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Post by The Habitual Fan on Mar 2, 2018 12:30:09 GMT -5
I see these great hockey card photos posted in the GDT and was just wondering who here collects hockey cards?
Who may still do it or have their collections from long ago?
Like most of us all my childhood cards were thrown out when I left home and moved away but over the years I have managed to collect a lot again from the 50's Habs up to the mid 90's. I only collect Habs and players I liked as a kid such as Rogie Vachon. I do have pretty much all the rookie cards of Dryden, Lafleur, Robinson, Savard, Roy and so on which will eventually get passed down the family line I hope.
If you guys are collectors we may be able to help fill out each others collections.
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Post by blny on Mar 2, 2018 14:11:00 GMT -5
I did for a while, most notably in the early 90s. Upper Deck and Score primarily. Have a couple of completely sticker book collections from the mid 80s.
Had Mario Lemieux O-Pee-Chee rookie card. It became a victim to the spokes in my bike. I was 8 lol.
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Post by Tankdriver on Mar 3, 2018 9:29:29 GMT -5
I too had the 90's fad and still have binders full of the Proset series and maybe 1 or 2 sets of upper deck. I know they are pretty much worthless nowadays but they were collecting in it's purest form.
I got back into it right around when Crosby joined the league with Ovie. I obviously completed that upper Deck Series 1 and 2 sets and shelled out way too money. I bought my Crosby young Gun for maybe $450 (can't remember the exact amount) but it is graded and sealed 9.5. I got a few Ovie's too from some packs, where 1 was damaged and I was able to return and get an even better card (ice or black diamond). I was lucky to get a Gretzky notables numbers also which is an autograpgh card limited to 99.
My favourite set I have is the Ultimate set. I got all the base cards which in itself is pretty cool because they were limited and all the Jersey cards. Just the packs were 300 to $400 at the time for 4 cards.
I got a few others that are kinda cool. I had to stop because I realized I am a completest (someone who needs to get every card in a set) and was costing me way too much money at that time in my life. Plus baby number 1 was on the way. If you guys are interested I can post some of them here assuming I can upload pics.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Mar 3, 2018 10:40:54 GMT -5
I have an extensive collection that I kept up when I was overseas in the mid-to-late 80's/early 90's ... I got back from Germany in 1991 and I couldn't believe how much sports cards had taken off ... I have several years of Habs' postcards from the early 70's to the 100th anniversary set ... notable rookie cards in the collection; Russ Jackson QB, Ott Rough Riders, Patrick Roy, Mario Lemieux, Mario Lemieux (and all of the 80's rookies that go with that era; Al McInnes, Doug Gilmor, Cam Neeley, et al), Guy Lafleur, Ken Dryden, (most of the Habs' rookies from the 70's) ... Randy Johnson P, Jose "Coco" Laboy, Montreal Expos ... Steve Garvey, Buck Martinez, Cito Gaston RCs ... the oldest cards I have are 1951-52 Parkhurst hockey, Tom Johnson RC and Ken Mosdell RC ...
Cheers.
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Post by 24in93 on Mar 4, 2018 15:02:54 GMT -5
I went all in on The Next One Eric Lindros. Have dozens of 'limited edition' cards before he even played a game in the NHL. As a 12-year-old at the time I thought I'd be rich off those cards one day. Ha!
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Mar 5, 2018 8:28:34 GMT -5
I've got one Eric Lindros rookie card and that's it ... the Scott Niedermayer is a good one to have, too ...
Cheers.
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Post by blny on Mar 5, 2018 9:15:27 GMT -5
I've got one Eric Lindros rookie card and that's it ... the Scott Niedermayer is a good one to have, too ... Cheers. I remember briefly meeting him in 1991. Some local group organized a celebrity golf tournament with Pepsi as the backer. I believe it was called the "Diet Pepsi Pro Hockey Golf Challenge". Lots of current day hockey players and people who paid large sums I'm sure to play. I caddied. Lord knows what Pepsi paid him to show up. I don't remember him playing. He spent most of his time there walking around surrounded by a mob and signing autographs. Glenn Healey was the player in my group. Despite the fact I was supposed to be caddying for a Pepsi exec, I chewed Healey's ear off lol. |
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Post by Cranky on Mar 6, 2018 7:17:46 GMT -5
I had several hundred cards in the late 50's and early 60's...all gone.
I wonder what they would be worth today...
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Mar 6, 2018 10:15:47 GMT -5
I had several hundred cards in the late 50's and early 60's...all gone. I wonder what they would be worth today... I used to put my Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr and anything Boston cards in the spokes of my bike ... that was back when the cards smelled like bubble gum ... Cheers. |
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Post by Willie Dog on Mar 7, 2018 8:46:28 GMT -5
I have an extensive collection that I kept up when I was overseas in the mid-to-late 80's/early 90's ... I got back from Germany in 1991 and I couldn't believe how much sports cards had taken off ... I have several years of Habs' postcards from the early 70's to the 100th anniversary set ... notable rookie cards in the collection; Russ Jackson QB, Ott Rough Riders, Patrick Roy, Mario Lemieux, Mario Lemieux (and all of the 80's rookies that go with that era; Al McInnes, Doug Gilmor, Cam Neeley, et al), Guy Lafleur, Ken Dryden, (most of the Habs' rookies from the 70's) ... Randy Johnson P, Jose "Coco" Laboy, Montreal Expos ... Steve Garvey, Buck Martinez, Cito Gaston RCs ... the oldest cards I have are 1951-52 Parkhurst hockey, Tom Johnson RC and Ken Mosdell RC ... Cheers. Nice collection Dis.. I've got a Lafleur rookie card in a jersey frame with a signed Lafleur Jersey. I wish I had a Beliveau and Richard rookie cards to go with their signed Jerseys. I also have the Kraft 75th anniversary hockey discs (from the peanut butter) with the Album... pretty interesting. dekes2dangles.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/hump-day-hockey-cards-kraft-dinner-dilemma/ |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Mar 7, 2018 9:04:34 GMT -5
I have an extensive collection that I kept up when I was overseas in the mid-to-late 80's/early 90's ... I got back from Germany in 1991 and I couldn't believe how much sports cards had taken off ... I have several years of Habs' postcards from the early 70's to the 100th anniversary set ... notable rookie cards in the collection; Russ Jackson QB, Ott Rough Riders, Patrick Roy, Mario Lemieux, Mario Lemieux (and all of the 80's rookies that go with that era; Al McInnes, Doug Gilmor, Cam Neeley, et al), Guy Lafleur, Ken Dryden, (most of the Habs' rookies from the 70's) ... Randy Johnson P, Jose "Coco" Laboy, Montreal Expos ... Steve Garvey, Buck Martinez, Cito Gaston RCs ... the oldest cards I have are 1951-52 Parkhurst hockey, Tom Johnson RC and Ken Mosdell RC ... Cheers. Nice collection Dis.. I've got a Lafleur rookie card in a jersey frame with a signed Lafleur Jersey. I wish I had a Beliveau and Richard rookie cards to go with their signed Jerseys Nice one, WD ... those are keepers for sure ... would like to see that some time ... smacks of a road trip ... Cheers. |
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Post by Willie Dog on Mar 7, 2018 13:13:23 GMT -5
Nice collection Dis.. I've got a Lafleur rookie card in a jersey frame with a signed Lafleur Jersey. I wish I had a Beliveau and Richard rookie cards to go with their signed Jerseys Nice one, WD ... those are keepers for sure ... would like to see that some time ... smacks of a road trip ... Cheers. I would love to but it'll have to wait until my daughter moves out.They were all setup in the basement with all my other sports related items in my man cave... but my daughter moved back in and the cave got taken over and my things got put away for now. I've also got a few Muhammad Ali items and Star Trek things as well. |
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Post by Cranky on Mar 7, 2018 14:13:51 GMT -5
I had several hundred cards in the late 50's and early 60's...all gone. I wonder what they would be worth today... I used to put my Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr and anything Boston cards in the spokes of my bike ... that was back when the cards smelled like bubble gum ... Cheers. I remember playing "knock down" and winning tons of cards. Of course, the cards took a beating! My Hab cards were perfect collections for several years. Then at twelve, we had to go back to the old country and all of it was given away. I think it was either 6 or 7 complete years including trades. Late 50's and early 60's. I remember bit and bytes of them but now.......so long ago! |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Mar 7, 2018 14:26:49 GMT -5
I used to put my Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr and anything Boston cards in the spokes of my bike ... that was back when the cards smelled like bubble gum ... Cheers. I remember playing "knock down" and winning tons of cards. Of course, the cards took a beating! My Hab cards were perfect collections for several years. Then at twelve, we had to go back to the old country and all of it was given away. I think it was either 6 or 7 complete years including trades. Late 50's and early 60's. I remember bit and bytes of them but now.......so long ago! The set I value the most is a mixed 1971 Topps/O-Pee-Chee baseball set ... I'm still looking for a lot of the high numbers in the set that weren't always available where I lived ... here's a card from that set ... Manny Sanguillen was probably one of my fave ball players back then ... he'd hit anything whether it was in/out of the strike zone ... the best spray hitter of his day, IMHO ...  |
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Post by Andrew on Mar 7, 2018 15:06:15 GMT -5
In 84-85 O-pee chee had a contest where if you got a pack with a golden checklist you could send away for a prize. I ended up getting one, and the prize was the full set for the year on three large uncut sheets. Of course being a 10 year old kid the notion of collectible value never entered into my head, and they were put up on my bedroom walls with tacks through the corners to secure them. I still have them, but in pretty poor shape. There were a bunch of interesting rookie cards in that set, including Yzerman if I recall correctly.
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Post by Cranky on Mar 7, 2018 15:25:47 GMT -5
In 84-85 O-pee chee had a contest where if you got a pack with a golden checklist you could send away for a prize. I ended up getting one, and the prize was the full set for the year on three large uncut sheets. Of course being a 10 year old kid the notion of collectible value never entered into my head, and they were put up on my bedroom walls with tacks through the corners to secure them. I still have them, but in pretty poor shape. There were a bunch of interesting rookie cards in that set, including Yzerman if I recall correctly. If we knew then what we know now.....LOL Even funnier, I'm working on a new, very high tech film for my product line that could also be used to preserve those for generations. |
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Post by Cranky on Mar 7, 2018 15:27:13 GMT -5
I remember playing "knock down" and winning tons of cards. Of course, the cards took a beating! My Hab cards were perfect collections for several years. Then at twelve, we had to go back to the old country and all of it was given away. I think it was either 6 or 7 complete years including trades. Late 50's and early 60's. I remember bit and bytes of them but now.......so long ago! The set I value the most is a mixed 1971 Topps/O-Pee-Chee baseball set ... I'm still looking for a lot of the high numbers in the set that weren't always available where I lived ... here's a card from that set ... Manny Sanguillen was probably one of my fave ball players back then ... he'd hit anything whether it was in/out of the strike zone ... the best spray hitter of his day, IMHO ... What is this baaseeebaall thing you mentioned? Never heard of it!  |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Mar 7, 2018 18:57:06 GMT -5
In 84-85 O-pee chee had a contest where if you got a pack with a golden checklist you could send away for a prize. I ended up getting one, and the prize was the full set for the year on three large uncut sheets. Of course being a 10 year old kid the notion of collectible value never entered into my head, and they were put up on my bedroom walls with tacks through the corners to secure them. I still have them, but in pretty poor shape. There were a bunch of interesting rookie cards in that set, including Yzerman if I recall correctly. Nice story, Andrew ... those uncut sheets would have been worth something nice ... I've seen other uncut sheets at various flea markets, here and there ... it's easy to get ripped off buying sports collectibles at a flea market ... but if you research prices to what items you're interested in beforehand, you'll know right away whether you're being taken ... those would have been nice, though ... I'd still hang on to them, for sure ... Cheers. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Mar 7, 2018 21:11:44 GMT -5
The set I value the most is a mixed 1971 Topps/O-Pee-Chee baseball set ... I'm still looking for a lot of the high numbers in the set that weren't always available where I lived ... here's a card from that set ... Manny Sanguillen was probably one of my fave ball players back then ... he'd hit anything whether it was in/out of the strike zone ... the best spray hitter of his day, IMHO ... What is this baaseeebaall thing you mentioned? Never heard of it! It gets worse, dude ...  |
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Post by Willie Dog on Mar 8, 2018 9:52:34 GMT -5
What is this baaseeebaall thing you mentioned? Never heard of it! It gets worse, dude ... Dis... you broke the internet with that post..... |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Mar 8, 2018 16:22:34 GMT -5
Not a fan of Danny Bonaduce ... Shirley McLean was already established and the show launched Susan Dey's career ... back to hockey collectibles; I have the same photo hanging on my wall downstairs ... it's the 1961-62 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens and, yes, I picked it up at a small flea market in Smith's Falls, ON, for $10 ... the guy I bought it off got it through an auction, so there's another option if you're pursuing vintage collectibles ... I've seen quite a bit of vintage items; posters, cards, comics, die-cast vehicles, stuff like that ... |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Aug 31, 2018 13:34:46 GMT -5
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Post by franko on Aug 31, 2018 13:43:08 GMT -5
there is something seriously wrong with this
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