This 629-card standard-size set features players who started or were expected to start the 1990-91 season in the minors. Players from the American Hockey League and the International Hockey League are included in this set. This set features red borders with a yellow hockey stick on the left side of the card diagonally framing a…
Rookie cards are determined by the year of issue. So what happens when it’s incontrovertibly proven that a set from 1948 was actually issued in 1949? Collecting chaos. That’s the issue now with the 1948 Leaf baseball cards, which had been the exclusive rookie cards of Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige. And they were given…
By Stephen Laroche | Beckett Hockey Editor Upper Deck recently took a long look at the growing impact of online group breaks and other influencing factors on collecting and the impact they were having on the secondary market values of cards and the long-term impact they were having on the practice of building sets. In…
It’s not worth much, if anything at all. It’s ugly and in shambles. But I can’t help but loving 1990-91 Pro Set Hockey. By now, the collecting community is more than aware of the many flaws of the Pro Set company and the related sets of cards bearing their name. But that’s not enough to…
Set Description from Beckett Database This three-card standard-size set was produced by Score and distributed in a cello pack with the first printing of Eric Lindros’ autobiography “Fire on Ice”. The cards feature on the fronts color photos that capture three different moments in Lindros’ life (childhood, adolescence, and NHL Entry Draft). The pictures are…
If you’re a fan of high-scoring hockey, the 1980s was one of the sport’s greatest decades. Wayne Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers were kings for much of it but there were plenty of other great teams and superstars to get excited about. This translated into hockey cards as well, producing several classic sets that still…
At 330 standard-size cards, the 1975-76 Topps set stands as the company’s largest until 1990-91. Fronts feature team name at top and player name at the bottom. The player’s position appears in a puck at the bottom. The backs contain year-by-year and NHL career records, a short biography and a cartoon-illustrated hockey fact or referee’s…
Inspired by a family vacation to Toronto, Dwayne Hirtle is creating a hobby room as grand as the Hockey Hall of Fame. Meet Dwayne: “My name is Dwayne Hirtle. I’m a 47-year-old Trades Coordinator at the Nova Scotia Health Authority in Halifax. I’m an avid hockey card and Montreal Canadiens collector.” Getting Started: “My mother…
Editor’s Note: We always encourage readers to tell their story their own way for the Super Collector column, but no one’s ever taken up the challenge quite like Penguins super-fan Lori Bertman. Though she came to the sport, and the hobby, later in life than many of us, she brings a passion that’s most of…
Looking for a new focus during the pandemic, Texan Andrew Arfele landed on Carolina superstar Andrei Svechnikov. Meet Andrew: “My name is Andrew Arfele. I’m 35 years old and live in Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston. I have Cystic Fibrosis and live my life through sports card collecting when all else fails. My love…