Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Cards from... My Aunt!? (hockey edition)

When my aunt told me there were Penguins cards in the box she sent, I was interested to see what all would be in there, since the Penguins are in the Stanley Cup Finals again this year. I will end up finding a good home for them, since I don't actually collect hockey cards, but it was worth seeing them, for sure:

Ah, nothing like a local grocery store for an oddball set! I have no idea if the whole set is there or not, but there are certainly a bunch of the Foodland cards.

There were some other Penguins cards, too, but the majority are the Foodland:


In addition to Penguins, there was quite a selection of other hockey cards. Evidently, my cousin was into collecting them for a while. I don't know what it means that I recognized more of the hockey players than I did the football players. It probably means there are more 'star' hockey cards in the box and nothing more. I can't remember the player's name, but how about a hockey player whose 'sideline' is riding wild broncos!?


The logo cards are actually non-branded stickers. If you look hard enough (or click on the photos for a better view), you'll see a couple vintage cards from '77 and '78 in there! I thought that was very cool:


In fact, I ended up with TWO 1978 Atlanta team cards!


I hope to find a hockey collector or two out there, eh. They'll be getting some older ice cards for sure.

5 comments:

  1. Where can I get myself an Aunt like yours? Very cool that she had so many cards.

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  2. sweeeet! Those grocery store penguins must be from late '91 or early '92. The only season that all of those players were on the Penguins together was '90/91.

    neat find!

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  3. Go Penguins!
    That was he team I was first introduced to in the early 80's on a 13 inch BW w/ rabbit ears. Been following them since. Great cards your Aunt had.

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  4. I'm just catching up on all of your Aunt's cards. They are great ! I don't really collect anything but baseball but I do like mixtures like that once in a while just to see what has been out there.

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  5. I may not have a rich, old uncle with a will bearing my name, but I have to say that having an Aunt with a crazy selection of trading cards ain't bad either. :-)

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