Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Fall 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/20/2022
Interesting for those who have yet to get involved with cards featuring World Hockey Association players is this mostly high grade gathering, with sharp-looking NM-or-better examples dominating three complete assemblies, including the challenging (132-card) ’75-76 set. It and a similar-size set from the following season are housed in 9-pocket pages and a binder, with Mark Howe’s well-centered and important rookie card exhibiting touches at two corners, rendering it EX-MT+ in our eyes. A small crease and touched/dinged corners affect Bobby Hull’s #1 card and there are bound to be some other odd intermittent condition exceptions, (pages can mask minor flaws), with EX-MT cards joining the superior representatives. Noteworthy in regards to the ’76-77 set is the overall centering, with no or very few drastically off-centered or miscut cards as oftentimes seen with the issue and each card sleeved before being inserted into Ultra Pro pages. Gordie Howe’s (#50) card has a partially-dinged right edge, while a slight diamond cut is observed in Gordie’s card that leads off a 66-card ensemble from ‘77-78, with attention to centering once again on the mind of our consignor – kudos. The three checklists are all unmarked, while appreciated complements are 15 PSA-graded cards from various seasons, most of them (11) from ’74-75 and including NM-MT 8 (OC) copies of 4-Nilsson RC, 42-Chipperfield RC, 47-Backstrom, 52-Parizeau and 55-Veneruzzo, with 62-St. Sauveur RC an 8 without qualifier. Rookie cards of 3-Dillon (NM 7), 17-Hedberg (EX-MT 6) and 66-Sjorberg (EX-MT 6) also contribute, as do two each from ’76-77 (9-Nilsson and 85-Dryden are both NM-MT 8s) and ’77-78 (63-Popiel (NM 7), 64-Moffat (NM-MT 8)). Classic WHA goodies await a new appreciative home.
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