Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction February 2018
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/27/2018
Hockey’s most prolific and feared goal-scorer the past dozen seasons and a six-time winner of the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy, Alex Ovechkin stars here on this inviting Upper Deck production, issued during his initial NHL season, which was also the first for “The Cup”. What a start for both, with “Alexander” firing 52 goals and totaling 106 points to garner the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie-of-the-year. Official Ovechkin rookie card offered features a blue ink autograph, (graded “10” on the back of the Beckett label), between Ovie’s image and a fantastic four-color swatch. The back of the card informs that the latter is “an authentic piece of a patch from a jersey worn by Alexander Ovechkin in an official NHL game.” The delectable card merited MINT 9 status at Beckett, with the following sub grades: Centering 9, Corners 8.5, Edges 9, Surface 9.5. The company reports that out of the 89 Ovechkin The Cup RCs to have been encapsulated by the firm, that just 15 scored higher, at 9.5, than this one, with (38) other 9s and (35) lower, including (26) at 8.5. Also to note is a one-inch diagonal scratch to the Beckett holder, (upper left corner region). Additional numbers to mention are Alex’s seven 50-plus goal seasons and his soon to be 600 career total – and he’s not done yet!
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