This is History! I see double... Or is it quadruple?

[S4Kh4r0v]

History of Hockey is a product that was released by In The Game back in the 2012-2013 season. It received mixed reviews; some loved it, some hated it. Every box included 1 original memorabilia card, 1 autograph buyback, 1 rookie buyback and 1 ITG buyback.

The card that was special to me was the memorabilia card. Some were out of 40, there were parallels out of 10, but it also featured some original art cards, numbered 1/1. Those were litteraly canvases with pieces of memorabilia embedded in them. Although they were 1/1, there were more than one copy of those cards; the reasoning was that since they are hand-painted cards, they're all slightly different, hence the 1/1 numbering. Once again, some people hated it, some didn't mind.

I decided to go for the George Hainsworth original art cards. Within about a month after release, I had managed to get 3 copies of it, then it died off. Until two weeks ago when one of those popped on my eBay search. After a couple back and forth offers, we agreed on a price, and I received it this morning in all its glory :

I really love the fact that those cards are painted, and I LOVE the size of those jersey swatches. Here it is with its brothers :

Thanks for the look! Now I can go back to my cards half-retirement. ;-)

 

[JlongHockey]

Very nice cards... I have a bunch of Hainsworth cards myself..Love the old vintage Montreal pieces! Congrats!

 

[HammerHawks]

Beauty cards, wow! Stay tuned for my ITG Used case tomorrow! Hopefully I can pull some vintage Habs for you.

 

[weasel-king]

Very cool--is there any significance to one hat being red? Or was this artist interpretation based on a b&w photo, perhaps?

 

[primetimepawich]

Quality stuff, love it

Joe

 

[Lowmac12]

Nice multi color swatches!

 

[SNobles]

Wow those are really cool. Love the artwork.

I too am interested why one red hat, really makes it stand out from the rest.

 

[S4Kh4r0v]

Wow those are really cool. Love the artwork.

I too am interested why one red hat, really makes it stand out from the rest.

Maybe Dr. Price could chime in if he sees the post, but I feel like I've seen a yellow one when the product was released, but I might be wrong... My guess is that they wanted the different 1/1 to be different, hence the different colors used? But at this point it's really just a guess.

 

[Uhtred the Viking]

These look really neat, I like how the portrait takes up so much space on the card.

 

[GabbyGuy]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh….beautiful!!! :beer:

--Curt

 

[OilDrop]

Love the original art cards. Jared Kelley's paintings are some of my favorites.

Congratulations on getting another one!

 

[bprice]

I wish I could remember and answer your question.

I do love these cards and I am very proud of them.

Brian Price

 

[incetardis]

Wonderful art cards!

 

[CeddieB]

Cool, never seen those before. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Boom Boom]

Hard to beat sweet Habs vintage like that!

 

[scottyt100]

I personally liked that release.
Doc and the crew did a great job with that product.
Amazing cards.
Thanks for the show
Scott

 

[oasis]

is that all of them?

They are exceptional

 

[creasecollector]

Glorious.

If that isn’t all of them, maybe there is another copy with a white hat to complete the Habs colour scheme, perhaps? Or maybe just a mistake? Just my guess.

 

[Cardboardkid]

These are beautiful cards! I didn’t know the 1/1’s had variations.. are all the 1/1’s like this or just a select few? Cheers Paul

 

[odjickfan]

Thank you for sharing! Those are amazing cards. I pulled a Maurice Richard Riot card 1/1, and it's one of my favorite cards in all my collection.