If you spent the 2013-14 hockey card season looking for autographed versions of Nikita Kucherov rookie cards, you had a long wait. Unlike most major NHL stars today, the right wing standout for the Tampa Bay Lightning didn't have one, unless you consider autographed buy backs issued in packs two years later. Kucherov's rookie card checklist is almost 1990s old … [Read more...]
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Goldin Launches 1st of 4 Yearly Online Only Auctions
To keep up with what it says is strong demand from both consignors and customers, Goldin Auctions h as announced the launch of quarterly online only auctions. The first kicked off Monday with 775 lots of sports, entertainment and historical memorabilia. The two-week event is the first of four such quarterly internet-only auctions scheduled for this year to accommodate … [Read more...]
Ken Dryden Rookie Card Headlines 1971-72 Topps Hockey Set
Even with recent expansion, there were just 14 teams in the National Hockey League when the puck dropped on October 8, 1971. While going deeper into rosters for the O-Pee-Chee brand, Topps' 1971-72 hockey set remained at just 132 cards. 1971-72 Topps Hockey Basics The 1971-72 Topps hockey cards maintained the standard 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" size. However, the cards were much … [Read more...]
Active Market for Connor McDavid Cards
Missing several weeks during his rookie season due to injury turned out to be just a speed bump for Connor McDavid. Hockey’s best prospect since Sidney Crosby is already living up to the enormous hype that has surrounded him long before he became the NHL’s number one draft pick. A look at the hottest Connor McDavid cards on eBay is living testimony to the … [Read more...]
Wayne Gretzky Rookie Card Values Rising as Icon Turns 55
Before he’d turned 20, he’d played in 126 games, scored 76 goals and had 144 assists to his credit for a total of 220 points. He turned 55 on Tuesday and hasn’t played in a game since the 1998-99 season but he still holds about five dozen NHL records. Still considered the greatest of all-time, the Wayne Gretzky rookie card is still the gold standard for modern hockey … [Read more...]
10 Great Hockey Rookie Cards of the 1960s
As the 1950s gave way to a new decade, the NHL was picking up steam and card makers had finally caught up to the biggest stars in the game. No longer playing catch-up from the Forties, when card sets were limited, Parkhurst and Topps were able to issue hockey rookie cards in the year after a player's debut during the 1960s. Some of the biggest stars the game has seen made their … [Read more...]
Top 10 Hockey Rookie Cards of the 1950s
Hockey cards may never rival baseball and football cards in terms of the sheer number of issues or US hobbyists who collect them, but there is always a strong following for star rookie cards, regardless of the sport, and hockey is king in Canada. Hockey rookie cards of the 1950s, in particular, featured some of the greatest names the game has ever known, and their relative … [Read more...]
What’s Hot in the Shop: Nathan MacKinnon Turning Into The MacKdaddy Of The NHL
Hello friends and welcome to one of the most interesting times of the collecting year. Both the NBA and NHL have rolled out their playoff season, MLB is getting into the swing of things and the NFL is the NFL meaning there is no off-season (case in point how the schedule release Wednesday night probably got more viewers than when they announce the Academy Award … [Read more...]
