Gord Downie may want to consider removing his Bill Barilko card from underneath his Fifty-Mission Cap, as trading card prices for the Barilko card have recently skyrocketed.
As of January 2005, Beckett Hockey Monthly did not even list the Pro Set #340, depicting Bill Barilko’s infamous overtime goal, giving the card a value of roughly five cents. Naturally, this gave Mr. Downie good reason to haphazardly stash the card underneath a tattered cap. The September 2005, Beckett trading card magazine increased the value 100 fold, making the card worth $5.00 in good condition and $12.00 in mint condition. Speculation seems that The Tragically Hip song “Fifty-Mission Cap” influenced the value of the Barilko card, as it was the only card in the entire set to actually be listed. It is rather odd that such a common card could suddenly skyrocket in value. It must be so, that one of the ultimate card value placers at Beckett, heard “Fifty-Mission Cap”, found out which card Gord was talking about, then became enthralled with the story, and proceeded to hike up the price of the card.
Bill Barilko disappeared that summer,
he was on a fishing trip.
The last goal he ever scored
won the Leafs the cup
They didn't win another until 1962,
the year he was discovered.
I stole this from a hockey card, (shown below)
I keeped tucked up under
my fifty mission cap.
![[Image: barilkocard.gif]](http://www.mikeboon.com/images/barilko/barilkocard.gif)
