Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction September 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/19/2023
For those looking to add some already graded first-year cards of numerous Hall of Famers to their collection, look no further than this lot containing a collection of seventeen (17) graded hockey rookie and star cards from the 1970s to the 2020s that includes names such as Dryden, Potvin, Bourque, Messier, Gilmour, Neely, Clark, Yzerman and many others. Paced by a copy of Ken Dryden's famed 1971-72 Topps rookie that has earned a mark of ENM+ 6.5 from KSA and presents with beautiful colours, the goaltender is joined by the Topps rookie of Dennis Potvin as the other lone card from the 70s in the lot, also having been graded by KSA and receiving a NM 7. For 1980's offerings, making up the bulk of the group, both Ray Bourque's and Mark Messier's 1980-81 O-Pee-Chee offerings are included with the Bourque displaying a "Very Good or Better" 7 on its label from BCCG while the Messier sports a mark of NEAR MINT 7 from BVG. For the rest of the 1980s, included are names like Doug Gilmour (1984-85 OPC - KSA NMM+ 8.5), Cam Neely (1984-85 OPC - KSA NMM 8), Steve Yzerman (1984-85 OPC - KSA NM+ 7.5), Wendel Clark (1986-87 OPC - KSA NM+ 7.5), Bob Probert (1988-89 OPC - NMM+ 8.5), Pierre Turgeon (1988-89 OPC - PGS NM-MT 8), Theo Fleury (1989-90 OPC - KSA NGM 9.5), Trevor Linden (1989-90 OPC - KSA NGM 9.5) and Joe Sakic (1989-90 OPC - MNT NMNT-MNT+ 8.5 - Subgrades of Corners 8.5, Edges 8.0, Surface 9.0 and Centering 9.5). For the 1990s, two examples are featured via the rookie cards of Mike Modano from 1990-91 Upper Deck which has been assessed a mark of NGM 9.5 from KSA and of Jaromir Jagr from 1990-91 OPC Premier, which sports a "9" mark on its label after inspection by GCG. Lastly two KSA graded cards of Connor Bedard are included, with his 2020 Hot Shot Prospects and 2022 Upper Deck Team Canada Juniors examples both garnering GEM MINT designations. All housed in holders that remain in excellent condition with just some light scratching evident as the main flaw, don't miss out on adding this group to your all important collection.
It must be noted that the grading standards followed by KSA, MNT, GCG, BCCG and PGS may not correspond to those currently employed by PSA, BGS or SGC. The outcome of an attempted cross-over of this piece through any of those services, then, would be uncertain and cannot be guaranteed.
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