Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction December 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/13/2022
The focal point of any gathering of 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee cards, if present, is of course Wayne Gretzky’s iconic rookie card, with The Great One appearing here in EX 5 form (and in a scratch-free PSA holder) to highlight this batch. Centering is an issue, with sometimes-seen darkish/discolored vertical streaks near the top and bottom right corners also visible but better-than-EX corners and smooth edges are attributes. The supporting cast in this instance consists of a majority of cards in the EX-MT to NM range, with smaller percentages better/worse; the group is quite similar to another offered ’79-80 set with a superior (PSA 7.5) Gretz rookie. Checklists and team checklists are again unmarked, with Howe, Hull, Bossy, Dryden and Lafleur leading the other star power. From a season that saw the Islanders take over from the Canadiens as perennial holders of the Stanley Cup, these blue-bordered charmers ushered-in the wonderful 1980s and another great decade of hockey, with Gretzky proceeding to go berserk in his assault on the NHL record book – what a time in hockey history.
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