Nothing will trump the 1951-52 Parkhurst set in the mind of collectors for its significance as being the first, ahem, "modern" set and it's plethora of rookie cards (Howe? Richard? Never heard of 'em).
But I feel that the 1953-54 set is when Parkhurst really started to hit their stride. The cards are bigger and the backs are more informative. The smaller Parkies feel more like toss-ins from a bag of tobacco (I know, they were gum cards), whereas these feel like hockey cards.
Last month, I purchased 15 more cards from the 1953-54 Parkhurst set, bringing me up to 34 out of 100 cards. Enjoy the scans:
18 - Dick Gamble
20 - Eddie "Sipder" Mazur
21 - Paul Meger
29 - Bernard (Boom Boom) Geoffrion
54 - Jack Evans
59 - Claude "Chuck" Rayner
72 - Lidio "Lee" Fogolin
75 - August "Gus" Bodnar
78 - Al Dewsbury
83 - George Gee
86 - Samuel "Sugar Jim" Henry
87 - Hal Laycoe
89 - Real Chevrefils
90 - Edward "Sandy" Sandford
91 - Fleming Mackell
3 comments:
WOW! I love this set but have only a single card from it, #96 Woody Dumart. Great pick-up!
Nice haul!
Even though I am partial to the 51 set, this set is beautiful. I only have two, Benny Woit and Cal Gardner which I have picked up recently!
Good luck with the rest of the set, I look forward to seeing them come in!
It's a cool set and despite 'semi' action shots in 1952-53 (which are probably photographer's proofs), I think this is the first set with hockey game-action photography, which is pretty cool. The Sawchuk is really nice in this set, if you can find one.
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