Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/17/2015
Quite a treat it was for us and it will be for you, to leaf through three big binders of O-Pee-Chee cards here, given the overall sharpness of the run. The cards are generally in pack-fresh condition, ranging from NM to MINT. NHL and WHA complete sets from 1977-78 lead, with a 22-card glossy insert set also present. The Bossy RC in the ’78-79 ensemble is NM, with key cards from ’79-80, (Gretzky RC) and ’80-81 (Bourque RC, Gretzky and Messier RC) the only ones not present. Checklists and team checklists are not marked throughout, with only the odd slightly dinged corner or white corner spec (’79-80) spotted here and there, along with only a few exceptions to the like-new condition. Two complete 24-card sets of 5” by 7” “Super Photos” from ’80-81 are a dandy complement, with several rookie cards in the ’81-82 set a fine way to finish things up. A few more details of this stellar lot are available on our website.
A slight curvature of cards stored in the first binder and a half (’77-78 NHL and WHA sets, ’78-79 set) and the last half of the third binder (’81-82 set) is to be aware of, with three sets accompanied by a card wrapper; ’77-78 WHA (folded), ’78-79 (folded around a card) and ’80-81 (stored flat). As for the few aforementioned condition exceptions, two small creases in the ’79-80 Dryden and notching to #230-Bossy lower them, as does a rough cut along the top edge of 1-Ray Bourque in the ’81-82 set. Standard intermittent off-centered cards are also encountered. Numerous possibilities, including grading, are offered with this impressive OPC collection, pulled from packs at a time when Lafleur, Bossy and Gretzky were wowing the hockey world.
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