More good stuff today. I have been planning this for nearly 6 months, so it's nice to finally have a finished product in hand. There was a private signing in Detroit this week with Red Wings Captain / Future HOFer Henrik Zetterberg. It hit on a couple of projects, so I couldn't pass it up.
The star of the show (IMO):
2008 Stanley Cup Finals Ticket, Game 6. Detroit 3 - Pittsburgh 2. Thinking back, this game should never have happened, as the Wings blew a lead in Game 5 with 30 seconds left that would have clinched the Cup. But, they got the job done on the road in Pittsburgh. Zetterberg won the Conn Smythe as MVP, and signed the spot where I thought it would look best.
I also sent in 2 cards. 1) 2002 UD Young Guns Rookie (true rookie for HOF RC set) 2) 2000 UD Swedish pre-rookie
Every bit of that is cool! I've told you I like your idea for the Conn Smythe ticket project. And I really think "pre rookie" cards are awesome. I collect quite a bit of minor league baseball cards and I enjoy the pre RCs in the golf, tennis and soccer threads, for instance. Thanks for sharing some neat stuff.
Love the Zetterberg Young Guns, my guess is there are not a lot of those around with ink. It's not a super common card. If he stays healthy I think he has 4 years left at 65 point average which should put him in the Hall and in the 1000 point club. His playoff numbers are stupid good.
Posted this on another thread; thought I'd consolidate here.
A bunch of HOF Rookie autos. Funny thing, both the Bucyk and the Barber were PSA crackouts that went UP a full grade after being signed. One of the Dionne's was a PSA 6 that went down 1. The Bourque and Neely were in SGC holders that I cracked out and both "crossed" to the same grade. The Clarke, Lafleur, and Messier were raw and graded as expected.
Overall, happy. I think I tend to personally grade too conservatively, at least based on my last few subs. Grades have generally been at or better than expected.
1 1 23664850 NEAR MINT 7 1980 O-Pee-Chee 140 Ray Bourque PSA/DNA Certified Card -- POP 2, None Higher 2 1 23664851 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1980 O-Pee-Chee 195 Mike Gartner PSA/DNA Certified Card -- POP 1, None Higher 3 1 23664852 NEAR MINT 7 1974 O-Pee-Chee 316 Steve Shutt PSA/DNA Certified Card -- POP 1, None Higher 4 1 23664853 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1957 Topps 10 Johnny Bucyk PSA/DNA Certified Card -- POP 1, None Higher 5 1 23664854 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1970 O-Pee-Chee 195 Bob Clarke PSA/DNA Certified Card 6 1 23664855 NEAR MINT 7 1984 O-Pee-Chee 327 Cam Neely PSA/DNA Certified Card 7 1 23664856 VERY GOOD 3 1971 O-Pee-Chee 148 Guy La Fleur PSA/DNA Certified Card 8 1 23664857 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1971 O-Pee-Chee 133 Marcel Dionne PSA/DNA Certified Card 8 2 23664858 EXCELLENT 5 1971 O-Pee-Chee 133 Marcel Dionne PSA/DNA Certified Card 9 1 23664859 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1973 O-Pee-Chee 81 Bill Barber PSA/DNA Certified Card -- POP 1, None Higher 10 1 23664860 EXCELLENT 5 1980 O-Pee-Chee 289 Mark Messier Error-Back Says Shoot Right PSA/DNA Certified Card
Wow that's some awesome poppage! Lots of big names. I know you'll probably show photos of all (I hope) but I'm dying to see the Bourque!! Congrats Casey, nice job!
Mostly quiet on the home front, but, hey, it's another Langway RC. Perpetual quest to find a good one. Done at a private signing in VA.
I sent in a 65 card post-56 monthly special sub that logged today. Target date around the end of February, but there's always a chance it'll be done earlier. It was almost all modern shiny stuff - so I am again preparing to be brutalized as I think I know a lot more about grading vintage than I do modern. This stuff was all pack-pulled by myself, carefully handed, and quality control checked 2x .. so I don't know how you could be more careful. We'll see.
Cards that popped earlier took a bit to ship and should be here tomorrow or Thursday - will post scans when they arrive. I'll have to decide which of the Dionne RCs to keep - I think it's a close call between the 4 and the 5.
Patrick, let me know if you get a return from Langway. Last I checked, he was tough TTM - but I think that was a change and he had been pretty good in the past. In any regard, good luck!
As promised some scans from the above-posted sub:
I also want to get people's opinion about which of these to keep. I am torn and will save my thoughts for a minute:
OK, that's it for now. No more HOF RC grading until the next Red Flip group sub. I still have 10 cards out at signings, so a few of those may be tricking in. If anyone hears of a Mario Lemieux siging, let me know! He's on my short list - but might be tough.
<< <i>I also want to get people's opinion about which of these to keep. I am torn and will save my thoughts for a minute: >>
Tough call, the sig on the 5 is my favorite of the two, but I really like the inscriptions on the 4 and if going for a HOF auto'd rookie run is the one I would likely keep.
That Bourque is the sexiest hockey card I've seen in a long time and I love the old school Canucks get up Neely's wearing! Lots of Bruins love in this update. One more note on the Neely: you and I have discussed this before, but I think 84 OPC hockey is one of the very best designs of all time, in any sport.
Regarding the Dionne autos, it's tough, but I'd keep the one on the right. I like the thinner marker.
I like the fact that he added his number and hof enshrinement to the one on the left, but I would still keep the one on the right. It's cleaner and crisper.
I love the Konstantinov that says "red army" haha. And always cool to get a signed '51. You have a few signed 51's, right? I know you have Howe signed. How many would you say you have signed from that set?
<< <i>I love the Konstantinov that says "red army" haha. And always cool to get a signed '51. You have a few signed 51's, right? I know you have Howe signed. How many would you say you have signed from that set? >>
Thanks. Maybe everyone knows this already, but Konstantinov was a core member of the Red Wings in the 90s but suffered a career ending injury in a car accident after they won their first Stanley Cup in 97. As a result, his auto is fairly rare and valuable. I think this is his most desirable card and it's a nice autograph and the card is in pretty good shape. He was obviously Russian (well, Soviet). The Wings had a bunch of 'em. Sergei Fedorov's rookie is also a "Red Army" card. They came as 1/pack inserts in the 1990 Topps/OPC set.
As far as 1951 Parkhurst cards, I have a few. This was the first post-war hockey set so it contains a TON of HOF RCs of players who started in the mid-late 40s and later. Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard, Terry Sawchuk, etc. I have picked up several for my HOF rookie set: Bill Gadsby, Howe, Alex Delvecchio, Edgar LaPrade, Red Kelly, Bert Olmstead, and Marcel Pronovost. This one isn't a HOFer, although he was a good player. It's for my ever-growing collection of signed Red Wings cards. I also had him sign a 1954 Topps card, but didn't get a chance to scan that.
<< <i>Love that Federko. Bernie has a great signature. >>
Thanks. He does. It's usually solid - this particular card was one of the best of his that I had seen. He usually signs this card in a different place. The inscription tied it all together. And, it was an OPC that looks to be 6+ (only flaws are lower-left corner ding and centering).
Some blue flip PSA/DNA poppage from a group sub on another site. 21 total items, all will be FS, with the exception of the Yzerman ticket which I am going to keep for my collection of signed Stanley Cup Championship Red Wings tickets. It is a ticket to game 4 of the 1998 SCF and signed by Yzerman who was the Conn Smythe winner. Scans will be posted when I get the cards back in the next 10 or so days.
1981 OPC 161 Dino Ciccarelli 1957 Topps 10 John Bucyk 1974 OPC WHA 7 Mark Howe 1978 OPC 115 Mike Bossy 1957 Parkhurst 19 Bert Olmstead 1974 Topps 261 Scotty Bowman 1974 Topps 261 Scotty Bowman 1988 Esso Jean Beliveau 1992 Sport Flash 4 Jean Beliveau 1992 Sport Flash 9 Maurice Richard 2013 Heroes and Prospects 51 Aaron Ekblad 2013 Heroes and Prospects 51 Aaron Ekblad Ticket Steve Yzerman 1962 Parkhurst 43 Don Marshall 1963 Parkhurst 2 Dick Duff 1965 Topps 96 Milt Schmidt 1970 Topps Stamps Danny Grant 1970 Topps Stamps Jean Ratelle 1975 Topps 243 Jean Ratelle 1960 Parkhurst 60 Ab McDonald 1954 Parkhurst 42 Red Kelly
ETA: Happy to say that this was my first time going 100% in a blue flip group sub. Hope that trend continues in Derrick's, where I am subbing 51 cards.
<< <i>I love the Konstantinov that says "red army" haha. And always cool to get a signed '51. >>
+1 - Great returns Casey!
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Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
Got back late last night from a trip to Georgia to see family. Nice drive. Came home to a pile of mail, but mostly items that I had purchase for resale or that were not yet complete (cards to be signed or graded). So, a couple cards to show, but not a ton ...
1990 OPC Premier Jaromir Jagr RC - private signing 1990 OPC Premier Jeremy Roenick RC - TTM 1980 Topps Canadiens Leaders Guy Lafleur / Pierre Larouche - TTM. Finally got this back from Lafleur; I had assumed it was lost. Probably took about 5 months to get both. Multi-signed TTMs are fun. 1990 Score Martin Brodeur RC - eBay. I had a blue flip version, sold that for $75 and picked this up for $45. I think I did good, especially considering the early version of his autograph (probably 93 or 94)
Oh, and, a belated Merry Christmas to everyone! Thank you to everyone who has read or commented on this thread - it has been a fun project over the year and I hope to keep it going into 2015.
Back from a weeklong trip to Miami. Much nicer weather down there than in MI! Came home to a pile of work that I punched out this morning, and now I have some time to get my cards organized. Here's the week of mail:
1992 UD Chris Pronger RC. Future HOF. eBay - thanks luftmich! 1983 OPC Scott Stevens RC. HOF. ebay - filler until I get a nicer card 1982 OPC Dale Hawerchuk RC. HOF. TTM - this was over 200 days; glad to get it back 1991 Pro Set Vladimir Konstantinov. eBay - another nice pickup for under $10. Same seller as before - definitely real, IMO. 1998 SCF Cup Winning Ticket signed by Steve Yzerman - back from a blue flip group sub on another page. Happy to have this finished! 1954 Parkhurst Red Kelly. TTM, blue flipped via the same sub as Yzerman. These are my 2 "keepers" of the 21 I subbed. Others FS. Signed Red Wings ticket. Nicklas Lidstrom, 1000th point game. This doesn't really fit a major collecting area of mine, but I thought it was really cool, so I grabbed it on eBay. I'll send it in for PSA/DNA red flipping / ticket authentication the next time I build up enough of those to sub.
Casey, more awesome pick ups. Got me thinking...I have a ticket stub from the Cup winning game from the 2002 cup. It'd be awesome to have it signed by Yzerman. If you come across a good opportunity to send it in that doesn't cost an arm and a leg, please keep me in the loop!
Will do. Yzerman has been pricey ($175 at last DC Sports signing?). You might think about getting it signed by Lidstrom, who was the Conn Smythe winner that year. I have one, too, and am waiting for him. He'll definitely be doing signings in the U.S. next year after he gets into the HOF.
<< <i>Will do. Yzerman has been pricey ($175 at last DC Sports signing?). You might think about getting it signed by Lidstrom, who was the Conn Smythe winner that year. I have one, too, and am waiting for him. He'll definitely be doing signings in the U.S. next year after he gets into the HOF. >>
Awesome. Yes, that's a good point...forgot Lidstrom got the Conn Smyth. Were you at the game as well? That was the coolest Red Wings experience for me, followed by the Winter Classic last year. And yeah, $175 seems like a lot but I'm not surprised.
December CC Special. Logged 12/16. This was not expected this early. My first major modern sub. Feel like I did pretty good. These were almost all boxes I ripped after Black Friday--I bought a bit of Prizm and a couple other misc. boxes from Blowout and D&A. The 2011 ITG Mrazek, 2014 UD YG Sproul, and the Prizm Mrazeks auto were bought on eBay. This is the 2nd consecutive sub where my one and only ITG card came back short - not sure what is up with that.
1 1 N6: MINIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENT 2011 Itg Between the Pipes Autographs A-PM Petr Mrazek Card 2 1 23755314 GEM MINT 10 2013 Score 691 Valeri Nichushkin Card 3 1 23755315 MINT 9 2013 Panini Rookie Anthology 11 Cody Hodgson Gold Card 4 1 23755316 GEM MINT 10 2012 Panini Certified 83 Ales Hemsky Mirror Red Card 5 1 23755317 MINT 9 2014 Upper Deck 220 Ryan Sproul UD Exclusives Card 6 1 23755318 MINT 9 2013 Panini Select Cornerstone C-8 Pavel Datsyuk Prizm Gold Card 7 1 23755319 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Rookie Anthology Update Score Signature Sco Sean Couturier Card 8 1 23755320 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 232 Jack Campbell Green Prizm Card 9 1 23755321 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 16 Cam Ward Green Prizm Card 10 1 23755322 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 71 Mika Zibanejad Green Prizm Card 11 1 23755323 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 155 Mikko Koivu Green Prizm Card 12 1 23755324 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 28 Pavel Datsyuk Green Prizm Card 13 1 23755325 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 236 Danny DeKeyser Green Prizm Card 14 1 23755326 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm 93 Steven Stamkos Red Prizm Card 15 1 23755327 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm 263 Brock Nelson Red Prizm Card 16 1 23755328 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 251 Alex Galchenyuk Gold Prizm Card 17 1 23755329 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 21 Jack Johnson Gold Prizm Card 18 1 23755330 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 180 T.J. Oshie Gold Prizm Card 19 1 23755331 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm 88 Tomas Vokoun Gold Prizm Card 20 1 23755332 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Initial Impressions II-7 Stefan Matteau Orange Prizm Card 21 1 23755333 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 120 Jiri Hudler Orange Die-Cut Prizm Card 22 1 23755334 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 84 Sidney Crosby Orange Die-Cut Prizm Card 23 1 23755335 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 46 Martin Brodeur Orange Die-Cut Prizm Card 24 1 23755336 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 131 Semyon Varlamov Orange Die-Cut Prizm Card 25 1 23755337 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 114 Saku Koivu Orange Die-Cut Prizm Card 26 1 23755338 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 17 Alexander Semin Orange Die-Cut Prizm Card 27 1 23755339 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 230 Antoine Roussel Orange Die-Cut Prizm Card 28 1 23755340 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm Autographs A-M2 Al MacInnis Prizm Card 29 1 23755341 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-VK Roman Cervenka Prizm Card 29 2 23755342 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-VK Roman Cervenka Prizm Card 30 1 23755343 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Autographs A-JF Joe Finley Card 31 1 23755344 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm Autographs A-TZ Jaden Schwartz Card 32 1 23755345 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-SL Scott Laughton Card 33 1 23755346 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-PG Philipp Grubauer Card 34 1 23755347 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-JC Jack Campbell Card 35 1 23755348 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Autographs A-OP Ondrej Pavelec Card 36 1 23755349 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-EY Danny DeKeyser Card 36 2 23755350 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-EY Danny DeKeyser Card 37 1 23755351 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Autographs A-CP Carey Price Card 38 1 23755352 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Autographs A-GL Gabriel Landeskog Card 39 1 23755353 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm Autographs A-BT Bryan Trottier Card 40 1 23755354 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-PM Petr Mrazek Card 41 1 23755355 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-JH Jonathan Huberdeau Card 42 1 23755356 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Autographs A-DC Daniel Carcillo Card 43 1 23755357 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-BL Brian Lashoff Card 44 1 23755358 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-CC Cory Conacher Card 45 1 23755359 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 84 Sidney Crosby Prizm Card 46 1 23755360 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm 331 Elias Lindholm Prizm Card 47 1 23755361 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Immortalized I-13 Gordie Howe Card 48 1 23755362 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Initial Impressions II-3 Vladimir Tarasenko Card 49 1 23755363 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 282 Vladimir Tarasenko Prizm Card 50 1 23755364 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 236 Danny DeKeyser Prizm Card 51 1 23755365 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 40 P.K. Subban Prizm Card 52 1 23755366 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 237 Petr Mrazek Card 53 1 23755367 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm 84 Sidney Crosby Card 53 2 23755368 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm 84 Sidney Crosby Card 53 3 23755369 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 84 Sidney Crosby Card 54 1 23755370 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm 282 Vladimir Tarasenko Card 54 2 23755371 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm 282 Vladimir Tarasenko Card 55 1 23755372 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 251 Alex Galchenyuk Card 56 1 23755373 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 246 Tyler Toffoli Card 57 1 23755374 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 60 Henrik Lundqvist Prizm Card 58 1 23755375 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Immortalized I-3 Jonathan Toews Card 59 1 23755376 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 156 Zach Parise Prizm Card 60 1 23755377 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 232 Jack Campbell Prizm Card
I opened a tin of 14-16 UD Series 1 hockey today on a whim. I got an Ekblad YG, who I know is good. Anyone else that I should looking for in this year? I feel out of it.
Wasn't expecting it, but got quite a few cards back in the mail today. These are cards that I've been gathering/working on for about 6 months. Nice to see a near finished product.
1990 UD Pavel Bure HOF RC - private signing 1990 Score Vladislav Fetisov HOF RC - private signing 1981 OPC Dino Ciccarrelli HOF RC - eBay 1987 OPC Adam Oates HOF RC - eBay 2001 UD Young Guns Pavel Datsyuk Future HOF RC - private signing 2001 UD Young Guns (Retail) Pavel Datsyuk Future HOF RC - private signing 2000 Russian Hockey League Pavel Datsyuk pre-rookie - private signing 1979 Panini Stickers Vladislav Tretiak HOF RC - private signing (x2) 1972 Swedish Semic Vladislav Tretiak pre-rookie - private signing
Got some poppage from a blue flip group sub from December. Again, I went 20-for-20 on authentic autos, which is really great. Combined with the last sub, that's a perfect record on the last 40. Hopefully this isn't just good luck--it may be--and it means that I'm getting better at self-authentication. They were almost all bought signed and unauthenticated. I'll post some scans when I get them back, but the sub included:
1954 Topps 27 Marcel Pronovost 1960 Parkhurst 23 Sid Abel 1952 Parkhurst 87 Ted Lindsay 2009 Maine Black Bears Gustav Nyquist (Detroit Red Wings) 2009 Maine Black Bears Gustav Nyquist (Detroit Red Wings)
1961 Parkhusrt 43 Henri Richard 1961 Parkhurst 27 Bill Gadsby 1961 Parkhusrt 11 Bob Baun 1961 Parkhurst 5 Dave Keon 1954 Topps 20 Bill Gadsby 1974 O-Pee-Chee 316 Steve Shutt 1965 Topps 31 Gerry Cheevers 1952 Parkhurst 34 Leo Boivin 1970 O-Pee-Chee 51 Serge Savard 1981 Topps 18 Jari Kurri 1984 Topps 49 Steve Yzerman 1984 Topps 96 Pat LaFontaine 1984 O-Pee-Chee 259 Chris Chelios 1990 O-Pee-Chee Premier 100 Jeremy Roenick 1998 Upper Deck 234 Martin St. Louis
The first 5 above the break are to keep. I'll sell the others.
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
Yes, it was once stapled. No, I really don't care!
Sid Abel, HOF, member of the Detroit Red Wings Production Line with Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay. d. 2000. Reasonably tough auto on vintage cards; this is the 1st signed 1951 Parkhurst I have seen. Arguably his RC; he was featured in the 1940 OPC set, which is probably more a photo than a card, and the 1951 Berk Ross set of the same year. The post-war HOF RCs set does not include the Abel, though it should, like the Milt Schmidt, etc. - but the HOF RC set registry includes this as a RC along with the Berk Ross and OPC.
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1970 OPC Gilbert Perreault - TTM - PSA 4.5 crackout upgrade
1985-87 HOF Cartophilium John Ziegler - HOF "RC" Builder - eBay
1985-87 HOF Cartophilium Red Storey - HOF "RC" Referee - eBay
The star of the show (IMO):
2008 Stanley Cup Finals Ticket, Game 6. Detroit 3 - Pittsburgh 2. Thinking back, this game should never have happened, as the Wings blew a lead in Game 5 with 30 seconds left that would have clinched the Cup. But, they got the job done on the road in Pittsburgh. Zetterberg won the Conn Smythe as MVP, and signed the spot where I thought it would look best.
I also sent in 2 cards. 1) 2002 UD Young Guns Rookie (true rookie for HOF RC set) 2) 2000 UD Swedish pre-rookie
A bunch of HOF Rookie autos. Funny thing, both the Bucyk and the Barber were PSA crackouts that went UP a full grade after being signed. One of the Dionne's was a PSA 6 that went down 1. The Bourque and Neely were in SGC holders that I cracked out and both "crossed" to the same grade. The Clarke, Lafleur, and Messier were raw and graded as expected.
Overall, happy. I think I tend to personally grade too conservatively, at least based on my last few subs. Grades have generally been at or better than expected.
1 1 23664850 NEAR MINT 7 1980 O-Pee-Chee 140 Ray Bourque PSA/DNA Certified Card -- POP 2, None Higher
2 1 23664851 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1980 O-Pee-Chee 195 Mike Gartner PSA/DNA Certified Card -- POP 1, None Higher
3 1 23664852 NEAR MINT 7 1974 O-Pee-Chee 316 Steve Shutt PSA/DNA Certified Card -- POP 1, None Higher
4 1 23664853 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1957 Topps 10 Johnny Bucyk PSA/DNA Certified Card -- POP 1, None Higher
5 1 23664854 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1970 O-Pee-Chee 195 Bob Clarke PSA/DNA Certified Card
6 1 23664855 NEAR MINT 7 1984 O-Pee-Chee 327 Cam Neely PSA/DNA Certified Card
7 1 23664856 VERY GOOD 3 1971 O-Pee-Chee 148 Guy La Fleur PSA/DNA Certified Card
8 1 23664857 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1971 O-Pee-Chee 133 Marcel Dionne PSA/DNA Certified Card
8 2 23664858 EXCELLENT 5 1971 O-Pee-Chee 133 Marcel Dionne PSA/DNA Certified Card
9 1 23664859 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1973 O-Pee-Chee 81 Bill Barber PSA/DNA Certified Card -- POP 1, None Higher
10 1 23664860 EXCELLENT 5 1980 O-Pee-Chee 289 Mark Messier Error-Back Says Shoot Right PSA/DNA Certified Card
I sent in a 65 card post-56 monthly special sub that logged today. Target date around the end of February, but there's always a chance it'll be done earlier. It was almost all modern shiny stuff - so I am again preparing to be brutalized as I think I know a lot more about grading vintage than I do modern. This stuff was all pack-pulled by myself, carefully handed, and quality control checked 2x .. so I don't know how you could be more careful. We'll see.
Cards that popped earlier took a bit to ship and should be here tomorrow or Thursday - will post scans when they arrive. I'll have to decide which of the Dionne RCs to keep - I think it's a close call between the 4 and the 5.
As promised some scans from the above-posted sub:
I also want to get people's opinion about which of these to keep. I am torn and will save my thoughts for a minute:
OK, that's it for now. No more HOF RC grading until the next Red Flip group sub. I still have 10 cards out at signings, so a few of those may be tricking in. If anyone hears of a Mario Lemieux siging, let me know! He's on my short list - but might be tough.
<< <i>I also want to get people's opinion about which of these to keep. I am torn and will save my thoughts for a minute: >>
Tough call, the sig on the 5 is my favorite of the two, but I really like the inscriptions on the 4 and if going for a HOF auto'd rookie run is the one I would likely keep.
Regarding the Dionne autos, it's tough, but I'd keep the one on the right. I like the thinner marker.
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1965 Topps Yvan Cournoyer HOF RC - eBay
1978 OPC Bernie Federko HOF RC - eBay
1990 OPC Vladimir Konstantinov RC - eBay for $8, score!
1951 Parkhurst Marty Pavelich - TTM
<< <i>I love the Konstantinov that says "red army" haha. And always cool to get a signed '51. You have a few signed 51's, right? I know you have Howe signed. How many would you say you have signed from that set? >>
Thanks. Maybe everyone knows this already, but Konstantinov was a core member of the Red Wings in the 90s but suffered a career ending injury in a car accident after they won their first Stanley Cup in 97. As a result, his auto is fairly rare and valuable. I think this is his most desirable card and it's a nice autograph and the card is in pretty good shape. He was obviously Russian (well, Soviet). The Wings had a bunch of 'em. Sergei Fedorov's rookie is also a "Red Army" card. They came as 1/pack inserts in the 1990 Topps/OPC set.
As far as 1951 Parkhurst cards, I have a few. This was the first post-war hockey set so it contains a TON of HOF RCs of players who started in the mid-late 40s and later. Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard, Terry Sawchuk, etc. I have picked up several for my HOF rookie set: Bill Gadsby, Howe, Alex Delvecchio, Edgar LaPrade, Red Kelly, Bert Olmstead, and Marcel Pronovost. This one isn't a HOFer, although he was a good player. It's for my ever-growing collection of signed Red Wings cards. I also had him sign a 1954 Topps card, but didn't get a chance to scan that.
<< <i>Love that Federko. Bernie has a great signature. >>
Thanks. He does. It's usually solid - this particular card was one of the best of his that I had seen. He usually signs this card in a different place. The inscription tied it all together. And, it was an OPC that looks to be 6+ (only flaws are lower-left corner ding and centering).
I especially like Federko's sig - some people just have something special IMO and that's one of them.
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1981 OPC 161 Dino Ciccarelli
1957 Topps 10 John Bucyk
1974 OPC WHA 7 Mark Howe
1978 OPC 115 Mike Bossy
1957 Parkhurst 19 Bert Olmstead
1974 Topps 261 Scotty Bowman
1974 Topps 261 Scotty Bowman
1988 Esso Jean Beliveau
1992 Sport Flash 4 Jean Beliveau
1992 Sport Flash 9 Maurice Richard
2013 Heroes and Prospects 51 Aaron Ekblad
2013 Heroes and Prospects 51 Aaron Ekblad
Ticket Steve Yzerman
1962 Parkhurst 43 Don Marshall
1963 Parkhurst 2 Dick Duff
1965 Topps 96 Milt Schmidt
1970 Topps Stamps Danny Grant
1970 Topps Stamps Jean Ratelle
1975 Topps 243 Jean Ratelle
1960 Parkhurst 60 Ab McDonald
1954 Parkhurst 42 Red Kelly
ETA: Happy to say that this was my first time going 100% in a blue flip group sub. Hope that trend continues in Derrick's, where I am subbing 51 cards.
<< <i>I love the Konstantinov that says "red army" haha. And always cool to get a signed '51. >>
+1 - Great returns Casey!
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
1990 OPC Premier Jaromir Jagr RC - private signing
1990 OPC Premier Jeremy Roenick RC - TTM
1980 Topps Canadiens Leaders Guy Lafleur / Pierre Larouche - TTM. Finally got this back from Lafleur; I had assumed it was lost. Probably took about 5 months to get both. Multi-signed TTMs are fun.
1990 Score Martin Brodeur RC - eBay. I had a blue flip version, sold that for $75 and picked this up for $45. I think I did good, especially considering the early version of his autograph (probably 93 or 94)
<< <i>That's a sweet brodeur 1990 Score auto. >>
+1. We have 3 or 4 raw copies of that card kicking around our house. It looks great slabbed and signed!
And you BETTER keep this thread going! It's one of the very best on CU.
1992 UD Chris Pronger RC. Future HOF. eBay - thanks luftmich!
1983 OPC Scott Stevens RC. HOF. ebay - filler until I get a nicer card
1982 OPC Dale Hawerchuk RC. HOF. TTM - this was over 200 days; glad to get it back
1991 Pro Set Vladimir Konstantinov. eBay - another nice pickup for under $10. Same seller as before - definitely real, IMO.
1998 SCF Cup Winning Ticket signed by Steve Yzerman - back from a blue flip group sub on another page. Happy to have this finished!
1954 Parkhurst Red Kelly. TTM, blue flipped via the same sub as Yzerman. These are my 2 "keepers" of the 21 I subbed. Others FS.
Signed Red Wings ticket. Nicklas Lidstrom, 1000th point game. This doesn't really fit a major collecting area of mine, but I thought it was really cool, so I grabbed it on eBay. I'll send it in for PSA/DNA red flipping / ticket authentication the next time I build up enough of those to sub.
<< <i>Will do. Yzerman has been pricey ($175 at last DC Sports signing?). You might think about getting it signed by Lidstrom, who was the Conn Smythe winner that year. I have one, too, and am waiting for him. He'll definitely be doing signings in the U.S. next year after he gets into the HOF. >>
Awesome. Yes, that's a good point...forgot Lidstrom got the Conn Smyth. Were you at the game as well? That was the coolest Red Wings experience for me, followed by the Winter Classic last year.
And yeah, $175 seems like a lot but I'm not surprised.
Very nice addition to your collection.
Got some late night poppage, courtesy of 54Topps (Mike).
1 1 23793889 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1951 Bowman 51 Ed Sprinkle Card (previously EOT)
2 1 23793890 NEAR MINT 7 1952 Parkhurst 45 Sid Smith Card (previously PSA 6 - crack out)
3 1 23793891 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1953 Parkhurst 12 Harry Watson Card (previously EOT)
4 1 23793892 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1953 Parkhurst 89 Real Chevrefils Card (previously SGC 8)
Pretty happy!
EDIT:
I scanned some more cards tonight. I'll show a few of the blue flips that are for sale...
1 1 N6: MINIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENT 2011 Itg Between the Pipes Autographs A-PM Petr Mrazek Card
2 1 23755314 GEM MINT 10 2013 Score 691 Valeri Nichushkin Card
3 1 23755315 MINT 9 2013 Panini Rookie Anthology 11 Cody Hodgson Gold Card
4 1 23755316 GEM MINT 10 2012 Panini Certified 83 Ales Hemsky Mirror Red Card
5 1 23755317 MINT 9 2014 Upper Deck 220 Ryan Sproul UD Exclusives Card
6 1 23755318 MINT 9 2013 Panini Select Cornerstone C-8 Pavel Datsyuk Prizm Gold Card
7 1 23755319 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Rookie Anthology Update Score Signature Sco Sean Couturier Card
8 1 23755320 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 232 Jack Campbell Green Prizm Card
9 1 23755321 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 16 Cam Ward Green Prizm Card
10 1 23755322 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 71 Mika Zibanejad Green Prizm Card
11 1 23755323 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 155 Mikko Koivu Green Prizm Card
12 1 23755324 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 28 Pavel Datsyuk Green Prizm Card
13 1 23755325 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 236 Danny DeKeyser Green Prizm Card
14 1 23755326 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm 93 Steven Stamkos Red Prizm Card
15 1 23755327 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm 263 Brock Nelson Red Prizm Card
16 1 23755328 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 251 Alex Galchenyuk Gold Prizm Card
17 1 23755329 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 21 Jack Johnson Gold Prizm Card
18 1 23755330 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 180 T.J. Oshie Gold Prizm Card
19 1 23755331 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm 88 Tomas Vokoun Gold Prizm Card
20 1 23755332 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Initial Impressions II-7 Stefan Matteau Orange Prizm Card
21 1 23755333 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 120 Jiri Hudler Orange Die-Cut Prizm Card
22 1 23755334 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 84 Sidney Crosby Orange Die-Cut Prizm Card
23 1 23755335 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 46 Martin Brodeur Orange Die-Cut Prizm Card
24 1 23755336 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 131 Semyon Varlamov Orange Die-Cut Prizm Card
25 1 23755337 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 114 Saku Koivu Orange Die-Cut Prizm Card
26 1 23755338 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 17 Alexander Semin Orange Die-Cut Prizm Card
27 1 23755339 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 230 Antoine Roussel Orange Die-Cut Prizm Card
28 1 23755340 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm Autographs A-M2 Al MacInnis Prizm Card
29 1 23755341 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-VK Roman Cervenka Prizm Card
29 2 23755342 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-VK Roman Cervenka Prizm Card
30 1 23755343 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Autographs A-JF Joe Finley Card
31 1 23755344 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm Autographs A-TZ Jaden Schwartz Card
32 1 23755345 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-SL Scott Laughton Card
33 1 23755346 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-PG Philipp Grubauer Card
34 1 23755347 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-JC Jack Campbell Card
35 1 23755348 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Autographs A-OP Ondrej Pavelec Card
36 1 23755349 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-EY Danny DeKeyser Card
36 2 23755350 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-EY Danny DeKeyser Card
37 1 23755351 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Autographs A-CP Carey Price Card
38 1 23755352 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Autographs A-GL Gabriel Landeskog Card
39 1 23755353 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm Autographs A-BT Bryan Trottier Card
40 1 23755354 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-PM Petr Mrazek Card
41 1 23755355 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-JH Jonathan Huberdeau Card
42 1 23755356 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Autographs A-DC Daniel Carcillo Card
43 1 23755357 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-BL Brian Lashoff Card
44 1 23755358 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Rookie Autographs A-CC Cory Conacher Card
45 1 23755359 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 84 Sidney Crosby Prizm Card
46 1 23755360 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm 331 Elias Lindholm Prizm Card
47 1 23755361 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Immortalized I-13 Gordie Howe Card
48 1 23755362 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Initial Impressions II-3 Vladimir Tarasenko Card
49 1 23755363 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 282 Vladimir Tarasenko Prizm Card
50 1 23755364 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 236 Danny DeKeyser Prizm Card
51 1 23755365 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 40 P.K. Subban Prizm Card
52 1 23755366 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 237 Petr Mrazek Card
53 1 23755367 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm 84 Sidney Crosby Card
53 2 23755368 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm 84 Sidney Crosby Card
53 3 23755369 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 84 Sidney Crosby Card
54 1 23755370 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm 282 Vladimir Tarasenko Card
54 2 23755371 MINT 9 2013 Panini Prizm 282 Vladimir Tarasenko Card
55 1 23755372 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 251 Alex Galchenyuk Card
56 1 23755373 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 246 Tyler Toffoli Card
57 1 23755374 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 60 Henrik Lundqvist Prizm Card
58 1 23755375 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm Immortalized I-3 Jonathan Toews Card
59 1 23755376 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 156 Zach Parise Prizm Card
60 1 23755377 GEM MINT 10 2013 Panini Prizm 232 Jack Campbell Prizm Card
I opened a tin of 14-16 UD Series 1 hockey today on a whim. I got an Ekblad YG, who I know is good. Anyone else that I should looking for in this year? I feel out of it.
Thanks for your business,
Mike
1990 UD Pavel Bure HOF RC - private signing
1990 Score Vladislav Fetisov HOF RC - private signing
1981 OPC Dino Ciccarrelli HOF RC - eBay
1987 OPC Adam Oates HOF RC - eBay
2001 UD Young Guns Pavel Datsyuk Future HOF RC - private signing
2001 UD Young Guns (Retail) Pavel Datsyuk Future HOF RC - private signing
2000 Russian Hockey League Pavel Datsyuk pre-rookie - private signing
1979 Panini Stickers Vladislav Tretiak HOF RC - private signing (x2)
1972 Swedish Semic Vladislav Tretiak pre-rookie - private signing
1954 Topps 27 Marcel Pronovost
1960 Parkhurst 23 Sid Abel
1952 Parkhurst 87 Ted Lindsay
2009 Maine Black Bears Gustav Nyquist (Detroit Red Wings)
2009 Maine Black Bears Gustav Nyquist (Detroit Red Wings)
1961 Parkhusrt 43 Henri Richard
1961 Parkhurst 27 Bill Gadsby
1961 Parkhusrt 11 Bob Baun
1961 Parkhurst 5 Dave Keon
1954 Topps 20 Bill Gadsby
1974 O-Pee-Chee 316 Steve Shutt
1965 Topps 31 Gerry Cheevers
1952 Parkhurst 34 Leo Boivin
1970 O-Pee-Chee 51 Serge Savard
1981 Topps 18 Jari Kurri
1984 Topps 49 Steve Yzerman
1984 Topps 96 Pat LaFontaine
1984 O-Pee-Chee 259 Chris Chelios
1990 O-Pee-Chee Premier 100 Jeremy Roenick
1998 Upper Deck 234 Martin St. Louis
The first 5 above the break are to keep. I'll sell the others.
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
Yes, it was once stapled. No, I really don't care!
Sid Abel, HOF, member of the Detroit Red Wings Production Line with Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay. d. 2000. Reasonably tough auto on vintage cards; this is the 1st signed 1951 Parkhurst I have seen. Arguably his RC; he was featured in the 1940 OPC set, which is probably more a photo than a card, and the 1951 Berk Ross set of the same year. The post-war HOF RCs set does not include the Abel, though it should, like the Milt Schmidt, etc. - but the HOF RC set registry includes this as a RC along with the Berk Ross and OPC.
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