Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction June 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/27/2023
Arriving on the NHL scene with similar advance billing and lofty expectations as legends Beliveau, Orr and Lafleur and the only player to hold a candle to Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux performed brilliantly during his illustrious career, his offensive arsenal landing him alongside the three icons, and others, in the Hockey Hall of Fame and rendering his rookie card a must-have for serious collectors. This example of card #9 in O-Pee-Chee's 1985-86 hockey release has garnered a grade of NGM 9.5 after its inspection by the graders at KSA, a near perfect card by their definition. Showing with pleasing centering all the way around, the corners remain sharp though white specks from wear touches can be observed on the otherwise clean and slightly off-centered reverse. Sporting excellent colours over both sides, the KSA holder the card is housed in shows a small number of light scratches/scuffs over both sides worth noting. A fantastic offering, don’t let your all-important rookie card/vintage collection go without this esteemed specimen.
It must be noted that the grading standards followed by KSA may not correspond to those currently employed by PSA, BGS or SGC. The outcome of an attempted cross-over of this piece through any of those services, then, would be uncertain and cannot be guaranteed.
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