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Collector's World 0102
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TIP OF THE MONTH
Many any people were predicting great things for Martin Gelinas this season. So far, they’ve been disappointed. But a curious decision by Score and the belief Gelinas will one day fulfill his massive potential make his Score hockey card a great investment. When Score decided to make American and Canadian versions of its cards, the company put some players in only one set and not the other. While most of those players—New York Islander Alan Kerr and Quebec Nordique Joe Cirella, for example—have low marketability for card collectors, Gelinas’ rookie card may one day be highly sought after. Gelinas’ rookie card is the one card among the variations which should have been in both versions. Since Gelinas’ only Score appearance is in the Canadian version, his Score rookie card will be relatively scarce…
GETTING YOUR CARDS AUTOGRAPHED? STOP
This is a warning to card collectors: Don’t be foolish like I was by getting valuable cards autographed. There aren’t many people who will buy autographed cards. Some people say the autographs aren’t authentic and you’ll have no way of proving they are. I know now autographed cards are difficult to sell, but I learned the hard way. A friend of mine got a Mark Messier rookie card signed and he has been unable to sell that. That’s a terrible waste of a Messier rookie, which is worth about $75. I’m not saying don’t get your cards signed, I’m just warning you that you will be keeping them for yourself rather than selling them for a profit. If you want a superstar’s autograph on a card, it’s better to get one on the…
‘HOT’ PLATES BECOME POPULAR WITH COLLECTORS
Make no mistake, you wouldn’t want to be serving spaghetti on these plates. Collector plates featuring images of Gordie Howe, Darryl Sittier, Vladislav Tretiak and others are the hottest dishes on the menu. Some are selling for up to $200 a serving. D.H. Ussher. Ltd., in North Vancouver, B.C., and Gartlan, USA, in Huntington Beach, Calif., are two companies producing and distributing the latest in hockey collectible items. The limited-edition plates are made from high-quality porcelain and are bordered with a 22-karat gold rim set in an NHL wood-stained frame. Action images of each subject are crafted on the face of the plate with a list of individual accomplishments on the back. The displays are meant to hang on walls. Three plate sizes—10¼-inch, 8½-inch and 4¼-inch are produced, but only the largest is personally…
ROB BLAKE
His coach, Tom Webster, calls him the leading candidate to cart home the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s rookie of the year. Wayne Gretzky compares him to a young Ray Bourque and a young Paul Coffey. Two-time Norris Trophy winner Larry Robinson says he doesn’t have a weakness. The object of this praise is the Los Angeles Kings’ Rob Blake, a 20-year-old defenseman who can’t figure out what all the fuss is about. If anything, he’s embarrassed by such talk. “I appreciate it more than I can tell you,” Blake says. “But Ray Bourque? Paul Coffey? It’s unbelievable. No way should 1 be compared to those guys. When I hear stuff like that, I just try to tune it out. A fourth-round draft pick in 1988 from Bowling Green (Ohio) University, the 6-foot-3, 215-pounder was fast…
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