Tag: Vintage
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Upper Deck Parkhurst Travels Back To 1952!
2023-24 Upper Deck Parkhurst Champions Hockey has been another hit with collectors, both young and old. The mini retro cards are back again this year – Taking on a new design from the 1950’s and incorporating it’s own modern twist. I picked up this Saros for my goalie collection. I have a few cards of…
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Hockey Immortals: New Book & C55 Card Set!
Hockey Immortals: 1911 C55 – Book and 45-card reprint set. I picked up another hockey book for my collection. This book, printed in 1991, shares the history of some of the formative years of professional hockey, predating the NHL. This book and reprint card set was limited to 50,000 copies. It focuses on the what…
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My First Piece of Georges Vezina Game-Used Memorabilia!
2021 President’s Choice Trading Cards: The Vezina Collection – Trophy Winners Georges Vezina & Olaf Kolzig Dual Memorabilia card /5.Here’s a look at my very first Georges Vezina memorabilia card! A true piece of goaltending/hockey history.This dual memorabilia card which features a piece of Vezina’s goalie pad was released inside The Vezina Collection, a box…
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A Cardboard Resurgence: 1951-52 Parkhurst Hockey Making A Mark on My Collection
Old School Cool If you’ve taken a stroll over to my Vintage Collection page here on the site, you may have noticed another addition to my vintage goalie collection with a card from the 1951-52 Parkhurst set.While there may be older cards that vintage collectors may gravitate to instead, the iconic 1951 Parkhurst set stands alone.…
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Pre-War Set From 1933 is Revived 78 Years Later
1933-1934 O-Pee-Chee V304A Hockey Card #15 George Hainsworth 2011-2012 Upper Deck O-Pee-Chee Retro Parallel #209 Jhonas EnrothAfter showing off this Jhonas Enroth card on my Instagram account recently, I just had to provide a detailed write-up about these sweet 2011-2012 O-Pee-Chee Retro cards.Upper Deck recycling old designs isn’t a new idea anymore, but it does have…
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The History of Trading Cards
One of the first trade cards to feature ice hockey was released between 1878-1882. (Set: H820 Bufford Lithos) Part 1: The Early History of NHL Hockey Cards So, trading cards are old. Like, really old.The early history of trading cards is a fascinating one. Even though these tiny pieces of paper have been around for over 300years,…
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The Tale of Two Gretzky Cards
The mysterious 80’s tale about a long-haired Wayne Gretzky promotional hockey card (Left) that was ordered to be destroyed…. by the man himself. It’s not every day that I add a vintage hockey card to my collection, not to mention one featuring Wayne Gretzky. But after hearing the story that follows this 1981-1982 Gretzky card,…
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The Vezina Collection
A 1/1 Game-Worn Georges Vezina goalie pad buckle card from The Vezina Collection.On Episode 25 of the Center Ice Card Cast – A Hockey Card Podcast, we sat down with hobby icon Dr. Brian Price to discuss his newest 2-card boxed product, The Vezina Collection. This new collection featured was built around Georges Vezina, using various…
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The Early History of NHL Hockey Cards
Cards from the 1911-1912 Imperial Tobacco C55 National Hockey Association (NHA) Hockey Players set. These cards are one of the many ‘cigarette cards’ released during this time period. Within the hockey card industry, this set is one of the “Three C’s” of cigarette sets produced during this time period and predate the NHL. The Three…
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Another PC Addition… 108 years in the making!
1911-1912 C55 Imperial Tobacco #16 Percy LeSueur What a week this had been in the hockey card world for me. After receiving 2 more cards for my collection this week, I also received my first ever prewar card for my card collection as well! Pictured above is my 1911-12 C55 Imperial Tobacco #16 Percy LeSueur,…
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