Card of the Day - 2012/13 Panini : Bernie Nicholls Autograph

I was fortunate enough to have met former King Bernie in person at an in store appearance almost 2 years ago (man how time flies). While I picked up a few items at that time I still wanted to have an on card autograph of his. Of course so many other things took precedence since then that only now was I able to lock one down for my collection.

I have noticed that the best bang for my buck for Kings autographs have been from the Panini brand as I believe this is my 3rd such card from that brand. When searching for past Kings players that are not the big names i.e. Luc, Gagne, et al my cap is at most $5 but thankfully most if not all could be had in that ballpark and Bernie here was no exception. 1 bid is all it took for me to win this card for the grand total of $2.98. Not ... too ... shabby.

Thank you for reading and have a blessed day.

-Penguin

Upcoming Player Appearance / Signing : Bernie Nicholls @ Dr. Liu's Optometry On July 12, 2014

Last month my good friend Dr. Liu brought in Bernie Nicholls for a private signing for a few lucky people and I was one of the fortunate ones that got to attend the event. You can read about it in this RECAP . Well the Dr. has decided to bring back Bernie and this time it is going to be a public event and if you are one of the first 50 in line it's FREE ! The event will be held on Saturday July 12th at 2:30 in the afternoon and will run for a hour.

Each autograph will come with a photo op with Bernie. If you want another autograph you may purchase one BUT you have to buy a photograph at the store. They will have 8 x 10 for $5 or 11 x 14 for $10. For clarification, the first autograph is FREE which can be used on any item you bring in but if you want another autograph you must purchase a photo from the Dr.'s office and Bernie will sign that photo.

If you have never been to Dr. Liu's for a signing you can expect a professional and well run event with fellow fans that you can converse with and if you have been there you know you can expect the best.

Go Kings Go !!!

Player Appearance Recap : Bernie Nicholls @ Dr. Liu's Optometry on May 24th, 2014

This past Saturday the good doctor Alex Liu had a private signing for a handful of patients. A couple days prior Dr Liu sent out an email to patients informing them that he was going to have former King Bernie Nicholls at his office and the first 15 people to respond to the email would have the chance to come down and have a meet and greet with Bernie. Autographs and photo ops would be included. One minute after I received the email I sent a response back that I would love to attend and I was lucky enough to one of the 1st 15.

Included with the meet and greet was the one autograph but you could purchase one more if you wanted which is what I planned to do. I had brought in a puck for Bernie to sign but I also wanted a 8x10 of him in King's gear as well. Thankfully as always the Dr. had some to chose from.

Signing was set to begin around 3 and with the small amount of people it moved quickly. If only all signings could be this easy. This was the first time I met Bernie and he was cordial and polite with everyone. He first signed the puck in silver deco. I think it came out great.

Next up was the 8x10 I purchased. He had a interesting signing process for pictures. He took the picture and held it up and proceeded to sign it. No table for this guy. Thought it was only me he did that to but I saw him do it to the next person after I was done. It got the job done but I have never seen it that way. Whatever works for you I guess.

I was heading out and the good doctor had one last photo left and I was the one patient next him and he said, here you go, have him sign this as well. Oh yeah, freebie. It was the last one because it shows Bernie in Shark gear. Bernie was heading out but I was able to get him to sign this in his patented in the air process. Yes, its him in Shark gear but it is another autograph for the collection. I could always trade it out at some point.

Another successful autograph event at the optometry office. Thank you again to Dr. Liu and his staff for hosting the event and thank you to Bernie for taking time to sign and chat for fans. Can't wait for the next signing. Go Kings Go !!!