Hockey Guys: What are your top 3 favorite card designs?

Knuckles · February 3, 2005 11:52PM

New or old.. insert or regular.. whatever!

My top three faves..

1954 TOPPS

1911-12 C55

1951 PARKHURST

Honourable mentions..
1966 Topps
1936-37 O-Pee-Chee V304D (black&white popup cards)

Yzerman19C · February 4, 2005 12:18AM

My faves in order are 1954-55 Topps , 1971-72 OPC , 1955-56 Parkhurst

Randy

54topps · February 4, 2005 12:33AM

54topps · February 4, 2005 12:33AM

OOPS!!

1. 1954-55 Topps
2. 1953-54 Parkhurst
3. 1971-72 Topps/OPC

Onlypsahockey · February 4, 2005 3:51AM

1. 67-68 Topps...really colorful backgrounds, great eye appeal.
2. 71-72 Topps/OPC...something about the oval, very mod for then.
3. 61-62 Parkhurst...cool logos in background, nice design.

Honorable mention 64-65 Topps...gotta love them tall boys.
Best modern-97-98 Crown Royale Freeze Out Die Cuts...Tuff cards.

Bob

Onlypsahockey · February 4, 2005 4:00AM

Knuckles, your Sawchuck is making me drool!

Nice card Bob

wildcat05 · February 4, 2005 4:24AM

nice set

RedHeart54 · February 4, 2005 4:51AM

Vintage- 1954 Topps, 1953 Parkhurst
Modern- 1985 OPC (with '86 OPC a close second)

Knuckles · February 4, 2005 4:52AM

<< <i>looks like the players are standing in a radioactive chamber!! >>

Onlypsahockey: Unfortunitly those card aren't mine.. Just grabbed them from misc places to show as examples.

TheCARDKid · February 4, 2005 5:42AM

1. 71/72 OPC

2. 65/66 Topps

3. 81/82 OPC

aro13 · February 4, 2005 6:00AM

C56
1963-64 Parkhurst
1973-74 OPC

ArtRossLives · February 4, 2005 6:18AM

1. C55
2. Parkie 61-62
3. Parkie 63-64
4. Topps 54-55
5. Topps 60-61
6. Canadian Gum 33-34

(I know I know you asked for 3)

mudflap02 · February 4, 2005 6:21AM

Post some pics for the Americans.

acowa · February 4, 2005 6:59AM

1964 Topps is both sweet & kewl.

Knuckles · February 4, 2005 7:20AM

Nice choices! Canadian Gum especially.. one of my favourites..

perkdog · February 4, 2005 7:29AM

Ill tell you what, I do not like Hockey one bit but those 54 Topps are some of the most beautiful Sport cards ever designed, I have to fight myself not to stray at shows and pick some up.

coachvinny · February 4, 2005 8:44AM

agree with all of the above but my fav is the
1934-35 sweet caporal. gorgeous design.

GoSoxBoSox · February 4, 2005 10:11AM

I just bought that Ross card on eBay. That exact cert#. I like these three the best.

coachvinny · February 4, 2005 10:18AM

tom, what happened to little tommy?

GoSoxBoSox · February 4, 2005 10:23AM

<< <i>tom, what happened to little tommy? >>

Nothing. I'm just support my pal Vargha.

mudflap02 · February 4, 2005 10:24AM

I'm afraid little Tommy has been banned as well.

coachvinny · February 4, 2005 10:26AM

tom, trying to get a handle on the value of the ching johnson card.
not haviny much success. guess i'll have to wait for the ratelle.

GoSoxBoSox · February 4, 2005 10:28AM

I'll be here when you're ready.

ArtRossLives · February 4, 2005 10:39AM

Hey Knuckles - have any Canadian Gum for sale or trade?

Knuckles · February 4, 2005 1:31PM

GoSoxBoSox:Gorgeous Vezina! and way to go on the Art Ross.. A very nice eye apealing 4.

ArtRossLives: I only have one a Nelson Stewart that I don't want to let go of I enjoy it too much.

JrMacdaddy · February 4, 2005 4:46PM

1954-55 Topps
1968-69 OPC
1966-67

That is all.

ArtRossLives · February 4, 2005 8:03PM

Ah well, I can dream - I was hoping you'd have an extra Morenz.

jackstraw · February 4, 2005 11:37PM

has to be the 30's o pee chee's
55 , 57 parkhurst,54,57 topps,81 and 85 o pee chee. my favorite card from the 80's is that messier/gretzky highlight! i can look at that card everyday!bmw has some terrific hockey cards and they had this post card of joliat that is just flat out beautiful!

coachvinny · February 5, 2005 12:37AM

jackstraw, nice joliet postcard. very tuff to find!
i have some but their 5 or 6 at best.

i am envious!

RedHeart54 · February 5, 2005 12:49AM

<< <i>bmw has some terrific hockey cards and they had this post card of joliat that is just flat out beautiful! >>

That reminds me- BMW's hockey inventory does not come up on their site. They had some great stuff. Is it a website problem or did the ghost of Howie Morenz come down and take everything back to hockey heaven??

GoSoxBoSox · February 5, 2005 2:12AM

John,

I agree the '36 OPC's are awesome. Especially if you can find them in that condition .....which is unheard of outside of BMW's inventory. The best I have from that set are PSA 5's which don't present near as well as the one's shown here. BMW certainly have the best high-end selection of pre-war hockey I've ever seen anywhere. Their Vezina has to be the finest known ...or close to it.

Thank God every time I see those card they're behind glass and are slabbed. A rather large puddle forms under my chin every time I see their display.

Knuckles · February 5, 2005 2:19AM

I agree, the '36 are so.. so.. nice. DMD Classics had a bunch it outstanding grades for dirt cheap but I missed out.. they sold before I noticed them.

aro13 · February 5, 2005 2:24AM

Tom - Check out the 36 OPC D set on the registry that Mastronet will probably be putting in the next auction.

GoSoxBoSox · February 5, 2005 2:27AM

Wow. Between those that the '33 ice Kings they're auctiuoning off they have a couple unheard of homeruns. Do you know where they found these? I assume they're newly graded as well.

WinPitcher · February 5, 2005 4:13AM

While I do not collect much Hockey I do however have some. My favorite set is the 1965 with 1972 a close second. The 72 set I had at one time complete. I kept only a few stars selling most to a long ime Hockey collector that would frequent my shop in the early to mid 80's. The 65 set though I have only a few (around 20) and these two are among my favorites. At one time I collected those with 500 goals (using the year after they achieved that status. i still have those (somewhere) but have neglected to keep current.

Well here ya go: The Plante and Mikita cards are in EX condition as is The Orr card. BTW growing up Bobby Orr was my favorite player. With Espo a distant 2nd!

my 3rd fav set is the set with the wood grain 66? or 67 not sure
a few sets from the 80's also appeal to me.

murcerfan · February 5, 2005 5:05AM

Wow. Between those that the '33 ice Kings they're auctiuoning off they have a couple unheard of homeruns. Do you know where they found these? I assume they're newly graded as well.

The '36 set has to be...(how many pages will the flowery catalog write-up be on that one? ).

The IK set probably is fresh slabs too, although I haven't looked at the pop rep. in about a year.
It is possible that's Dr. Z's set on consignment......but I really doubt it.

jerster · February 5, 2005 5:58AM

1963/64 Parkhurst
1954/55 Topps
1955/56 Parkhurst

Jerster

Onlypsahockey · February 5, 2005 7:28AM

phreakydancin · February 6, 2005 4:18AM

The all-time most beautiful set has to be the 1954/55 Topps. Talk about an amazing inaugural issue! It is too bad that neither Parkhurst or Topps were able to produce a set covering all six teams while the two were in competition.

Other standouts for me:

1961/62 Parkhurst - some might find this issue a little tacky, but I love the rich coloured backgrounds with the tiled team logos
1968/69 OPC/Topps - are these the only all-horizontal hockey sets?
1971/72 OPC/Topps - just a really cool design
1979/80 OPC/Topps - beautiful blue bordered design put a premium on high-grade examples
1982/83 OPC - a guilty pleasure for me, as this is one of the sets I collected as a child, they feature a nice simple design with borders and title bars which compliment the team colours
1991/92 Upper Deck - minimalist white bordered design with amazing photography

Knuckles · February 6, 2005 6:37AM

I'm kinda surprised no one mentioned '87 OPC/TOPPS..

phreakydancin · February 6, 2005 8:16AM

That horrible hockey stick design? No thanks.

EagleEyeKid · February 6, 2005 9:42AM

91-92 ProSet
92-93 OPC Premier
95-96 Score

My crappy auctions

Onlypsahockey · February 6, 2005 12:53PM

you forgot the pro set platinum!

1979COLLECTOR · February 6, 2005 1:08PM

1984 OPC - Because it is an awsome card with 2 pics of the player on front

1979 OPC - Gretzkys RC year, sensitive blue border cards, and IMO they look beautiful.

First year of Be A Player Hockey Cards (1995?) awsome cards that show the players outside of the rink enjoying activities such as golf and pics of players when they were pee-wees.

bedardsavard18 · February 7, 2005 4:06PM

bedardsavard18 · February 7, 2005 4:11PM

Personally the 73-74 set is my favourite set. Love most of the photos. Dryden's TOPPS #10 Esposito #90 Jean Ratelle great action photo real cool shots. Old time hockey portrayed very well. Design is nothing special and not even codition sensitive with all the huge population increase they certainly are not hard to acquire in PSA 8

robstar · February 7, 2005 10:37PM

bedardsavard10

The 73-74 opc is a great set. Two cards I really like are the Gary Unger, great pic of him in full stride taken looking up from the ice surface. I also like the Steve Durbano ( fight card ) one of the very few hockey cards depicting a fight.

My personal favorite design is the 71 - 72 OPC. The Dryden card is awesome.
Favorite pre-war cards are the 33-34 OPC's.

Have a great day... Rob..

bedardsavard18 · February 8, 2005 2:52AM

Hey robstar

That is exactly the card I was recalling when mentioning cards from that set. The fight card with Steve Durbano. I only collect stars but that card is very tempting to purchase.

JrMacdaddy · February 8, 2005 4:03AM

<< <i>I also like the Steve Durbano ( fight card ) one of the very few hockey cards depicting a fight. >>

The Durbano card isn't a fight card, I think you're referring to the Phil Roberto card.

bedardsavard18 · February 9, 2005 12:25AM

Good job JrMacdaddy

This is the card love it the best hockey photo ever depicted on a card. I am sure Gary Bettman would like to sue the card manufacturers and there offspring if he could for this degrading card LOL. Great card this card reminds me of Slap Shot with Paul Newman I think the Dave "Killer" Carlson character was based on the this card alone. Or was that Oggie Thorp not sure LOL. If you have not seen slap shot and like hockey I highly suggest you go directly to the store and buy a copy now.

Onlypsahockey · February 9, 2005 2:12AM

Hey Rob & all,

I just picked up a complete 73-74 Topps set-raw. I thought it was an OPC set when I first looked thru the binder because a good amount (about 60%) of the set has the ruff "opc" cut on the right edge. They almost look as if they were partialy cut then pulled apart. Have you ever seen this before with the topps set? I got the set at a great price but I can't tell if the cuts are factory. What do you think? I'll try to scan one later.

Thanks, Bob

Hockey Guys: What are your top 3 favorite card designs?

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