Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Spring 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/31/2022
Wayne Gretzky rookie cards and 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee sets have landed on our doorstep in all types of condition over the years, with the gathering here quite different than most. It’s not often that the 395 raw cards overshadow/outdo famous card #18 but we contend that that’s the case here. We would say that the Gretz RC here, recently slabbed by KSA, received a rather generous 3 VG verdict, its two banged bottom corners exhibiting creasing, to go along with a small horizontal crease (heading in from the edge in the upper right quadrant) and wear/dings to the upper two corners. Additionally, some sort of staining is observed in the “ice.” Meanwhile, after the not-so-good eight League Leaders cards at the start, the rest of the set features a majority of sharp EX-MT, EX-MT+ and NM-or-better beauties, with mostly smooth edges among the impressive attributes. Some may make it to “only” EX or EX+ but we believe you’ll be pleased with the intermittent NM-MT to MINT elements that you’ll discover. As with most assemblies, condition exceptions are to report here, with the Oilers team logo/checklist marked (otherwise EX), 175-Howe (G) and 185-Hull (VG) among them and two of three checklists marked and the other creased. The other team logos however, (Jets, Whalers) and all the team photo/checklists are unmarked, with a slight curvature to the cards also to mention. You’ll have multiple options if you click, click or tap, tap and win the bidding here.
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