Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Spring 2021
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/30/2021
Wayne Gretzky’s soaring, in-demand and highly-publicized rookie card is of course the star attraction here, with however the accompanying cards alluring too, given their inviting condition, with close to three dozen PSA-graded cards additionally included. Famous card #18 picturing the teenage phenom as he embarked on his record-breaking NHL career is encapsulated in an older PSA holder and received NM-MT 8 recognition, with two minuscule white specks observed at the bottom two corners. Housed in 9-pocket pages and a binder, the rest include Howe, Hull, Dryden and Lafleur at NM+, with a large majority of others NM-or-better and some EX-MTs also present. Intermittent white specks are spotted, with checklists and team checklists not marked. Card #1-Goal Leaders is a condition exception, affected by rubber band indentations, with edge wear lowering the Mike Bossy second-year card. The error card - 8-Shutout Leaders - is not present but a swell complement is a complete set of 22 helmet and stick decals. Now then, as for the encapsulated bonuses, they’re led by MINT 9 examples of #80-Tony Esposito and 185-Bobby Hull, with rookie cards of 206-Smith and 241-Linseman earning marks of NM-MT+ 8.5. Two extras of Smith and another Linseman are in holders labeled NM-MT 8. There are then 29 other 8s present, most notably 40-Salming, 110-Davidson, 151-Mikita and team cards of the Sabres, Rangers and Maple Leafs (2). The others are #s 10, 29, 35, 44, 54, 147 (2), 151, 154 (2), 156 (2), 1740, 176 (2), 183, 184, 202, 204, 233 and 243. In summary, some appealing ever-popular blue border beauties await the high bidder. We do not detect any scratches to the front of the Gretzky PSA holder, with a few very subtle ones on the back.
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