1990 Pro Set Stanley Cup Hologram...anybody watching this madness???

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I've been half-assedly watching this over the last few months, but this card has EXPLODED. It's selling at 1990 levels or better now, even for copies that are not that great.

Here is one that ended tonight...

1990 Pro Set Stanley Cup Hologram

This one has one bidder with 25% activity and another with 14% activity, but I'm doubting that's full out shilling.

The last few have been between $300US and $400US but this one fell shy of $500US. Unbelievable.
 
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I've seen the interest and value of these bad boys on the rise for close to a year. One of the coolest and most iconic cards of the last 30 years.
 
I'm surprised that this card hasn't reached a saturation point yet. I suppose it has safely crossed the line to iconic.

I think I got mine for $28 15 years ago.
 
TanguayFan said:
I don't quite understand the fascination with these ProSet holograms. To each their own I guess.
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Bossy22 said:
I don't get it either, I'd pass at $20 for my own pc. At the same time I spend unseen amounts on cards to finish my sets lol.
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It's called nostalgia fellas. If you were shoulder deep in the hobby the way many of us were in the early 90's, you remember chasing this card and being mystified when you were simply able to see one with your own eyes.

Add in the magic that is the Stanley Cup as its subject matter and you have the recipe for an iconic card.
 
gomaz said:
It's called nostalgia fellas. If you were shoulder deep in the hobby the way many of us were in the early 90's, you remember chasing this card and being mystified when you were simply able to see one with your own eyes.

Add in the magic that is the Stanley Cup as its subject matter and you have the recipe for an iconic card.
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Oh, I'm not arguing the nostalgia!!! And I think its cool you guys have it, I just don't. I was huge in cards at the time, spending all my money during highschool, I just never got too into this exact card. For me I still love picking up the 1990 score Lindros rookie, the 91 Paul Kariya world junior etc. I guess I've just always been more a player guy.
 
I remember the pulling the cup card vividly. Unfortunately, I don't ever remember what happened to it. I don't remember trading it, and I don't remember seeing it when I went though my old 90's cards before I got back into the hobby last year. I'm hoping it's in a box somewhere but most likely it was traded at a sleepover. :P
 
If you busted enough of this product to heat your home with the contents then the nostalgia is easy to get. At a few dollars a box, these old ProSet (and also Score) cards are my first memories of getting into the hobby. I couldn't tell you how much of this I opened looking for Holograms in ProSet and the Bobby Orr autographs in Score. Like most, I never pulled one and will eventually want one of each to relieve those early years of busting cheap wax.
 
I remember seeing one at a card show back in 1990 and a $1,000 price tag on it. It was like seeing a relic at a museum. To me, this is THE iconic brag card of the 90s. A lot of great cards came out of the 1990s, but this was the most expensive and sought after of them all. Its price is FINALLY starting to show that.
 
Triple B said:
I remember seeing one at a card show back in 1990 and a $1,000 price tag on it. It was like seeing a relic at a museum. To me, this is THE iconic brag card of the 90s. A lot of great cards came out of the 1990s, but this was the most expensive and sought after of them all. Its price is FINALLY starting to show that.
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Well said. I remember as a kid busting countless boxes and packs of Pro Set trying to find one of these. And in those days if you ever saw one in a card shop the price was out of reach for most people.
 
gomaz said:
It's called nostalgia fellas. If you were shoulder deep in the hobby the way many of us were in the early 90's, you remember chasing this card and being mystified when you were simply able to see one with your own eyes.

Add in the magic that is the Stanley Cup as its subject matter and you have the recipe for an iconic card.
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I was deeper into the Hobby when this set came out than I ever have been since, and one of the few guys around here who were active then that is still active today. How many people can say they traded a mint OPC Patrick Roy RC for a box of 90-91 Score Canadian, in the hopes of pulling a Lindros Future Stars? Well, I can.

While I certainly understand nostalgia aspect of it, this card never appealed to me back then, and still doesn't. Maybe around here the card wasn't sought after, so when one did surface, it didn't garner much interest. I was much more impressed by the 4 early CC cards than either of the holograms. I am not knocking those guys to whom it does hold appeal, I just don't necessarily understand it.
 
I remember hearing back in the day people searched boxes with a metal detector to find it. No idea if that’s even possible. Anyone else remember hearing that? I never saw one in person back then or knew of anyone pulling one.
 

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