![]() ![]() ![]() Keep in mind that most of these cards aren’t particularly valuable, with most ranging from $2 to $5 each - and even that might be pushing it. Here is a look at the 15 best hockey cards from the 1989-90 season. and its near-identical, though slightly larger, cousin O-Pee-Chee sold a 330-card set in Canada.īut if you dig a little deeper, you will find that there were many other cards issued that year that stray from the beaten path - from team-issue cards to minor and junior league trading card sets, to cards printed on the side of food boxes. The 198-card Topps set was sold in the U.S. Yet, only two companies issued mainstream sets that season. It hadn’t yet taken the plunge into the abyss of overproduction, inflated prices and rookie cards of practically anyone who got within 10 feet of an NHL uniform - succinctly known as the “Junk Wax Era.” Hockey cards were rapidly becoming more and more popular, accelerated by the trade of Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings in 1988. ![]() Hockey card collecting was on a precipice during the 1989-90 season. ![]()
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