Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction September 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/24/2024
Found in O-Pee-Chee packs that contained 14 cards and that cost kids/collectors 20 cents during the 1979-80 season were blue-bordered cards like these, with that of Wayne Gretzky surely coveted by season’s end as the scrawny teenage whiz kid from Brantford, Ontario proved he could “play with the big boys”…and how! Nobody totaled more points than Wayne and now no other hockey rookie card carries more appeal among the hobby’s masses than iconic #18, offered here after receiving a mark of NM 7 at KSA headquarters. Missing only cards 29, 104, 111, 124, 144, 157, 177, 179, 219, 240, 246, 267, 285, 318, 339 and 390 to make up a complete set, the Gretzky rookie that is included presents off-center over the front, approximately 80-20 from left-to-right, while both of the bottom corners exhibit some wear with white showing. Additionally, on the reverse of the card near the skates of the player in the comic, a sort of mark appears but we are unable to say exactly what it is. For the rest of the grouping, made up of mostly EX-MT and EX-MT to NM examples with one (1) copy of card #113 sporting a large crease through it, the checklist and team cards are all unmarked. Including 600+ duplicate cards throughout with one (1) to seven (7) examples present for each, after quick check it seems as though most of the cards feature been two (2) to four (4) extra copies. For the key cards, that are present, included are the likes of 40-Salming (3x - all EX-MT to NM - 90-10 centering), 81-Jets Team Checklist (x4 - one around EX and the other three around EX-MT to NM - all unmarked), 82-Oilers Team Checklist (x7 - all EX-MT to NM - all unmarked), 131-Checklist (x2 - both EX to EX-MT - both unmarked), 150-Dryden (x3 - all EX-MT to NM), 163-Whalers Team Checklist (x4 - all EX-MT to NM - all unmarked), 175-Howe (x3 - all EX-MT to NM), 185-Hull (x2 - EX-MT to NM - one of the two is off-center), 200-Lafleur (x2 - one around EX to EX-MT and the other around VG to VG-EX with a crease and discoloration), 230-Bossy (x2 - EX-MT to NM - 2nd year card) and 346-Checklist (x9 - EX-MT average - all unmarked).
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