Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction November 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/29/2023
A collection that presents a myriad of empty old wax boxes and wrappers that once housed the cards chased by youngsters of the era and now coveted by collectors that is sure to entice both dealers and collectors alike, offered here is this collection of 85+ O-Pee-Chee and Topps empty wax boxes from 1971-72 to 1986-87 plus over 2500 wax wrappers from O-Pee-Chee and Topps hockey releases from 1971-72 to 1990-91. Starting with the empty wax boxes, all empty and collapsed down with some showing expected wear in the form of things like creasing, fold lines, surface wear, corner and edge dings/wear, perforated display lids, bottom soiling and small rips/tears, the group of 85+ examples featuring O-Pee-Chee and Topps releases across two (2) different decades with the breakdown including those from; 1971-72 Topps Hockey, 1973-74 Topps Hockey, 1975-76 Topps Hockey, 1976-77 WHA O-Pee-Chee, 1977-78 WHA O-Pee-Chee, 1977-78 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (3), 1978-79 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (12), 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (2 - Gretzky RC year), 1980-81 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (2), 1981-82 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (3), 1982-83 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (8), 1983-84 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (7), 1984-85 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (3), 1985-86 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (16), 1985-86 Topps Hockey (7), 1986-87 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (6 - Roy RC on lid) and 1986-87 Topps Hockey (3 - Roy RC on lid) as well as 1987-88 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Stickers (1), 1988-89 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Stickers (3), 1987-88 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Leaders Mini's (3) and 1988-89 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Stars Mini's (3). Of note, some of the boxes may be just the box top and not the full box. Additionally, for the 1985-86 and 1986-87 boxes from both O-Pee-Chee and Topps, both include cards on their respective box bottoms with the 1985-86 O-Pee-Chee examples including eight (8) boxes that feature the foursome of Dionne, Francis, Gretzky and Kerr while two (2) are found with Lemieux, Ogrodnick, Perreault and Resch, four (4) are found with Bellows, Bourque, Carpenter and Chelios and two (2) are found with Ruotsalainen, Sutter, Tonelli and Wilson. For the Topps boxes of the same release, four (4) feature Dionne, Francis, Gretzky and Kerr, two (2) have Ruotsalainen, Sutter, Tonelli and Wilson and one (1) has Lemieux, Ogrodnick, Perreault and Resch. For the 1986-87 boxes, the O-Pee-Chee's include the foursomes of Lemieux, McDonald, Ridley and Nicholls (2), Robinson, Savard, Sutter and Trottier (2), Goulet, Gretzky, Kerr and Kurri (1) and finally Adams, Bossy, Christian and Foligno (2) while the Topps examples feature the quartets of Lemieux, McDonald, Ridley and Nicholls (2) and Adams, Bossy, Christian and Foligno (1). For the wrappers, totalling 2500+ with showing wear/flaws such as fold lines, surface wear, stains/gum residue, small rips/tears and edge/corner wear and stickers affixed, the group includes card covers from; 1971-72 Topps Hockey (21), 1975-76 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (9), 1975-76 O-Pee-Chee WHA Hockey (12), 1976-77 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (16), 1976-77 O-Pee-Chee WHA Hockey (47), 1976-77 Topps Hockey (1), 1977-78 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (234), 1977-78 O-Pee-Chee WHA Hockey (44), 1978-79 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (345), 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (92), 1979-80 Topps Hockey (4), 1980-81 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (261), 1980-81 Topps Hockey (1), 1981-82 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (262), 1981-82 Topps Hockey (2), 1982-83 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (225), 1983-84 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (227), 1984-85 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (188), 1985-86 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (187), 1985-86 Topps Hockey (4), 1986-87 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (30), 1986-87 Topps Hockey (4), 1987-88 Topps Hockey (6), 1988-89 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (5), 1988-89 Topps Hockey (4), 1989-90 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (10), 1990-91 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (138) and 1991-92 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (76). Additionally, a group of 215 wrappers from 1987-88, 1988-89 and 1989-90 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Stickers is also included as well as 86 wrappers from 1987-88 O-Pee-Chee NHL Hockey Leaders Mini's and 125 wrapper from 1988-89 O-Pee-Chee NHL Stars Mini's. Finally, to round out the collection but not mentioned in the title is re another 40+ empty hockey wax boxes from the 1990s and 2000s as well as a full box of 1990s and 200s wrappers from different companies and 300+ sealed packs of 1988-89 Esso cards.
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