by Chris
Coomber
Upper Deck MVP
Hockey is one of the most affordable ways for
hockey card collectors to find Sidney Crosby
and Alexander Ovechkin rookie cards.
Although
the boxes of MVP hockey cards are more affordable
than some of the other 2005/06 hockey card releases,
the rookies are short printed, insuring that
they will hold their value.
The return of hockey, rookie cards
and the price of the boxes have played a part
in making MVP one of the hottest collected sets
of this year.
MVP is definitely the most reasonable priced
set for those hockey card collectors who want
to add Crosby and Ovechkin rookie cards
as well has 40 plus other rookies to their collections.
Along with the 45 rookie cards, there are 400
veterans in the base set. All 445 cards have
both a Gold (100 copies per card) and Platinum
(25 copies per card) parallel.
As with all Upper Deck hockey card sets, the
quality of MVP’s photography and cards
in general are second to none. Card fronts feature
a silver facsimile signature of the player.
For players that the Upper Deck Co. did not
have a facsimile signature on file, UDC simply
showed the player’s name in silver script.
There are 42 basic insert cards which fall
one every fourth pack (six per box). The four
basic insert sets are Monumental Moments (seven
cards), Rising to the Occasion (14), Rookie
Breakthrough (14), and Tribute to Greatness
(seven Wayne Gretzky).
Two of the six basic inserts that you will
find in your box will be Rookie Breakthrough
inserts.
Memorabilia cards are something that all collectors
love, and 2005/2006 Upper Deck MVP does not
disappoint. Single memorabilia cards can be
found on average, one per box. Also look for
Dual and Triple MVP Materials
Upper Deck MVP is also great for team set building.
Basic Hockey Card Info: 400-card
base set, including eight checklist cards, Also
featuring 45 MVP Rookies (1:2)
Hockey Parallels: 400 MVP
Gold (#’d to 100), 400 MVP Platinum (#’d
to 25)
Hockey Card Inserts: Rising
to the Ocassion (1:12), Rookie Breakthrough
(1:12), A Tribute to Greatness (1:24), Monumental
Moments (1:24)
Hockey Memorabilia: MVP Materials
(1:24), Dual MVP Materials (#’d to 100),
Triple MVP Materials (#’d to 25)
Hockey Card Autographs: ProSign
(1:480)
About the author:
Chris Coomber is a hockey card and sports card
dealer. His company, Grizzly Sports Cards has
one of the widest selections of sealed wax sports
cards boxes on the Internet. Upper
Deck MVP Hockey Cards are available at Grizzly
Sports Cards.
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