Vintage TOPPS NHL 1967 - 1968 COMPLETE HOCKEY CARD SET; WITH 3 BOBBY ORR CARDS

Description: PRESENTING YOU WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO GRAB AN EXTREMELY RARE RELIC - NOW 54 YEARS VINTAGE 11/18/2023. After reviewing the described condition issues for a few cards, I have dropped the price by $1K to now $4K FIRM. Vintage TOPPS NHL 1967 - 1968 COMPLETE HOCKEY CARD SET; WITH 3 BOBBY ORR CARDS The NHL expanded to twelve teams for the 1967-68 season, ending a six-team circuit that had been in place since 1942. However, collectors of hockey cards were forced to wait a year to see the new uniforms, because 1967-68 Topps Hockey included players from the original six teams.Card fronts featured a player picture superimposed in front of artwork that looked like the grandstands of an arena. A solid-colored area beneath the photo contained the player's name, which was separated by his team and position by a diagonal line. Each corner of the picture area has been rounded off, with a white border surrounding the card.Backs are reminiscent of the previous year's set, with all info included inside a black box. The player's name, team and position appear at the top. A puck-shaped icon at the upper left contains a card number, with a short biography beside it in English. Stats from the previous season appear below that, with vital statistics thrown in. At the bottom, a French translation of the biographical paragraph appears.Only six teams were included in the 132-card 1967-68 Topps Hockey set. Two checklists are included, as well as four cards honoring the winners of major awards from the previous season. The final 12 cards of the set featured the first- and second-team All-Stars.Key rookies in the set include Jacques Lemaire, Derek Sanderson, Glen Sather and Rogatien (Rogie) Vachon.Key 1967-68 Topps Hockey Cards:Bobby Orr #92Calder Trophy #118Bobby Orr AS #128Gordie Howe #43Checklist #120 BELOW I WILL DESCRIBE ANY APPARENT FLAWS, OTHERWISE YOU CAN PRESUME THAT THE CARDS ARE EASILY CONSIDERED EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM MY SIMILAR NHL SET LISTINGS, I AM METICULOUS IN DESCRIBING ANY APPARENT FLAWS. THIS SET IS LIKELY BETTER CLASSIFIED AS NR-MNT, BUT I DO NOT WISH TO OVERSELL 33 - DEREK SANDERSON - 2 small stains spots left border47- GARY BERGMAN - 2 cm ink(?) top right border50 - DOUG REOBERTS - one stain spot top border63 - DOUG MOHNS - off-set card cut hence small top border66 - CHECKLIST - inked check boxes 67 RALPH BACKSTROM - stains top border69 - JOHN FERGUSON - 1.5 ink(?) line top border slightly onto pic background72 - HENRI RICHARD - minuscule ink top border79 - FRANK MAHOVLICH - one feint ink() line border, 4 spots of paper colour loss80 - LARRY HILLMAN - extremely feint (in certain light) right top corner crease 90 ROD GILBERT - 3 top border stains92 BOBBY ORR - 2 slight creases bottom left, two such top right113 BOBBY HULL - card cut offset, top border slightly reduced 117 - KEN WHARRAM - 2 small "spots) top border 120- CHECKLIST - inked check boxes - and seems eraser caused paper loss of 2 cm front across "Canadiens" 124 - BOBBY HULL ALL STAR -1.5 cm paper loss left near top , i cm stain left border & 1 cm paper "gouge" top right125 - KEN WHARRAM ALL STAR - evidence of wax residue in places131 - GORDIE HOWE ALL STAR - top right corner crease, 2 paper loss dots THIS IS A SET THAT I COLLECTED PERSONALLY WAY BACK IN THE DAY. OVER THE YEARS OF COURSE I HAVE SWAPPED IN REPLACEMENT CARDS IN ORDER TO UPGRADE THE COLLECTION RELUCTANT TO PART WITH THIS BEAUTY, HOWEVER CLEARLY A MUST HAVE FOR THE TRUE COLLECTOR SO I AM OFFERING THIS FOR THE TIME BEING....

Price: 4000 CAD

Location: Toronto, Ontario

End Time: 2024-04-28T15:23:21.000Z

Shipping Cost: 55.42 CAD