This past Sunday, Donald D. Peck, the retired President of Fleer pass away.

At the helm of Fleer, Mr. Peck challenged Topps and their monopoly on the sports card industry. The challenge went all the way to the Supreme Court in 1982 where Fleer was rejected in their challenge to publish baseball card packs. However, he found a way around the ruling and Fleer flourished providing sports cards to fan collections.

More information about the life of Donald D. Peck.

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Gone are the days when you had to visit the local sports card store for buying hockey player cards and having to wait until the released card versions actually reached the local hobby stores. In the Internet age, the entire buying and selling of sports cards has become virtual, resulting in the card being shipped to you and everything is carried out online. In the earlier days, the options were limited to the local card store or grocery store or 7-Eleven, but today, you have the official websites of the card manufacturing companies featuring their products, and, hordes of online retailers and auction sites to cater to your needs and help you find the rare hockey card you want. Whether it is a Topps set of cards or those of Upper Deck, they are easily available on the company’s website and this gives options for hockey card collectors to choose their type of hockey card. Vintage or current, your hockey card can be found online.

Apart from these, there are hordes of online retail outlets that sell hockey player cards, both individual as well as sets, at very reasonable prices. A list of these sites can be easily available by using a search engine like Google or Yahoo. Retailers like Collecting Sports Cards, Sports Card Attic, Dick & Jane’s Sports cards are good options to check out, if you want good bargains. Also a look at the price guides and their online lists will give you some more information about the cards. In fact, online price lists like Beckett also sell card sets at bargain prices. Look out for special offers and deals online and you may be the lucky one to get hockey cards at great discounts.

Finally, of course, you have the online auction sites like eBay which is a good place to buy and sell hockey cards. Here you have the flexibility of choosing the best bargains, as you may find more than one seller for a particular card. Also you have the choice of buying individual cards, also known as singles, as opposed to packs. This would not only be less expensive but also ensure that you buy only those cards you need and are not saddled with other useless cards or duplicate hockey cards.

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This post is from About.com Sports Cards.

An image of the 2006-07 Between The Pipes Game-Used Pad Jacques Plante hockey card and the Between The Pipes Double Jersey Ron Hextall/Bernie Parent card by In The Game.

BTP Pad/Double Jersey Cards

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A dealer in Kingston, Ontario is bringing a special guest to what he says is the area’s biggest show ever. Card companies will be there too.

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New Web Site Caters to Jersey Collectors American Chronicle, CA - Dec 10, 2007 The much sought after cards are planted in packs of baseball, football, basketball and hockey cards as special value-added items carrying actual game-worn …

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Card collecting, like any other hobby, can be quite a daunting task, particularly for a beginner. Given the wide range of companies that manufacture hockey player cards and also the large number of cards and card sets promoted by each, it is very difficult to choose without fear of having an unmanageable hockey card collection. We deal here with valuable tips on buying hockey cards and maintaining hockey cards

What are the types of hockey card collectibles that collectors buy? Well, you could either buy individual player cards or sets of player cards. Buying a set means that you have all the possible cards released of a particular player. Another collectible is the team cards or team set cards that give you an idea about the team’s performance. Lastly, of course, you have collectors sets that contain a checklist of the players that form the set and you either buy the entire set or collect so as to form that particular set. Collector sets include rookie cards, autographed cards, special edition cards, all of which form a collectible set by themselves. Vintage cards have a charm of their own and delight a true collector. It is important to scour the Internet for any such bargains that may be available.

Once you have decided what to buy, you should then identify the seller. It is very helpful to be able to actually see the card properly, especially if you are buying through the internet from an individual seller. You have to ensure that this is not a counterfeit card and you can determine this by gauging the seller through the various reviews available about him, written by other buyers. Price of the card should be agreed upon only after thorough research using the Internet and the various price guides as your resource. This is the safest bet to buy hockey cards.

Lastly, having a collection does not end with just buying the cards but includes maintenance of the cards. Proper storage facilities should be available to store and maintain these cards. It is more important if you are buying the hockey cards for investment purposes as condition of the cards determines its price and also it is important how long you would be storing hockey cards before you sell them. If you are planning to store hockey cards for long time, ensure that the storage area is free of rats, rodents and other insects as they may tear the cards, in addition ensure that the storage area is water proof and has adequate security measures in case of fire.

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