Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction September 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/24/2024
A fantastic duo of classic offerings to tell you about here, headlined by a pair of legendary New York Islander Hall of Famers, up on the auction block here are complete sets of 1977-78 and 1978-79 O-Pee-Chee hockey releases. Both consisting of 396 card checklists, the 1977-78 set, an overall inconsistent assembly of cards that show things such as elastic marks and corner wear, some EX to EX-MT examples are strewn throughout as well. With all the team checklist cards unmarked except for card #77 of Detroit, it is also worth pointing out that there is an extra copy of checklist card #68 which is heavily marked. With the team logo cards #322-339 all in EX to EX-MT conditions overall, card #105 of Bryan Trottier falls in the vicinity of EX to EX-MT. For the rest of the key cards, included are those of 68-Checklist (PR to FR - unmarked - many creases), 100-Dryden (VG to VG-EX - off-center and corner wear), 115-Clarke (VG to VG-EX - off-center and corner dings to the top left and bottom right), 134-Milbury RC (EX-MT to NM), 200-Lafleur (EX to EX-MT - slight corner wear to the top two points), 211-Palmateer RC (EX to EX-MT - slight corner wear), 249-Checkist (VG-EX to EX - unmarked - light green coloured stain), 251-Orr (EX-MT to NM - typical OPC cut) and 381-Checklist (EX-MT to NM - unmarked). Of note, card #213 of Mickey Redmond is a Topps card and not an O-Pee-Chee one. Additionally, also included with the set is a complete assembly of the glossy inserts that are a mix of O-Pee-Chee and Topps examples, with card #1 heavily creased.
For the 1978-79 set, found to be in the overall VG-EX to EX and EX to EX-MT condition ranges but still an overall inconsistent assembly with some of the cards sporting elastic marks, the team checklist cards are all unmarked (#'s 193, 194, 198 and 201 are damaged or creased) and card #1, the Bossy Record Breaker card, is in a PR state. For the key cards, included are those of 24-Checklist (FR to G - unmarked - water stained), 50-Dryden (EX to EX-MT - tiny mark on the reverse), 90-Lafleur (EX to EX-MT - off-center), 115-Bossy RC (EX-MT to NM), 143-Federko RC (EX-MT - small amount of fuzz at the bottom left corner), 168-Wilson (EX-MT to NM - 70-30 centering), 259-Checklist (EX-MT to NM - unmarked), 297-Checklist (PR - creased and stained - unmarked in the boxes but ink on the reverse), 300-Orr (EX to EX-MT - some wax on the front) and 353-Taylor RC (EX to EX-MT - tiny bubble over the front).
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