Hockey cards, collectibles and culture
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”
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%
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”
This card of Marcel Pronovost was the last ’57-58 Topps card I picked up at the Sun-Times Show back in March. It is the 20th card for my set. I still need 46 more to complete the 66-card set.
Jean Beliveau is the 51st card in my now-more-than-half-complete 1963-64 Parkhurst set. You may notice the crease going across the card–right under “Le Gros Bill’s” nose. Sure, creases suck. But the upside is that I only paid $10. For that price,
This card of Andy Bathgate is the 19th card for my 1957-58 Topps Hockey set. It is in rough shape–some wear on the front and a few corner creases–but I didn’t pay a heck of a lot for it. A near-mint copy of this card books for $40. For $8, I figured that this one was good enough to bring me one step closer.
TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOE
I’M HALFWAY THERE
AH AH
LIVING ON A PRAYER!
After much delay, here is my box break for my sixth–yes sixth!!!–box of 2010-11 Artifacts. Will I get yet another Buffalo Sabres autograph? Continue reading “2010-11 Artifacts Box Break #6”
I have been woefully behind in updating this blog lately, but as the school semester winds down I am finally getting a bit more free time. When I went to that card show last month, I bought quite a few 1963-64 Parkhurst hockey cards–and I finally have time to scan them. Here is card number 65, Johnny Bower. This is the 49th card in my set.
Both sides of the card are clean, but it is just a bit off-center. But I’ll take off-centering over creasing any day.
Johnny Wilson played in the NHL from 1951 to 1962. He skated for four of the Original Six teams during his career (Detroit, Chicago, Toronto and New York), and went on to coach for 14 seasons. He passed away late last year.
This is my 18th card in the 1957-58 Topps Hockey set.