1971-72 O-Pee-Chee/Topps Hockey Booklets #24 Bobby Orr

Grade	NEAR MINT
Book Value	$ 30
Our Price	$ 27.50 Add to cart

1971-72 O-Pee-Chee/Topps Hockey Booklets #24 Bobby Orr Hockey cards value

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NHL's Original Hockey Teams

The Original Teams of the NHL (1917)
National Hockey League (NHL) was formed in 1917. The original four teams were all from Canada:

Montreal Canadiens Montreal Wanderers Ottawa Senators Toronto Arenas (now Toronto Maple Leafs)

The Quebec Bulldogs were also part of the founding meeting but did not field a team the first season.

The "Original Six" (1942-1967)
The "Original Hockey Teams" usually refers to the "Original Six." These six teams formed the NHL from 1942 to the 1967 expansion. They were:

Boston Bruins Chicago Black Hawks (now Blackhawks) Detroit Red Wings Montreal Canadiens New York Rangers Toronto Maple Leafs

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Baseball card collecting terms (part C)

Cabinet Card Were oversized trading cards featuring paintings issued mostly 1910-1915.

Card Show is a gathering of dealers & collectors looking to buy/sell/trade sports cards and memorabilia.

Card Stock is the material a card is printed on. Usually paper-based, today companies play with the card stock and sometimes it appears to be wood or leather or see-thru acrylic ...

Cello Pack is a card pack whose wrapper is see-thru plastic. Usually the top & bottom cards are seen. Unopened cello packs showing major stars and rookies sell for heavy premiums.

Centering is the balance of the borders: top/bottom & left/right. On perfectly-centered cards, top/bottom borders match as do the left/right borders. Centering is presented as a set of numbers & directions and often included with the grade. Perfectly-centered is "50/50 t/b" AND "50/50 l/r". As centering gets worse, one number increases and the other decreases. For example: 90/10 t/b is considered extremely off-center top to bottom. The numbers add up to 100 (50/50, 60/40, 90/10 ...).

Certificate Of Authenticity (COA) A document used to verify legitimacy of a collectible. NOTE: Keep in mind that COA's are easier to fake then autographs.

Common A card of a non-star player is considered a "Common" as opposed to cards of a star players or specialty/subset cards such as league leaders, teams cards, World Series cards...

Condition (Grade) Centering, corner wear, photo clarity, edges, creases, print flaws ... all combine to determine a card's condition or grade. Along with rarity/scarcity it is the major factor in a card's value.

Crease Defect usually caused by bending the card. Hard to see, or not, a crease lowers the card's grade (VG or lower) and greatly diminishes it's value.