Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction September 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/19/2023
Hailing from an era of hockey when Wayne Gretzky was starting his sheer domination of the National Hockey League, up for grabs here is this collection of two (2) early-1980s O-Pee-Chee releases from 1980-81 and 1981-82 with both complete and consisting of 396-cards each. Starting with the 1980-81 assembly, the important 2nd year card of “The Great One” as well as his “All-Star” and “Record Breaker” examples and the Oilers team checklist picturing the phenom are all in the range of EX-MT to NM, something that is consistent throughout the whole group of this high-grade EX-MT to NM assembly, with the checklist remaining unmarked. Of note, Gretzky's regular series card #250 has a slight diamond cut worth mentioning for accuracy. The rookie cards of Bourque (80-20 centering), Messier (70-30 centering), Goulet and Gartner (70-30 centering) are all in the scope of EX-MT to NM condition while the first-year cardboard of Langway is closer to EX-MT with a very small ding at the top right corner. Two other Gretzky record breaker/leader cards are included within the group of 396, joining unmarked team and main series checklists (checklist #396 is 90% off-center).
For the 1981-82 set, representing Wayne’s third season, the set is once again in a uniform condition range of EX-MT to NM and is highlighted by the rookie cards of Denis Savard, Jarri Kurri, Paul Coffey (85-15 centering), Dino Ciccarelli and Peter Stastny, all displaying characteristics that put them in the previously mentioned EX-MT to NM scope. Gretzky is of course a commonplace find, appearing over the front of six (6) different cards, all of which are found in the vicinity of EX-MT to NM (a couple, #'s 106 and 125 are off-center) which are joined by the 2nd year card of teammate Mark Messier as well as Ray Bourque in the same condition. Additionally, all three checklist cards are unmarked and also in the neighbourhood of EX-MT to NM along with other star players in the set.
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