Feb 2023 pickups

[chaddurbin]

This is for the early 90s hockey fans. Following the success of Upper Deck/Leaf, OPC also came out with their "premium" Premier set in 1990. Smaller set (132 total cards including the checklist), it was loaded with contemporary stars and rookies. Very popular when it first hit the market but that didn't last long...today it's a nice little set to get signed as it has all the hofers plus some toughies.

I managed to acquire 125/131 from original owner who chased every player down in the early 90s. An early 2023 highlight for sure!



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[eastonfalcon19]

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

This is for the early 90s hockey fans. Following the success of Upper Deck/Leaf, OPC also came out with their "premium" Premier set in 1990. Smaller set (132 total cards including the checklist), it was loaded with contemporary stars and rookies. Very popular when it first hit the market but that didn't last long...today it's a nice little set to get signed as it has all the hofers plus some toughies.

I managed to acquire 125/131 from original owner who chased every player down in the early 90s. An early 2023 highlight for sure!



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Very nice set. Congrats on the pickup. Who are some of the toughies for this set?

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by eastonfalcon19

Very nice set. Congrats on the pickup. Who are some of the toughies for this set?

I remember getting a lot of those players in person and they were pretty good for signing. I think Jagr was the toughest of those shown and that is probably because he was Eastern European. Green, Hawerchuk, Lafleur, LaFontaine, Hextall, Leetch, C. Lemieux were always good at the hotel. Gretzky was very good when you saw him. Mario Lemieux was a little wary. I think I got him at a golf tournament back then and he was pretty good. If Tom Barrasso(le), as we called him, signed in that set then that would be one of the tougher ones.

[chaddurbin]

Originally Posted by eastonfalcon19

Very nice set. Congrats on the pickup. Who are some of the toughies for this set?

the toughies are greg parks, link gaetz, martin hostak, john tanner. the problem is hockey players come from all over the world, so there's a short window or they disappear back to wherever they came from. the stars are/were gettable.