The Jim Taylor Collection

Buying Sports Collections

[The Collection of Jim Taylor]

I don’t just buy hockey cards, but I buy sports collections of all kinds. Case in point, I was recently contacted by Jim Taylor, who has written over 7,500 newspaper columns and is the author of 13 books including biographies onf Wayne Gretzky and Rick Hansen. I met with this literary legend and purchased some wonderful items from his personal collection including a set of tickets from all 4 games held in Moscow during the 1972 Canada-Russia Summit Series.

For the uninitiated, here’s a little more about the 1972 Summit Series:

The Summit Series, or Super Series (in Russian Суперсерия СССР — Канада; Superseriya SSSR — Canada), known at the time simply as the Canada–USSR Series, was an eight-game series of ice hockey between the Soviet Union and Canada, held in September 1972. It was the first competition between the Soviet national team and a Canadian team represented by professional players of the National Hockey League (NHL), known as Team Canada. It was the first international ice hockey competition for Canada after Canada had withdrawn from international ice hockey competitions in a dispute with the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The series was organized with the intention to create a true best-on-best competition in the sport of ice hockey. The Soviets had become the dominant team in international competitions, which disallowed the professional players of Canada. Canada had had a long history of dominance of the sport prior to the Soviets’ rise. [Wikipedia]

About My Business

I’m in the business of buying sports collections of all kinds. I can be reached at info@aasportscards.com, 365 days a year, 7 days a week and always reply back promptly. If you prefer the phone, you can also call me directly at 604-726-1774. I’m based in Vancouver, BC, but I happily take calls and inquiries from sellers all over Canada.