The Art of Collecting Vintage Hockey Cards Sets

When you look at cards from the mid 1970's and earlier you have to keep in mind that these cards are starting to get old. "The older the card the better the chance of it having been handled". Logic just says that the more handling the more chances of corners being dinged or smudging of surface right to cards getting creased.

When you start collecting you will come across many cards with these flaws. This poor card from the 75/76 season (Jim Roberts) has a hole punched in it. This is where you will start getting into the trading game. Theres many websites that you can join and trade cards. You can go to your local hobby shop (you would be suprise what they have behind the counter). And then theres eBay!

Here you can find almost every card you ever wanted and then some. Try buying lots of cards (a lot being of bunch of cards sold as a lot). If you keep doing this and stay focused on the year you are collecting you will be suprised how fast a set can start to come together. My favorite set is 1971/1972 OPC set. I have been at this set for almost 3 years now and can honestly say I am almost done, I need at present only 14 common cards to complete, meaning I have all the high end cards already (Ken Dryden RC and the famous #111 checklist) These 2 cards alone can be worth up to $1500.00 or more, (Depending on condition there in of course, NM/MT)

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There are a few vintage sets that are not all that hard to put together (with a little patience of course) A good example of this would be the 1974/1975 WHA (World Hockey League) set pictured below. There's only 66 cards to the complete set and a book value of $200.00, Not a bad entry point for a great old hobby. Sets like this can be a great place to get your foot in the door of the vintage card market that's just starting to explode. eBay.



Although the whole set is worth $200.00 the cards above carry the weight of what the set is worth.

Top left corner going clockwise
Frank Mahovlich #40 - book value $12.00
The Howe Family#1 - book value $80.00
Jacques Plante #64 - book value $40.00
Checklist #53 - book value $40.00

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In this picture is a complete set of 1975/1976 O-Pee-Chee hockey cards stored in two 200 count boxes (there is 396 cards in this set with a book value of $400.00). These boxes make it very easy to keep track of your cards as well as being able to see what's in the box without even opening it. Also as you building your sets its easy to sort thorough the cards in these boxes to find that missing card in the set. Always try to store your cards in a dry environment and always out of direct sunlight. You don't want you vintage cards to fade away!

As well as the WHA set mentioned above there are vintage subsets or insert sets that are still easy to obtain. Below we will look at a few examples of these insert sets. Check this lens out " The New Age of Sports Card Collecting" and see what a difference 3 or 4 decades makes when it comes to inserts!



1973/1974 OPC Rings, set of 17 book value of $100.00


1972/1973 OPC Team Logos, set of 30 book value $500.00.
This is becoming one of those sets that is getting hard to put together. The last 10 cards or so in the set are WHA teams. There is bidding wars starting to take place on these cards as collectors are paying full book value or higher for these inserts. The Chicago Cougars card is a good example as I have seen this card sell for 50 to 60 dollars in a bidding wars. The ture book value for this card is $50.00!



1971/1972 OPC/Topps Booklet, set of 24 book value $150.00

The OPC and Topps books have the same value.

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