HOCKEY CARD REPORT - June, 1999

HOCKEY CARD REPORT - JUNE, 1999

This report of Hockey card purchases is from a Mall Show in central New Jersey.

By the way, I DO NOT SELL Hockey cards! So please don't ask!

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 HOCKEY CARDS PURCHASED - June 1999
CARDS (mint/nr-mint)                   No.      PLAYER          PRICE   
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a selection of low priced purchases - from $.50 to $5.00.

1998/99  UPPER DECK Black Diamond        51 	B. Morrison 	 .50

1998/99  UD Choice, Starquest           SQ6 	S. Samsonov 	 .50
1998/99  UPPER DECK Black Diamond        05 	S. Samsonov 	 .50

1998/99  UPPER DECK Black Diamond        24 	C. Drury 	 .50
1998/99  UPPER DECK SP                   17 	C. Drury 	 .50

1998/99  UPPER DECK SP                   05 	J. Thornton 	 .50
1998/99  TOPPS Gold Label                81 	J. Thornton 	 .50
1997/98  PINNACLE                        23 	J. Thornton 	 .50

1996/97  UPPER DECK Checklist           388 	W. Gretzky 	 .50
1996/97  UPPER DECK Ice                  78 	J. Iginla 	 .50
1990/91  SCORE, Special insert           B2	E. Lindros 	1.00

I'm one of those that hate most of the NEW cards from the past two or three years. But if you collect cards, you got to collect todays exciting young Guns.

the dollar cards. (with list prices)

1993/94  UPPER DECK, Future Heros        32 	T. Selanne 	7.00
1993/94  DONRUSS, Special Print           Z 	T. Selanne 	4.00
1994/95  PINNACLE, Northern Lights        1 	T. Selanne 	8.00
1993/94  FLEER ULTRA, Premier Pivots      2 	W. Gretzky 	4.00
1995/96  SKYBOX, Xcited                   5 	W. Gretzky 	6.00

1994/95  LEAF LIMITED                     1 	M. Lemieux 	3.00
1995/96  TOPPS, Silver Marquee Men        2 	D. Hasek 	5.00
1995/96  TOPPS STADIUM CLUB              15 	P. Roy   	1.00
1985/86  TOPPS                           51 	C. Chellios  	3.00
1980/81  OPC                            344 	R. Langway (r) 	2.00

Bought all ten cards for $10.00. That's way under the listed prices. I guess it proves that hockey cards aint worth a crap to some people anymore.
I really like the Rod Langway Rookie card. If you never got to see him play, you missed seeing the best defensive defenseman of the 1980s.

the higher priced cards.

1992/92  UPPER DECK CZECH                50 	P. Kariya (r) 	5.00
1968/69  TOPPS                           61 	J. Beliveau  	2.50

These are both very nice cards. I especially like the Jean Beliveau!

"I left all my hockey cards at home...."

It's been quite a few months since I have had any serious card purchases.
Most of the card shows I have been to recently are getting like they were
back in the 1980s. Almost No Hockey at all!

Back in the 80s, If you asked a dealer if they had any hockey cards they
would say, "Oh, I left em at home!" Most could have cared less about hockey.

The dealers, I have seen recently, that do have Hockey cards, now only carry a
few current editions along with all that early 1990s Pro Set, Score, Topps junk.

But those NEW current issues are exactly what we want. They contain the NEW
young players... the "Future Stars"!

But who are these "Future Stars"? Well, not counting the new draft picks,
here are a few that I like:

Joe Thornton, Sergei Samsonov, Brendon Morrison, Petr Sykora, Pavol Demitra, Lobos Bartecko, Miroslav Satan, Mike Johnson, Sergei Berezin, Patrick Marleau, Marco Sturm, Chris Drury, Milan Hejduk, Cory Stillman, Derek Morris, Jarome Iginla, Christian Laflamme, Marc Savard, Daniel Briere, Juha Ylonen, Alexei Morozov, Oleg Kvasha, Mark Parrish, Jan Bulis.

Well these are just a few of the ones I would keep an eye on, besides the already
big names like Koivu, Daze, Kariya etc....
Remember to be patient though. DON'T waste your time and money on the Junk.

Personally, I would rather buy ONE nice card, than have a closet full of crap!
Wouldn't You?

Geez! I Still haven't found a John LeClair French Pinnacle Rookie yet!

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Till next time!
It's only cardboard!

- Bob -

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