Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction June 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/27/2023
Tantalizing to fans and pursuers of both unopened material and high-grade cards this thought-provoking box of 1980-81 O-Pee-Chee hockey card wax packs will be, with the booty of packs recently inspected and certified unopened by the experts at Baseball Card Exchange. Collectors were exchanging 20 cents back in the day for a 12-card pack, with 48 packs comprising a complete wax box. The key cards over the years have been rookie cards of Hall of Famers Mark Messier, Ray Bourque and Mike Gartner, with Wayne Gretzky featured on his second-year card and five others. What a time it was, with Gretz and Mess beginning to really wow the fans in Edmonton, their talent and pizazz later helping render the Oilers hockey’s most exciting and prolific team. The excitement of discovering high grade star and rookie cards within this splendid brick may entice serious hobbyists, along with those who prefer admiring older unopened packs – the possibilities are numerous. Showing creasing and surface wear to the top lid along with a small tear near the top left corner, the display stand has been perforated while a piece of white coloured tape that is cut has been affixed to the front edge and is not likely to have been what was applied by the factory. All four sides show just light wear to the edges and corners along with some very minor colour loss/surface wear that is also worth pointing out. The story is much the same for the bottom of the box as what appears to be light wear is exhibited along the surface, edges and corners while the BBCE label telling us what the box is has been affixed over the cellophane in the middle. Good luck securing this beauty for your all-important vintage collection.
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