There is an amazing hockey auction ending tonight

pmcollectour

Maybe not amazing to some, but hockey card fans will appreciate it.



1955 quaker oats maple leaf gardens

VitoCo1972

Those Quaker's are super cool. I love seeing them in the hockey card thread. What's your estimate on what it goes for? I imagine it would have been crossed to PSA 8 if it could have been. Surely the prospective buyer must know that.

Dpeck100

I saw this card when browsing through the other lots in that auction.

What is the background on this card and why is it so rare?

pmcollectour

These were only distributed in Canada.

1955 saw parkhurst produce the same exact set card for card. The regular parkhurst had red backs, the quaker oats had green backs.

Quaker Oats produced cards to promote their products, and special gifts were offered for people who
collected complete sets. You could get hockey skates, a bicycle, and something else. There were three chase cards
that are impossible to find nowadays, and probably will sell for 20k+ if in excellent condition.

Most people sent in these green back sets because they already had the regular 1955 parkie set, and they wanted the prizes.
Bikes and hockey skates were cool things to get.

The pop reports on these cards are ridiculous in high grade. Not even sure if one psa 9 exists. I'm guessing there are less
then five psa 9's out there, but go check out 1955 quaker oats on the pop report if you're interested.

Here is one of my favorite cards in my collection.

VitoCo1972

Which were the three chase cards? Reminds me of the Charles Lindstrom card in 1932 US Caramel.

pmcollectour

Chase cards were

#1 Lumley
#33 Clancy
#37 Rocket Richard

Can you imagine if the Rocket Richard was ever sold in a grade higher then a PSA 6 ?
I'm guessing 35,000.00


The maple leafs gardens is the last card in the set, and I figured it would go for 11k, but
it may fizz out around this level because very few people try to collect the set. On the other hand, it
is a very desireable card that even non-set collectors will jump on.

I'm a little concerned about the color on the back. Not a red flag, just a little concerned.
It could be the scan too.

pmcollectour

Here is one of the chase cards.................





It's back is red, but I keep praying for it to turn green

lamontcarter

When you guys say "chase cards" does that mean they were short printed making them more difficult to obtain with the purpose of limiting the amount of complete sets that were put together? Or am I missing the boat on this?

Thanks.

Scott

pmcollectour

That is correct Scott.

The truth of the matter is that so few chase cards were printed that the Quaker Oats company started getting many written complaints
from it's customers.

Instead of insulting them by printing more chase cards and thus having them buy more of the product (which they were probably sick
of eating by then), they decided to allow people to hand in sets without the chase cards.

In the beginning though, you had to have the 3 chase cards in order to get prizes, but very few people were realizing this objective.
Once the verdict came out that you could hand in the sets without the chase cards, then the sets starting pouring in for prizes.

georgebailey2

"Thar she blows!" cry, perhaps, three or four Ahabs.

Alfonz24

<< <i>That is correct Scott.

The truth of the matter is that so few chase cards were printed that the Quaker Oats company started getting many written complaints
from it's customers.

Instead of insulting them by printing more chase cards and thus having them buy more of the product (which they were probably sick
of eating by then), they decided to allow people to hand in sets without the chase cards.

In the beginning though, you had to have the 3 chase cards in order to get prizes, but very few people were realizing this objective.
Once the verdict came out that you could hand in the sets without the chase cards, then the sets starting pouring in for prizes. >>



Thanks for the history lesson on these cards!

VitoCo1972

<< <i>

<< <i>That is correct Scott.

The truth of the matter is that so few chase cards were printed that the Quaker Oats company started getting many written complaints
from it's customers.

Instead of insulting them by printing more chase cards and thus having them buy more of the product (which they were probably sick
of eating by then), they decided to allow people to hand in sets without the chase cards.

In the beginning though, you had to have the 3 chase cards in order to get prizes, but very few people were realizing this objective.
Once the verdict came out that you could hand in the sets without the chase cards, then the sets starting pouring in for prizes. >>



Thanks for the history lesson on these cards! >>



Agree! One of the better unique card lessons I've seen here in awhile. If you have any other fun rare-example oddball backgrounds, I'd love to hear it!

lamontcarter

Thanks PM. Really insightful. I freakin love hockey and really want to start an old Parkie or Topps set. Any suggestions on one that you can complete without any cards over say $600. I'm perfectly happy collecting mid grade cards.

Thanks!

Scott

pmcollectour

I believe the favorite vintage hockey sets are

1954 topps
1955 parkhurst


1963 and 1951 parkie are very popular too, but 51's are very expensive.


The only card you may have to buy in a 4 is the 54 Howe and 55 Plante.
Everything else you can get in a 6, 7, or 8.

pmcollectour

Well, the Maple Leaf gardens card went for just over 11k.

The Jacque Plante PSA 7 quaker oats went for just over 8k.


I would guess that is a strong price for the Maple Leaf gardens card, and
it is also a good price for the PSA 7 Plante. A guy saw the Plante card in hand and
thought it looked more like a 6 then a 7. My guess is it's kind of a weak 7 also, but
then again quakers are tough ones.

Dboneesq

PM ... thanks for all that info. Very interesting.

Man, that last card in hi grade must be real tough! The #1 all time set has that card in a "3", the #2 all time set in a "5" and the #3 all time set does not even have that card!