Category: 1963-64 Parkhurst

Card 13 in my Parkhurst set. That’s…13%! A lucky 13%. Harris is the third Maple Leaf card that I’ve added in my slow march to a complete ’63-64 Parkhurst set.

Another Friday, another Parkhurst card. Claude Provost here is my 12th card in my slowly-growing ’63-64 Parkhurst set. Sure, we all dig the flags seen on the backgrounds of the Toronto and Detroit cards, but there’s something so cool about the horizontal stripes on the Montreal cards. This one is particularly striking because the green and yellow stripes contrast so sharply with the red and blue of Provost’s uniform.

Jena-Guy Talbot was featured on two cards in the 1963-64 Parkhurst set, and I now have both. This is my eleventh card, bringing me up to…11% of a complete set. A slow march. Snails pace, sure, but I am trying to build this set on a shoestring budget. After all, collecting is a waiting game.

Ten! Yes, now I have 10 out of 99 cards from the 1963-64 Parkhurst hockey set. That’s 10% of the set–a milestone, you could say.

As you can see, this card has two wicked creases. I purchased it in the same lot as the Jean-Guy Talbot and Gilles Tremblay cards.

The eBay listing did not mention creases, and the photo was too small to see any defects. The dealer offered to refund me $5 (one-third of the total purchase price for the three cards, excluding shipping). But I decided to hang onto it. I can always upgrade later.

This dude has the first name of two of the greatest Montreal Canadiens ever. “Jean”, as in Jean Beliveau; and “Guy” like Guy Lafleur. If his last name was only Richard…

This is card number 9 in my slowly-rendering 1963-64 Parkhurst set. Only 90 more to go.

This is one cool card. Tremblay’s gaze is solemn. The horizontal lines add to the seriousness of the composition. All of that is slightly undermined by his mouth, which is trying very hard not to smile. It is as if he is trying to show that he is a proud member of Les Habitants, but at the same time cannot completely stifle his exuberance for being on the Canadiens.

Nah. I’m probably just reading way too much into that. Either way, this is the 8th card I’ve added to my Parkies set (91 to go).

As much as I’d love to add something new to this site every day–and I really should if I ever want to build up a following–it is sometimes impossible due to my college schedule. I had a final project that involved a long article (about 1,200 words), an interactive flash piece and a short video. The good news is that it was about comic books. With school done for a few weeks, I can now dote on this site for the next few weeks.
I recently added the 7th card to my still-diminutive 1963-64 Parkhurst hockey set. It is dinged at the bottom–which is hard to see with the “PUCKJUNK.com” watermark over it–but good enough for this set (considering that my Gordie Howe card has a pin hole and ink on it). Seven down, 92 to go…

I’ve finally added a Montreal Canadiens player to my upstart 1963-64 Parkhurst set-in-progress. I purchased this card at the same time I purchased the Pete Goegan card. It has a few medium creases on the front, as well as some dirt (above his head, to the right).

But like the Goegan card, this Gauthier card cost me the princely sum of $3.24, including shipping (the dealer only charged me $2.50 to ship the two cards, then mailed them in a plain, stamped envelope).

Maybe when I’m rich, famous, or rich AND famous I’ll be able to afford a near-mint version of this card. Until then, I’ll just have to settle for this war-torn veteran.

And yes, for those keeping score at home, this is the 6th card in the set I started a year ago. Only 93 more cards to go.

Another card for my fledgling 1963-64 Parkhurst set. Admittedly, I am a bit disappointed in its condition. In the eBay auction, it looked OK, but once I received it I see it has a lot of creases, even more than the Gordie Howe card that I bought last year. Most likely, I did not scrutinize the photo in the eBay auction as good as I could have. No matter, as I paid a grand total of $3.24 for this card, including shipping. Yes, it is not the greatest-looking card in the world, but I am a collector on a budget. Not to sound defensive, or anything.

And this makes 5 cards out of 99.

Last week, I added another card from the 1963-64 Parkhurst set to my collection. This one is of Hall of Fame Coach/GM George “Punch” Imlach. It cost me $5. I now have 4 of the 99 cards in this set.