Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/17/2015
A Wayne Gretzky O-Pee-Chee rookie card, graded EX-MT 6 by PSA highlights this large accumulation of collectibles which span four decades. A smattering of cards from the 1950s and ‘60s is joined by thousands from the ‘70s and early-‘80s, with condition, admittedly not way up there, but improving towards the end of the chronological order. However, multiples of Orr and other Hall-of-Famers, even with a crease or creases, will add up for an entrepreneurial hobbyist and provide oodles of sorting/pricing opportunities! A G condition Gump Worsley Parkie RC and a similar ’54-55 Topps Gumper are most notable among some three dozen earlier cards, with some misc. early-‘70s inserts always fun, including (50) ’72 Team Canada inserts), while a 4/5ths-full 5000-count box is laced with ‘70s cards. Some 1000 from both ’79-80 and ’80-81 include some money cards, with further details available on our website.
The aforementioned 5000-count box includes almost a full row of ’72-73 OPC cards, most of them series 1 and 2 jobs and with creases and/or corner wear, but some from series 3 and multiples of Orr and other stars. A similar row stars ’74-75 OPC cards and numerous rookies, although again, nothing destined for the pro graders. Five Mike Bossy RCs are most notable from the rest of the ‘70s, (one is crease-free, well-centered and at least EX-MT), with the Oilers leading the ’81-82 representatives thanks to a couple of quite nice Coffey RCs and multiples of Kurri, Moog and Messier, with big Wayne also present. Surely some pleasant surprises await the new owner among the rest, with dozens of like-new sticker albums, (one dozen ’86-87 OPC albums with Patrick Roy hoisting the Stanley Cup on the cover and two dozen Esso albums), piles of Esso and other stickers and even some interesting supplies, (five dozen brand new ultra Pro screwdown holders and a box of Ultra Pro 9-pocket pages), completing the hoard. Someone is going to have fun sifting through this stash!
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