Card guides

Walk the whole room once before you buy anything.

Know what your best cards sell for before anyone makes you an offer.

It counts what has been graded, not what exists. Thousands more copies may be sitting in shoeboxes.

A backlog near 10 million cards reshaped PSA’s price list in 2026. Check the live page before you submit.

Domestic, quicker and cheaper; the trade-off is that PSA slabs usually resell for more.

The Canadian centre ships cards across the border in bulk under a bond, so collectors don’t pay duty on each order.

The record card is a 1998 Japanese promo given to contest winners; only a few dozen are known.

Every price on this list is a real reported sale with its date. No asking prices, no guesses.

The Canadian printing of the hockey set, with bilingual backs and, in the key years, rougher stock and chip-prone borders.

Same number as Crosby’s Young Guns ten years earlier: #201.

The defenceman who won the scoring title twice. His rookie has wood-grain borders that show every nick.

Most hockey cards from 1990 on are worth very little. The few that are not are worth checking carefully.

Upper Deck put him first in its first set, with a hologram on the back to stop counterfeits.

Son of Rockies slugger Dante Bichette, and a Blue Jays shortstop from his first game.

Came up with the Expos in 1989, and went to Cooperstown in 2020.

Born in Montréal while his father played for the Expos, and a Blue Jay from his first game.

Everyone saved them as investments, which is exactly why there are so many.

Wood-grain borders, team logos in the corner, and millions of packs.

A huge print run: the cards worth money here are the stars in perfect condition.

The Big Unit as an Expo, before the trade to Seattle that same year.

Blue borders chip at the slightest touch, which is the only thing scarce about most of the base set.

Same fronts, a smaller Canadian print run, and a big difference in price.

Printed in Canada with wider borders that chip easily, which is why sharp, centred copies are so rare.

Pulled from packs of Series One Upper Deck, one of the most-opened hockey products of its decade.

Like Gretzky’s, the O-Pee-Chee version is tougher in high grade than its Topps twin.