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Top 3 Sidney Crosby rookie cards

jswietonjswieton Posts: 2,870 ✭✭✭
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What are Sidney Crosby's top 3 Rookie cards. I don't collect a lot of modern hockey cards but it seems that Crosby has the potential to be the next Wayne Gretzky of the modern era. I would like to pick up his top 3 RC’s for my personal collection. I am not talking about auto's or crazy 1/1 GU cards either.

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  • AhmanfanAhmanfan Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭✭
    I think all his top Rc's are autos.
    John
    Collecting
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  • RedHeart54RedHeart54 Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭
    The 2005 Upper Deck Young Guns and 2005 Fleer Ultra are two of his most mainstream rookie cards. There might be a third but those are the two I would get.
  • jswietonjswieton Posts: 2,870 ✭✭✭
    Thanks, I also was thinking about picking up his Victory card.
  • gameusedhoopgameusedhoop Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭✭
    can't go wrong with a black diamond either
  • aro13aro13 Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭
    Crosby has 18 rookie cards I believe.

    Of the lower end cards here they are in order of value:

    Black Diamond
    Upper Deck
    UD Trilogy
    SP Game Used
    UD Artifacts
    Ultra
    Beehive
    UD MVP
    UD power play
    Parkhurst
    UD Victory

    High End in alphabetical order are
    Hot Prospects
    SP Authentic
    SPx
    The Cup
    Ultimate Collection
    Upper Deck Ice
  • jswietonjswieton Posts: 2,870 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Crosby has 18 rookie cards I believe.

    Of the lower end cards here they are in order of value:

    Black Diamond
    Upper Deck
    UD Trilogy
    SP Game Used
    UD Artifacts
    Ultra
    Beehive
    UD MVP
    UD power play
    Parkhurst
    UD Victory

    High End in alphabetical order are
    Hot Prospects
    SP Authentic
    SPx
    The Cup
    Ultimate Collection
    Upper Deck Ice >>



    Thanks, That is what I was looking for.
  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭
    The Cup is overall his best and most sought after RC, the Ice rookie is rare, but there is no ink on it which in my opinion takes it out of the 1K+ group. I believe
    that this is a great time to pick up Crosby, but only see his cards going up more if he wins a few cups.

    Kevin
  • KnopflerKnopfler Posts: 783 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The Cup is overall his best and most sought after RC, the Ice rookie is rare, but there is no ink on it which in my opinion takes it out of the 1K+ group. I believe
    that this is a great time to pick up Crosby, but only see his cards going up more if he wins a few cups.

    Kevin >>



    What's the deal with that "The Cup" auto card? I posted about that card in my blog (see link in sig if interested) this morning. There is one on ebay right now that's already over $6000 with four days to go!
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  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭
    Remember the Cup was the exquisite of the hockey world. I believe packs started out at 500+. Hockey sales out do football and baseball on every level.

    Kevin
  • mtcardsmtcards Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭
    If youre looking at any of Crosby's top rookies, you better be ready to take out a loan

    Current BV in Beckett (which arent far off this time)

    Black Diamond $400
    Hot Prospects $1200
    SP Authentic $900
    SP Game Used $250
    SPx $800
    The Cup $12000 (YES 12k)
    UD Artifacts $350
    Ultimate Collection $1200
    Ultra $175
    Upper Deck $350
    UD Ice $3500
    UD Rookie Update $1800
    UD Trilogy $300
    UD Victory $30 (Get this one!!!)

    Prices are from the last Hockey Beckett I bought in July/August 2008, may be different now
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  • TheHunTheHun Posts: 1,690
    I concur that hockey collectors are as fanatical or even more so than baseball and football cards.

    Even after the card glut of the 1990's, there is a challenge to be a completist for player collectors of that decade.

    my only reservation about investing in Crosby, (or any rookie card) is that before the "legends" status are truely established, they many sink like a led zeppelin.

    Crosby has struggled in scoring of late - but even worse - he has exhibited some very uncharacteristic behaviors.

    He has sucker punched one opponent and was seen cheap-shotting another. Without his star profile it is believed he would have been suspended and fined.

    Let's hope he overcomes these antics.
  • GootGoot Posts: 3,496
    Oh you mean this one, TheHun?


    Crosby sucker punch
  • aro13aro13 Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭
    I tried to buy all of the Crosby rookies a couple of years ago. However, if you think about hockey rookie cards - what is the last rookie card to hold its value? Probably Joe Sakic in 1989. Since than no rookie card has really its early value.
  • TheHunTheHun Posts: 1,690


    << <i>Oh you mean this one, TheHun?


    Crosby sucker punch >>



    Yup Goot - that's one of'm. I think the kid is having a meltdown.

    He's making more enemies than fans.

    As far as hockey rookies holding any value - it goes back to what YOU thinks its worth ?

    How much value in a Strawberry rookie ? Herb Score rookie ? Don Mattingly ? Jose Conseco ?

    I think Alex Ovechkin is a good player to collect. But then again, if it was up to me we would be having one set per year released for each sport. (I also collect vintage only) That probably would not satisfy the modern collector ... so I pick and choose. That's just me.

    BTW - I was looking something up in a guide book and found that Sergie Samsonov had more than 40 cards issued just in 1997 - too many, eh ?

  • artistlostartistlost Posts: 2,242 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I think Alex Ovechkin is a good player to collect.? >>



    I agree. Crosby is over priced when you compare him to Ovechkin. If you want to buy I would say buy Ovechkin. You can buy almost 3 of his cards for every one of Corsby's from the same set.

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