Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Spring 2021
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/30/2021
Having become hockey’s most iconic rookie card, Wayne Gretzky’s 1979-80 issue has soared to lofty heights in recent times, with serious collectors and investors from all hobby segments tuning-in to its percolating desirability. Offered here in captivating NM-MT 8 form is famous card #18, picturing the whiz kid from Brantford, Ontario during his first professional season and not long after a trade from the World Hockey Association’s financially-failing Indianapolis Racers to the Edmonton Oilers. After a WHA-NHL merger, The Oilers joined hockey’s best league for the 1979-80 season and what hockey fans in Edmonton and around the NHL witnessed during the following decade could have never been imagined – what an exciting time in hockey history. Wayne later kept scoring and setting up goals for the Kings, Blues and Rangers and when his unfathomable career finally came to an end, The Great One held, get this, 40 regular season records, 15 playoff records and six All-Star Game records. Hid did pretty well for Canada in international competitions too! For those of you unaware of Gretzky’s smashing dominance of his sport, we had fun recounting some of it for you and commend all those with a desire to own a high grade Gretz rookie card. In an older PSA holder is this example, with a few light scratches to the front of the holder observed when it’s tilted at an angle. From all angles, Wayne’s rookie card will forever be popular.
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