Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Winter 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/28/2023
On November 9, 1978, iconic hockey photographer Steve Babineau was on assignment by The Hockey News to go to the Springfield Civic Center to get shots of Gretzky as he faced his hero, Gordie Howe, and the New England Whalers. As a stringer for Topps and O-Pee-Chee, Babineau was able to pull double duty and made sure he had photos ready for the companies for the next season since a merger between the WHA and NHL was imminent. Babineau’s shot of the young phenom is seen here over the front of Wayne’s iconic 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee rookie card. With this example having been inspected and encapsulated by the graders at Beckett, this particular copy of the hobby’s most iconic rookie card has earned a mark of VG-EX+ 4.5. Off-center from right-to-left, the card shows light-to-moderate wear and fuzziness at all four corners while retaining vivid colour and a clean surface over both sides. Housed in a BVG holder, light scratches/scuffs are seen over both sides.
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