1965 Bobby Orr

[Peter_Spaeth]

Outstanding item.

[Baseballcrazy62]

Wow!!

[Anish]

Very special piece for sure!

Do you have any interest in a signed copy?

[irv]

Very nice, Tomi!!

I'm an Oshawa boy, born and raised, and I don't ever recall seeing that card before.

One of my biggest disappointments and one of my Father's biggest regrets was not getting Bobby Orr to sign something when he use to see/watch him play road hockey out in front of our house back in the mid 60's.

I collect a bit of Bobby Orr stuff but like most adults nowadays, I wish I had have kept my childhood card collection.

[Andy Baran]

There are now 3 Crown Life Oshawa Generals Bobby Orr cards slabbed by PSA. I sold the PSA 5, and recently got this one slabbed. It has a vintage Orr signature from the 1965-66 season. I plan on keeping this one.

FYI, I know of at least 5 or 6 more of these Crown Life Orr cards that are not currently in PSA holders. Another one (trimmed) just sold in Classic Auctions last week. Still very rare.

Even more rare is this Bobby Orr from the same season. This was inserted into Memorial Cup programs. There are at least 6 known Oshawa Generals players and at least 2 known Edmonton Oil Kings players that were inserted. There are 3 of the Orr's known to exist. One of them is on ebay, and I own the other 2.

[Tomi]

Originally Posted by Anish

Very special piece for sure!

Do you have any interest in a signed copy?

Thanks Anish but I'm good with the two I have. Since it's an Orr thread lets get the rare stuff out there for all to see. This is one of my favorites from my Orr collection and you can see (without images) the full #1 set on the PSA set registry in the 1971 Bazooka Panel set. There are only 3 Orr's graded by PSA and only a total of 30 panels from the entire 12 panel set. Enjoy.

[forceplay sport]

that panel is AWESOME !!!!

[Tomi]

A couple more from the pc.

[brian1961]

Tomi-----Your array of Bobby Orr items is dazzling and I thank you for loading them up for us to view. A few years ago, there was a hobby magazine article on the ultra rare 1971-72 Bazooka hockey cards. I imagine your collection must have been portrayed; your Orr panel is off the charts magnificent. There are instances when a PSA 8 equates to a PSA 10-----your Bazooka Bobby Orr panel is a striking example of my belief. If I were to ever write a sequel to NEVER CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN, your blue diamond 1971-72 Bazooka Bobby Orr panel would definitely merit a chapter. I just checked and Sport Collector Daily editor Rich Mueller wrote a nice piece on a Bazooka Orr complete box he was shown at the 2016 National Convention. Awesome item.

Take care, Tomi, and thanks again for sharing with us. Mate, you're truly a fellow collecting warrior.

----Brian Powell