Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction November 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/28/2023
An alluring pairing of early-to-mid-1980s offerings are up for grabs here via these complete 396-card assemblies of O-Pee-Chee’s 1983-84 and 1984-85 releases. Starting with the ’83-84 set that is found to be in an overall high-grade condition range of EX-MT to NM, the group includes the rookie cards of players such as Pelle Lindbergh, Steve Larmer, Bernie Nicholls, Brian Bellows, Guy Carbonneau, Phil Housley and Scott Stevens with all in the scope of the previously mentioned EX-MT to NM except for the Larmer (VG - wax stains and corner wear) and Bellows (VG - pen indents at top right corner) condition though it should also be mentioned that the first-year cards of Lindbergh and Stevens display with 80-20 centering). Also including EX-MT to NM cards of #23 picturing Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier (an extra copy is also included), and #39 of just Messier, the key cards are concluded by an EX to EX-MT example of 45-Bourque (bottom left corner wear) and a VG-EX to EX range copy of Wayne Gretzky's main series card that has corner wear all the way around. Including six (6) other cards of “The Great One”, all three (3) checklists are unmarked and in the same EX-MT to NM condition range.
For the 1984-85 set, featuring an attractive design that is held in high regard among collectors, the ensemble offered here is in a high-grade EX to EX-MT and EX-MT to NM ranges. Dominated by rookie cards, the first-year cardboard of Steve Yzerman is seen as being in the neighbourhood of EX to EX-MT due to a very small bottom left corner ding) and is joined by Dave Andreychuk's rookie in the same condition realm which is also hampered by slight corner wear. Sporting EX-MT to NM premier cardboard of 18-Barrasso, 121-Verbeek (light wear right side border), 129-LaFontaine and 185-Gilmour, the rest of the set features an EX to EX-MT copy of Wayne Gretzky's main series card (top right corner fuzz), an EX-MT scope specimen of Chris Chelios' rookie card (bottom left corner wear), and a VG-EX to EX copy of Cam Neely's first-year cardboard as well. Featuring six (6) other Wayne Gretzky leaders cards (which are accompanied by doubles of every one) all three (3) checklist cards remain in an unmarked state as well. Additionally, an extra copy of Grant Fuhr's card is also included.
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