Not recent pickups, had these since 1971, but with all the neat Bobby Orr items, figured I'd show some of mine

Nice Orr!

Here's a 1911 Ontario League Champions Galt Professional Hockey Club
Team Postcard that includes Tommy Smith (elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973)

Lipton Soup Bobby Orr

Here's a cool postcard I picked up. It's a 1938-39 Drumheller Miners Team Postcard that includes the famous Bentley brothers: "Scoop" Bentley, Reg Bentley, Roy Bentley, Max Bentley (elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1966) & Doug Bentley (elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1964).

I got the 76-77 tall boys set today. I got it for a very nice price. However, today when I was trying to get through the packing tape and getting the box open, the scissors nicked the surface of the Erving #1. It is small and hard to notice, but it is drivng me crazy in an otherwise NM set with fantastic centering and great corners. If anyone has a raw sharp Erving for sale at a reasonable price, let me know.

Some of my early hockey stuff
 

Here are some of my items The first three are 54-55 topps I have most of the set in like condition Still need a four to complete. The marks on the cards are actually marks on my scanner I didn't clean the glass when I scanned the cards. There is a bower rookie, Cyclone Taylor printers plate from his time with Portland Lakes Hockey club (pre NHL) also a Roy Worters printers plate. He was the first goalie to win the Hart Trophy and Vezina trophy. The signature cards have many H.O.F. players and they were obtained at a 55-56 exhibition game between the Hawks and Bruins held in St Catherines Ont. The St Cathrines Teepees were Chicagos farm club. You will note that Don Cherry and Terry Sawchuk are on the same card. How rare is that? The Chicago sheet has Dick Irivin the legendary coach. This was his last year because he died of cancer shortly after. The rocket richard card is not real old but it is an original Autograph obtained during an oldtimers game held in St Thomas. The Johnny Pierson card is part of my complete set for that year and It is the only example of a blank back that I have seen anywhere. I have the complete master set (both back versions) for these including the album. I can post tons more if anyone is interested and would like to see them. I have tons of cards from the 50's that I am willing to trade if there is any interest.

I picked this up because I've never seen one before. 1982 ACC-tion game card of James Worthy. Part of an APBA-like dice game. It is about the size of a 1952 Topps BB card though wider. I'd call it a pre-rookie of Big Game James.

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...n%20Worthy.jpg

Kevin Durant Signed & Game Worn shoe
 

Size 18 is a BIG TIME shoe size

Here's one for the pre-rookie card collectors. A 1950-51 Pittsburgh Hornets postcard that includes George Armstrong and Tim Horton before they played for the Maple Leafs.

June Pickups
 

My first graded hockey card. Not a big hockey card collector but when I saw this one for some reason I had to have it. Some really nice collectibles being posted.

Here's a sweet pre-rookie card of the Admiral

Found this Paul Thompson Truimph last week at a flea market.

Not really new to me, but just back from SGC...I got this signed IP by Bobby about 25 years ago (no, I did not need it authenticated, but I like having cards slabbed and got this done on the $8 special):

Eddie Shore
 

Just purchased my first Eddie Shore cards since selling a beautiful V129 Shore about 25 years ago. Still kicking myself.

Old-time hockey like Eddie Shore... I like it!

Here's something cool I picked up on ebay. It's a 1911 Vancouver Lacrosse Club postcard that includes hockey hall of fame player Newsy Lalonde (with the #10 on his chest)

Hey Jeff,

Great postcard! I'd love to know how much you snagged that for. Lalonde was arguably the greatest lacrosse player of his time, so to have a good photo of him in uniform is sweet!
Here's my 1910 Star lacrosse Ottawa city champions cabinet photo with HOF'ers Clint Benedict and Jack Darragh that I got a while back.

Cheers,
Brent

Oh yeah, here's a close up.

Nice photo. I used to own it.

Hi Jim,

You auctioned it through Classic?

Nov. pickup
 

Here are some I just picked up Two 35-36 Triumph postcards and an Armstrong Version 3, Group 2 Beehive. This is the rarest of the three Armstrong Group 2 Beehives.

Nice Triumph postcards!

http://imageevent.com/jeffintoronto/triumph

I did. Sold all of my lacrosse photos through them.

I'm happy to have it, its a great photo.
I was really surprised at how low it went for. I didn't expect to win it.
What's your collecting focus now?

Jeff that pre-rookie of the admiral is a great looking card. I have never seen one one before. Congrats and thanks for sharing. Here is my latest pickup. I have been looking for a PSA 8 of this card for close to a year and finally found one that was centered and got it for a great price.

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...r-abdul-jabbar

Here are some pickups from the Toronto Expo:

1931-32 & 1932-33 Real Photo postcards of the NY Rangers with a bunch of hall of famers
(Bill & Bun Cook, Ching Johnson, Earl Seibert & Lester Patrick) & a sweet 1952 Laval Dairy Jacques Plante!

Found one of my holy grails, a 1941 NCAA Championship program. Wisconsin defeated Washington State 39-34.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=16756

1966 JD McCarthy Bobby Orr
 

Thanks Jim!

1974-75 WHA Champs
Gordie, Mark & Marty, Paul Popiel, Terry Ruskowski, Rich Preston etc.
Swept the Nordiques in finals 4-zip
Aero's were most succesfull franchise in WHA but were screwed by NHL Suits in merger

http://photos.imageevent.com/ruckers...ize/AEROS1.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/ruckers...size/AERO2.jpg

Great Orr McCarthy PC, Andy! Did anyone pick up the Gretzky McCarthy on eBay last week? My snipe got blown out of the water...

Picked up this Pete Mitchell Kansas City Greyhounds photo .

Cool puck....
But the most successful? Are you forgetting about the Winnipeg Jets? 😎

Regards,
Brent

1979 Dimanche-Derniere Heure Magazine Insert Ray Bourque
 

1979 Dimanche-Derniere Heure Magazine Insert Ray Bourque

Just picked up this beauty.............

Just arrived in the mail
 

My 1980 Topps vault Ray Bourque rookie proof!

Keeping with the Bruins theme, here's a tough 1971-72 Bruins postcard signed by Bobby Orr.

Very nice looking Chamberlain rookie! Looks much better than the grade.

Winging its way here from Europe as we speak:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...Bobrov%201.JPG

From 1958, he was one of the greatest Soviet players and coached the 1972 summit team that nearly beat the NHL all-stars.

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WOW, more great auto rookies, Rob. You're doing all 4 sports now......

Thanks Phil! Concentrating on Baseball, but keeping an eye out for the other sports as well!

Cool card! But just to clarify, the Russians played Canada in the Summit series, not a team of NHL all-stars.

Canada, NHL All Stars, in the early 1970s they were the same thing:

7 Phil Esposito, center: 8 GP - 7 G - 6 A - 13 PTS - 15 PIM (Boston Bruins)
19 Paul Henderson, left wing: 8 GP - 7 G - 3 A - 10 PTS - 4 PIM (Toronto Maple Leafs)
28 Bobby Clarke, center: 8 GP - 2 G - 4 A - 6 PTS - 18 PIM (Philadelphia Flyers)
12 Yvan Cournoyer, right wing: 8 GP - 3 G - 2 A - 5 PTS - 2 PIM (Montreal Canadiens)
5 Brad Park, defense: 8 GP - 1 G - 4 A - 5 PTS - 2 PIM (New York Rangers)
10 Dennis Hull, left wing: 4 GP - 2 G - 2 A - 4 PTS - 4 PIM (Chicago Blackhawks)
22 J. P. Parise, left wing: 6 GP - 2 G - 2 A - 4 PTS - 28 PIM (Minnesota North Stars)
8 Rod Gilbert, right wing: 6 GP - 1 G - 3 A - 4 PTS - 9 PIM (New York Rangers)
18 Jean Ratelle, center: 6 GP - 1 G - 3 A - 4 PTS - 0 PIM (New York Rangers)
2 Gary Bergman, defense: 8 GP - 0 G - 3 A - 3 PTS - 13 PIM (Detroit Red Wings)
6 Ron Ellis, right wing: 8 GP - 0 G - 3 A - 3 PTS - 8 PIM (Toronto Maple Leafs)
33 Gilbert Perreault, center: 2 GP - 1 G - 1 A - 2 PTS - 0 PIM (Buffalo Sabres)
9 Bill Goldsworthy, right wing: 3 GP - 1 G - 1 A - 2 PTS - 4 PIM (Minnesota North Stars)
27 Frank Mahovlich, left wing: 6 GP - 1 G - 1 A - 2 PTS - 0 PIM (Montreal Canadiens)
20 Pete Mahovlich, left wing: 7 GP - 1 G - 1 A - 2 PTS - 4 PIM (Montreal Canadiens)
17 Bill White, defense: 7 GP - 1 G - 1 A - 2 PTS - 8 PIM (Chicago Blackhawks)
14 Wayne Cashman, right wing: 2 GP - 0 G - 2 A - 2 PTS - 14 PIM (Boston Bruins)
23 Serge Savard, defense: 5 GP - 0 G - 2 A - 2 PTS - 0 PIM (Montreal Canadiens)
21 Stan Mikita, center: 2 GP - 0 G - 1 A - 1 PTS - 0 PIM (Chicago Blackhawks)
15 Red Berenson, left wing: 2 GP - 0 G - 1 A - 1 PTS - 0 PIM (Detroit Red Wings)
25 Guy Lapointe, defense: 7 GP - 0 G - 1 A - 1 PTS - 6 PIM (Montreal Canadiens)
24 Mickey Redmond, right wing: 1 GP - 0 G - 0 A - 0 PTS - 0 PIM (Detroit Red Wings)
26 Don Awrey, defense: 2 GP - 0 G - 0 A - 0 PTS - 0 PIM (Boston Bruins)
11 Vic Hadfield, left wing: 2 GP - 0 G - 0 A - 0 PTS - 0 PIM (New York Rangers)
16 Rod Seiling, defense: 3 GP - 0 G - 0 A - 0 PTS - 0 PIM (New York Rangers)
3 Pat Stapleton, defense: 7 GP - 0 G - 0 A - 0 PTS - 0 PIM (Chicago Blackhawks)
Goaltenders:
35 Tony Esposito 4 GP - 2 wins - 1 loss - 1 tie - 3.33 GAA - .882 Sv Pct (Chicago Blackhawks)
29 Ken Dryden 4 GP - 2 wins - 2 losses - 0 ties - 4.75 GAA - .838 Sv Pct (Montreal Canadiens)

Sorry, but with all due respect, they are NOT the same thing.
As a proud Canadian, it was OUR COUNTRY that won the series, not an NHL all-star team.

Back in 72 the NHL was Canada much unlike today's NHL. If your not Canadian, part of your thought process back then was it was us (NHL/Canada) versus the world. With that said, the Canadian National Pride is completely understandable and should be embraced.

Ahh to be young and have a mullet...JD McCarthy RC:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...%20Gretzky.jpg

"Best Regards, Jerry West":

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...0autograph.JPG

Rick Barry's bar mitzvah photo:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...k%20signed.JPG

J/K; he only looks 13.

Pistol Pete in those groovy Hawks threads; gotta love the 1970s:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...ch%20photo.JPG

Proof Cards
 

I am very happy to have picked these up from the bay. Ten blank backed color proofs, along with one standard card from the 76-77 Topps Hockey release. Pictures to follow:

This ebay purchased arrived today leaving just four cards to complete the 1961 Topps set. Pat Stapleton had a 15 year NHL WHA career, but this card always looked a little creepy to me.
Larry
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Here's a card I've never seen before, a 1962-63 Sudbury Wolves Crown Life Hockey School Gerry Cheevers pre-rookie card. Back then, he was known as "Jerry"!

That Cheevers is awesome...

I took a break from T206 and recaptured a pair of hockey cards I had a lifetime ago. Very happy to have reacquired these:

Couple of old 24x36 Spalding hoops posters.

I figured I needed at least one MJ card...

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...s%20Jordan.JPG

Nice!!!

Picked these up over the past 6 months...

Love the pre-buzz cut Mullin!
Here are a couple of recent pick-ups:

• A beautiful for the grade 1953 Parkhurst Rocket Richard. Tough to find these centered with nice registration!

• A 1922-23 Royal Bank Hockey Team RPPC with hall-of-famer Roy "Shrimp" Worters (Goalie)

Circa 1910 Goalie Stick
 

Antique Goalie Stick. Just got this beauty in. St Marys Specialty Wood Company hockey goalie stick. Nice condition and I know these are hard to come by. I have been looking for one of these for my collection for a long time and the bonus is the condition and the makers mark

This card completes my 1966-67 Topps hockey set. The card gets an A grade because it is trimmed, SGC "customized" the gasket to prevent the card from moving around.
Larry
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Just added these to the collection:

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...dervingjohnson

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...s-kevin-mchale

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...inique-wilkins

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...harles-barkley

Nice rookie card pick-ups, Greg.

Nice cards Greg. Are they raw?

Willis Reed
 

Added to the collection.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psphlfxoya.jpg

Haven't posted in a while. Picked up a nice Wilt Rookie recently.

Back today
 

Just got these back today from the grader:

Here's a signed 1972 Bobby Orr Branding Iron Welcome card and a beautifully centered 1978 OPC!

sweet card

Pickups
 

A few I've picked up here and there.

My latest pickup...this guy had an OK career, for a 3rd round draft pick. :rolleyes:

Hard to believe he's already in his 50's.

Cool Wilt.

I've wanted one of these since I was a kid; finally pulled the trigger:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...0Esposito.jpeg

A childhood recap for me:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...5%20Mikita.jpg

The 'trotters always make me smile:

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...s%20Lemon.jpeg

The Devil made me do this, Johnny Hockey BuyBack
 

I was walking away when I saw the Devil at a local card show. Saw him out of the corner of my eye, he whispered " do it" So I did it.

A bit of a toughie
 

I received in the mail today the last card I needed to complete my PSA graded 1973-74 Topps Basketball set. It is a PSA 9 #34 Leroy Ellis. I saw the card go up and I pulled the trigger at lightning speed. I haven't seen a PSA Ellis up for sale in at least a year (other than autographed ones), so I was elated to get one of the 3 9's that exist (no 10's). Of course, I can't add it yet (grrrr) because the person hasn't released the number yet, but I've got it. WooHoo!!!!

:D

Hockey Cards
 

Here are a couple of Early Hockey Cards...

Jerry West
 

My latest pickup.....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psysy7y1a1.jpg

Hard to believe, so am I.

A few pickups from the Toronto show earlier this month.

Wow, nice haul. Love the old hockey.