Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction September 2024
Lot #576:
1979-80 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Signed Hockey Cards (275+) Including Gordie Howe (2), Hull, Mikita, Sittler, McDonald, Sittler, Salming, Barber, P. Esposito, Keon, Park, Smith and Others
Perhaps the most famous hockey card set of all-time, cards from O-Pee-Chee’s 1979-80 release came in wax packs that contained 14 cards and cost young ones 20 cents, with the rookie cards of a young phenom by the name of Wayne Gretzky coveted by all by seasons end. Offered here, we present this collection of over 275 cards from the famed release that have all been signed by the players featured with a mix of marker and ballpoint pen ink signatures. An overall mix of EX and EX-MT examples for the most part, the group is paced by key examples of players such as 23-Park (EX-MT to NM - black ballpoint pen ink signature), 40-Salming (VG to VG-EX - corner wear, mark at the top left corner, creases - blue ballpoint pen ink signature), 120-Sittler (VG to VG-EX - 90-10 centering with a bend at the top right - blue ballpoint pen ink signature), 140-Clarke (EX to EX-MT - tiny ding at the top left corner - blue ballpoint pen ink signature), 153-McDonald (EX to EX-MT - factory print mark at the bottom - blue ballpoint pen ink signature), 155-Mikita (EX to EX-MT - blue ballpoint pen ink signature), 175-Howe (x2 - one EX-MT with a print mark at the right border and a tiny ding at the bottom left and the other EX-MT to NM with 75-25 centering - one signed with black marker ink and one with black ballpoint pen ink), 185-Hull (EX to EX-MT - small dent at the top border - blue ballpoint pen ink signature), 206-Smith (EX-MT - print mark at the top left - blue ballpoint pen ink signature), 216-M. Howe (EX-MT - slightly rough edge at the top border - blue ballpoint pen ink signature), 220-P. Esposito (EX to EX-MT - dent at the bottom right - blue ballpoint pen ink signature), 225-Ratelle (EX-MT to NM - black marker ink signature), 235-Vachon (EX to EX-MT - light smudge on the reverse - black ballpoint pen ink signature) and 279-Keon (EX to EX-MT - tiny ding at the bottom left corner and light smudge at the right side - blue ballpoint pen ink signature). Also including a group of HOFers that includes duplicates of Mark Howe, Mikita, Park and Vachon as well as Perreault and Dionne plus an unsigned Sittler, the group of rookies includes another Bobby Smith as well as Ryan Walter, Barry Melrose, Alain Cote, Curt Fraser (x3) and Thomas Gradin (x2). For the rest of the cards, signed in a mix of blue and black ballpoint pen ink as well as blue and black marker ink, most of the signatures display well while it is worth noting that some display with things like fading, smudging and bubbling. Also of note, the group includes a JSA Auction LOA for only the key group of cards individually listed above.
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