Later today (April 17, 2013), we’ll be listing 10 hockey cards of decent value for auction on eBay with the incredibly low opening bid price of just 1 cent! Over the past week, we’ve featured seven of the cards in articles that include high quality scans of the fronts and backs of the cards. You can find links to these articles at the bottom of this article.
Go here to see how the auction is going: eBay Hockey Cards
We’re going to pack the final three cards into one article. The cards are some of the most valuable of the ten and are no mystery to collectors.
Full list of the 10 cards being auctioned.
Wayne Gretzky – 1981-82 Topps 16
This is the third year hockey card for Gretzky. The card is valued at $20 and is the most valuable in the 1981-82 Topps set. The complete collection of 198 cards is valued at $70. The value of the card is a far cry from the nearly $1000 that his 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee rookie card can fetch.
After a year with the Indianapolis Racers and Edmonton Oilers in the World Hockey Association in 1978-79, Wayne embarked on the greatest National Hockey League career that the league will probably ever see.
Gretzky played in the NHL from 1979-80 to 1998-99 with the Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues and New York Rangers. He played 1,487 regular season games, scoring 894 goals and assisting on 1,963 for 2,857 points. He added another 382 points on 122 goals and 260 assists in 208 playoff games.
Over his career, Gretzky won the Hart Memorial Trophy on nine occasions. He led the league in scoring ten times, earning the Art Ross Trophy more times than any other player in NHL history. In 1999, Gretzky was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Check out these articles on Wayne Gretzky hockey cards:
Wayne Gretzky’s unofficial WHA hockey card
Is your Wayne Gretzky rookie card a fake?
This card is part of a sub-set produced by Upper Deck in 2001-02, along with about 1,000 other sub-sets. This hockey card is considered a common card and is valued at $20. Leading the way are cards of Bobby Orr and Wayne Gretzky, both valued at $125. The card contains a small piece of wood that may or may not be from a Stan Mikita hockey stick.
Stan Mikita played in the NHL from 1959-60 to 1979-80, all with the Chicago Black Hawks. He played in 1,394 regular season games, scoring 541 goals and assisting on 926 for 1,467 points. In the playoffs, he played an additional 155 games, totalling 150 points on 59 goals and 91 assists.
Mikita won the Art Ross Trophy on four occasions and the Hart Trophy twice. Stan was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983.
Check out this article on VHCR about the Stan Mikita Rookie Card.
Canadiens on Guard – 1959-60 Parkhurst 1
This card is valued at $150. The 1959-60 Parkhurst set consists of 50 hockey cards and a complete collection is valued at $1400. The highlight of the set is the hockey card featuring Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard of the Montreal Canadiens, valued at $300.
The card features an action scene in front of the Montreal Canadiens net as Jacques Plante and the Montreal defense fend off the Toronto Maple Leafs. For a full description of the card, click here: Canadiens on Guard.
Full articles on each card with high def images of the front and back of each card:
Harry Watson 1954-55 Parkhurst 17
Bobby Clarke 1970-71 Dad’s Cookies 15
Philadelphia Flyers team leaders 1974-75 Topps 154
Darryl Sittler 1976-77 Topps 207
Bryan Trottier 1976-77 Topps 67 RB
