Just some random players here and there that I decided to grab some copies of.

Just a couple more of Brock Faber I decided to grab as he is now in the running/touted to be the possible Calder winner.
Currently in 2nd place points wise to Bedard, but because he is a defenseman who has logged over 30 minutes a game sometimes for the Wild, and still does OK on the points front, many are giving him a serious look.
Great stories written about him, and especially his love for his handicapped/mentally challenged sister. Seems like a great kid that comes from a great family and, not going to lie, is also a part of the reason why I like him so much as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIxZAFS9kZ8
https://www.facebook.com/LAKings/vid...6606044850109/

Today at our local show I bought this low grade Gordie Howe on the right. I knew it was a 1969-70 OPC but it didn't have a number on it. What the heck I paid the asking price of $5 and when I got home searched Ebay to see what it was. Well I discovered this card comes both numbered (#193) and unnumbered and when I checked the cards in my box discovered I already had the numbered version :)

https://i.imgur.com/AN6qpyVl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/CrF8UX7l.jpg

Another Gretzky.

That's a very nice card, Peter. Is that an Italian language card or one of the English language ones that PSA labels as Italian?

English but it says printed in Italy on the back.

The confusion is that PSA designates the other language versions on the flips, like this Finnish one, but not English.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/n20AA...Il/s-l1600.jpg

I suppose they list Italy because the cards for the USA were printed either in Italy or Japan.

It is confusing, but that said, for a multisport and miscellaneous sport RC collector, it's an amazing issue/series of issues.

That's for sure. Besides Gretzky, Johnson and Bird, there are also RCs of Sugar Ray Leonard and Larry Holmes.

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The newest addition to the collection 1975 Topps Hockey uncut sheet feat Bobby Orr.
 

The newest addition to the collection 1975 Topps Hockey uncut sheet feat Bobby Orr.

Just crazy, imo, what these new Connor Bedard cards are currently going for. Hyped to the hill is an understatement, and I'm afraid many will be regretting their decision within a year or less?
Each to their own, and I'm certainly not wishing upon them what I just wrote as maybe I'm the one who is wrong, but I think the odds are in my favor?
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/126364795632...Bk9SR4LIsZ3DYw
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/296246097710...Bk9SR6r8x53DYw

So, I stopped by my LCS yesterday morning to pick up some card savers, and I have never seen it so crowded. There were guys all over the place, some waiting in line, others just hanging out. I had no idea what was going on. The young man at the counter (who is usually the only one in the store when I go in) said that Series Two was due to be delivered in 30 minutes, and it was a chance to get Our Guy. Everybody was shelling out $650 for two boxes. I figured since I was there I should get mine too.

It's pretty nuts! :eek:
Some of his cards are already in Connor McDavid territory and he hasn't won a single thing yet.
Not doubting his talent/skill at all because he's crazy good, but I don't recall ever seeing anything like this before for a rookie?

Hope you get some great hits, Al, if you're cracking your box open. :)
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/235463425297

Irv,

I'm with you 100%. They better find this kid a Semenko or McSorley very soon or his frame will not live up to the abuse of big boy hockey. Let's face it, McDavid has a much larger frame and can take more punishment. I just don't see this kid as the next big superstar. I could be wrong.

He's a solid kid but is pretty short. The NHL, which they seem to do quite often, or they measure with skates on, has him as 5'10" but his real height is 5'8".

Imo, like you said, they need someone much tougher/bigger than Foligno. Corey Perry was there for a reason, but of course is now gone, so hopefully they have someone in mind in the near future/off season to fill that role.

Personally, right now, I feel some are laying off, being kind to him as they don't want to be the one to be known as the one who put the NHL's budding superstar out, especially in his rookie year.

We'll see how he makes out, and I wish him all the best, but I can't help but think, like you, that he isn't going to be the next big superstar without at least an entourage of bodyguards who can actually play with him.

Picked up some modern cards as well as part set of the 1991-92 Future Trend Team Canada autos that were issued by The Bay as a box set.
They are the same as what came in the packs but do not have the swirl on the surface. The Bay box set has the same amount of auto as what
the pack pulled set had(36 cards) But some players did not sign for The Bay. SO there are 12 players that did not make it into the Bay sets. But
many players signed multiple cards Plus there are two autos that were never in packs. John Ferguson and the trainer Joe Sgro.As you can see
by the scans.Someone tried to make a complete set of in person autos. They are all the ones signed in blue ink.The gold ink are from the Bay
box set.Thanks.

https://i.imgur.com/5dLdLu4.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/gxq9Wzr.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/9accwVm.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/kdfRrXk.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/L4QUkLg.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/biqDXUq.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/nQlyMvF.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/rlZeTVO.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/AfIaT0O.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/hy97Nix.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/EHsWHrt.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/W56QOgi.jpg


1972 Team Canada Autos

https://i.imgur.com/JaCSIP3.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/C3vWbyE.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Kxo6Z1e.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/2xrWP0Q.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/oV2HYvz.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Ur2WOgq.jpg

Never seen that Team Canada set before. Good stuff.

It was a 101 base card set.With the team members signing 36 cards.The cards in the packs had a swirl on them so they are impossible to counterfeit.
It is the only pack pull Dryden auto that has ever been released in any product.Mind you he has had cut autos in many products. That is why it is
so expensive to buy if you can even find a copy.So shortly after the release of the product The Bay decided they would cash in on the excitement and
pulled as many of the players together that would agree to a signing.Then they released those autos in a box set. But this box set was missing 12 of the
big stars in the series. Even though the box set does have the same amount of autos.Just that some players had 2,3 and even 4 autos in the set.

They also did a set for the 1976 series.Way less autos in that set. But Bobby Orr played in the 1976 series so he has an auto in that set. Thanks.

Picked up a Topps Gretzky with a 1980s signature. Being in pen, it kind of gets lost against the darker parts of the card but happy to have it.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...8120edc499.jpg

Great looking cards, Camaro. :)

I still remember to this day the various teachers who rolled in the T.V.'s into class so we could watch the Summit Series. :)



Nice get.
Are you going to get it graded/authenticated?

Signature is even harder to see behind plastic, so maybe a JSA letter sometime when they’re in my neighborhood.

Nice Gretz!

Owned his rookie at one point and will definitely add one to stash in the collection again one day

Yeah, they are getting more affordable all the time it seems. Was able to upgrade my O-Pee-Chee copy recently and very happy with it.

Just some random pick ups over the last couple/few months.

Bought one box of the 22-23 Parkhurst Champions and pulled this redemption.What surprised
me was just how fast Upper Deck go me the card. Less than 10 days (7 business days).
So good for Upper Deck. Thank you. Very nice card,3 colour patch plus an auto. So not really a pick up. Thanks.

https://i.imgur.com/Dvg6oU1.jpg


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https://i.imgur.com/5d4VnT2.jpg

OK, I picked up these couple pictures of Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Orr.I have no idea where or how
they were obtained back in the day. So any help there would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Wayne Gretzky Measure 8-1/8 inches X 10-1/2 inches

https://i.imgur.com/kUhrzhI.jpg

Bobby Orr measures 10-7/8 inches X 16-1/4 inches

https://i.imgur.com/0KCYBvS.jpg

1957 Parkhurst HOF Jean Beliveau arrived today from the great white north, leaving me two cards shy of the complete set Henri and Maurice Richard left to go!

https://i.imgur.com/vEGVckgl.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/dK7Mvmpl.jpg

So this is more of a project than a pick up that I have been working on for the last couple months.
I recently purchased a good amount of the 1972 Team Canada autographs. Some were from the
set released by the Hudson Bay company signed in gold sharpie. But others were signed in blue
sharpie and I really liked the blue on the 1991 Future Trend cards. These were the same cards that
if you were lucky back in 1991 you could pull one of the Team Canada autos from the packs.These
autos are very scarce and to this day remains the only packed pull auto of Ken Dryden. Which is
next to impossible to find and when you do they cost a lot of money to obtain. So I knew these
packed pull autos with that swirl on the surface were not something I wanted to undertake So I went
with the blur autos and since I had a very nice set of the 1972 O-Pee-Chee Team Canada. I figured
why not just collect the autos of the 28 players in this OPC set. Take notice that the Dryden
is a cut auto. I did buy a Dryden PSA.DNA Dryden auto but I decided that I would sooner keep
that auto and go with this much cheaper version.It is an auto from one of his book signings. But
it still looks very nice. And as you can tell I would really like to pick up a Bobby Clarke and a
Gary Bergman in blue ink so it would look uniform all the way through So if anyone has either of
these two players signed in blue ink on the 1991 Future Trend card then PLMK.I see a few Clarke
autos on eBay but they are in the USA and people want like $25.00 for postage.When they
could just place in an envelope and send it for under $2.00.But I will eventually find them.
So that is the back story so on with what they look like. Thanks.


https://i.imgur.com/BYMwJfw.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/hkBL88C.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/CPbqQ6u.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/7UR7oLX.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/RiUy1nD.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/1lWTX4p.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/BacZCr7.jpg

1970's Prudential " Great Moments in Canadian History"

https://i.imgur.com/BxTdbl6.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/szHRD41.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/M9NrwZ3.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/VXy3F5i.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/hegQjjM.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Ngd1hLn.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/pSp9D9p.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/CmX2kEz.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/C8EyYka.jpg

1970's Prudential " Great Moments in Canadian Sports"

https://i.imgur.com/TaN0qCg.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/0iDtKme.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/sDJzFwU.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/GBuWGAS.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/aFuFpy2.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/9QO4E34.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Cq9mXPN.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Trfi3Ne.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/NvdvQJm.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/1CmJXlQ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Y9zf7aD.jpg

Great job, Winston. :)

Decided to grab this one up on a B.O. before prices got too crazy.

Nice pickup this weekend

Great pick up, Anthony. Cheevers was most definitely one of my favorite goalies growing up.
Those "Dad's Cookie" cards I also remember well. Just wish I had of saved the ones I owned.

Thanks, it was an awesome price too which made it even better!

That's great to hear! :)
Imo, they are an underrated card/collectable.
I grabbed this Orr sometime ago and found out through a member here finding Orr or any of the others in 10's is rather difficult/rare.
Likely due to their size/shape, they aren't as desirable as regular cards and why they've never really taken off? But, then again, maybe some out there do have complete graded/raw sets?

I have a complete raw set.

I really like oddball cards like Dad’s Cookies. I have to imagine the print run was much more limited than the regular OPC/Topps sets but I could be wrong.

Well when you think about the market they were made for then it is
absolutely a lot smaller run then either of the two major releases.
I just purchased over 150 of the 1928-1934 LaPresse photos and
with them only being distributed in the province of Quebec you can
imagine how few are out there. And now that are 90+ years old.
They are really quite scarce.

I remember pulling these back in 70-71 in bags of Dad's cookies. I think I was pretty relentless with my parents to purchase these and the Esso power players by constantly asking my father if he needed gas? :D
Later it was the Loblaws sticker album and of course the stickers which I still have. (partial view upper left)