Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction June 2025
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/24/2025
A pair of attractive sets issued just before the arrival of The Great One, we offer 1977-78 and 1978-79 O-Pee-Chee complete card sets. Both complete at 396 cards, the 1977-78 set includes cards of Bobby Orr, Ken Dryden, Brian Trottier, Guy Lafleur and others, along with the rookie card of Mike Palmateer. The 1978-79 set includes cards of Bobby Orr, Ken Dryden, Brian Trottier, Guy Lafleur and others, along with the rookie cards of Mike Bossy, Dave Taylor and Bernie Federko.
The 1977-78 set has an overall condition range of VG to VG/EX, with light corner wear to most cards. Highlights include; 240-Dionne EX to EX/MT (slight corner fuzz) followed by 30-Robinson (corner wear), 100-Dryden (90% OC, light corner wear), 140-Salming (corner wear) and 251-Orr (corner wear) all VG to VG/EX. Next, 105-Trottier (corner wear and crease bottom left) and 115-Clarke (corners bottom area) are both GD to VG, and 200-Lafleur is GD to GD+ (OC, plus corner wear). Checklists 68, 249 and 281 are all unmarked.
The 1978-79 set has an overall condition range of EX-EX/MT to EX/MT-NRMT, with the cards all sporting a small humidity curve. Highlights include; 50-Dryden (slight corner wear), 115-Bossy rookie (slight OC), 143-Federko rookie (slight OC) and 330-Dryden AS all EX/MT to NRMT, 300-Orr EX/MT+ (slight corner fuzz) and 1-Bossy Highlights VG to VG/EX (dings to bottom corners). Checklists 24, 259 and 297 are all unmarked.
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