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MoldnutMoldnut Posts: 3,106 ✭✭✭✭
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Well not totally new, I'm from the coin forum. I don't really know much about cards but I really enjoy hockey and would like to learn about and collect a few hockey cards. Anyway, my name is Derek and I'm 40 yrs old currently living in Southern California. Nice to meet all of you.

If I can throw in one question to you guys it would be about Topps vs. OPC hockey cards. They appear to be the same cards but the value for the OPC cards seem to be higher and also when I look at the complete sets, the OPC sets have many more cards to them. Any reason for this? Sorry if these are stupid questions.image
Derek

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  • HallcoHallco Posts: 3,651 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image As far as Topps vs OPC is concerned, I think it has a lot to do with the total number of cards that were printed. Many more Topps cards were printed therefore making the supply more plentiful. Any idea what hockey years/sets/players you are wanting to collect?
  • MoldnutMoldnut Posts: 3,106 ✭✭✭✭
    I really like the cards from the 50s. Gordie Howe, Sawchuk and others popular players would be cool to collect. Another member mentioned that I should collect rookie cards. As far as sets go, it looks like you can get complete sets from the 80s for almost nothing. Are these reprints or something?
    Derek

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  • HallcoHallco Posts: 3,651 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I really like the cards from the 50s. Gordie Howe, Sawchuk and others popular players would be cool to collect. Another member mentioned that I should collect rookie cards. As far as sets go, it looks like you can get complete sets from the 80s for almost nothing. Are these reprints or something? >>



    Probably not reprints. There were just a lot of cards printed and the demand in the US is not very high on a lot of them. Some more than others of course. Collect whatever interests you. Cards from the 50s are very cool, but prepare to pay a good bit if you are going to get into names like Howe,Sawchuk,Orr, etc... Good luck! image
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  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,388 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wellcome anyone named after the top of an oil rig.
    My name is Derek as well.
  • MauriceMaurice Posts: 1,136


    << <i>As far as Topps vs OPC is concerned, I think it has a lot to do with the total number of cards that were printed. Many more Topps cards were printed therefore making the supply more plentiful. >>


    This is true for baseball but I believe it is the opposite for hockey.
  • MoldnutMoldnut Posts: 3,106 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I wellcome anyone named after the top of an oil rig.
    My name is Derek as well. >>



    I was named after one of the great hockey players at the time, Derek Sanderson, unfortunately he turned out to be a bum. I think he has now turned his life around.
    Derek

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  • fur72fur72 Posts: 2,348 ✭✭


    << <i>Well not totally new, I'm from the coin forum. I don't really know much about cards but I really enjoy hockey and would like to learn about and collect a few hockey cards. Anyway, my name is Derek and I'm 40 yrs old currently living in Southern California. Nice to meet all of you.

    If I can throw in one question to you guys it would be about Topps vs. OPC hockey cards. They appear to be the same cards but the value for the OPC cards seem to be higher and also when I look at the complete sets, the OPC sets have many more cards to them. Any reason for this? Sorry if these are stupid questions.image >>




    Welcome to the card forum! OPC is basically theCanadian equivalent of Topps but have been around much longer. The OPC sets from the 70's are most of the time smaller in scale and of lesser quality than Topps. They are also bilingual with both english and french printed on the card.

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    Hola!!
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    Hi, hello, how are ya? image
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    Hello Moldnut!
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