Hockey cards, collectibles and culture
Put on my blue suede shoes, And I boarded a plane… OK, in reality a few friends and I rented an SUV and drove to Memphis, Tennessee earlier this month. And for the record, I don’t own any blue suede shoes. So, you’re probably wondering if I saw any historical Civil War sites, or went … Continue reading “Memphis Card Store Pickups”
On Wednesday, it was announced that Italian card manufacturer Panini was granted a license to make NHL trading cards starting next season. Beckett had two different stories on the matter: Panini adds NHL license NHL Executive Dave McCarthy: ‘This Was a Difficult Decision’ For the better part of the past two decades, Panini has manufactured … Continue reading “Panini gets NHL trading card license”
I’ve seen these TriStar Hidden Treasures hockey cards floating around for a few years now, and have avoided them like the H1N1 Virus. Sure, they put an alluring (if you can call it that) photo of the 1951-52 Parkhurst Gordie Howe rookie card on the wrapper, along with several other small pics of desirable vintage … Continue reading “2006-07 TriStar Hidden Treasures pack”
A few days ago, I got some cards in the mail from Mark, a fellow blogger who maintains a site called Stats-On-The-Back. Attached was a note that read: Sal, 1 Cubs team set + every hockey card I own. Enjoy. Mark was giving away some of his baseball card collection, and gave me a complete … Continue reading “Thanks, Mark”
I was at a card show this past weekend, and suddenly decided that I am going to build a 1973-74 Topps Hockey set. OK, maybe not suddenly. Even my “sudden” decisions still seem to be mulled over. Truth be told, I never really cared for the ’73-74 design. The variance in border colors are rather … Continue reading “The ’73-74 Topps set build”
This week, I picked up a bunch of Upper Deck Young Guns rookie cards from various years. I *finally* got a Patrick Kane Young Guns card! I hope to get another one for my collection soon. I hate paying more than $10 for a “new” card, but I had to have this one (I paid … Continue reading “A ton of Young Guns”
I went to a card shop on Sunday, and purchased–among other things–a box of 2006-07 Power Play hockey cards. In retrospect, I paid more than I should have for the box–I now see that they don’t sell for much on eBay…damn. But at the time, the price that I paid seemed like a good deal–the … Continue reading “2006-07 Power Play box break”
Box number four in my OPC box breaks… – 183 base cards– 18 Marquee Rookies– 4 Base Parallels– 3 Team Checklists– 2 Season Highlights– 2 In-Action– 1 Stat Leaders– 1 Record Breakers– 1 Marquee Rookies parallel – 1 OPC Buyback (1989-90 OPC Vezina Trophy: Patrick Roy–again!!!) Why did I want two of these? Not only … Continue reading “2007-08 OPC wax box break #4”
Overlooked set has many good rookie cards Like the previous year, this season’s O-Pee-Chee set contained 264 cards. The first 198 cards were identical to the 1987-88 Topps Hockey set – both Topps and O-Pee-Chee use the same photographs. Cards of players traded in the off-season differ slightly in this set. Players who got traded … Continue reading “Review: 1987-88 O-Pee-Chee Hockey”
Robitaille and Oates stand out in this sleeper set. During the 1986-87 season, Topps increased its hockey set from 165 cards to 198 cards. This year continued the trend of 198 cards, as that seemed to be a comfortable number of cards for Topps to handle. Hockey cards were not popular in the United States … Continue reading “Review: 1987-88 Topps Hockey”