Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction November 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/28/2023
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. Off-center a bit from left-to-right but displaying with beautiful colours and clean surfaces while avoiding most of the commonly seen O-Pee-Chee edge issues, this copy of card #18 picturing Wayne Gretzky, that has just recently earned a VG-EX 4 designation from PSA, leads the way for this 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee complete set of 396 cards. For the other 395 cards making up the rest of the assembly, are seen as being in an overall uniform condition range of EX-MT to NM. For the notables, the likes of 70-Potvin, 125-Clarke, 131-Checklist (80-20 centering), 150-Dryden, 175-Howe, 185-Hull and 200-Lafleur are all seen as being in the aforementioned EX-MT to NM condition range while cards of 40-Salming (slight corner wear), 50-Robinson (slight corner wear) and 230-Bossy (slight corner wear) are all viewed as being a bit worse off, falling into the vicinity of EX to EX-MT for their efforts. Featuring an additional pair of EX-MT to NM checklists in the form of cards #237 and #346, the latter of which displays with 65-35 centring, all are unmarked with the story the same tune for the three (3) logo checklists of the Oilers, Whalers and Jets and the team checklist cards found between cards #244 and #261 in the set. With other star cards in a condition that is consistent with the rest of the set, the assembly make for a satisfying offering that is sure to please our lucky winning bidder!
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