Just one year after the infamous 1989 Fleer Bill Ripken “F— Face” error card made mainstream headlines, another baseball card made it into the world with explicit language on a bat knob: Jim Nettles’ 1990 Pacific Senior League card. While it dialed back the vulgarity just a notch from Ripken’s version, it still packed plenty…
The 1991-92 Topps Stadium Club hockey set contains 400 standard-size cards. The fronts feature full-bleed glossy color player photos. At the bottom, the player’s name appears in an aqua stripe that is bordered in gold. In the lower left or right corner the Stadium Club logo overlays the stripe. Against the background of a colorful…
The 7th Inning Sketch WHL Hockey set contains 347 standard-size cards. The front features a full color photo, framed by different color borders, with the player’s name and “WHL” in the bar below the picture. The set includes noteworthy cards of Scott Niedermayer and, Chris Osgood. A factory set, (a numbered edition of 6,000), was…
The 1958-59 Parkhurst set contains 50 color cards of Montreal and Toronto players. Cards are approximately 2 7/16″ by 3 5/8″. In contrast to the 1957-58 Parkhurst set, the cards, numbered on the fronts, are numbered continuously from 1 to 50. Resumes on the backs of the cards are in both French and English. The…
By Sean Gentille, Shayna Goldman, Mark Lazerus, Sean McIndoe and Hailey Salvian It’s been 12 years since we last saw NHL players at the Winter Olympics, and while there was still men’s hockey in PyeongChang and Beijing, the tournaments undeniably suffered from a lack of star power. (All due apologies to Finland, the defending gold…
Set Description from Beckett Database The 1993-94 Ultra hockey set consists of 500 standard-size cards. Both the first and second series contained 250 cards. The color action player photos on the fronts are full-bleed except at the bottom where a diagonal gold foil stripe separates the picture from a gray ice border. The player’s name,…
Set Description from Beckett Database 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…
This 501-card standard-size set features full-bleed color action player photos. The Stadium Club logo appears at the bottom and intersects a gold foil double stripe carrying the team name. The horizontal backs show an artist’s rendering of a hockey rink as the background. A mini-reproduction of the player’s first Topps card is shown as well…
This 361-card standard-size set was issued by 7th Inning Sketch and features players of the Western Hockey League. The production run was limited to 7,000 for factory sets, with each set individually numbered “X of 7,000.” Wax boxes featuring 36 packs were also issued. On a white card face, the fronts feature color action player…
On New Year’s Day 2025, Topps put a sports card twist on an old holiday by turning Jan. 1 into “1 of 1 Day” — an occasion to celebrate one-of-a-kind cards across the hobby. It immediately took off on social media, with everyone from actress Emma Roberts to rival manufacturer Panini and thousands of collectors…