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Picked Up Another Sweet 1980 Topps Gretzky Proof *NEW Proof Added*

ICE9ICE9 Posts: 552 ✭✭✭
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Happy Easter!

I just added an uncut 3 card panel to my collection, pictured below with it's brothers. For those who haven't seen my previous dozen posts regarding this card, the Gretzky photo was changed before Topps went to production, making the proof cards very unique. In fact, there were about a dozen photo changes in the 1980-81 set. The Guy LaFleur All Star card (upper right) is also a photo varient.

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Mike
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  • RedHeart54RedHeart54 Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭
    Too cool.
  • swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,911 ✭✭✭
    Nice piece ...


    What exactly is the Topps Vault ?

    Is it an individual selling items - or is it Topps (company) selling off items...

    Can someone explain this to me?...thanks


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  • LeiascardsLeiascards Posts: 3,233
    Its Topps selling unique items they have kept over the years through Ebay.
  • TNP777TNP777 Posts: 5,710 ✭✭✭
    Love the Gretzkys! I wish the Topps Vault would release some more of their inventory (assuming there's a lot more to release). I was able to pick up some pretty cool '84 Butlers - all are blank backs. I missed out by minutes the full cyan and full magentas. I'm hoping that the guy who bought them will someday put them out on the market so I can have a more complete set.

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  • SportsItUpCardsSportsItUpCards Posts: 2,547


    << <i>Love the Gretzkys! I wish the Topps Vault would release some more of their inventory (assuming there's a lot more to release). I was able to pick up some pretty cool '84 Butlers - all are blank backs. I missed out by minutes the full cyan and full magentas. I'm hoping that the guy who bought them will someday put them out on the market so I can have a more complete set.

    image >>



    I love the Gretzkys! image

    That is some collection you got there too image

    Have you tried to contact the buyer of the other 2?

    Giovanni
  • TNP777TNP777 Posts: 5,710 ✭✭✭
    Gio - yes, I did. It was a couple years ago when they came up. I tried to contact the guy thru eBay when they first closed, but he never wrote back. I didn't want to pester the guy - maybe I should have.

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  • SportsItUpCardsSportsItUpCards Posts: 2,547


    << <i>Gio - yes, I did. It was a couple years ago when they came up. I tried to contact the guy thru eBay when they first closed, but he never wrote back. I didn't want to pester the guy - maybe I should have. >>



    I would have made him an offer he couldn't refuse! image

    No but really, I would have made him a rediculous offer just to get the last 2, were they the last 2??? Still a very cool set image

    Giovanni
  • RedHeart54RedHeart54 Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭
    ICE9, would you be willing to share what you paid for that panel?
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Sweet Item.

    Steve
    Good for you.
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,427 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanx for sharing Ice. That's quite a pickup!

    I've been buying from the Toppsvault since 2004 and have probably picked up around 150 to 200 lots over that time. I've only been disappointed once - they overlooked a crease and made good on it.

    I recommend it to anyone looking for proofs, pre-production items, original art - to include pen & ink items - from original comic art to blank back proofs.

    The items usually go at fair prices - except when a HOF'er is involved - Ryan items sell at a premium.

    I guarantee there was competition for the Gretzky proof.

    If ya like full or half uncut sheets? They come up from time to time. A favorite I picked up was a half sheet with the Ryno RC.

    mike
    Mike
  • TNTonPMSTNTonPMS Posts: 2,279 ✭✭
    Both of those collections are really cool !

    Never even heard of anything like that , I wonder how many different types of these variants there are and how many of each , or are they the only ones ?

    TNP, I hope you get those Butlers too , that would be great , but even what you have there is cool too .

  • ICE9ICE9 Posts: 552 ✭✭✭
    Redhart - I paid $300 for the 3 card panel. I purchased the other two Gretzky's (yellow/green & finished version minus team name) as a set from Topps Vault about 5 years ago for $200 - 250, can't remember the exact amount. I think they're worth considerably more, but who knows?

    TNT - There were two other copies of this particular Gretzky card that Topps Vault has auctioned off on eBay. One was a finished version of the card (all colors) with the team name "OILERS" running horizontal along the hockey stick blade. This one sold for $980. The other was a series of four acatate overlays which formed a final version of the card. This one sold for $736. My guess is that, for this particular issue, Topps ran one sheet of each individual color (8 different colors = 8 different sheets) , two finished sheets and one acetate sheet. Just a guess.

    TNP - Your Butler set is amazing! I tried to get all of the All Star subset cards (12 players) in yellow/green & finished versions, but missed out on four players (Tony Esposito, Mark Howe, Larry Robinson & Charlie Simmer). For some reason the yellow/green & finished version were the only colors offered.

    Stone - I knew you were a big fan of the original artwork, but I didn't realize that you had so much from the vault. Those cardback drawings that you've posted in the past are very cool.

    Mike


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  • ICE9ICE9 Posts: 552 ✭✭✭
    Are there any screw-down type holders for a 3 card panel? I need something for the Gretzky panel on my original post above. I've searched Ultra Pro & Pro Mold's websites but couldn't find anything. HELP!

    Mike
    "Must these Englishmen Live That I Might Die? Must They Live That I Might Die?" - The Blue Oyster Cult
  • mickeymantle24mickeymantle24 Posts: 2,768 ✭✭✭
    Awesome Gretzky's Congrats!
  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭✭
    I'm glad to see you provided proof that you got the proof and the proof that the proof really is a proof!! image Try saying that three times fast. image
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  • RedHeart54RedHeart54 Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Are there any screw-down type holders for a 3 card panel? I need something for the Gretzky panel on my original post above. I've searched Ultra Pro & Pro Mold's websites but couldn't find anything. HELP! >>



    It seems like they used to make a screw down for 8x10s. I know it's a little big but I think the panel would display well in one. Also, you might check a frame shop to see if they could make something custom made for it.
  • Tedw9Tedw9 Posts: 1,424 ✭✭
    I recently bought screw downs for 3 card panels, but they are not recessed like other holders. The one I bought was Ultra Pro. What I ended up doing was cutting out the bottom corner of a 9 x 12 (?) Ultra Pro page just slightly bigger than the cards and using it as a sort of penny sleeve. I then put the cards and sleeve into the screw down, but not too tightly.
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  • ICE9ICE9 Posts: 552 ✭✭✭
    I picked up another photo variation from the '80-81 set this week. This card commerated the Flyers 35 game unbeaten streak. The 3 card panel has the unreleased proof, the single card is the version that was included in the set.

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    Mike
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  • TheHunTheHun Posts: 1,690
    I have to admit that that hockey set was the most different issue ever done by topps until the 1990's - refractors and UV coated cards.

    No other regular card issue ever used the scratch-off design (rub-offs on backs - yes). So it was quite a departure from anything in 30 years.

    The O-Pee-Chee did not choose to use the scratch-off.

    Tough to find in mint condition. A wonderful look at the uncut panels !

    Nice collection. Thanks for sharing.

    cheers
  • mickeymantle24mickeymantle24 Posts: 2,768 ✭✭✭
    NICE!
  • RedHeart54RedHeart54 Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭
    Sorry, I was tried to upload some photos and all I see is the red x. Is imageshack having issues?
  • RedHeart54RedHeart54 Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭
    Ok, HERE'S what I was trying to upload. The seller of those hockey proofs also listed some other cards-that-never-were proofs. These are especially cool to me because I've collected reverse negative errors for years.
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  • CarboniCarboni Posts: 1
    Do you have any of these gretzky's 1980's proof for sale. I can pay with paypal. please email me at paulcarboni@hotmail.com
    Paul Carboni
  • jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,739 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Do you have any of these gretzky's 1980's proof for sale. I can pay with paypal. please email me at paulcarboni@hotmail.com >>



    You do realize that this thread is over 3 years old, don't you?
    James
  • csmtampacsmtampa Posts: 1,828 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Do you have any of these gretzky's 1980's proof for sale. I can pay with paypal. please email me at paulcarboni@hotmail.com >>



    You do realize that this thread is over 3 years old, don't you?
    James >>



    I think it's great that someone used the search engine
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