Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Fall 2019
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/5/2019
Crazy, crazy "8s" to discuss here, along with other Alex Ovechkin numbers, with the Great 8’s image and autograph contributing to an ultra-scarce pack pull, limited to just eight(!) examples and from 2005-06, the season that Upper Deck’s high-end product, "The Cup", first made its appearance. What a start, to the product and to Alex’s NHL career. Ovechkin excited hockey observers with his 52 goals and 54 assists to earn the Calder Trophy as rookie-of-the-year and then blasted/fired away for seasons of 46, 65, 56 and 50 goals. Three straight 50-plus goal seasons later on (2013-14 to ’15-16) and 49 and 51-goal campaigns the last two years have upped Ovechkin’s career regular season total to 658 as he sets his sights on 700. Now then, as for the numbers of this gorgeous production, it is numbered "3/8" and has received a mark of 8.5 NM-MT+ from Beckett. That’s the sum of the four sub grades which are as follows: Centering 9, Corners 8, Edges 9.5 and Surface 9. A white piece of a patch with black stitching appears below Alex’s splendid blue ink autograph, the latter graded a perfect "10" on the back of the Beckett label. As for Beckett numbers, the company’s population report informs of this and four other similar prizes having been graded; two 9.5s, one 9, this 8.5 and a 7.5. A formidable collectible featuring one of hockey’s all-time greatest goal scorers – there is a chance he becomes THE greatest before he’s done - awaits your important sports card collection/portfolio.
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