Is this card real?

[mralex69]

Never seen one before. And big screw up since Mike Richter never played for ducks.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ryan-Miller...418?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item487b889ec2

 

[Elias Devil]

Could that Miller patch be from the old black/red Buffalo logo?

 

[Fritz]

I think that set mainly used swatches from Olympic/World Cup games

 

[mralex69]

It's more that this card isn't on any checklist. Not on beckett and not even ITG mention it anywhere.

 

[Fritz]

It's more that this card isn't on any checklist. Not on beckett and not even ITG mention it anywhere.

Oh, yeah that's a bit odd. ITG doesn't even say what QP-01 is :comp:

QP-02 Hull/Lafontaine/Leetch/Chelios
QP-03 Esposito/Vachon/Brodeur/Fuhr
QP-04 Tretiak/Myshkin/Bryzgalov/Mylnikov
QP-05 Lemieux/Messier/Bourque/Yzerman
QP-06 Ovechkin/Kovalchuk/Malkin/Radulov

 

[M35Richter]

This is the second card I have now seen with "Mike Richter" Printed on the card, but a different goalie actually pictured on it. This card linked above (Which I have never seen before in all my years of collecting and searching daily) and the ITG Superlative The First Six Raised To The Rafters. That card features a picture of Dan Blackburn.

 

[sandman]

That's definitely Guy Hebert in the picture, not Richter, obviously.

 

[gobuffalo2331]

That's definitely Guy Hebert in the picture, not Richter, obviously.

lol yup Richter never played for the Ducks :devil:


That's quite the odd card. Definitely an old Sabres goat patch in that Miller window.

 

[ncm7772]

Very odd, indeed. Based on the seller and the card itself, I'd say it's real. How it was released, with it not being on the actual checklist, I can't say. Certainly strange.

 

[mralex69]

Yes it's now confirmed card is real and apparently both ITG and Beckett doesn't list QP-01. Dang what a sweet card I missed out.

 

[forsberg21]

This seller, along with a certain Canadian seller, plus learning that the Leaf Best Of cards are replacement stock makes me really wonder if the huge influx of high-end ITG cards are from the original production line or replacement/back door stock.

 

[Burner]

Wonder if ITG pulled #QP-01 out of the product and took it off the checklist because they caught the mistake in time

 

[Frendo]

Really nice card!
Among the better post NHL-licensed ITG card I has seen!

Oddly..but maybe it's just me but it looks like it's actually Richter on that photo..maybe borrowed Hebert's mask because his own got broken.
It's no secret that Richter used same mask for a veeery long time and one of reason of his fairly early retirement was just that his mask was in a such poorly shape so he got injured in the head numerous time during the end of his career...

 

[phate]

Wonder if ITG pulled #QP-01 out of the product and took it off the checklist because they caught the mistake in time

This is a very good hypothesis. It was probably caught pretty late into production without an opportunity to replace it and somehow the card survived.

 

[Elias Devil]

Could that Miller patch be from the old black/red Buffalo logo?

Wow, shouldn't be posting at 3am, completely missed what he was asking about haha