by Chris
Coomber
The ninth edition
of Upper Deck SPx hockey cards marks the return
of the brand after a year off due to the National
Hockey League Lockout.
 Collectors
will be excited to find out that 2005/2006 Upper
Deck SPx is very similar to the last few years
of SPx hockey, meaning they can find rookie
photo jerseys and autographed rookie jerseys.
What separates this year from other recent
SPx sets is the inclusion of both Sidney Crosby
and Alexander Ovechkin.
At the time of writing Crosby’s autographed
rookie jersey books for $1250, while Ovechkin’s
is $850. Jeff Carters autographed rookie card
is also short printed and books for $200. These
three cards are limited to 499 cards. Other
autographed rookies are serial-numbered to 1499
copies.
Rookie cards that feature a photo-jersey piece
but no autograph are numbered to 1999 copies
while basic rookie cards (no photo jersey or
autograph) are limited to 999 copies. Two rookie
jersey cards can be found per box on average.
After the signed rookie cards, collectors can
look for signed jersey cards of legendary NHL
players. These cards are not serial-numbered,
but they are believed to be limited to fewer
than 200 copies each. Short Prints of this subset
are limited to 75 copies. This subset also includes
two Gretzky jersey autograph cards.
Spectrum parallels of the entire regular set,
numbered to 25 are also included.
Basic Info: 90 card base set,
plus rookies (#’d to 999), Rookie Jersey’s
(1:18) and Autographed Rookie Jerseys Level
1 and 2 (1:18), 18 packs per box
Parallels: 90 Spectrum (#’d
to 25), Spectrum Rookies (#’d to 25),
Spectrum Rookie Jerseys (#’d to 25), Spectrum
Autographed Rookie Jerseys (#’d to 25),
Spectrum Autographed Flashback Fabrics (1/1)
Inserts: SPxcitement Rookies
(#’d to 999) Superstars (#’d to
499), Legends(#’d to 499), Spxcitement
Rookies Gold (#’d to 99), Superstars Gold
(#’d to 99), Legends Gold (#’d to
99)
Memorabilia and Autographs:
Winning Materials (regular and gold and spectrum)
Winning Combos (regular and gold and spectrum)
Autographd Winning Materials (#’d to 50),
Autographed Winning Combos (#’d to 25),
Autographed Flashback Fabrics (1:252), Spxcitement
Rookies, Superstars and Legends Spectrum Auto
(#’d to 5)
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 SPx Hockey Cards are available at Grizzly
Sports Cards.
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