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Mickey7Mickey7 Posts: 195 ✭
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Was there ever a hockey card produced in the early 1990's called Smokies Hockey Cards? A friend of mine says that he has two unopened cases of these. He states that they were produced by a company out in Vegas which went under after two years.

Does anyone have any info on these or does this sounds totally bogus?

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  • 54topps54topps Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭
    There is a smokeyscards in Las Vegas. I was there about 12 years ago. They used to be a big advertiser in the Sports collectors digest. found this listing on the internet. Not sure if the numbers still good. as far as producing hockeys cards im not sure.




    Smokey's Sportscards, Inc.
    3734 Las Vegas Blvd South
    Las Vegas, NV 89109
    PH: 702.739.0003
    FAX: 702.736.8957
  • NickMNickM Posts: 4,895 ✭✭✭
    Smokey's Sportscards branched out from being a large dealer in the early '90s to making his own minor league hockey sets. He followed that up by going into the forged autograph business.

    The cards are not worth much.

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  • doncherrydoncherry Posts: 238 ✭
    Nick is correct. I think they may have made the ultimate original 6 hockey set of 100 cards featuring older players and possibly a draft day set as well . None of the product is worth much
  • tripolitripoli Posts: 239
    yes, they were trying to scoop the rookie card market by producing cards of a bunch of juniors. Nice finish, but not worth anything now
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  • Mickey7Mickey7 Posts: 195 ✭
    Thanks for the info. Sounds as if I'll be passing on this find image
    Looking for '55 Topps Baseball in PSA 7/8.
    Looking for '51 Redbacks in PSA 9
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  • phreakydancinphreakydancin Posts: 1,691 ✭✭
    Smokeys did a draft picks set for the 1991/92 season. The set was pretty lame, consisting of players in generic uniforms doing posed shots on the ice. They are not bogus, as the players were paid for their appearances, but they are virtually worthless. Nice to have if you are looking for a particular player's card, but not much else.
  • 56Parkies56Parkies Posts: 30 ✭
    Definitely handy for those of us who are "completist" collectors; I collect any/all Chris Osgood cards, and he had two in that set (one had 5 different goalies on it). Chris called that set "bootleg cards", but I never asked him why?
    Collecting Edmonton sports cards - all Eskimos CFL cards and O-Pee-Chee Oilers as well as Chris Osgood hockey cards
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    Some added info:
    Smokies; They produced the 1991 Ultimate Draft sets.
    Product said Ultimate Hockey on the boxes or on the case.
    PSA & Beckett list them as Ultimate Draft as well as the Pop Report.
    These came in set form or in cases of 16 boxes per case.
    I know because I have this junk. To me, the cards are
    fairly cool looking with up and coming stars. Pretty much
    all the rookies that came out in 1991 are in this product.
    Forsberg, Markus Naslund (pre-rookie), Osgood, S. Niedermayer,
    Glen Murray, etc. This set depicts the players
    wearing the Smokies logo/advertisment on the front of the jerseys.
    I'll post pics later when I get home if anyone cares. I like them. The
    cards also came in form of regular U.S. or French version as well.
    Cheap junk, but cool stuff.
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