Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Spring 2021
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/30/2021
Well, as our title informs, you won’t be the only person in the world to own one of these but you’ll be in very select company! What a jaw-dropping, mind-blowing encapsulated prize this unopened 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee pack is to hold and behold, with yes, a Wayne Gretzky rookie card easily decipherable on the bottom, the Oilers crest and Wayne’s similarly “tilted” image unmistakable. Housed in a sturdy PSA holder and earning a mark of NM-MT 8, the pack contains 13 other cards and a piece of bubble gum and would have originally cost 20 cents to obtain. That was at a time when Gretzky was in his first National Hockey League season and in the early stages of forging his NHL legend, one that would lead to the popularity of his rookie card that in recent times reached a frenzied level. The width of the blue border on the right side of card #18 can be seen through the wax wrapper here and in our close-up image, with however the width of the border on the left side difficult to view and ascertain, rendering a report/opinion on the centering difficult. There are no apparent dings to the corners of the pack, with some scratches to the front of the PSA holder also to note. You’ll likely be singing a few notes! when this jackpot arrives.
It would be hard to put an estimate/fair market value on this rare pack in the current state of the hockey card/Wayne Gretzky rookie card market. There are no public sales records for similar packs to be found and the only other pack publically available for purchase is a PSA 7 pack for sale on eBay with an asking price in the six figures, while certified unopened 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee wax boxes have been soaring to six figure prices as well in the past year. As always, the three offered rare packs are offered with no reserves and were started with low opening bids to let our clientele bid on, and decide, the value of these scarce encapsulated treasures.
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