1963-64 Parkhurst #39 – Lorne (Gump) Worsley

Anyone who has followed this blog for a while knows that Lorne “Gump” Worsley is my favorite player from the Original Six era. I was not alive during that era, and Gump retired before I was even born. But I’ve read his autobiography so many times (I actually own TWO copies of that book) that I feel like I would have been a big fan of his if I was alive and following hockey back then.

That said, I was extremely thrilled to finally get my hands on this 1963-64 Parkhurst card of Worsley. It’s got a bit of dirt on the front–nothing that would offend a rough-and-tumble goalie like the Gumper (may he rest in peace).

Parkhurst Percent Counter: 54%

2011-12 SPx box break & Contest update

It seems that whenever I buy a box of cards for $100 or more, I am left with:

a stack of base cards
a limited rookie card of a nobody
jersey cards that no one wants
a large dose of buyer’s remorse

Of course, I remembered none of that when I bought this box of 2011-12 SPx. I have never purchased this product before, and was itching to give something new a try.

Each box has 18 packs (4 cards per pack) –plus a “Bonus Pack”. Here is what I got: Continue reading “2011-12 SPx box break & Contest update”

1963-64 Parkhurst #19 – George (Punch) Imlach

Card number 19 in the set, and my 53rd step towards completion. Like the Geoffrion card I posed last week, this card of Punch Imlach is in pretty darn good shape–just a tad off center on the front, and a bit more off center on the back.

Parkhurst Percent Counter: 53%

Cattle Thief & Maple Leaf

1992-93 Pinnacle card #233 – Sidelines Doug Gilmour

Why is Doug Gilmour dressed as a metrosexual cowboy?

Anyone who collected hockey cards in 1992 might have asked themselves that question. Of course, this was a good decade before the term metrosexual was even coined. Continue reading “Cattle Thief & Maple Leaf”

1963-64 Parkhurst #29 – Bernard (Boom Boom) Geoffrion

Way back in March, I bought a bunch of 1963-64 Parkhurst cards.I posted some of them back then, but not all, as I got busy with school and then the site redesign. But now I have time to do regular updates again.

I now have a full deck of these, as Boom Boom Geoffrion is my 52nd card in my more-than-halfway complete set.

Unfortunately, I’ve picked up most of the “cheapies” from this set, so now all that remains are the stars and superstars.

Parkhurst Percent Counter: 52%

2011-12 Panini Contenders box break

Panini is a company that I generally like, but truth be told I haven’t really cared for many of their products from this season or last season. It’s like they try really hard, but in the end they do a few things I dislike (glossy parallels in Score, making Ice Kings really hard to get, no updates for many of their sets, and so forth). So I am generally cautious when buying any of their hockey cards.

But then I saw this box of 2011-12 Panini Contenders at a local card shop. On the box it said “Three Autographs Per Box”. I haven’t opened anything in a while, i like getting autographed cards and I had a gift card burning a hole in my pocket.

The box had 18 packs, and each pack had 5 cards. Here is what I got: Continue reading “2011-12 Panini Contenders box break”