Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction December 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/13/2022
Hoping to capitalize on the hype generated by it’s 1990-91 O-Pee-Chee Premier hockey release, the Canadian card manufacture rolled out a baseball variation of the cards starting with the 1991 season and did so again for 1992. Offered here is a collection of 15 O-Pee-Chee Premier baseball wax boxes with five (5) being from the 1991 release that have been certified by iCert, and ten (10) of the 1992 edition that are still housed in their factory shrink wrap. Leading off with the 1991 boxes, each features an image of Nolan Ryan’s card that pays tribute to his 7th career no-hitter and remains one of the key cards in the set. Each box contains 36 foil packs with seven (7) cards a pack, the odds of completing a set in a single box are high for collectors. The 132-card set includes notable all-stars such as Ripken, Bonds, Brett, Clemens, Gwynn, Mattingly, Ozzie, Griffey Jr. and others. The sparse rookie contingent of six (6) cards is headlined by the card of French Canadian, Denis Boucher. The 1991 boxes all remain in good condition and are sealed with iCert’s shrink wrapping with minor wear to the corners and edges and 3 of the 5 boxes showing light paper loss on their box tops.
The 1992 Premier boxes all contain 36 foil packs that house eight (8) cards per pack. Following up the previous years release, the set grew an additional 66 cards to a total of 198 cards comprising the set. Star players of the era are featured on the box top including Ken Griffey Jr, Derek Bell and Rickey Henderson, who’s card pays tribute to his 1000th career stolen base. Long time hobby favourites Nolan Ryan, Cal Ripken, Don Mattingly and Ozzie Smith headline the lineup, with Tony Gwynn, George Brett, Kirby Puckett, Barry Bonds and other stars also contributing. All the boxes are sealed by the original O-Pee-Chee cellophane wrapper with some having had it expand and loosen over time. 3 of the 10 boxes having slight tears in it and the carboard being exposed but otherwise all the boxes remain in excellent condition with only light wear to the corners and edges on some or popped perforations to the box tops.
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