Excellent Article on Topps USA Test Hockey Cards

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Originally Posted by Tomi

The Orr card will not plummet in any way. Many of us knew this long before the article and still treat the card the same.

If you look at all the major sellers, whether it's Heritage, PWCC, Prob, etc., you will see that they described the Topps Test Orr as being his "rookie" from "1966." Now are you telling me that if they were to put "1967" and "second-year card" in their descriptions that it would not have any affect on its value? I think it will take a serious beating.

Let's compare the following cards price-wise:

- 1951 Parkhurst G. Howe vs. 1952 Parkhurst G. Howe

- 1951 Parkhurst M. Richard vs. 1952 Parkhurst M. Richard

- 1966 Topps B. Orr vs. 1967 Topps B. Orr

- 1979 O-Pee-Chee W. Gretzky vs. 1980 O-Pee-Chee W. Gretzky

As you can see, there is a huge difference between rookies and second-year cards.

As for the second part of your paragraph - I don't know. I mean, sure, maybe there are a few of you hockey experts that were aware of this information, however, I still feel that majority of collectors think these test cards were released at the same time as the Canadian issue. And again, it doesn't help when you have PSA, the most popular grading company out there, labeling these cards as being from 1966.