@MinorLeaguer said:
It's funny what gets each of us excited about in this hobby of ours. I've had the 1980 Soo Greyhounds police set and singles from it as a saved ebay search for 15-20 years now. I've never seen the whole set listed on ebay, I actually found and bought my full set on Amazon a decade or so ago. I have seen Ron Francis's first card which is also out of this set as a single listed about 3 times over that timespan on ebay and now this is the first time I've ever seen the Beezer first card out of that set listed on ebay, Just really rare stuff that only a few of us see the value in. I don't even care that is has writing in pen on the back of it. Guessing there can't be more than 25 of these left globally.
Adding to this post from a while ago. I picked up the card and was able to get it signed and got it back in today’s mail. So happy to add this to my signed collection.
These are pretty tough and undervalued IMO. Prism was only made one hockey year, and the golds are buried in collections. Happy to have this one of my PC guy:
Quirky and tough to find 1985-86 Patrick Roy placemat XRC. Reverse is the Canadiens logo. These are the same images used in the 1985-86 Canadiens Postcard set that has a Roy XRC too.
If you are a collector of Northern Europe issues, don’t forget to do a simple google search of the card you are looking for. This is one of the most Difficult HOf’er first card to find. Only 8 ever graded. Yet Found 2 recently for sale on local to Northern Europe marketplaces via google search.
One of the scarcest vintage error cards, and a hall of famer as well, this Tim Horton card has been on my wantlist for a decade. Happy to pick one up.
A cool twist to this is that when Parkhurst was correcting the error, they made a tan backed version where you can clearly see the team at the printing factory at work correcting the error.
Beautiful card. Looks undergraded. Congrats Nathanael! Over the last 20 years I've seen 4 or 5 of these come up for sale and I've always been on the lookout. One of them was in a KSA holder, that might have made it's way to this PSA 3.5 slab. I noticed yours listed for sale by a dealer in one of the Facebook groups and was very tempted to take a run at it. Did you grab it at the recent Toronto Expo?
@Frozencaribou said:
One of the scarcest vintage error cards, and a hall of famer as well, this Tim Horton card has been on my wantlist for a decade. Happy to pick one up.
A cool twist to this is that when Parkhurst was correcting the error, they made a tan backed version where you can clearly see the team at the printing factory at work correcting the error.
@stanforddude said:
Beautiful card. Looks undergraded. Congrats Nathanael! Over the last 20 years I've seen 4 or 5 of these come up for sale and I've always been on the lookout. One of them was in a KSA holder, that might have made it's way to this PSA 3.5 slab. I noticed yours listed for sale by a dealer in one of the Facebook groups and was very tempted to take a run at it. Did you grab it at the recent Toronto Expo?
Yes- I was able to make a big trade/purchase from Larry at the recent Toronto expo for this Horton. As there are so few of these known to the hobby, it made sense for me because I've collected the set for 20 years.
Some cards are just beautiful to look at and pair the spirit of the player with a cool design. This Kovalev has it all, and is a pop 2 in a 10. With the young guns pedigree, I hope this gains more hobby love over time.
This was a card that I wanted to have signed for a while. Finally a private signing popped up for him and I sent it in. I followed the tracking back home and was pretty excited to rip it open and check it out. Imagine my surprise to see that Pierre Turgeon signed Dave Andreychuk's card.
That is truly bizarre. I mean, yes, Dave and Pierre were teammates in Buffalo but why in the world did Pierre sign it when you sent it in to have Dave sign it?
MERCI BEAUCOUP Pierre! It’s not like this card is easy to find or anything!
@RedHeart54 said:
That is truly bizarre. I mean, yes, Dave and Pierre were teammates in Buffalo but why in the world did Pierre sign it when you sent it in to have Dave sign it?
MERCI BEAUCOUP Pierre! It’s not like this card is easy to find or anything!
I sent 2 cards in to the same for 2 different signings that the promoter was doing. One for Dave and one for Pierre. Still amazed that it happened. At least I can say I have a 1/1 auto'd card!
@erba said:
This was a card that I wanted to have signed for a while. Finally a private signing popped up for him and I sent it in. I followed the tracking back home and was pretty excited to rip it open and check it out. Imagine my surprise to see that Pierre Turgeon signed Dave Andreychuk's card.
D'oh!!! As someone said, not the easiest card to find. I have a creased low grade copy you can have in case you want to try sending it in again. If interested, let me know where to send it.
@erba said:
This was a card that I wanted to have signed for a while. Finally a private signing popped up for him and I sent it in. I followed the tracking back home and was pretty excited to rip it open and check it out. Imagine my surprise to see that Pierre Turgeon signed Dave Andreychuk's card.
D'oh!!! As someone said, not the easiest card to find. I have a creased low grade copy you can have in case you want to try sending it in again. If interested, let me know where to send it.
Thank you for the offer. I was able to get another one (which the promoter paid for) and now waiting for another signing.
Finally got an Orr RC back in my collection. A bit of a surface problem along the right border keeping it from grading higher, but I thought it had nice eye appeal for the grade.
Upper Deck printed this card (along with a few other 2001 Young Guns rookies) before realizing they had violated the NHLPA licensing agreement where rookies had to have played at least one NHL game before they could appear on a licensed NHL trading card. Aulin had not yet played an NHL game. Upper Deck pulled the card and replaced it with a John LeClair Young Guns Flashback card as the official #220. A few of the Aulins slipped into packs. Here are the other 2001 Young Guns that possibly made their way out Upper Deck’s back door. These are super tough to find. The Aulin is the easiest of the bunch, yet I’ve only seen a handful show up on Ebay over the past 20 years:
212 Ivan Huml
213 Igor Knyazev
214 Pavel Vorobiev
216 Steve Ott
217 Alexei Smirnov
218 Stephen Weiss
219 Mikhail Yakoubov
220 Jared Aulin
221 Yanick Lehoux
222 Ari Ahonen
223 Raffi Torres
224 Jason Spezza
226 Alexander Svitov
229 Karel Pilar
230 Brad Boyes
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Adding to this post from a while ago. I picked up the card and was able to get it signed and got it back in today’s mail. So happy to add this to my signed collection.
Recent pick up. Working on the '54 Blackhawks team set.
Been busy building back up my graded HOF and future HOF rookie collection. A few of my latest pick-ups
drugs of choice
NHL hall of fame rookies
These are pretty tough and undervalued IMO. Prism was only made one hockey year, and the golds are buried in collections. Happy to have this one of my PC guy:
Pop. 1
What a card, congrats!
Quirky and tough to find 1985-86 Patrick Roy placemat XRC. Reverse is the Canadiens logo. These are the same images used in the 1985-86 Canadiens Postcard set that has a Roy XRC too.
That's great. I love oddball stuff like this.
Just to keep the thread moving.
Spectacular looking card! I really love the 69 + 70 Stanley Cup cards.
Very happy with this pickup!
If you are a collector of Northern Europe issues, don’t forget to do a simple google search of the card you are looking for. This is one of the most Difficult HOf’er first card to find. Only 8 ever graded. Yet Found 2 recently for sale on local to Northern Europe marketplaces via google search.
Another for the Stanley Cup collection
Not a recent pick up, but another one in the collection that I forgot I had.
Some recent 87 Topps HOF pickups.
For Sale
Making progress on my '54 Blackhawks set.
Total pop of 35, pretty scarce for
a RC of an all time great
One of the scarcest vintage error cards, and a hall of famer as well, this Tim Horton card has been on my wantlist for a decade. Happy to pick one up.
A cool twist to this is that when Parkhurst was correcting the error, they made a tan backed version where you can clearly see the team at the printing factory at work correcting the error.
-Nathanael
Beautiful card. Looks undergraded. Congrats Nathanael! Over the last 20 years I've seen 4 or 5 of these come up for sale and I've always been on the lookout. One of them was in a KSA holder, that might have made it's way to this PSA 3.5 slab. I noticed yours listed for sale by a dealer in one of the Facebook groups and was very tempted to take a run at it. Did you grab it at the recent Toronto Expo?
Yes- I was able to make a big trade/purchase from Larry at the recent Toronto expo for this Horton. As there are so few of these known to the hobby, it made sense for me because I've collected the set for 20 years.
-Nathanael
Some cards are just beautiful to look at and pair the spirit of the player with a cool design. This Kovalev has it all, and is a pop 2 in a 10. With the young guns pedigree, I hope this gains more hobby love over time.
This was a card that I wanted to have signed for a while. Finally a private signing popped up for him and I sent it in. I followed the tracking back home and was pretty excited to rip it open and check it out. Imagine my surprise to see that Pierre Turgeon signed Dave Andreychuk's card.
That is truly bizarre. I mean, yes, Dave and Pierre were teammates in Buffalo but why in the world did Pierre sign it when you sent it in to have Dave sign it?
MERCI BEAUCOUP Pierre! It’s not like this card is easy to find or anything!
I sent 2 cards in to the same for 2 different signings that the promoter was doing. One for Dave and one for Pierre. Still amazed that it happened. At least I can say I have a 1/1 auto'd card!
Just sharing new photos . . . I hadn't looked at them together in a while.
Chief!!!
Still active with Bruins after all these decades!
D'oh!!! As someone said, not the easiest card to find. I have a creased low grade copy you can have in case you want to try sending it in again. If interested, let me know where to send it.
Thank you for the offer. I was able to get another one (which the promoter paid for) and now waiting for another signing.
Slow progress on a '54 Topps Blackhawks set. 7 down, 8 to go.
Couldn’t afford a T206 Wagner, so I had to settle for this Jared Aulin that was pulled early from production!
Finally got an Orr RC back in my collection. A bit of a surface problem along the right border keeping it from grading higher, but I thought it had nice eye appeal for the grade.
That is a really pretty Orr Rookie. Congrats on the pick up.
Just got this in the mail today and it is even better looking in-hand ...
Just got this in the mail today and it is even better looking in-hand ...
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Why was this card pulled ?
Upper Deck printed this card (along with a few other 2001 Young Guns rookies) before realizing they had violated the NHLPA licensing agreement where rookies had to have played at least one NHL game before they could appear on a licensed NHL trading card. Aulin had not yet played an NHL game. Upper Deck pulled the card and replaced it with a John LeClair Young Guns Flashback card as the official #220. A few of the Aulins slipped into packs. Here are the other 2001 Young Guns that possibly made their way out Upper Deck’s back door. These are super tough to find. The Aulin is the easiest of the bunch, yet I’ve only seen a handful show up on Ebay over the past 20 years:
212 Ivan Huml
213 Igor Knyazev
214 Pavel Vorobiev
216 Steve Ott
217 Alexei Smirnov
218 Stephen Weiss
219 Mikhail Yakoubov
220 Jared Aulin
221 Yanick Lehoux
222 Ari Ahonen
223 Raffi Torres
224 Jason Spezza
226 Alexander Svitov
229 Karel Pilar
230 Brad Boyes