Hockey cards, collectibles and culture
I will be at the 2012 Blackhawks Convention. I hope to get autographs from Dave Manson, Daniel Carcillo, Brandon Bolig and Andrew Shaw. Wish me luck.
If you want to say hi, send me a text message at: 312-320-4378
I will be there Saturday for sure, but I’m iffy about Sunday.
The other day, Tim (The Real DFG) wrote about some redemption cards he received in the mail. This prompted me to check my status for a 2010-11 SP Authentic autographed game-used patch card of Patrice Bergeron, limited to 100 copies.
I pulled the redemption card in August 2011, but did not get around to registering it until October 2011. Yesterday, I took a look at the Upper Deck website:
Under status, it reads “Athlete committed to signing soon, please be patient.”
Please…be….patient?!?!?
Seriously, Upper Deck? The set of cards came out in 2010-11. The 2011-12 season is already over, and the 2012-13 season is 3 months away…and they’re telling me to be patient?
Now, I know that Upper Deck can’t ship a card until the player signs it and sends it back. So, this begs the question, where in the world is Patrice Bergeron?
Apparently, he’s someplace where they don’t have Sharpie markers.
**Grumble**
UPDATE: The story continues here.
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My third box of Enforcers–and probably my favorite. Continue reading “ITG Enforcers Box Break #3”
Last weekend, I found some more 1972-73 O-Pee-Chee cards that I needed for my set build. Many of them were commons, but 12 of them were pretty awesome and worth scanning. So, for your enjoyment, here are a dozen cards from the ’72-73 OPC set:
272 – Goals Leaders
283 – Assist Leaders
280 – Scoring Leaders
127 – Hart Memorial Trophy
111 – Phil Esposito
226 – Tony Esposito (1st Team All-Star)
136 – Gilbert Perreault
197 – Tim Horton
145 – Ken Dryden…unfortunately, I think this card was trimmed, and I did not realize it until I got home. It measures about 2 3/8″ x 3 3/8″.
185 – Serge Savard
190 – 2nd Series Checklist (unmarked)
334 – 3rd Series Checklist (unmarked)
I now need only 108 cards to complete this set.
Oh yeah, I know, these cards are sooooooo January 2012. And here it is, July already. I may have busted these boxes 6 months ago, but I’m finally getting around to scanning and sorting my 3 box breaks. Continue reading “ITG Enforcers Box Break #2”
I took 3 small steps — followed by 3 big steps — forward in completing my 1963-64 Parkhurst Hockey set.
First up, the 3 “commons” I bought:
15 – John MacMillan
61 – Allan Stanley
87 – Jean Gautier
And here are the 3 “big cards” I purchased:
23 – Henri Richard
69 – Eddie Shack
77 – Frank Mahovolich
Now I am down to needing just 34 cards in this set.
Parkhurst Percent Counter: 65%
If there was ever a hockey card that made me both laugh and vomit at the same time, this would be the one. Entitled “New Kids on the Ice,” this bootleg card pictures Eric Lindros, Sergei Fedorov and Ed Belfour on the front.
Those players remind me of hockey in the early 1990s, which in turn makes me smile. But the title at the top is an obvious reference to the popular boy band of the time, New Kids on the Block. And that makes me nauseous. Hence the dual feelings elicited by this fake card.
My main focus when it comes to old Parkies is the 1963-64 set, but the 1953-54 set is a close second. Last weekend, I bought 5 cards from the 1953-54 Parkhurst set.
41 – Marcel Pronovost
44 – Marty Pavelich
85 – Dave Creighton
88 – John Pierson
97 – William Frank Martin
These 5 put me at 37 out of 100 cards in the set. Once I finish up my 1963-64 set, this one will become a bigger focus.
At the card show last weekend, I spent a lot of time sifting through quarter boxes — more so than I usually do. What unknown treasures might they hold???
Truth be told, I would never, ever beat the 2 Topps C55 Marc-Andre Fleury Rookies I found for 10 cents each a few years ago. Or so I thought.
Dun, dun, dunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!
When the three days were over, I picked up almost an embarrasing amount of decent cards – all for a quarter each!
Here are the best cards I found in the darkest depths of the quarter box: Continue reading “It Came from the Quarter Box”
I took one gigantic leap forward in building my 1957-58 Topps set on Friday, when I picked up a rookie card of Hall of Fame goaltender Glenn Hall.
If anyone earned the right to be called “Mr. Goalie” it is him. Among other things, Hall played in 502 consecutive games, won the Calder Trophy, the Conn Smythe Trophy, the Stanley Cup 3 times, the Vezina Trophy 3 times and invented the butterfly style. See Wikipedia for the full list of accomplishments, which were nothing short of remarkable.
And rookie cards of remarkable players tend to be expensive–especially when from an older set. A near mint-copy of this card has a high book value of $400.
For me, buying vintage cards is always a delicate balance of lowering my standards far enough that the card is “in my range,” but not so low that I will regret the purchase later.
This card is far from perfect, but it is not horrible. The corners all have some “rounding” to them, and there’s a “dimple” above Hall’s outstretched arm.
The centering is not perfect, but that just adds to the “character,” right? And there is a tiny bit of paper loss towards the bottom (I did not notice that until I scanned the card).
I ended up paying $85 for this Glenn Hall rookie card. If this is the only copy of this card that I ever own, I’ll still be happy with it.