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Post by GNick99 on Jan 14, 2011 13:21:52 GMT -5
Any of you guys ever buy hockey cards on Ebay? I bought a John Ferguson 1968-69. Only paid $5 plus it came with free shipping. Can't believe it what a buy.
Last few weeks I was clicking around for some hockey stuff, punched in John Ferguson one of my favs back in my childhood. Up came a card, the guy had it PSA graded it was a 7. I said what the hell, never get it but bid $4.99. I was the only bid. Arrived today in mail. Beautiful card. Some of those cards from late '60s and early '70s were nice looking cards. I like '68-69, '71-72 and '72-73 the best. Nice cards when they are mint
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Post by franko on Jan 14, 2011 14:14:58 GMT -5
gonna put it into the spokes of your bike?
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Jan 14, 2011 14:59:44 GMT -5
Franko, the only cards to go into the spokes of my bike were Esposito, Orr, Cashman, any Bruin or Leaf of the day.
I've got an extensive collection. Some of the gems I picked up over the years:
* Guy Lafleur RC $15.00
* Ken Dryden RC $2.00 (c'est correct, oui)
* Gretzky RC, $60.00 (I was in uniform and the guy liked that)
* Complete set of 74/75 OP Chee for $37.00 (various grade)
* Three binders of Habs cards from 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's
* Stopped collecting the Habs player cards (NHL and Habs Boutique) about four years ago. Up until then I had been collecting them since the mid-80's (Patrick Roy rookie). Picked up quite a few older ones though; dark background, Dryden, Lafleur, Lemaire, Mahovlich brothers and most of the stars. I know I'm missing a few but I won't pay the prices.
In fact, the PK Subban signature card I bought two months ago is probably the first sports card I purchased in some years.
Cheers.
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Post by Skilly on Jan 14, 2011 15:35:33 GMT -5
My wife's cousin is an avid hockey card collector ... he worked in an university in BC and when the library bought a new card catalogue drawers, he took the old ones instead of them throwing it out... he has ever drawer filled with cards. He must have every card from the early 60's up to the late 90's ...
... he showed me a few of his favourites when we were over to his house over xmas. I walked into his "office" ... wall to wall card catalogue drawers and he pulls out a Jean Beliveau rookie card, (encased in glass of course). Just the card made you think you were in the presence of greatness.
Then he showed me the cards you used to get in back in the day at gas stations, and kraft, and other stuff ... the sticker albums, thew puffy stickers, .... you name the hockey collectible he had it in that room.
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Post by CentreHice on Jan 14, 2011 16:31:55 GMT -5
Had a lot back in the early 70s.....and like so many of the day....they're gone. Which is why they're so valuable now. Supply and demand. A former teaching colleague has several binders full of them from the late 60s and 70s. Not to the extent of Skilly's cousin-in-law, though. Sounds as if he could charge admission!  I heard on a hockey broadcast that Scotty Bowman is also an avid sports card collector...and he was on the leading edge of the collector craze. Here's a guy with 800 of the 1,025 Bee Hive hockey photos, produced between 1934-67. Bee Hive |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Jan 14, 2011 16:51:50 GMT -5
Forgot about the autographed Paul Henderson card I have in a screw-down protector. It was the '94 Syl Apps carity golf tournament at the Garrison Golf Course in CFB Kingston.
My regiment was preparing to deploy to Rwanda and I had some admin time so I scooted home, got my Future Trends "The Goal" card which shows the famous moment from game-8 of the '72 Summit Series, drove back to the base and had Paul sign it.
"Oh ... you've got the good one ..." He signed it with a fine-tipped black marker, blew on it so as to dry it and gave it back to me.
I met him some years later at a Canada Day in Ottawa. He was with Ron Ellis and we had a group snap. I think I still have it saved as a JPEG and if I can I'll post it up here.
Cheers.
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Post by GNick99 on Jan 15, 2011 12:24:34 GMT -5
You fellows have way more than I have, and I have a few. I'd like to buy one fairly big Habs card. Either a Ken Dryden rookie or Guy Lafleur rookie. Then that will be enough for me
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Post by blny on Jan 15, 2011 14:21:09 GMT -5
gonna put it into the spokes of your bike? I did that with a Mario Lemieux O-Pee-Chee rookie card.  |
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Post by Skilly on Jan 15, 2011 19:10:59 GMT -5
gonna put it into the spokes of your bike? I did that with a Mario Lemieux O-Pee-Chee rookie card. I did it with two Gretzky rookie cards after he refused to give me an autograph when I was 14. |
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Post by Skilly on Jan 15, 2011 19:16:28 GMT -5
Forgot about the autographed Paul Henderson card I have in a screw-down protector. It was the '94 Syl Apps carity golf tournament at the Garrison Golf Course in CFB Kingston. My regiment was preparing to deploy to Rwanda and I had some admin time so I scooted home, got my Future Trends "The Goal" card which shows the famous moment from game-8 of the '72 Summit Series, drove back to the base and had Paul sign it. "Oh ... you've got the good one ..." He signed it with a fine-tipped black marker, blew on it so as to dry it and gave it back to me. I met him some years later at a Canada Day in Ottawa. He was with Ron Ellis and we had a group snap. I think I still have it saved as a JPEG and if I can I'll post it up here. Cheers. I have an autographed Henderson card too Dis (I think it is either his rookie or his second season card) ... met him at a local supermarket at a signing session. He looked at it and said "I look some young there don't I?". Years later I pulled it out and was showing people ... they said it must be worth something since he scored the 72 winning goals. We checked it out just for curiosity ... I believe back then we discovered it was worth about $1 .... I looked at my friends and said "probably less than that now since he signed it , and it's a Leaf afterall" |
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Post by CentreHice on Jan 16, 2011 1:57:00 GMT -5
If it's Henderson's rookie or sophomore card, he'd be a Red Wing. Is he in a Detroit uniform?
Henderson was traded to the Leafs during the 67-68 season along with Norm Ullman and Floyd Smith for Frank Mahovlich, Gary Unger, and Pete Stemkowski.
Huge trade at that time, along with the Boston-Chicago trade that sent Espo, Hodge, and Stanfield to the Bruins.
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Post by Skilly on Jan 16, 2011 9:29:43 GMT -5
If it's Henderson's rookie or sophomore card, he'd be a Red Wing. Is he in a Detroit uniform? Henderson was traded to the Leafs during the 67-68 season along with Norm Ullman and Floyd Smith for Frank Mahovlich, Gary Unger, and Pete Stemkowski. Huge trade at that time, along with the Boston-Chicago trade that sent Espo, Hodge, and Stanfield to the Bruins. I was positive he was in a Toronto uniform so I had to dig it out and check. It is a 1970-71 card (so his 7th year card I guess) ... number 217 in the series. And that further explains why it isnt worth much. |
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Jan 16, 2011 14:53:32 GMT -5
When I was a kid I helped a friend of mine deliver the newspaper on his route. He paid me in hockey cards. At the time my mother told me I was not getting paid enough. Sure wish I had those hockey cards now. Don't remember the year but #1 was Harry Lumley of the leafs. (around 1952?)
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Post by Anardil1 on Jan 16, 2011 14:54:48 GMT -5
I bought the old O-Pee Chee cards in the early 70's back when I was in grade 1. Probably had a few Lafleur, Dryden rookie cards. I have no idea where they are now. I remember buying the packs as much for the sugar coated brick (that passed for gum) as for the actual cards! ;D
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Post by Anardil1 on Jan 16, 2011 15:00:40 GMT -5
Oh and to answer the original question, I have bought cards on E-Bay. I restarted collecting cards since Upper Deck started producing NHL sets in 1990. I used to buy boxes and try to complete the sets. I sort of stopped about ten years later once Upper Deck started short printing the rookie cards, making completing sets too rich for my blood. Sometimes you can find boxes at 60 to 75% less than retail on E-Bay.
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Post by GNick99 on Jan 17, 2011 5:23:48 GMT -5
I've been spending too much time on Ebay last week or so. Keep trying to add cards, at some point I just said enough is enough....no more bidding
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Jan 17, 2011 8:36:27 GMT -5
Forgot about the autographed Paul Henderson card I have in a screw-down protector. It was the '94 Syl Apps carity golf tournament at the Garrison Golf Course in CFB Kingston. My regiment was preparing to deploy to Rwanda and I had some admin time so I scooted home, got my Future Trends "The Goal" card which shows the famous moment from game-8 of the '72 Summit Series, drove back to the base and had Paul sign it. "Oh ... you've got the good one ..." He signed it with a fine-tipped black marker, blew on it so as to dry it and gave it back to me. I met him some years later at a Canada Day in Ottawa. He was with Ron Ellis and we had a group snap. I think I still have it saved as a JPEG and if I can I'll post it up here. Cheers. I have an autographed Henderson card too Dis (I think it is either his rookie or his second season card) ... met him at a local supermarket at a signing session. He looked at it and said "I look some young there don't I?". Years later I pulled it out and was showing people ... they said it must be worth something since he scored the 72 winning goals. We checked it out just for curiosity ... I believe back then we discovered it was worth about $1 .... I looked at my friends and said "probably less than that now since he signed it , and it's a Leaf afterall" Right on. That's a good card to put in a plastic protector, Skilly. Makes for good between-periods energizer when the lads are over, I think anyway. The player cards I picked up here and there (5 x 7) are actually called post cards. I have a few from the very early 70's but I was on ebay yesterday and saw all sorts of them. The trick about ebay is to get your bid in, if possible, closest to the deadline as possible. I had bid on some Victoria Cross tobacco cards only to lose them with about 15 seconds left in the auction. Having said that, I haven't looked at them in a while, but my two oldest are Habs mini cards. I'll pull them out tonight when I get home and let you know who they are. One is Tom Johnson but I'm not sure who the other one is. Cheers. |
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Post by GNick99 on Jan 17, 2011 14:02:41 GMT -5
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Jan 17, 2011 17:56:05 GMT -5
Gnick, here's a card I value quite a bit. It's the Guy Lapointe All-Star but notice the player between he and Doug Reisbrough. It's the only hockey card I know of (I'm not saying there aren't any more out there) that shows Glenn Sather in a Habs uniform.  I'm pretty sure I posted this before a while back, but what the heck, you know? Cheers. |
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Post by CentreHice on Jan 17, 2011 19:33:59 GMT -5
An excellent trigger, Dis. Well, maybe not so excellent...... That year, 74-75, we went to the semis against the Sabres. Got off on the wrong foot on this OT goal by Danny Gare in Game 1 in Buffalo. Richard and Luce get waived out of the faceoff circle. Lemaire and Ramsay come in. Everything seems to go wrong on that play. Lemaire loses the faceoff and lets Ramsay go. Our L defenseman, I think it's Pierre Bouchard, goes to make a hip check on Ramsay, as Richard seems to have Gare covered. But Gare's left skate strides into Henri's left skate and down he goes just as the puck's coming across. Dryden remains standing and opens the pads enough. The Habs won Games 3 and 4 in rather lopsided fashion (my Gallivan-speak ) to tie the series, but lost the next two. Sabres went on to lose to the Flyers in the Finals. Montreal would not lose a playoff series for the next 4 years (plus Round 1 of 79-80). Sather had 1 G 1 A in 11 playoff games that year, his one and only season in Montreal. Sather hockey db |
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Post by ValkyrieNS on Jan 17, 2011 19:59:11 GMT -5
Gnick99, I'm always trolling ebay for hockey cards. I do it in stages -- I can spend weeks stalking the site and then ignore it for months.
Most of my cards are newer ones, although I do have a bunch of Jagr ones from his early days.
As for signed cards, I have the following: Marc-André Bergeron (Oilers and the Habs postcard they had out last year), Patrice Brisebois (2), Stéphane Richer (2), Wendell Young, and Evander Kane (5, one being a Vancouver Giants card).
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Post by GNick99 on Jan 17, 2011 20:10:06 GMT -5
Gnick, here's a card I value quite a bit. It's the Guy Lapointe All-Star but notice the player between he and Doug Reisbrough. It's the only hockey card I know of (I'm not saying there aren't any more out there) that shows Glenn Sather in a Habs uniform. I'm pretty sure I posted this before a while back, but what the heck, you know? Cheers. Don't think I noticed that before Disgruntled. Card I will have to check into. It would make an excellent trivia question. Stub them for sure. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Jan 17, 2011 20:26:19 GMT -5
An excellent trigger, Dis. Well, maybe not so excellent...... That year, 74-75, we went to the semis against the Sabres. Got off on the wrong foot on this OT goal by Danny Gare in Game 1 in Buffalo. Richard and Luce get waived out of the faceoff circle. Lemaire and Ramsay come in. Everything seems to go wrong on that play. Lemaire loses the faceoff and lets Ramsay go. Our L defenseman, I think it's Pierre Bouchard, goes to make a hip check on Ramsay, as Richard seems to have Gare covered. But Gare's left skate strides into Henri's left skate and down he goes just as the puck's coming across. Dryden remains standing and opens the pads enough. The Habs won Games 3 and 4 in rather lopsided fashion (my Gallivan-speak ) to tie the series, but lost the next two. Sabres went on to lose to the Flyers in the Finals. Montreal would not lose a playoff series for the next 4 years (plus Round 1 of 79-80). Sather had 1 G 1 A in 11 playoff games that year, his one and only season in Montreal. Sather hockey dbI think those lopsided scores in Montreal were 7-0 and 8-2, CH. I was at the second game and Sather actually scored the eighth Montreal goal. I sitting in the nosebleeds at the opposite end of the rink, but I remember the goal. A 2 on 1 or a rebound I think, but I remember Sather scoring into the open side. Cheers. |
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Post by GNick99 on Jan 17, 2011 22:52:12 GMT -5
Gnick99, I'm always trolling ebay for hockey cards. I do it in stages -- I can spend weeks stalking the site and then ignore it for months. Most of my cards are newer ones, although I do have a bunch of Jagr ones from his early days. As for signed cards, I have the following: Marc-André Bergeron (Oilers and the Habs postcard they had out last year), Patrice Brisebois (2), Stéphane Richer (2), Wendell Young, and Evander Kane (5, one being a Vancouver Giants card). It is the dead of winter...gives us something to do doing the doldrums of winter. Purchase a few cards from out youth. lol. Finding them in mint condition and getting them cheap is part of the fun. I bid on four auctions tonight, won one lost three, only one I didn't really want. Only reason I bid on it it was nice looking card and I already bought two cards from same guy so shipping was already paid. A Derek Sanderson from 1970-71. Beckett value is $20 got it for .99 cents though. |
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Post by habernac on Jan 20, 2011 12:17:29 GMT -5
I've got a Lafleur rookie I got for $50, mint condition. I have the Beliveau retirement card as well, which I like. I looked for years for a decent Dryden RC, but never did find one. I have a box of carss in the plastic protective covers, tons of Gretzkys, Roys, there's a Lemieux rookie in there. I wrote on my Gretzky RC. Dammit.
The Habs centennial set is a great one, I troll Ebay for the autographed cards from that set from time to time.
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Post by GNick99 on Jan 22, 2011 6:57:05 GMT -5
I've got a Lafleur rookie I got for $50, mint condition. I have the Beliveau retirement card as well, which I like. I looked for years for a decent Dryden RC, but never did find one. I have a box of carss in the plastic protective covers, tons of Gretzkys, Roys, there's a Lemieux rookie in there. I wrote on my Gretzky RC. Dammit. The Habs centennial set is a great one, I troll Ebay for the autographed cards from that set from time to time. I've been trying to get a Dryden but price kind of high. One in NM runs about close to $300. Sometimes you can fluke an auction win of a Bobby Orr from 1974, or a Sittler from 1972, paying a couple of bucks. But no-way on the Drydens. I may start selling on Ebay. Have complete sets from '70s and '80s paid like $100 bucks for 20 years. I see commons from same sets go for $1 each on Ebay. Thinking about breaking them up and selling a card at a time. Can make a few hundred bucks, something to do in spare time. Like to buy a nice PK Subban rookie card. Be nice card to have and good investment |
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Post by habernac on May 14, 2011 18:40:01 GMT -5
just met Larry Robinson at the card show in Calgary. Awesome!
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Post by habernac on May 16, 2011 11:39:05 GMT -5
and Jean Beliveau yesterday. What a treat! Had him sign an autograph I'm going to give to my Dad for this birthday. 79 years old, perfect penmanship, perfect gentleman.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on May 16, 2011 17:08:06 GMT -5
and Jean Beliveau yesterday. What a treat! Had him sign an autograph I'm going to give to my Dad for this birthday. 79 years old, perfect penmanship, perfect gentleman. I haven't had the pleasure as yet. Mr Beliveau has been to Kingston several times and friends of mine waited in line for about an hour to see him. Manton has an excellent photo of both he and Mr Beliveau. Maybe he can post it later. I have a signed HHOF photo of The Rocket. My niece and nephews stood in line to get the autograph. They were in awe of him from what I was told. "Make sure your uncle gets this ..." Unfortunately the signature is fading now. I have the photo in my rec room along with a HHOF of Mr Beliveau I (though unframed). If he gets close to Kingston I'll try my best to get a signature on it. Cheers. |
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Post by habernac on May 17, 2011 9:08:32 GMT -5
Dis, it was so damn cool. I'm tripping over my tongue, telling him what a thrill it is to meet him. "The pleasure is mine" he says. Wow. I wish my Dad was there with me.
Larry was equally cool. Looks great, he could lace them up tomorrow and play on the 2nd pairing in Montreal. I now have two very cool autographed pictures for the man cave.
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