Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Spring 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/31/2022
Recently returning from PSA premises where it received a mark of VG-EX 4 is the Wayne Gretzky rookie card that headlines this gathering of 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee cards, with the two thin blue lines at the bottom of the cartoon on the back pointing to, in the eyes of some, OPC’s first print run that year. Wear at the four corners is visible, as is a half-inch horizontal crease, extending in from the middle of the right edge. Meanwhile, the vast majority of the raw contingent betters the Gretz RC, with EX, EX+ and EX-MT examples combining to dominate but with dozens of NM (or a tad higher) cards also to be discovered. Checklists and team checklists are all unmarked. Card #2-1978-79 Assists Leaders is a mangled multi-creased filler, with only a few creased cards among the other condition exceptions; a half-inch crease sends 185-Bobby Hull to VG+. Legends Howe, Bossy, Lafleur, Dryden and others complement The Great One in this desirable OPC issue, with Wayne to arrive in a scratch-free PSA holder.
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