Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction November 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/28/2023
A chance to score a trio of classic O-Pee-Chee offerings from the decades of the 1970s and 1980s is offered here, through these complete assemblies of the brand's 1978-79, 1985-86 and 1986-87 hockey releases. Featuring checklists that consist of 396 (1978-79) and 264 (1985-86 and 1986-87) cards respectively, the 1978-79 grouping, housed in nine-pocket pages that have been placed in a binder, is found to be in the mid-grade condition range of VG-EX to EX and EX to EX-MT. With the team and main series checklist cards all unmarked, the set includes the rookie cards of Mike Bossy (G to VG - small left border crease), Bernie Federko (VG-EX to EX - off-center and wear to the top left corner), Doug Wilson (VG to VG-EX - corner wear), Brian Sutter (FR to G - creases) and Dave Taylor (VG to VG-EX - top right corner dent) as well as the key cards of 1-Bossy Highlights (GOOD - corner wear and left border damage), 10-Trottier (EX to EX-MT - light corner wear), 50-Dryden (VG-EX to EX - top right corner ding) and 300-Orr (EX-MT to NM - 80-20 centering).
Continuing on with the release from 1985-86, also housed in nine-pocket pages that have been placed in a binder, the group appears to be in the high-grade condition state of EX-MT to NM with the checklists all remaining unmarked. For the key cards, the rookie offering of Mario Lemieux is seen as being in the range of EX to EX-MT with slight wear to the top border while his rookie scoring leaders card, #262 in the checklist, presents in the vicinity of EX-MT to NM. Also including an EX-MT to NM range copy of Al MacInnis' rookie card, other noteworthy cards include those of 29-Yzerman (VG-EX to EX - corner wear), 110-Lindberg (EX-MT to NM) and 120-Gretzky (G to VG - two very light crease at the top centre) with the rest of the set also including a trio of other Gretzky specimens.
Concluding the lot with an assembly from 1986-87 that is once again housed in nine-pocket pages that have been placed in a binder, the EX-MT to NM range set includes unmarked checklists and the rookie cards of Patrick Roy (80-20 centering), John Vanbiesbrouck and Wendel Clark (slightly off-center top-to-bottom) in the same previously mentioned EX-MT to NM scope along with the key star cards of 3-Gretzky, 11-Yzerman and 122-Lemieux.
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