Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Winter 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/28/2023
Through 103 seasons of play in the National Hockey League, only 46 men have had the title of the 500-goal club bestowed upon them with the first being Maurice “Rocket” Richard in 1957 and the most recent being Sidney Crosby in 2022 as of this writing. Offered here and sure to appeal to both collectors and investors alike, is this lot of thirty-three (33) 1999-2000 Upper Deck 500 Goal Club “A Piece of History” cards that includes HOFers such as Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard, Jean Beliveau, Guy Lafleur, Mario Lemieux, Mark Messier and Steve Yzerman. Randomly inserted into packs of Upper Deck products throughout the year, each card features the image of a 500-goal scorer on the left side with a relic swatch from either a jersey or stick worn/used by the player alongside the image while underneath is the title of the set it was inserted in below it. The group includes two Beckett NM-MT 8 graded offerings including Gordie Howe (Centering 9, Corners 8, Edges 8.5, Surface 7.5) and Mark Messier (Centering 9, Corners 7.5, Edges 8, Surface 8.5) with the holders in good condition despite some light scratches and scuffs over each one. While all prominent names, others include Maurice Richard – stick piece with some corner dings and light edge wear, Jean Beliveau – stick piece with light touches of wear to the corners and some edge wear as well as a small bit of paper loss on the back, Guy Lafleur – stick piece with light touches of wear to the two left side corners and small fuzziness to the right side corners, Mario Lemieux – jersey swatch wit spots of white to all four corners front and back with wear to the reverse edges as well as something stuck to the edge on the left side, Bobby Hull – stick piece with a dented bottom left corner and wear to the corners on the right side as well as some edge wear and Mike Bossy – jersey swatch with a dented top right corner and wear to the other three with surface and edge wear also seen. The rest of the cards all present in the same kind of conditions with most having some combination of corner wear/dinged and dented corners along with possible edge wear, surface wear and dirt edges. Additionally, also included is a 500 Win Club card of Patrick Roy with a blue jersey swatch that is numbered “168/300” that shows light wear to the edges and corners as well.
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