
06 H&P auto
07 BTP auto
07 Going For Gold
07 BTP auto 2
My New Pride and Joy. Price/Danis Game Used Sticks
Here's the youngest Canadien Player ever to be on the cover of the "Canadiens Magazine"
Price prepares for 2008-09 season with NHL's Montreal Canadiens
Mr. Price Anxious For New Season
Carey Price has come a long way -TSN
Price named 2007 World Junior Tournament MVP
5 May 2007, A Night to Remember
Well as a Carey Price fan, I would have to say that I reached the pinnacle of collecting tonight (5 May 07).
Bulldogs were in Winnipeg to play the Moose in game one of the semi's.
Well known that I have been in contact with Carey's billet from Tri-Cities for the last 2 years, she emailed me the other day to let me know that she and her husband were going to fly to Winterpeg to watch Carey play. I thought that was great, and made plans to watch the game too.
So 4 tickets, and 2 hours later on game day, we were off to the game. I met up with Jill (Carey's billet), and she handed me a nice little surprise (see pics).
We made plans to go downstairs after the game to meet up with Carey. While the family and I met up with Jill, she had her friends she was staying with with her. I met Chet Pickard (Tri City's goalie), his dad, and just drafted (WHL Seattle) brother. Then walks up Carey's dad, I recognized him as soon as he stopped. I saw him on TV during the World Juniors this past winter. Jill introduces me too him , and lets him know about my web site. I talk to Jerry for a while, he was interested in what I did for a living, and my Custom Sports figures (he and Jill are getting 2 Carey figures on the house).
I thought that was just great, and was very pleased. Then I overhear someone saying that a huge rain storm is coming in, and I tell Jill that we were going to leave, it is a 2 hours drive back to Brandon, and I wanted to get ahead of the storm and home by midnight. Then Matthew(6) and Meagan(4) my little rug rats start to cry because we weren't going to meet the Team Canada goalie who they saw on TV, and beat the Moose that night. We were walking towards the exit, and with all the crying, I stopped and said lets go meet Carey. We ran after the Price clique, and walked downstairs, waited a bit, and out comes Carey in T shirt and shorts. He hugs his dad, and all the people there, then Jill introduces us. All I have to say is wow! I never asked for any autographs as I already have lots of his cards, but we had a family picture taken by Jill's husband.
He's a good kid, and played very well against the Moose. Almost had a shutout but the Moose pulled their goalie and they popped one in with 27 seconds left in the game.
On the way home I couldn't stop talking about our little adventure, after asking Matthew and Meagan what they thought of Carey a hundred times, Matthew says "ok daddy we get it, you love him" I chuckled, and said "no I don't love him Matthew, I did it for you two just as much as for me, he's going to be a great goalie some day, and we met a future Canadiens Star. We'll (I) never forget this night."
A night to remember for the Oliver Family.
Ty Jill, it was a fun night.
Jerry it was nice meeting you, enjoy my site.
Shane
For almost 2 years, I plugged away at ITG cards. When I knew Carey was going to make the “Big Time”, the excitement grew with every series that was released.
For me it all started with the young gun. I knew I wanted as many as I could get, and I have been slowly adding to the yg series all year long. I have 6 now. 3 were pulled from various UD1 boxes, 1 was bought on eBay for fewer than 40 dollars (it was missing the UD logo on that back, and I had it replaced), and the last two cards were through online trading.
I completely skipped Black Diamond, and Trilogy. Of all the UD products in production, these two series don’t impress me one iota. If the cards ever become available through trades, then I’ll have them, however I feel that the price amount to buy these two rc’s is off the wall. To most Price collectors, the BD and Trilogy cards can easily be had through online sales, and usually between 30-45 for Trilogy, and BD goes on avg between 65.00-100.00. Not for me though.
Spx came out next for me. My first box yield the Price auto dual jersey rc. I was so excited, and still smile every time I look at it.
I didn’t buy any UD2. When I saw the extremely poor crop job on the rookie threads, I passed gas, and moved on. Keep in mind that I am up to 13 Victory rookie cards of Carey’s, and I’m not stopping until he is wearing other colors. All my Victories were through online trades, and I’ll try to keep it that way.
I was really excited about SPGU. I bought 2 boxes for the thrill of the hunt. I received a lettermark, but it was Bobby Clark. I then purchased 3 lettermarks. I had the P-R-I, and after doing some numbers decided that resale of these cards would get me other great cards. So I threw up the white flag, and moved on. I don’t have the rc of 99 yet, but it’s my main priority right now. Next to the yg, this year’s SPGU Price card is one of my favourites (yeah I know, they all are).
UD Ice has never been one of my favourite sets, ever! However after 12 boxes I it grew on me. The eye catcher were the Ice Premiers, and the UD Black jersey cards, and auto’s. I never did get the Price /99, but as all cards do, it will come down, and it shall be mine. I did manage to get 4 Blacks, one Ice Premiers (Card of the year for me, but it was Mason Raymond. Nucks4Cup owns it now). Lastly, I am only 10 cards away from the UD Black jersey set. The nicest jersey card produced in 2008.
My last Carey Price cards came from SPA. I bought two boxes. I got the rookie auto in one, and the SOTT in the other. After which I traded for one auto patch, and bought the second online. SPA Limited are truly a awesome card.
I passed on Ultimate and Sweet Shot. Too many sob stories for me to break it.
I bought 2 packs of OPC premier. I won’t do that again haha!
BAP, I bought 2 packs for fun. Not much fun in that haha. But I love the rookies, and the parallel’s . But as per normal you have to be a fan of BAP to buy by the box.
I guess we are at the end now. Ok we aren’t.
My case of the Cup arrived last night. I had a live online chat room break, and Beckett live break at the same time. I started at 7cdt, and finished near 9. The pre break talk was a flying. There were a ton of guys in the room, and always lots of chatting on what we all want, hope you get this card, and such and such.
I have to say. 2008 The Cup was the most fun I ever had. I received many great rookies. 2 Sam Gagner, one /99, and one rainbow, both outstanding patches. Setoguchi’s patch is wild, and the Robbie Schremp rainbow is freakin crazy.
I said before my break that all I want is one nice Canadiens card. Well I got two. Halak Rainbow /41, and Sergie Kostitsyn.
I think everyone had a great time. I know I did. There was only one smarty pants in the room. Instead of wishing me well, he asked me why I didn’t just buy the Carey Price rookie instead of buying a whole case? My answer was simple. Anyone can just buy what they want, but the thrill of the hunt is in slicing and rippin. He wished me well, and left. (damn Leaf fans).
So there it is. My 2008 adventure. Unless Montreal drafts another goalie that catches my eye and makes me say “this kid has potential”, I should be alright for a few years (Ken Dryden was the last player that I went crazy over). 2009 will be nothing but adding singles. I must say, a little cheaper than 2008.
DId you like the long read? Who gave up after para 2?
Ulkatcho Later!