Monday, May 2, 2011

Card of the Day - 1962-63 Topps New York Rangers

So, posting has become rather sporadic lately. I'm getting married in a couple of weeks, so odds are things are going to continue that way for a while, at least until mid-June when we get back from the honeymoon.

Rather than post nothing at all though, I'm going to pretty much mail it in with some half-assed "card of the day" posts. First up is this "gently loved" beauty:

1962-63 Topps - #65 - New York Rangers Team

I actually bought this card almost two years ago (June of 2009) on eBay. I'm not really sure why I purchased it to be honest with you. There were only 120 total cards produced by the major companies in 1962-63 (66 by Topps, 54 by Parkhurst) so maybe I had a moment of weakness and thought that one day I'd own all 120 cards, so why not start with this one? Try finding a 1962-63 Topps checklist though (even a marked one) for less than $150 and you'll quickly see how delusional this line of thinking was.

In any event, it's got a couple of weak corners on the right side, but for $2.47 it's in good enough shape for me. Here's the back of the card:

The summary indicates that the Rangers had squeaked into the playoffs in 1961-62. The team would not be so lucky in 1962-63 though, finishing 5th out of 6 teams (only the Bruins were worse) and missing the playoffs.

While not my oldest hockey card, I believe this is my oldest team card.

6 comments:

  1. They don't make cards like this anymore...

    I absolutely love this set. This and the 73-74 release are two of my favorites, though I'll probably never finish either one of them.

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  2. It's a nice set. I've just crossed the 40-card threshold with it - but I've been avoiding the checklist and the toughest of all - Bobby Hull. That Hull will be a real beast in good shape.

    '73-74 was fun. OPC had both a light and dark-back variation. Still debating trying for the master set.

    1961-62 is one of the nicest of the era, though. The colours in that set are amazing.

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  3. Thanks for the comments guys. 40 cards is impressive, you're definitely getting there. I've only got 6 of them myself including this Rangers card, and the other 5 are pretty beat up...

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  4. If you like old hockey, that seems to be most of what I write about over here, even though it was originally meant to be more of a baseball blog.

    I probably have a couple extra '62 Topps kicking around. I'll look.

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  5. Awesome, I just added you to my blogroll. Looking forward to reading your posts!

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  6. Thanks! You shamed me into a new post. :)

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