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Collector's World 0205
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PALFFY
Eric Lindros and Team Canada weren’t the only disappointments at the world junior hockey championships in Germany this year. For, as much as this was to be Lindros’ tournament in his third appearance at the WJC, Czechoslovakian winger Zigmund Palffy was also expected to be one of the prime skaters to watch at Fussen’s BLZ Ice Hockey Arena at the foot of the Bavarian Alps when the tournament began Dec. 26. Palffy’s first world junior tournament 12 months earlier had been a ringing success, as he potted seven goals and six assists in seven games and finished fifth in tournament scoring behind gifted players Doug Weight, Lindros, Pavel Bure and teammate Martin Rucinsky. That performance along with a 34-goal, 50-point season with Nitra of the Czechoslovak elite league had scouts raving, and prompted…
TIP OF THE MONTH
Since Sergei Fedorov burst onto the card scene in last season’s O-Pee-Chee Central Red Army insert set, collectors have been well aware of the impact Soviet players can have on the hobby. It wasn’t long after Fedorov started climbing up collectors’ want lists that other Soviets such as Valeri Kamensky and Arturs Irbe also drew attention. So when Upper Deck included six cards of Soviet players from the Canada Cup in its Low Number Series, it was surprising collectors largely ignored the player who is considered the Soviets’ best center. Alexei Zhamnov is an outstanding playmaker with good defensive skills. Scouts surveyed for the 1991-92 Inside HOCKEY Yearbook called him the best prospect in the Winnipeg Jets’ system. He was drafted in the fourth round (77th overall) in 1990. But to collectors, who have…
PARKHURST REVISITED
With Parkhurst cards making a comeback in 1992, what better time to examine the roots of original Parkhurst? Collectors World sent Price Guide researcher and writer Wayne Hepburn to the Toronto home of George Kennedy, the founder of Parkhurst and the father of the modern era hockey card. Parkhurst, which made its first cards in 1951-52, was the first company to issue hockey cards postWorld War II and until 1954-55 had the market to itself. Prior to the 195556 season, the Parkhurst sets include players from the original six NHL teams. Between the 1955-56 and 1959-60 seasons. Parkhurst cards featured only Montreal and Toronto plovers. From the 1960-61 issue through the last Parkhurst set of 1963-64. Detroit players joined the two Canadian teams. Some of the most-highly valued cards and sets in the…
CARD CLONES DISGUSTING AVID COLLECTORS, DEALERS
I recently came into possession of a catalogue from a company in Winnipeg called the HOFF Inc., advertising something called Replicards. As a collector, this really bothers me to see such high-quality reproductions being sold as if it were either legitimate or fair to real collectors. To many, the hobby ranges from a stress reliever to a source of pleasure and pride. If this sort of business operation were deemed legitimate, then I would have to reconsider any plans of buying any big ticket rookie cards. How can anyone buy these Replicards when it appears completely obvious that with a few extra hours of work, a perfect replica could be produced that would completely fool the card collecting public. I’ve shown the catalogue to three dealers and to many other collectors and all of…
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