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 "id": "sports/hockey/2005-upper-deck-hockey-sidney-crosby-201",
 "url": "https://cardvolume.com/sports/hockey/2005-upper-deck-hockey-sidney-crosby-201/",
 "markdown_url": "https://cardvolume.com/sports/hockey/2005-upper-deck-hockey-sidney-crosby-201/index.md",
 "name": "Sidney Crosby",
 "title": "2005-06 Upper Deck Hockey Sidney Crosby #201",
 "category": "sports",
 "category_name": "Sports cards",
 "set": "2005-06 Upper Deck Hockey",
 "number": "201",
 "year": 2005,
 "language": "English",
 "rarity": "Young Guns rookie short print",
 "artist": "Unknown",
 "publisher": "Upper Deck",
 "flagship": true,
 "updated": "2026-09-27",
 "as_of": "2026-09-27",
 "summary": "The 2005-06 Upper Deck #201 Sidney Crosby is the English Upper Deck Young Guns rookie card tied to Crosby's NHL debut season. Collectors search for it because it is the flagship base rookie issue for one of the central post-lockout NHL players, while nearby Crosby cards and parallels can be confused with the exact #201 base card.",
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  "CardVolume lists 21 verified sales of the 2005-06 Upper Deck Hockey Sidney Crosby #201 as of September 27, 2026.",
  "The Base Young Guns rookie PSA 10 market price is $5,130, the median of 7 verified sales between July 5, 2026 and September 24, 2026.",
  "The highest verified sale on record is $5,700 for a Base Young Guns rookie BGS 10 on December 5, 2025 at Fanatics Collect via Collectibles.com.",
  "The graded market value of tracked grades (market price × graded population) is $7,186,430."
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  {
   "key": "high-gloss",
   "label": "High Gloss parallel /10",
   "how_to_identify": "Same card number and design family, but identified as High Gloss and serial numbered to 10."
  },
  {
   "key": "masterpiece-printing-plate",
   "label": "Masterpiece Printing Plate 1/1",
   "how_to_identify": "Printing plate parallel; each plate is a 1/1 item and should not be compared directly with the base Young Guns card."
  },
  {
   "key": "signed-buyback-2011-12",
   "label": "2011-12 Upper Deck signed buyback",
   "how_to_identify": "Upper Deck stated that ten original Crosby Young Guns rookie cards were hard-signed, given matching COA/hologram documentation, and inserted into 2011-12 NHL Upper Deck Series One."
  }
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  {
   "q": "Is the 2005 Upper Deck #201 Sidney Crosby a Young Guns rookie card?",
   "a": "Yes; Cardboard Connection lists #201 as 'Sidney Crosby YG RC' in Series 1, and PSA cert pages identify the card as 2005 Upper Deck #201 Sidney Crosby.",
   "source_ids": [
    1,
    3
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  {
   "q": "How much is a PSA 10 2005 Upper Deck Sidney Crosby #201 worth?",
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   "source_ids": [
    1
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  },
  {
   "q": "How many PSA 10 copies of the Crosby #201 exist?",
   "a": "PSA listed a PSA 10 population of 1,401 for 2005 Upper Deck #201 Sidney Crosby on the opened cert page, recorded here as accessed 2026-09-26.",
   "source_ids": [
    1
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  },
  {
   "q": "How do I tell #201 from the Crosby checklist card?",
   "a": "#201 is the solo Sidney Crosby Young Guns rookie, while #242 is listed separately as the Sidney Crosby/Corey Perry Young Guns checklist.",
   "source_ids": [
    3
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  },
  {
   "q": "Is the High Gloss version the same as the base Young Guns?",
   "a": "No; the High Gloss parallel is a separate version numbered to 10, while the base #201 Young Guns card is not recorded as serial numbered in the cited checklist.",
   "source_ids": [
    2,
    3
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  {
   "q": "Are the 2011-12 signed Crosby Young Guns buybacks part of the same supply as base #201?",
   "a": "No; Upper Deck described ten signed original Young Guns rookie cards inserted into 2011-12 NHL Upper Deck Series One as a separate signed buyback treatment.",
   "source_ids": [
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  {
   "title": "Cert Verification 26585781: 2005 Upper Deck #201 Sidney Crosby",
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   "publisher": "PSA"
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  {
   "title": "Hockey Cards - 2005 Upper Deck",
   "url": "https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/hockey-cards/2005-upper-deck/922",
   "publisher": "PSA CardFacts"
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  {
   "title": "2005-06 Upper Deck Hockey Checklist, Set Info, Boxes, Reviews",
   "url": "https://www.cardboardconnection.com/2005-06-upper-deck-hockey-cards",
   "publisher": "Cardboard Connection"
  },
  {
   "title": "Brag Photo: Sidney Crosby Buyback Autograph Cards Included in 2011-12 NHL Upper Deck Series One",
   "url": "https://upperdeck.com/brag-photo-sidney-crosby-buyback-autograph-cards-included-in-2011-12-nhl-upper-deck-series-one/",
   "publisher": "Upper Deck"
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