OT: Most valuable rookie card
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Harry Kakalovich
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The RC staple is the Upper Deck Young Guns card. The other is the SP Authentic Future Watch. I wouldn't bother much with the other ones. Best for investing is a high grade (PSA 10) Upper Deck Young Guns card.
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Young guns is the way. The rest are second fiddle.
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I hate all these variants and stuff. I miss the good old regular o-pee-chee/topps cards with the gum. I miss the gum.
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SP Authentic. Get a future watch auto /999 especially if it's inscribed (might be draft position, date of NHL debut, date of first NHL goal)
The cup RPA(Rookie Patch Auto) but this won't be released for another 2 years I believe as Upper Deck is behind there.
As others have said Young Guns, but if you buy a hobby box you have a chance for
Young Gun Acetate
Young Gun Exclusive/100
Young Gun another Exclusive /10
Young Gun Gloss.
The cup RPA is going to be the mammoth value, but you need to get it, which will be thousands, if not potentially 10s of thousands of dollars in boxes. The box is 1 pack with 5 cards in it for 1k+
Or spend maybe a k, or more to get one when it's released, but by then, unless they speed up release we'll know if he's a dud, or not.
Your best bang for your buck is hobby boxes.
Black Diamond also does rookies that have more value than base YG.
Also, French version YG has more value than regular YG
Nobody misses that teeth cracker.
pepperMonkey
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...your question just reminded me of how my brother used to have several (3? 5? Can't remember) Gretzky rookie cards...but he HATED Gretz as a kid because he thought of Wayne was...well, how we think of Drouin. He hated soft players. So he literally just threw them away (at other kids).
And before anyone says anything, he was really young...10? 11? Of course, he regretted doing so when he realized those cards were worth money, lol. Ah well. Easy come, easy go.
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If I close my eyes I can still smell that gum.
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Talking about the the cup.. I got his card when he was still a habs.. damn you Kotaniemi lol inwould mind that much if he breaks out cause i got this card.. but wont happen.
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One of my earliest memories I have is when I got a dollar allowance and would buy 2 x 0.35 o-pee-chee packs with the hard gum (and a liquorice and a gumball) NO TAX!!!
OldCraig71
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When I was a young lad, any money I got, odd jobs, paper route, birthday money would be spent at the local convenience store on Hockey,Football,Baseball or Basketball cards. This was not for an investment but for the pure joy of collecting my favorite players. I started in 1967 right through the early 80s then stopped when life started occurring, real jobs, marriage, children etc. I will never sell these relics but will hand them down to my grandsons. I’m sure they will realize a monetary reward but I just can’t let them go!
HuGort
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I just finished off my '79-80 OPC set. Picked up 15 commons off eBay. Some guy was selling them individually. Nice condition. I am retired now, seen it about a month ago decided to try and finish it. Started it in grade 9
Habs 4 Life
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UD young guns is your best investment
SP Authentic auto /999 is your second best bet.
Don't spend money on buying boxes and packs, just invest in the cards and players you want!
SP Authentic auto /999 is your second best bet.
Don't spend money on buying boxes and packs, just invest in the cards and players you want!
Grate n Colorful Oz
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Grate n Colorful Oz
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Not that much. I have both Fedorov and Bure in Young Guns UD cards. Have Brodeur and Lidstrom RC also.
Not one of them is worth more than 100$, so I doubt Slaf is a strong investment.
Habs 4 Life
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That's going to cost a lot of money
Investing in Lukas Reichel right now might be a great pay off in the long run
Habs 4 Life
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Sorry to burst your bubble, but none of those rookies are worth more than 10$. Those early 90 cards unfortunately aren't worth much
LaP
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Since when rookie cards that just came out are worth lot of money lol
Man the world have gone mad lately. The inflation of everything is just crazy. I have Jagr (ud), Modano (opcp), Sakic (opc) and Bure (ud yg) rookie cards and the last time i checked in early 2k they were all worth next to nothing. Also have all of Lidstrom 91-92 ud cards all worth next to nothing last time i checked.
Grate n Colorful Oz
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You suppose too much. I just gave a baseline, didn't bother to check the price but knew none of them were worth 100$.
Habs 4 Life
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It's because cards are a lot more rare now and some sets are numbered. Back then, the packs costed less then 2$ and you had rookies pretty much in every pack. So besides Gretzky and Lemieux, even the 80's they're not worth much.
just saying, your baseline should have been 10$ lol
HuGort
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Everybody saved them is why. Once that crazy hit in early 90s, everybody guarded them like gold. I bet no Lindstrom rookies ended up clothespinded to bicycle spoke? Older cards from 60s to mid-80s are fewer and farther in between.
Older cards like Bobby Orr OPC are good investments though. They won't lose their value. I bought up a few Orr from '72-73. His main card, Trophy cards, in action card. Off eBay. The investments plus you have nice cards. Make sure they in great shape
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