Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction November 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/28/2023
A fantastic duo of classic offerings to tell you about here, headlined by a pair of legendary New York Islander Hall of Famers, up on the auction block here are complete sets of 1977-78 and 1978-79 O-Pee-Chee hockey releases. Both consisting of 396 card checklists, the 1977-78 set, an overall consistent assembly of VG to VG-EX offerings on average, is headlined by card #105 of Bryan Trottier that falls in the vicinity of VG to VG-EX with corner wear preventing it from reaching a higher mark. For the rest of the set, keys of 100-Dryden (top left corner wear/ding), 115-Clarke (corner wear), 200-Lafleur (corner wear), 240-Dionne (corner wear) and 241-Checklist (lightly marked to completion) are all in the uniform condition scope of VG to VG-EX while the cards of 68-Checklist (lightly marked to completion) and 381-Checklist (lightly marked to completion) are viewed as being a bit better off, falling in the proximity of VG-EX to EX for their efforts. Rounded out by a G to VG copy of card #251 picturing Bobby Orr that is off-center and sports corner wear, card #140 of Borje Salming is found in the vicinity of GOOD condition due to a crease. WIth the team checklist cards all unmarked (#86 of the Toronto Maple Leafs has a scuff on the back), the rest of the set includes seven (7) other cards of Guy Lafleur including Leaders and Record Breaker cards. For the other star cards, all are in a condition that is consistent with the rest of the set.
For the 1978-79 set, found to be in a fairly uniform high-grade condition range of EX-MT to NM, it is worth mentioning for accuracy that card #10 of Bryan Trottier is damaged. Led by the key rookie card of goal scoring sensation, Mike Bossy, that is in the same EX-MT to NM condition range despite 60-40 centering, Bernie Federko's first-year cardboard is found in the same condition scope as well. Including other EX-MT to NM cards of 24-Checklist, 90-Lafleur, 259-Checklist, 297-Checklist, 300-Orr (60-40 centering), 326-Lafleur All-Star, 330-Dryden All-Star and 353-Taylor RC (80-20 centering) amongst the key's, both card #50 of Ken Dryden and #215 of Bobby Clarke as seen as being in the neighbourhood of EX-MT with he Dryden sporting light corner fuzz at the bottom right and centering issues while the Clarke has a tiny ding to the top left corner. Closed out by an EX to EX copy of card #1, the highlights card of Bossy that has a small print mark at the left border, the main series and team checklist cards are all unmarked and the other star players making up the set are found in a condition that is consistent with the rest of the contingent.
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