1990-91 Pro Set Hockey Freak Show

[Rraincock]

Hello fellow cardboard nerds,


Yep - that says Pro Set.

I decided a long time ago, during a particularly hobbled recovery from a very bad ankle injury, that I would always have a collecting project on the go that was completely worthless but very fun. Some of you know that this is where my master set ambitions of the Red Deer Rebels started. Others will know that this is where my Pro Set error and freak show hoard started. I have decided that I need to start canvasing the usual suspects (yall) to see what gems are sitting in your commons bins.

I am interesting in taking a look at the odd and strange cards you may have from 90/91 Pro Set Hockey. I am looking for particularly outrageous examples of miscut, smudged, gibbled, and otherwise impossibly f-ed up cards. My plan is to revise the standard smattering of error checklist sites and have a new one with a more fun theme. Do you have any particularly interesting pro set error cards from the first set? I am interested in taking a look and buying.

I am also looking for a copy of the Gillis bloody nose card... but $100+ is too rich for my blood.

[cjb]

i threw them all away during the christmas holliday

[jameslacarte]

Who knew there were good cards in there!! Other than the Hologram i too threw all that junk out many years ago. I had lots of it too!!

[cjb]

9error cards were everywhere in proset and are all worth nothing (except for gillis). They're not that hard to find. Even card #1, ray bourque was an error

[cjb]

Just got out the old beckett price guide. There were 38 errors in series 1 and 4 errors in series 2

Even the LA Kings logo card is an error

[pwskelly]

I feel that ProSet was definitely a gateway set for many collectors, whether it was starting or getting back into collecting lol.

[Rraincock]

It is a funny think - the specter of ProSet brings out such strong reactions in people. There are those that treat it like a box relics from a distant time where collecting was... not at all like it is today. There are those that wish to kill it with fire. Then there are those that still chip away at the set, hoping to find a copy of the Gillis bloody nose or a Stanley Cup Holo.

*sigh*

Does anyone know of collectors who have lumps of errors - and not just the common errors like the Bourque? I am interested in finding these people to see if I can compare error checklists.

[cjb]

These days proset is a gateway to starting a campfire when its cold outside.

[cjb]

38 errors in series 1.

Maybe it was made in china

[cjb]

i remember when upper deck came out in 1990 there was a Greg Adams error card (Igor Larionv's picture). I had 5 of them and the card shop owner bout them off of me for 2 bucks each, 10 bucks total. I guess he thought that the Greg Adams error card was going to be the next Dale Murphy reverse negative card.