November 14, 2019: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/14/2019
Offered is a nice example of one of the key modern hockey issues, the 1979 O-Pee-Chee effort that features the Rookie card of The Great One, Wayne Gretzky. The near-set is broadly Ex-Mt to Near-Mint, with some below and the emphasis to the upper end of the spectrum. The key Gretzky Rookie is a PSA 4 and of the Topps variety. The two missing pasteboards are No. 175 Gordie Howe and No. 220 Phil Esposito. The breakdown of keys and condition anomalies: No. 1 Leaders – Ex-Mt-Plus, 4 League Leaders – Very Good, 7 League Leaders – VG-Ex, 18 Gretzky – PSA 4, 38 – VG, 41 – Excellent, 43 – Ex, 53 – Ex, 64 – VG-Ex, 70 Potvin – Near-Mint, 73 – Ex, 97 – VG-Ex, 100 Trottier – Ex-Mt, 120 – VG-Ex, 125 Clarke – Ex, 132 – Ex, 150 Dryden – VG-Ex, 159 – Ex, 165 Trottier Record Breaker – Nr-Mt, 173 – Ex, 180 – Ex, 185 Hull – Ex-Mt, 200 Lafleur – VG-Ex, 201 – VG-Ex, 230 Bossy – Ex, 237 Checklist – VG-Ex, 241 – VG, 308 – VG-Ex, 313 – Nr-Mt m/c, 332 – VG-Ex, 341 – Nr-Mt m/c, 346 Checklist – VG-Ex and 386 – VG-Ex.
1979 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Near-Set, Slabbed Gretzky (394/396)
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