Offered is a truly stunning and massive accumulation of the elegant 1972 O-Pee-Chee Hockey issue, the company’s largest effort to that date and a truly revolutionary production in terms of expanding the card total from earlier years. The set ranks No. 4 on the PSA Set Registry with an average grade of 8.25. With every card in the enormous issue slabbed by PSA, the lot almost defies belief with every card (except one) at least a PSA 8 Near-Mint to Mint blazer, a baker’s dozen at PSA 8.5, almost three dozen at PSA 9 Mint and, just for good measure, five pasteboards anointed as PSA 10 Gem Mint. Heading that imposing list of Mint cards would be PSA 9’s of No. 129 Bobby Orr, No. 230 Tony Esposito All-Star, No. 251 Herni Richard and No. 336 Bobby Hull. In addition, there are two versions of No. 48 Jean Ratelle In Action, two variations of No. 85 Brad Park and the two variations of the No. 334 Checklist. Here’s the breakdown of the cards above PSA 8: PSA 8.5 Near-Mint to Mint-Plus (13) – No. 39, 80, 87, 108, 117, 150, 178, 187, 199, 254, 288, 298 and 340; PSA 9 Mint (33) – No. 18, 28, 43, 48 Ratelle In Action, 65, 72, 89, 90, 96, 112, 116, 129 Orr, 136, 142, 145, 161, 175, 186, 192, 193, 197, 220, 223, 225, 230 Esposito All-Star, 231, 236, 244, 251 Henri Richard, 262, 289, 315, 323 and 336 Hull; PSA 10 Gem Mint (5) – No. 50 Crozier, 73 Doak, 174 Hextall, 218 Leiter and 326 Trottier; and the sole outlier below the default range, a PSA 7 No. 130. Follow this link to view the 1972 O-Pee-Chee Hockey complete set on the PSA Set Registry.

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