Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction February 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/20/2024
A pleasing duo of classic mid-1970s O-Pee-Chee sets, numerous cards of Bobby Orr as well as rookie releases of Denis Potvin, Borje Salming and Lanny McDonald as well as of coaches Scotty Bowman and Don Cherry headline these two offered contingents. Each comprised of 396 total cards, both sets fall in the scope of EX condition with some exceptions both above and below. Starting with the 1974-75 set, rookie offerings of 161-Cherry (slight corner wear), 168-McDonald (small print line at top border) and 316-Shutt (slight corner wear) lead the way condition wise with all around the scope of EX to EX-MT for their efforts while the first year cardboard of 21-Shero (off-center and light corner wear), 180-Salming (off-center and tiny surface dent at bottom right), 195-Potvin (small wrinkle at top right corner on the reverse) and 261-Bowman (off-center and light corner wear) are all the range of VG-EX to EX and lastly, card #388 of Bob Gainey is around G to VG, largely due to an elastic band mark. For the star card offerings, card #232 of Guy Lafleur is a high-grade EX to EX-MT copy while those of 72-Dionne (off-center), 100-Orr (small corner ding at both top points), 130-Orr AS (light corner wear), 155-Dryden (light corner wear) and 280-Robinson (light corner wear) are all in the proximity of VG-EX to EX. Closed out by two (2) copies of card #248, Bobby Orr's Norris Trophy specimen, one is seen as being in G to VG shape with surface scratches at the top right while the other is closer to GOOD condition due to top right corner damage. Additionally, all the team checklist and main series checklist cards are found in an original unmarked state.
For the 1975-76 issue, lacking any real solid rookie cards but chalked full of star power, cards #35 of Ken Dryden and #100 of Bobby Orr are both in the vicinity of EX to EX-MT condition while 126-Lafleur (top border and corner wear), 275-Potvin (corner wear), 283-Salming (light corner wear) and 288-Orr AS (corner wear) are all around VG-EX to EX shape. Finally, all the team checklists except for #88 of the Kansas City Scouts are unmarked as are the main series checklists as well.
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