Slowly but surely getting started on giving the house a good shake out of years and years of accumulated useless stuff. That's how I came across a pile of 1968-69 Topps hockey cards (yes, I'm on THAT side of the border). Lots of memories in them there cards. But if I ever were to try to sell them, I'd do so whenever I can get back to TO. Figure they'd draw more interest there than here. Question then, does anyone know of a reputable outlet or collector in your city. As a teaser: got a Les Binkley, the Pens first notable goalie. Was at a game vs. Rangers around then when one of his contact lens popped out. Delayed the game for 20 minutes while players from both sides sifted through the snow in the crease. Yes, they found it. No, a delay of game penalty was not called (that wasn't an issue back then).
Hockey Cards
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I hate to tell you this, but most trading cards are worthless. You can do a search and price check on ebay, but you'll probaby have to wait another 50 years. I wish you luck.
The card market changed around 1990...cards for star players before that have held their value...A Mats Sundin RC is not worth a lot but a Bobby Hull RC is.
A few of the star players from 69-69 are worth a couple of dollars...look for the Bobby Orr card...a Les Binkley card isn't worth a lot of money.
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Try the 80s
In old days print runs were very small and vast majority of kids simply collected
In mid 80s companies mass produced cards on a scale unimaginable to the 70s
As a comparison, Gretzky rookie is worth well over a million
Lemieux just a few years later is worth over ten thousand
Mats Sundin is worth over a hundred
Also in 80s people started preserving cards with cases etc which means the number of mint cards out there dwarfs anything previously available
The newer cards try to skirt this issue by creating artificial scarcity and chase card promos but most serious collectors will not waste their time or money
From that era (1968-69 Topps), look for the Hall of Famers, Orr, Esposito etc.
Like probably everyone else, collected as a kid during the 80s and played those card games (flipies, topies, farthies, closies). Even played the Gretzky rookie card throwing it into the wall (we didn't know back then). I had 3 Gretzky rookes but Dad threw all my cards into the garbage.
Kinda got back into to during the early 90s but the card companys ruinied it. Too many cards printed and everyone bought them as an investment. I still have these cards and few from the 80s that my Dad didn't throw out.
Like probably everyone else, collected as a kid during the 80s and played those card games (flipies, topies, farthies, closies). Even played the Gretzky rookie card throwing it into the wall (we didn't know back then). I had 3 Gretzky rookes but Dad threw all my cards into the garbage.
Kinda got back into to during the early 90s but the card companys ruinied it. Too many cards printed and everyone bought them as an investment. I still have these cards and few from the 80s that my Dad didn't throw out.
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130point.com is a good resource just for checking prices.
there’s a good chance that it’s probably not worth much but you never know.
friend of mine just sold a card for $90K a couple weeks ago. it should not have sold for anything close to that.
there’s a good chance that it’s probably not worth much but you never know.
friend of mine just sold a card for $90K a couple weeks ago. it should not have sold for anything close to that.
Only for certain years / sets
Even in old days there are years that OPC produced more cards in Canada than Topps produced in the US
The main reason for this folklore is that OPC produced certain cards that Topps never did
And in more recent years OPC was owned by Topps, Upper Deck etc so value went way down as production ramped up
That's around the time when they started mass producing sets. I have a complete set of 1989-90 O Pee Chee that is worth maybe $30-$35 max. There were some good rookies in that set too - Sakic, Leetch, Fleury to name a few.
Funnily enough the year before that was far less produced and as such is worth about 5 or 6 times as much. The Brett Hull rookie card is the highlight of that set.
How about the old hockey player "coins" that came with Shirriff pudding?
shirriff hockey coins - Google Search
$211 on eBay
shirriff hockey coins - Google Search
$211 on eBay
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The score Eric Lindros RC came out of the pack at $15...yikes if you invested in that.
You got that right. I had a box full of O-Pee-Chee hockey cards from the 1970s and early 1980s, all in excellent condition, lots of big names like Gretzky, Bossy, McDonald and Hawerchuk. I took them to a collector at a show in Lindsay some years back. Guy looked at them for about half a second and said "these aren't worth anything."
I guess too many people kept their old hockey cards?
That was a gimmick card from day 1 and I think most people realized that
The fact its worth less than even CFL cards in same era speaks volumes
I personally went against mainstream as a kid
I always loved to collect players last cards (esp those with long careers)
Could never get why someone wants a card of a player not even in uniform and a card back that is bereft of stats
In most cases you can just take someone else's leftovers (those insane types who bought 20 boxes searching for a single rookie who would then give away half the set for free)
People are weird
Even in the 80s you could buy reprints of old rookie cards (legal?) so I would bet half the cards on eBay are fakes anyways
If he looked at cards of the 80s of Wayne Gretzky in excellent condition and determined 'these aren't worth anything' he's a poor judge.
Baseball RCs had two players on one card...Pete Rose and Cal Ripken had RCs like that.
Ripken is from my days so I know this is untrue
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The Cal Ripken RC from Topps has three players on it...
Cal Ripken Jr. Rookie Card Values (2026): Prices & Pop Data
What Cal Ripken Jr. rookie cards are worth, with PSA prices, population data, and an honest collector's take on the market.
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Not just the card market changed, but the buyers as well. Only few cards can draw big buyers.
Even if you have a B. Hull RC, you have to find someone that will give you the market price. So many lowballers it's just best to hold imo.
I think people now see them for what they are, pieces of cardboard. Unless you have a rare card, there is no real value.
I had some early 90s donruss and fleer MLB cards. Not even worth the change in my pocket.
Most hard core collectors that are willing to pay the full price want graded cards as well. The cards I bought at the end of my collecting days were all graded (bought what I could afford).
