Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction December 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/13/2022
Found in O-Pee-Chee packs that contained 14 cards and that cost kids/collectors 20 cents during the 1979-80 season were blue-bordered cards like these, with that of Wayne Gretzky surely coveted by season’s end as the scrawny teenage whiz kid from Brantford, Ontario proved he could “play with the big boys”…and how! Nobody totaled more points than Wayne and now no other hockey rookie card carries more appeal among the hobby’s masses than iconic #18, offered here after recently receiving a mark of VG-EX 4 at PSA headquarters. We were to say “strictly graded” but upon close inspection the bottom corners exhibit subtle dings and there’s a very subtle surface scratch/indentation that rises up from the bottom edge and into the “ice.” Still, a very pleasing VG-EX 4 example is how we rate it, with the rest of the lot featuring mostly EX, EX+ and EX-MT examples, with VG-EXs and NM-or-better cards also in the mix, along with the odd intermittent creased condition exception (Jets logo). The three checklists are present and unmarked, while the Oilers team logo/checklist and six team photo checklists are the seven cards required for completion. Gretzky (in a recent PSA holder free of scratches/scuffs) and friends/foes combine for a mid-grade ensemble deserving of consideration.
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