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Collector's World 0202
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EMERSON
In recent years, the St. Louis Blues have been guilty of rushing their top prospects into the big show while they were still learning their lines. Brian Benning and Rod Brind’ Amour skipped the minor leagues, raced onto the NHL’s all-rookie team, suffered sophomore slumps and found themselves on the trading block soon after the honeymoon. Herb Raglan, Jocelyn Lemieux and Tony Hrkac stepped right in for the Blues…and then were sent packing after a couple of disappointing seasons. But the Blues took their time with forward Nelson Emerson—they picked him 44th overall back in 1985— and now he appears to have been worth the wait. He scored six goals and added five assists in nine pre-season games to earn a spot with Dave Christian and Ron Sutter on the Blues’ second…
YOUR HOCKEY CARD GRADING GUIDE
The condition of a card is a crucial consideration when establishing its price. A card may be damaged in subtle or dramatic ways. Although condition is actually a grading scale, (there may be a card that is less than near mint but better than excellent, for instance) there are some common standard conditions. Mint (M): A perfect card, free of any defects. It should be perfectly centered with perfect color registration. All four corners should be sharp, pointed and there should be no creases or folds. Nor should there be any gum or wax stains on the front or back of the card. The card should not be altered in any way. There should be no pencil marks on the card, not even on checklists. The edges of the card should…
HIGH-PRICED CARDS COMMANDING HIGH INTEREST
Pat Elynuik’s biggest score of the year would have been with a hockey card instead of a puck. But the Winnipeg Jets’ right winger was outbid on a Bobby On-rookie card despite offering $3,900 at an auction attended by nearly 100 people in Winnipeg Sept. 30. The winning bid of $4,000 was submitted by Jay Szego and Dennis Temcshawsky of Select Sports Cards. Elynuik, who owns Pat Elynuik’s Sports Cards and Collectibles, submitted the second-highest bid and another store, The Locker Room, bid $3,000. What makes the bid noteworthy is that it is far above the Collectors World list price of $1,800 for a near-mint card. The Orr card which went for $4,000 is in excellent to near-mint condition. It is quite off center and has a nice gloss. So how could…
RANDOM THOUGHTS
That the best rookie card in 1991-92 Pro Set Series I is of Boston Bruins’ left winger Jeff Lazaro isn’t entirely the company’s fault. Sure Pro Set should have tried harder to get more prospects into its series, but you can also blame Topps for the situation that created the near-lack of rookies. Back in 1981 somebody at Topps’ baseball department came up with the idea of making a second set of cards that season to reflect trades and rookies who weren’t part of the regular set. The hobby hasn’t been the same since. In baseball, the idea of a “Traded” or “Update” set can work. In hockey, it doesn’t. It’s time for the companies to realize this before they only wind up hurting themselves. With so much product to choose from, collectors…
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