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PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
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My interest in vintage hockey is limited to display boxes and wrappers.

In fact, I'm so clueless, I only just found out this year that pre 1968-69 Topps hockey sets were only distributed in Canada.

That made a lot of sense since it's been obvious to me for a long time that the wrappers for these sets are much, much harder to find than the normal ones starting with 1968-69.

My question is: just how rare are these Canada only wrappers in high grade? Am I dreaming to think I can ever find nice examples of these?

Thanks for any insight.
My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets

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  • jackstrawjackstraw Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭✭
    I wouldn't say dreaming but I imagine they are tough? I would start asking in Toronto and see where that takes you?
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  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bump

    Could some of the vintage hockey guys posting in the "show 'em" thread comment on this?
    My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets
  • charrigancharrigan Posts: 2,293
    This is not my area of expertise, but I would say high grade 60s wrappers are quite rare. I have not seen many examples on eBay in the last year and the ones that I saw sold for high prices. I was interested in one wrapper from the 1961 Parkhurst set that wasn't even in great shape (couple of rips, some marking, etc.) and it quickly moved out of my price range and ended up selling for $342.

    61 Parkies Wrapper
  • edmundfitzgeraldedmundfitzgerald Posts: 4,306 ✭✭
    A 1969 O-Pee-Chee 1st series wrapper sold on ebay a few month back for $250.00 in NM-MT condition. It is an extremely rare wrapper, but it didn't not go for crazy money.image[/URL]
  • edmundfitzgeraldedmundfitzgerald Posts: 4,306 ✭✭
    A long time collector from Ontario put a 1969 opc 2nd series wrapper on ebay about six months ago in NM-MT condition and it too only brought $250.00, even though they
    are super rare, and only show up on ebay about once every five years in NM-MT condition.

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  • edmundfitzgeraldedmundfitzgerald Posts: 4,306 ✭✭
    I believe this wrapper (very rare) just sold for $800.00 in a Canadian auction house, but I could be wrong. Didn't really follow it that closely.

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  • edmundfitzgeraldedmundfitzgerald Posts: 4,306 ✭✭
    The Parkhurst wrappers actually show up the most in auctions, with the 1951-52 Parkie (box wrappers) showing up the most. You can find many parkie wrappers in the $200-$300 dollar range most of the time.

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  • edmundfitzgeraldedmundfitzgerald Posts: 4,306 ✭✭
    The Bobby Orr rookie wrappers are the toughest to get. I bought six of them about ten years ago, and sold them all many years ago. Not sure what they would bring now, but
    I believe I sold them for $75.00 a piece back in the day. I'm sure they would sell for $350-$500 now.
  • charrigancharrigan Posts: 2,293
    Wow.
  • FrozencaribouFrozencaribou Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PaulMaul,

    You really need to take a look at the Vintage Hockey Collectors forum. In addition, you really should buy the Vintage Hockey Collectors Price Guide. It is an amazing resource which has colour images of all known hockey packs and boxes. Bobby Burrell is a hockey historian in the purest sense, and I refer to my copy regularly for oddball and vintage sets.

    Hope that helps,

    Nathanael
  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,941 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>PaulMaul,

    You really need to take a look at the Vintage Hockey Collectors forum. In addition, you really should buy the Vintage Hockey Collectors Price Guide. It is an amazing resource which has colour images of all known hockey packs and boxes. Bobby Burrell is a hockey historian in the purest sense, and I refer to my copy regularly for oddball and vintage sets.

    Hope that helps,

    Nathanael >>



    Thanks a lot! I'll order a copy immediately.
    My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets
  • leftofdialleftofdial Posts: 444 ✭✭
    You will LOVE that book. I would have recommended it but I figured you already had a copy. It is so worth the purchase price, and you will be very happy when it arrives!
  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,941 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>You will LOVE that book. I would have recommended it but I figured you already had a copy. It is so worth the purchase price, and you will be very happy when it arrives! >>



    Just ordered it. The price went up from $60 to $75 in the last month so I guess the supply is running low.
    My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets
  • leftofdialleftofdial Posts: 444 ✭✭
    It's almost an inch thick! You won't regret spending the $75 and try not to drool on the pages! I don't know where or how they were able to photograph so much stuff but I'm very thankful they did and wish there was a book like it for all the sports. I like the Baseball Kid's guide to unopened, but this Hockey book blows it away- premium offers, wrappers, you name it. Kudos to the publishers.
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