Tuesday night was the closing of what ended up as one of our biggest auction in 20 years.  Our fall 2013 auction was a blockbuster one with multiple records and amazing prices in different categories such as game-worn jerseys, trading cards, game-used sticks and championship trophies.

Here’s a recap of some of the highlights...

Oh, those elusive championship rings. Little baubles players dream about and work huge slices of their lives to attain, with most never owning one no matter how hard they try.

The championship ring is the reward for the ultimate job well done, a final hand clap after the crowd has long gone home and the taste of sweet victory still lingers in the minds of those who set out to win and ultimately did.

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Gamers are magnets for collectors, and Classic Auctions is offering in the ongoing Fall 2013 Auction nothing less than 300+ different game-worn jerseys. From Wayne Gretzky’s 1985-86 video-matched game-worn playoff jersey...

Ed Van Impe will forever be known as the man who levelled Soviet Star Valeri Kharlamov during Super Series '76. But most importantly, he was a leader on the Broad St. Bullies blue line.

He was a winner, and very importantly, he taught the fleet-footed on other teams that maybe it might be a good idea to keep their heads up, which is always a great piece...

Lars Eller was at our office last Sunday October 20th for a public signing session.

We already knew that Lars was an amazing hockey player, and last Sunday, we discovered a true gentleman.  The Montreal Canadiens’ centerman took time with his fans, posed for pictures and donated some photos to minor hockey teams in the region.

The afternoon was just great.

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So when you add it up, you have the rarest of pucks, and one fired off the stick of the legendary Howie Morenz in game five, the final game of the 1931 Stanley Cup playoffs when he and his teammates held the Stanley Cup high.

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He was a shy, small-town Ontario boy, wooed by owner Leo Dandurand of the big-city Montreal Canadiens, and when young Morenz finally left home to join the bleu, blanc et rouge in early winter of 1923, he shone, and the star shone as bright as can be for a decade and more.

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We can barely contain ourselves. It's our biggest auction yet and we've had some doozies to be sure. It's our Fall 2013 dazzler, ready when you are. _______________________________________________________________________________________________



We just continue to outdo ourselves as we kick off our new Fall 2013 Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction...

Amassed over a period of 20 years by a passionate collector that traveled all across Canada, this collection is a one time opportunity for collectors.  An opportunity to become the #1 pre-war hockey card collector overnight!

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Now that you've learned The History of Trading Cards...

Whether you buy trading cards as an investment or for the collecting purposes, one thing is for sure, pre-war trading cards have an amazing ability to carry the history of sports over the years.

Take a look at this new video freshly uploaded to learn more on grading cards and their potential value over time.



This video is the second one uploaded...

In order to promote an extraordinary hockey card collection that will be featured over three auctions (starting this fall!), we created a series of videos posted on a special webpage www.thehockeycardcollection.com created entirely for the collection.

As long as trading cards have been around, so has the hobby of collecting them.

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