New Elton Brand, Henrik Lundqvist, Dale Earnhardt Jr.

I'm more of a collector of opportunity- I collect everything, and usually pick up as many cards as I can for as little output as possible. But I do have my favorites. Elton Brand for NBA, Henrik Lundqvist for NHL and Dale Earnhardt Jr. for NASCAR. Even though most of the cards are numbered or relics, they are going in this post instead of the SN/Relic posts.

Presented here in order of the card's release.

1999-00 Topps Gallery Player's Private Issue. SN 079/250.

 2000-01 Fleer Authority With Authority. I didn't set out to look for this card, but when I was paging through the Serially Numbered cards sorted by lowest price first, and this Elton showed up on the second page, I would have been a fool to not purchase it! SN 716/999

 2004-05 Finest Red X-Fractor, SN 49 of 59.

 2004-05 Flair Final Edition Courtside Cuts Patch Silver. Only 28 of these were ever made, and now I have one!

 2006-07 Be A Player First Exposures, my first relic for him!

 2006-07 Topps Trademark Moves Wood, SN75.

2012 Showcase. I had the 1/1 and the SN5 already, but not the base card, so I had to correct that. This is the only Dale Jr. card I got in this order...prices were a little high, possibly because I was doing my shopping right around the time he announced his retirement.

 2012-13 Prestige Bonus Shots, SN235/249

2013-14 Gold Standard. One of the very few cards to show Elton in a Hawks jersey. He was with them for two years and got a grand total of (I think) 3 cards and 1 sticker while a member of the team. (not counting parallels)

2015-16 Upper Deck Foil. This parallel is ePack exclusive. I am not a fan of Epack, being a base card guy for the most part, but I added this card to my order anyway (and backed it up with Antti Raanta for good measure! Get it?)

 I've already started adding more cards of my favorites for my next COMC shipment, whenever that may be.