Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Spring 2021
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/30/2021
Contributing to our consignor’s dazzling 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee unopened pack extravaganza is this tantalizing treasure, certified unopened and encapsulated by PSA, with the firm’s NM 7 condition grade appearing on the label. Continuing to be on the minds and in the conversations of many is Wayne Gretzky’s news-making rookie card, with yes, an example of famous card #18 showing through the bottom, or back, of the pack here. Our minds back up to the ’79-80 season when packs like this were first offered and a scrawny kid from Ontario had begun to prove that the boy could play with the best of them and not only that, dominate like no other before or since – what a revolutionary on-ice magician, with his wizardry leading to dozens of unimaginable records. It’s hard to imagine any hockey card ever overtaking the Gretz RC in terms of popularity and desirability. Most of the right border of the card showing here is visible, (as seen in our close-up image) but most of the left border is covered by the wrapper/folds, rendering an opinion on the centering very difficult. There are no apparent dings to the pack’s corners, with the style of this particular PSA holder differing from that of two other similar unopened packs on the auction block. Like the title here informs, they’re among just eight PSA-encapsulated ’79-80 OPC packs showing Wayne. We imagine your portfolio manager will be impressed when you show him this one!
It would be hard to put an estimate/fair market value on this rare pack in the current state of the hockey card/Wayne Gretzky rookie card market. There are no public sales records for similar packs to be found and the only other pack publically available for purchase is a PSA 7 pack for sale on eBay with an asking price in the six figures, while certified unopened 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee wax boxes have been soaring to six figure prices as well in the past year. As always, the three offered rare packs are offered with no reserves and were started with low opening bids to let our clientele bid on, and decide, the value of these scarce encapsulated treasures.
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