This is my first post to this board. I am primarily a vintage baseball card collector and have been a regular participant (primarily as a wise-ass) over at the N54 VBBC forum for several years. I only have a handful of old hockey cards. Picked them off eBay just because I liked 'em. I'm reluctant to start a hockey set because the baseball sets have been brutal, but if I do I'd like to give WWG Ice Kings a shot.
Never played the game but I definitely have watched it. Was a kid in NYC in the fifties and went to a few Ranger games at Madison Square Garden. Black-and-white memories now, RIP Gump Worsley. Moved to Denver in 1961; DU hockey was Bigtime in Denver then (the Broncos were woeful). Lived in Canada in the seventies and eighties, mostly Vancouver, and used to take in the occasional Canuck game at the PNE. Players I saw who stand out in my memory are Marcel Dionne (boy, could he stickhandle the puck) and Rod Langway (a giant on defence). Worked as a land surveyor in the boonies of B.C. and savor the memories of sitting in some godforsaken hotel pub, two-and-a-juice, a Yank amongst 100 or so half-pissed Canadians, playoffs on the big screen, all voices rising at a shot-on-goal, a collective "Ohh!" on a hard save, a loud, happy "YES!" if your team scored. Anybody who thinks that Canada is America with funny accents needs to take in HNIC in 100 Mile House.
Enough about me. You guys seem like a good bunch, very civil compared to those brawlers over at baseball, and I appreciate the opportunity to learn from you.
Welcome aboard David. It really is a great group here, very informative and helpful if needed.
I collect the Ice Kings in mid grade ( 4 - 6 ) PSA holders. They have been few and far between on Ebay for quite some time now save for a few overpriced Buy It Now examples. Hopefully that will change soon.
welcome to the forum david. the cancelled label means that the back of the card has the company stamp where they would stamp cancelled after you sent a set or card in to try and win a prize or redeem a prize.this way people would not use the same card twice,many of the 20's card sets had this and they made some cards short printed so prizes where limited.hope this helps "james"
This message has been edited by danthevintageman on Feb 19, 2007 11:14 PM
Welcome David..
Honolulu eh? Kit Young shows still going strong?
Was stationed on Peral Harbor in 93-97..Limited cards hops around at the time..a shop down from the drive -in and the one downtown..limited on hockey...
Great looking cards in the scans and hope to hear from ya around here..Great group of guys to take in information from...
Ron
My buddy just retired from there and moved to NC a dealer of sorts that I helped do shows with..
Thank you for the cordial welcome, gents. Here is the back of the Paulin's Lalonde which should explain the "Cancelled" notation on the SGC label. (Gotta love the gender stereotyping back in 1923. Was another world back then).
I don't know if Kit Young is still doing his show here. It's usually about this time of year but I haven't seen anything about it. As for card shops, I think eBay must have done them all in. Used to be one in Kaimuki and one on Merchant Street downtown, but now "no mo' nuttin'." Honolulu's a lonely town when you're the only vintage card collector around (as the song sorta used to go).
welcome david on the forum ! I collect for my part hockey serie between 1909 to 1989 but i like principaly high grade psa rookie and 3 great HOF : gretzky, Orr and georges vezina. I live in the georges vezina born city : chicoutimi in canada!
Obviously a man of wealth and taste, welcome. I collect Bruins stuff seulement. Mainly Orr but love the Krauts and enjoy the history of the game and the Bruins in particular. Lots of great resources and friendly folks here.
Welcome to your foray into vintage hockey cards. I think that you may find lots of the reasons why you collect vintage baseball cards may also apply to vintage hockey. (1) Next to baseball, hockey actually has the longest history with cards from every decade since 1910. I think it's very neat to have cards that are near 100 years old. (2) Scarcity. Estimates are anywhere from 10-15 tobacco baseball cards for every 1 tobacco hockey card. However, there's also much less hockey collectors. (3) History. Hockey has a long, glorious, incredible history with stars, rivalries, dynasties, mythical players, brawls and passionate fans that rival baseball. (4) Value. As this board has proven, the number of vintage hockey collectors is growing (albeit, much more slowly than vintage baseball collectors). These cards have lots of room for appreciation. I hope that you start with the Ice Kings and decide to branch out into other vintage hockey (pre-WWII, pre-1967, pre-1951, or whatever else is considered vintage).
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