Sometimes you just have to choose. A long-time hockey card collector has picked one hobby over another and the result will send more than two dozen vintage hockey card sets, near sets and single cards into the marketplace later this fall. Our Vintage Buy of the Week from Just Collect involves a collector of automobiles and cards from Philadelphia came to the realization … [Read more...] about Vintage Buy of the Week: Hockey Card Bonanza
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New Website Focuses on Vintage Hockey Cards
The NHL lockout has deprived fans of a 2012-13 NHL season, which means collectors of hockey cards and memorabilia are turning their focus toward the great players of the past. Vezina. Howe. Orr. LaFleur. Dryden. Gretzky. All live on through their trading cards, many of which have attracted investors attention as well. Now, a new website aims to stoke the passion of … [Read more...] about New Website Focuses on Vintage Hockey Cards
Hockey Card Crook: Vintage Parkies Pilfered
Leaving an expensive vintage hockey card set in his car proved to be a big mistake for a Michigan man. A Hamburg Township man says his 1951 Parkhurst hockey card collection was stolen from his vehicle while it was parked in his driveway. The victim said the cards were in a special wooden box and "worth a considerable amount of money," according to Livingston Daily. … [Read more...] about Hockey Card Crook: Vintage Parkies Pilfered
Forgotten Hockey Card Set Gets Star Treatment
Allan Loewens was no different than a lot of young Canadian kids in the 1950s. He played hockey...a lot. And when he wasn't playing, he was collecting hockey cards. In the early 1950s, he was avidly collecting a set of Parkhurst cards. Before Topps entered the hockey card arena, Parkies were what youngsters pined for. One winter, he chased down every card in the … [Read more...] about Forgotten Hockey Card Set Gets Star Treatment