The New Age of Sports Card Collecting

Check back often and as cards go up in value I will update this list!

Graet Hockey Rookie Cards
1951/52 - Parkhurst #4, Maurice Richard Rookie Card, book value $1500.00
1952/53 - Parkhurst #58, Tim Horton Rookie Card, book value $600.00
1955/56 - Parkhurst #50, Jacques Plante Rookie Card, book value $800.00
1966/67 - Topps Test #35, Bobby Orr Rookie Card, book value $8000.00
1970/71 - OPC #45, Ken Dryden Rookie Card, book value $300.00
1979/80 - OPC #18, Wayne Gretzky Rookie Card, book value $900.00
1980/81 - OPC #289, Mark Messier Rookie Card, book value $150.00
1980/81 - OPC #140, Ray Bourque Rookie Card, book value $125.00
1984/85 - OPC #67, Steve Yzerman Rookie Card, book value $100.00
1986/87 - OPC #53, Patrick Roy Rookie Card, book value $150.00

Great Baseball Rookie Cards
1951 - Bowman # 305, Willie Mays Rookie Card, book value $2500.00
1951 - Bowman # 253, Micky Mentle Rookie Card, book value $8000.00
1955 - Topps #164, Roberto Clemente Rookie Card, book value $2000.00
1957 - Topps #312, Tony Kubek Rookie Card, book value $100.00
1957 - Topps #35, Frank Robinson Rookie Card, book value $300.00
1963 - Topps #537 Pete Rose Rookie Card, book value $1000.00
1967 - Topps #569 Rod Carew Rookie Card, book value $300.00
1968 - Topps #177 Nolan Ryan Rookie Card, book value $300.00
1969 - Topps #260 Reggie Jackson Rookie Card, book value $300.00
1973 - Topps #615 Mike Schmidt Rookie Card, book value $150.00
1979 - Topps #116 Ozzie Smith Rookie Card, book value $60.00
1980 - Topps #482 Rickey Henderson Rookie Card, book value $50.00
1990- Topps Debut #120, Sammy Sosa, Rookie Card, book value $12.00

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Finding a memorabilia card can be 1 in every pack to one in every 50,000 packs or more. You can pull a card with a piece of game worn jersey, a piece of a bat or ball, peice of a glove to a puck. Heck you may even pull an authantic autograph.

This is what is driving todays hobby. Most of us have that lucky feeling that maybe this is it, the same as when you run out to buy a lottary ticket. You never know if that ticket is going to hold your winning numbers. The same can be said about todays sport cards. Every pack has a chance of being a big WINNER!

It can be such a rush pulling a autograph personally signed by your favorite player. Like this autograph rookie card of Thomas Vanik numbered 823 of 999. My son and I had bought a few packs of SP Authentic back in the 05/06 season. My son was thrilled because he knew the rookie (I did not). I was going to sell him in my eBay store with a book value of $25.00, but my son told me not too! Well I'm glad I took his advice because now our auto RC is up to $100.00 and climbing.

Parallels Insert Cards
These are fairly common parallels or insert type of cards. In this example of 1996/97 Pinnalce Summit both cards are numbered 76 the card on the right is called Summit Ice. The common card in this case Steve Yzerman #76 is worth $2.00. The Summit Ice #76 is 6x to 15x common card, so this card could be worth up to $30.00


Game Used Jersey Card
2003/2004 Titanium Authentic. A Common numbered jersey card. This one of Jeremy Roenick is #66 of 170. Not bad there's only 170 like it in the world... On the back of card it states that its an Authentic Game Worn Jersey.


Game Used Jersey Swatch
2006/2007 Ryan Miller, Frozen Artifacts Swatches Blue. 23 of only 50 made. In this example there where print runs of 250 which are common, then print run of 50, Blue, then print runs of 10 called Platinum. As the number in the print run goes down the value of the card goes up. This Blue swatch is .75 to 1.5 higher in value then the common swatch. A great pull!!!

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"This lens is also good reading as well as some great images on what to look for and how to start collecting vintage sport cards".
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Game Used Stick Card
2001/02 Fleer Legacy Jean Beliveau game used stick card. Odds on pulling this was 1 in 36. Its Amazing to hold something in your hands knowing that it was played in a real Montreal Canadians NHL game.


Game Used Jersey and Puck
2000/2001 SPx Winning Materials. Odds where 1 in 60 on getting one of these. This is a nice Jocelyn Thibault card with a game used jersey and game puck. It always makes me wonder how many mini pucks they get out of a full puck?


Double Triple and Quad Game Used Jersey Cards
2001/2002 Crown Royale Triple Threads, odd where 1 in 97 packs of pulling one of these triple jersey. This cards features three different players with three game used jerseys, Craig Conroy, Marc Savard & Roman Turek

Please read my lens on what to be looking for when you consider grading your cards.

Listed below are five companies that are considered most reliable:

(PSA)Professional Sports Authenticator
(BGS)Beckett Grading Services
(SGC)Sportscard Guaranty Corporation
(GAI)Global Authentication Inc.
(KSA)Canadaian Sports Authenticator

Each are a little different, but offer similar scales of grading and good protection of the cards
as well as accurate and consistent grading.

It can't be stated enough "Buy A Guide"

There are many good guides out there for everything thats collectible. The Canadian Sports Collector and Beckett are two. They range in price from around $5.00 to $15.00 (depending on issue). These guides are the two that I use most but there are others. There is a guide that is the grand daddy of them all I guess you can say, it's "A Chariton Standard Catalogue Hockey Cards". This guide will have almost every hockey card ever made. Cost is around the $40.00 range.

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