Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction June 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/25/2024
Hailing from years in which the Quebec Nordiques and Winnipeg Jets hoisted the AVCO World Trophy at the end of those respective World Hockey Association seasons, the "rival league" is the subject of this lot which features a bevy of WHA O-Pee-Cards from 1976-77 and 1977-78 that includes a near-complete set of the earlier release and not one (1) but two (2) complete assemblies of the later 1977-78 examples.
Starting with the the near-complete contingent of cards from 1976-77, including 131 of the 132 cards found within the checklist and missing only card #82, the rookie offering of Reg Thomas, the group is seen as being in the condition scope of EX to EX-MT throughout with many of the cards showing slight amounts of corner wear that is worth mentioning for accuracy. For the key cards, included are those of 50-Howe (EX-MT - slight corner and border wear at the top right), 65-Hull AS (EX-MT to NM - 60-40 centering), 72-Howe AS (EX-MT - small print mark on his head), 100-Hull (EX to EX-MT - tiny wrinkle on right border), 111-Mahovlich (EX-MT to NM) and 117-Checklist (EX-MT to NM - unmarked).
For the two (2) complete 1977-78 sets, both are seen as being in the scope of a high-grade EX-MT to NM condition state throughout their entireties, set one (1) key's include 1-Howe (EX-MT - small ding at top right corner), 31-Henderson (EX-MT to NM), 50-Hull (EX-MT to NM), 58-Checklist (EX-MT to NM - checklist) and 61-Mahovlich (EX-MT to NM) while set two (2) includes the same cards, including an EX-MT Howe that has a small top right corner ding plus a Mahovlich that has a small print bubble on his right knee.
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