Welcome to my Virtual Autographed Hockey Card Collection!
Full Collection: 8,759 | Cards Currently On Exhibit: 4,269 | Percent Of Collection On Exhibit: 48.74
Finally, We're Back Under Construction!
I started this project in 2012 with the end goal of displaying my whole autographed hockey card collection, both as sets and via individual player pages. After steady progress for a number of years that resulted in over 2,700 cards on exhibit (just under a third of the collection at that time), things stalled in late 2019. Apart from a bit of tinkering here and there in the interim, until recently I've had neither the time nor the energy to give this effort its proper attention.
Thankfully, that has now changed.
In February 2024, I completed the coding for 366 cards that had been scanned previously but not linked. That brought the total cards on display to 3,183. At that time I also standardized all the existing pages into a new format. By early March I was coding the first new set pages for the site in years. And since mid-March I've been scanning cards, populating, and posting those new pages.
For this phase of development, over 1,500 more cards are indexed and ready for scanning, and new set pages have been coded for them. When complete, this current phase will result in more than 50 percent of the collection on display via 118 different set pages. I'm very much looking forward to reaching that halfway milestone and then pushing beyond.
Below are the new autograph set pages added in the last few weeks, which combined display 1,086 cards from my collection for the first time:
2001-02 Parkhurst (from In The Game),
2003-04 In The Game Used Signature Series,
2004-05 In The Game Heroes and Prospects,
2004-05 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures,
2005-06 In The Game Heroes and Prospects,
2005-06 Parkhurst (from Upper Deck),
2006-07 In The Game Between The Pipes,
2006-07 In The Game Heroes and Prospects,
2006-07 Parkhurst (from Upper Deck),
2006-07 Upper Deck Be A Player,
2007-08 In The Game Between The Pipes,
2007-08 In The Game Heroes and Prospects,
2008-09 In The Game Between The Pipes,
2008-09 In The Game Heroes and Prospects,
2009-10 In The Game Between The Pipes,
2009-10 In The Game Heroes and Prospects,
2010 Upper Deck World Of Sports,
2010-11 In The Game Between The Pipes,
2010-11 In The Game Canada Vs. The World,
2010-11 In The Game Heroes and Prospects,
2011 Upper Deck World Of Sports,
2011-12 In The Game Between The Pipes,
2011-12 In The Game Heroes and Prospects,
2011-12 Parkhurst Champions (from Upper Deck),
2012-13 In The Game Between The Pipes,
2012-13 In The Game Heroes and Prospects,
2013 In The Game Draft Prospects,
2013-14 In The Game Heroes and Prospects,
2013-14 In The Game Lord Stanley's Mug,
2014 In The Game Draft Prospects,
2014 Upper Deck 25th Anniversary,
2014 Upper Deck AHL,
2014-15 Upper Deck AHL,
2015-16 Upper Deck AHL,
2016-17 Upper Deck AHL,
2017-18 Upper Deck AHL,
2018-19 Upper Deck AHL,
2018-19 Upper Deck SP Authentic,
2019 Upper Deck Team Canada,
2019-20 Upper Deck AHL,
2020-21 Upper Deck SP Authentic,
2021-22 Upper Deck SP Authentic, and
2022-23 Upper Deck SP Authentic.
Among the new pages still to come in April and May are
1995-96 Parkhurst International,
1996-97 Pinnacle Be A Player,
1999-00 Upper Deck NHL Prospects,
2000-01 Upper Deck CHL Prospects,
2001-02 Upper Deck CHL Prospects Game-Used Edition,
2012-13 Panini Classics Signatures,
2017-18 Upper Deck CHL,
2018-19 Upper Deck CHL, and more.
New Features
I've also created created two important new pages for the site which I hope you will visit.
Ten Most Wanted - Just like the FBI asking the public's help in catching fugitives, these are the cards I'm having the most trouble tracking down. Some are needed to add a player not already represented in my collection. Others are the final card(s) necessary to complete a set. Your help in finding any of these cards is greatly appreciated!
Missing In Action - A problem, particularly with older sets from those early Internet days back before the turn of the century, is that checklists after being announced are often not updated accurately upon product release. Or, sometimes, cards announced as not being part of a set later find their way into the wild. In all likelihood, most if not all of these MIA cards do not exist. Nevertheless, hope springs eternal. The 1997-98 Bowman CHL Roberto Luongo autograph was reported not to exist until it surfaced many years later. Is it too much to hope that same sort of lighting might strike again?
Coming Soon
I've got plans for more site improvements in the weeks ahead.
Player Pages - I've held off building any of these pages for the practical reason it was premature with such a low percentage of the collection scanned. Few things are less exciting than a player page filled with multiple blank spaces where their cards should be. As that scanned card percentage climbs, and the inventory of key players becomes more complete, these type of pages are much more viable. With over 3,300 unique players represented in the collection, it will take a while to get to everyone, but we'll get started with pages dedicated to some of the more notabe players later this year.
Theme Pages - I've been noodling around lots of different options on this one. For example, a series of pages displaying cards by team uniform. Honoured members of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Groupings of players who all achieved a statistical milestone. First overall draft picks. Players born on the same day or who share a hometown. Perhaps even showcasing specific cards for their historic or personal importance. Please feel free to share any ideas you'd like to see!
Contact Me
If you've found one of my White Whales, would like to swap trade and want lists, have thoughts for site improvements, want to report broken links, or just wish to say hello, you can email me.
With that, don't let me delay your tour any longer. It is my hope you'll enjoy viewing my collection as much as I enjoy sharing it with you.
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