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The hockey card market is not saturated

zsz70zsz70 Posts: 541 ✭
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Many of us continue to slowly stumble along in our quest to finish sets.
You surely have to be patient to be a hockey collector.

If anyone outside the hockey card world is ever thinking of collecting
sets in PSA 8 or 9 from 1986 and earlier, you may have to determine if
you are patient enough to try it.

The fact that there were more people living in New York city alone
than the entire country of Canada back in the 60's shows how little
of the stuff is out there for us.

My personal opinion for those of you who have PSA 8 commons from
1968-1973. I would not dump them right now. If you can wait a year
or two, hold onto them. I think the supply will get thinner and thinner
as we go along, and there will be some decent action for those cards.
I've noticed about 10 new people enter the market for those cards this year.

I also saw the mid-70's baseball market catch fire last year.
I expect the same for hockey in PSA 9.
I also see the 1980/1981/and 1985 opc in PSA 9 catching
fire in the future. I would stockpile these in PSA 9 if you can.
These have always been very popular sets.

That 1980-81 set will be the set to have in the future.
I've looked through thousands of those cards, and the centering
and cut makes it very difficult to get 9's.
The market is slow now, but the future is bright for it IMO.

Anyway, thanks for putting up with my rambling.

marc


Comments

  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,583 ✭✭✭✭
    Marc,

    Thanks for the insight. You seem to know your puck stuff. Any idea where I can land a nice Trottier OPC rookie, one that has a real shot at a straight 9?

    Andy
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • zsz70zsz70 Posts: 541 ✭
    Shagrotn,

    Trottier and Bobby Orr are the ONLY two cards from that year
    that have more than 10 graded. Every other card in that set
    has less than 10 submissions. That goes to show that very few
    people are submitting cards from that year.

    Yes, we all know that the Trottier is not an easy card to get a 9 because of certain reasons.

    Most know that 1975-76 WHA and 1976-77 seems to have
    less production than other years. But I believe that a Trottier will
    get a PSA 9 in the future.

    I think the first Trottier PSA 9 1/1 will not demand a huge price.
    There aren't enough Trottier collectors to drive the price up.
    There is no 1976-77 set collector. But there are rookie and
    hall of fame collectors. But I can't see the price hitting one thousand.
    I think we should see a few more surface in the future.

    A while back I said that 1968's would calm down a bit.
    That has happened now that the POP's have risen.

    I always preach patience to collectors. Let the big boys
    battle it out first, and then come in after they're done and get what you need.

    Don't get all excited over the first Trottier PSA 9. More will come down the
    path in the future. I will say that it is a very difficult card.

    I've still been waiting for a PSA 9 Bobby Orr #2 1968-69 opc card to surface.
    I actually sold 4 of them raw 15 years ago. Three are in Boston and
    1 is in NJ. They are vending case blazers. I sold them for $350.00
    each 15 years ago. I think they booked at 225.00 at the time.

    marc
  • aro13aro13 Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭
    Andy - At the last Canadian Expo Len Pottie had a couple of Trottier's that had a shot at pulling a 9. You might want to contact him. I searched the entire show looking for hockey rookies from the 60's and 70's and there were not a lot that would warrent a PSA 8 grade or better.
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,583 ✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for the info. guys. I am not familiar with Len Pottie. Do you have any contact info?
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • aro13aro13 Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭
    Andy - Turn on your PM's and I will send you the info.
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,583 ✭✭✭✭
    I actually don't know how to turn on my pm's. Can you e-mail me the info at shagrotn77@aol.com? Thanks!
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • AdamMAdamM Posts: 27
    Hi,
    Do you find the SMR to be pretty off from 1980 and before? I've thought about dabbling in hockey and noticed that many of the cards online are listed for over SMR.

    Any thoughts or inputs would be greatly appreciated.

    Adam
  • zsz70zsz70 Posts: 541 ✭
    Yes,

    I don't think you can dabble in the pre-1980 hockey card hobby
    without a few years of experience. Many cards that come up
    as 1/1's are gobbled up because there is a fear that they may
    never be seen again.

    I've been in the hockey card hobby for many years. I've seen
    vending cases of stuff pre-1980 to 1951. Even with that knowledge,
    it is difficult to get a good grip on it all.

    Mint hockey cards do not come around very often in certain years.
    Between the years of 1951-1975, you really have to know the
    supply and demand to determine what is best.

    However, I guess the key to any dabbling is to get involved
    in the cards you like. Without that perspective, all gets lost.
  • Hockeybonkers99Hockeybonkers99 Posts: 115
    agreed with first thread, however I must extend it to prior 1989..
    hockeybonkers@yahoo.ca
  • TurbosHockeyTurbosHockey Posts: 531 ✭
    Well I agree as well. As some of you are aware I am TRYING my dangdest to get the 1980 and 1985 sets cmplete. I would love to stock pile PSA 9's or even a few 10's for that matter but Mrs.Turboshockey would not be too impressed. It is hard enough with what I have already. Good luck to all and good hunting.
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