by Nick Younker Hockey card collectors got a little surprise this month with unannounced, special inserts into Upper Deck's 2011-12 Series One packs that feature members of the Stanley Cup winners, the Boston Bruins, celebrating their victory with the Cup in tow in various locations around the world. Upper Deck discreetly put the cards into packs, and when people started … [Read more...]
Legal Battle Brewing Over Olympic Jerseys?
It seemed like a good idea at the time. And an honor. Thirty years ago, the Hockey Hall of Fame asked Bill Christian, a member of the 1960 U.S. Olympic hockey team that won a gold medal, if he'd be willing to let them display his jersey and the one his son Dave was wearing when the Miracle on Ice 1980 team brought home gold in Lake Placid twenty years later. Earlier this … [Read more...]
Bobby Orr Rookie Card: Vintage Hockey Card Gold
by Tom Sanworth Bobby Orr starred in the National Hockey League from 1966-67 to 1978-79 with the Boston Bruins and briefly with the Chicago Blackhawks. Orr is considered by many to be the top defenseman to ever play the game. In his injury shortened career, Orr set records, some of which are still seemingly untouchable today. He also won enough hardware to overflow any … [Read more...]
Orr’s 1976 Canada Cup Jersey Goes on Auction Block
Bobby Orr's 1976 Canada Cup jersey is about to go on the auction block. The red and white Team Canada shirt has been consigned to Classic Auctions and will be sold at auction next month. Classic didn't provide a pre-sale estimate, but it's likely the jersey will sell for deep into six figures. Last year, Classic sold Paul Henderson's Summit Series winning jersey for $1.275 … [Read more...]
Hockey Hall Says it Has Gretzky Puck
The puck Wayne Gretzky shot into the net to set the NHL's all-time scoring record 22 years ago was sold in a March auction for more than $50,000. Or was it? The Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto says it has the real puck that broke Gordie Howe's record point-total. Classic Auctions sold a puck to an unidentified Canadian collector that was consigned by someone who had … [Read more...]
Historic Gretzky Puck Forgotten…But No More
Today, it might leave the arena under armed guard. That wasn't the case back in 1989. The puck Wayne Gretzky shot into the net to break the NHL's all-time scoring record wound up being saved--in the timekeeper's briefcase. 22 years later, it's on the auction block. Classic Auctions, the Montreal-based hockey memorabilia specialist, is offering the Gretzky puck in its … [Read more...]
Yzerman Back with In The Game; LeMieux Too
After recently announcing new agreements with hockey legends Vladislav Tretiak and Mark Messier, In The Game has added a pair of Hockey Hall of Famers to its hockey card roster for the 2010-11 season with the signing of Mario Lemieux and Steve Yzerman. Both players' autographed cards will be part of this season's products. "We are proud to have a long history with both … [Read more...]
Most Valuable Hockey Jersey of All-Time?
The jersey worn in one of the greatest hockey victories of all time is going on the auction block and could fetch a record price. Paul Henderson's Team Canada jersey from the 1972 Summit Series win over the Soviet Union is in Classic Auctions' current sale. Bidding opened Monday and is already nearing $70,000. Henderson's goal is the 'shot heard round Canada'...an … [Read more...]
Hockey Hall Expanding To Make Way for Memorabilia
The Hockey Hall of Fame is expanding its “World of Hockey Zone” by taking over vacated retail space inside the Toronto facility. At approximately 6,000 square feet, the expanded World of Hockey Zone, featuring the Hall’s ever growing international hockey collections (including Sidney Crosby’s gold medal winning puck and other recent acquisitions from the Vancouver Games), … [Read more...]
Gold Medal OT Hockey Pucks Up for Bid
The permanent home of perhaps the most famous six ounces of hard rubber in hockey history – the puck with which Canada’s Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal on Team USA during the overtime period of the Olympic gold medal game – will go to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. The announcement was made Tuesday. The famous puck has been delivered by the International Ice … [Read more...]