Gordie Howe played in the NHL from 1946-47 to 1970-71 with the Detroit Red Wings. He then returned to the NHL for one season, 1979-80, with the Hartford Whalers. From 1973-74 to 1978-79, Howe played in the World Hockey Association with the Houston Aeros and New England Whalers. Between the two major leagues, Gordie played a total of 2,421 games (regular season and playoffs combined). He put an astounding 1,071 pucks in the net throughout those games.
The Gordie Howe rookie card appeared in the 1951-52 Parkhurst series as number 66. Howe’s final card came in the 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee series as number 175. There are 41 mainstream hockey cards featuring Gordie Howe during his playing days. The mainstream manufacturers, of course, include Parkhurst, Topps and O-Pee-Chee. The number does not include subsets or non-mainstream cards like team sets or food brands (Coca-Cola, Dad’s cookies, etc.).
If one was to try and collect each of these 41 cards from scratch today, according to Beckett Hockey Monthly, one would pay $13,120. If you wanted these cards in pristine condition, the collection would cost a lot (probably extremely more) more than the $13,000. If quality isn’t that important, the price could be much lower.
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Here’s the Gordie Howe checklist:
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Year
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Number | Manufacturer | Value |
| 1951-52 | 66 | Parkhurst RC | $3,000.00 |
| 1952-53 | 88 | Parkhurst | $1,000.00 |
| 1953-54 | 50 | Parkhurst | $800.00 |
| 1954-55 | 41 | Parkhurst | $600.00 |
| 1954-55 | 8 | Topps | $1,800.00 |
| 1957-58 | 42 | Topps | $500.00 |
| 1958-59 | 8 | Topps | $500.00 |
| 1959-60 | 63 | Topps | $400.00 |
| 1960-61 | 20 | Parkhurst | $350.00 |
| 1961-62 | 20 | Parkhurst | $250.00 |
| 1962-63 | 31 | Parkhurst | $250.00 |
| 1962-63 | 30 | Parkhurst | $250.00 |
| 1963-64 | 55 | Parkhurst | $450.00 |
| 1964-65 | 89 | Topps | $500.00 |
| 1965-66 | 122 | Topps (Highlight (600 Goals)) | $400.00 |
| 1965-66 | 108 | Topps | $150.00 |
| 1966-67 | 121 | Topps (All-Star) | $100.00 |
| 1966-67 | 109 | Topps | $200.00 |
| 1967-68 | 131 | Topps (All-Star) | $100.00 |
| 1967-68 | 43 | Topps | $150.00 |
| 1968-69 | 29 | O-Pee-Chee | $100.00 |
| 1968-69 | 203 | O-Pee-Chee (First Team All-Star) | $60.00 |
| 1968-69 | 29 | Topps | $70.00 |
| 1969-70 | 193 | O-Pee-Chee (“Mr. Hockey”) | $150.00 |
| 1969-70 | 61 | O-Pee-Chee | $80.00 |
| 1969-70 | 193B | O-Pee-Chee (“Mr. Hockey”) | $175.00 |
| 1969-70 | 215 | O-Pee-Chee (All-Star) | $50.00 |
| 1969-70 | 61 | Topps | $50.00 |
| 1970-71 | 238 | O-Pee-Chee (First Team All-Star) | $40.00 |
| 1970-71 | 29 | O-Pee-Chee | $80.00 |
| 1970-71 | 29 | Topps | $50.00 |
| 1971-72 | 262 | O-Pee-Chee (Special Retirement Card) | $100.00 |
| 1971-72 | 70 | Topps | $60.00 |
| 1974-75 | 1 | O-Pee-Chee – WHA (The Howes) | $80.00 |
| 1975-76 | 100 | O-Pee-Chee – WHA | $50.00 |
| 1975-76 | 66 | O-Pee-Chee – WHA (All-Star) | $30.00 |
| 1976-77 | 72 | O-Pee-Chee – WHA (All-Star) | $25.00 |
| 1976-77 | 50 | O-Pee-Chee – WHA | $40.00 |
| 1977-78 | 1 | O-Pee-Chee – WHA | $30.00 |
| 1979-80 | 175 | O-Pee-Chee | $30.00 |
| 1979-80 | 175 | Topps | $20.00 |