Let's See Some OPC, You Hosers

[Exhibitman]

Not much, as far as I can tell. I bought a collection of OPC cards once and was surprised by how little they are worth. The average card costs more but not by a ton. So few people collect OPC relative to Topps, I guess. I got into them because of my player collections and my love of all things 1971 Topps (OPC has much nicer backs and stock IMO). I try to pick up nice HOFer examples on the cheap when I see them at the National or on eBay.

[Cliff Bowman]

My favorite year is 1974 with the yellow backs. When I collected the 1965 through 1985 OPC Cubs team sets the most difficult to find were the 74's, followed by the 65 high numbers. The last card I needed in the whole run was a 74 Dave Rosello four player rookie card.

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

My favorite year is 1974 with the yellow backs. When I collected the 1965 through 1985 OPC Cubs team sets the most difficult to find were the 74's, followed by the 65 high numbers. The last card I needed in the whole run was a 74 Dave Rosello four player rookie card.

I found the 1974's tough also but the 1971 high series was toughest and most expensive.

[JollyElm]

I'm happy to have this one...

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[grainsley]

I know Pete gets no love, but I was thrilled to pull this from a pack in 1965.....and for OPC, great centering. Still one of my fave cards!

[Jayhawke]

Originally Posted by grainsley

I know Pete gets no love, but I was thrilled to pull this from a pack in 1965.....and for OPC, great centering. Still one of my fave cards!

That is a great looking Rose. Looks like a PSA 8.

[Exhibitman]

Doesn't it seem like Topps purposely made the USA card backs unreadable in the 1970s? From 1971-1980 I can't think of a single year where the OPC card back wasn't easier to read than the USA card back. In 71 and 74 especially so.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Not much, as far as I can tell. I bought a collection of OPC cards once and was surprised by how little they are worth. The average card costs more but not by a ton. So few people collect OPC relative to Topps, I guess. I got into them because of my player collections and my love of all things 1971 Topps (OPC has much nicer backs and stock IMO). I try to pick up nice HOFer examples on the cheap when I see them at the National or on eBay.

Thanks Adam. I just assumed they would be considering most CDN kids likely collected hockey cards back then so these would be on the more rare side?
Were these sold stateside as well or mainly/only in Canada?