-Vintage Canuck- Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Quote If you have an old hockey card collection somewhere in your attic, you might want to fish it out. A Wayne Gretzky rookie card just sold for a whopping $465,000 at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlantic City, NJ. The huge bid is a record for the most paid for any single hockey card, according to ESPN's Darren Rovell. So to those whose parents who might have thrown their collection out years ago, or simply sold their cards for $0.50 each at a garage sale, sorry about your luck. http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1071306 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMillerTime Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrDrFunk Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Jesus...I think my boss has 9-9.5 of one of those kicking around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 I have one of those. My collection consists of around 5,000 cards from the late 80s, the 90s and a bunch from the early 2000s. Also have a few duplicates of other rookies (Coffey, Messier, Fuhr, etc) Got Jim Benning's and a Mike Gillis' cards too. (lol) I even have a signed Luc Bourdon rookie card. Neat collection, glad I never threw the old ones away when I was a kid. Brings back good memories of getting excited opening up a fresh pack of O-Pee-Chee, while chomping on the cardboard gum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMillerTime Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Just now, NUCKER67 said: I have one of those. My collection consists of around 5,000 cards from the late 80s, the 90s and a bunch from the early 2000s. Also have a few duplicates of other rookies (Coffey, Messier, Fuhr, etc) Got Jim Benning's and a Mike Gillis' cards too. (lol) I even have a signed Luc Bourdon rookie card. Neat collection, glad I never threw the old ones away when I was a kid. Brings back good memories of getting excited opening up a fresh pack of O-Pee-Chee, while chomping on the cardboard gum. Sell the card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Meh, looks like a poor man's Henrik or Daniel Sedin rookie card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Most my cards melted together. Have some Bure CCCP cards and the infamous one of him on roller blades on a cali beach before I even heard of the guy. 'Who's Payvil Burr?' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Have one of these as well, never even knew he had a brother who played in the NHL (albeit only 4 games for FLA in 94/95) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoosh Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Now that is one expensive rookie card. My wife instantly told me to see all my Canucks cards in hopes of big money The memories. I got like 3000 Canucks cards or so, but I doubt they are worth much to anyone else but me. Maybe a UD Jason Herter rookie card will fetch something in the same range? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMillerTime Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 14 minutes ago, Tre Mac said: Most my cards melted together. Have some Bure CCCP cards and the infamous one of him on roller blades on a cali beach before I even heard of the guy. 'Who's Payvil Burr?' I got like 5 different Bure cards including the rollerblades one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 14 minutes ago, NUCKER67 said: Have one of these as well, never even knew he had a brother who played in the NHL (albeit only 4 games for FLA in 94/95) I remember Jamie was in Canucks' camp once. They called him "Jitter". Oh, and it looks like they photoshopped his head on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 11 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said: I remember Jamie was in Canucks' camp once. They called him "Jitter". Oh, and it looks like they photoshopped his head on there. LOL yeah it does! Looks to me like Jamie is a little unstable on skates. He just looks awkward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Mad Bro? Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Rich people can be such morons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mind Freak Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 42 minutes ago, NUCKER67 said: I have one of those. My collection consists of around 5,000 cards from the late 80s, the 90s and a bunch from the early 2000s. Also have a few duplicates of other rookies (Coffey, Messier, Fuhr, etc) Got Jim Benning's and a Mike Gillis' cards too. (lol) I even have a signed Luc Bourdon rookie card. Neat collection, glad I never threw the old ones away when I was a kid. Brings back good memories of getting excited opening up a fresh pack of O-Pee-Chee, while chomping on the cardboard gum. I got one too from my uncle but it came in the proverbial shoebox and was beat to heck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlinkas wrister Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Ugh, I'm sure I flung a couple of those against the wall at school back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 3 minutes ago, hlinkas wrister said: Ugh, I'm sure I flung a couple of those against the wall at school back in the day. Yep. Or put in the spokes of your bike.... Who knew they'd be worth money someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Was just talking to a colleague of mine about being young and having cards, how we treated them. A game we used to play was me and a friend standing both a set of cards up in a row against a step, standing back, then we'd toss small rocks at them. The ones you knock down you get to keep. Ruined a lot of cards that way. Also, the "putting the card in the bike spokes" to get that motorized effect lol As far as what some person paid for Gretzky's card, that's ridiculous. Sounds like he just has too much money to know what to do with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 10 minutes ago, NUCKER67 said: Was just talking to a colleague of mine about being young and having cards, how we treated them. A game we used to play was me and a friend standing both a set of cards up in a row against a step, standing back, then we'd toss small rocks at them. The ones you knock down you get to keep. Ruined a lot of cards that way. Also, the "putting the card in the bike spokes" to get that motorized effect lol As far as what some person paid for Gretzky's card, that's ridiculous. Sounds like he just has too much money to know what to do with. Remember when Gretz and Bruce McNall paid $450 grand for a Honus Wagner baseball card? It has sold a couple of times since, most recently to an unknown buyer for $2.1 million US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Balboa Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 1 hour ago, Spoosh said: Maybe a UD Jason Herter rookie card will fetch something in the same range? I have Herter's draft/rookie card or whatever you call it too. I remember keeping it safe back in the day because all the talk was that he was the next huge superstar for us. i think it's still safe somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckNORRIS4Cup Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Wasn't even born yet to collect his card that sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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