A PSA 9 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky rookie card netted $114,000 via Goldin Elite Wednesday night. Other notable sales in the Goldin auction: 1960 Hemmets Journal Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) signed rookie card - PSA/DNA 10 signature ($85,200) 1951 Bowman Willie Mays rookie card PSA 7 ($74,400) 1958 Alifabolaget #635 Pele signed rookie card - PSA VG-EX 4, … [Read more...] about Notes: PSA 9 O-Pee-Chee Gretzky Rookie Auctioned; Sapphire Goes Dutch; Ohtani Rookie Record; 100K Griffey Cards Graded
1979-80 O-Pee-Chee
Charitybuzz Launches Trading Card Auctions with High-End 1950s Sets, Mantle, Jordan
High grade 1950s baseball sets and a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle are among the items now up for sale through Charitybuzz, a well-known platform that’s entering the trading card space as it pledges to donate some of the proceeds from its auction to non-profit causes. Their Premiere Trading Card Auction includes the eighth best 1951 Bowman set on the PSA Set Registry; the fifth … [Read more...] about Charitybuzz Launches Trading Card Auctions with High-End 1950s Sets, Mantle, Jordan
The Cardboard Legacy of Gordie Howe’s Goodbye Goal
Gordie Howe's final days as an NHL player saw the 52-year-old legend in a Hartford Whalers uniform and his last goal came 40 years ago this week. This monumental moment was not properly covered in the next season's hockey card sets, but there are still options out there for collectors to relive the end day of an incredible career.Gordie was already by far the NHL's all-time … [Read more...] about The Cardboard Legacy of Gordie Howe’s Goodbye Goal
Opening a 1979-80 OPC Hockey Box at the National
The National Sports Collectors Convention floor is always buzzing but in a quiet corner near PSA's booth on Thursday afternoon we spied one collector surrounded by opened packs of.... what? Was that really a 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee hockey box? The one with Wayne Gretzky's most valuable rookie card potentially inside? The ones that usually sell for around $50,000 on … [Read more...] about Opening a 1979-80 OPC Hockey Box at the National
1979-80 OPC Pack Break Yields Greatness
A Las Vegas collector turned $150 into a potentially nice payday--or the crown jewel of just about any hockey collection--Wednesday night. He bought a $150 spot in a 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee hockey pack break conducted by Vintage Breaks and despite some relatively long odds, it was his spot in the 14-card break that came up when a Wayne Gretzky rookie card came up. "Thad" is … [Read more...] about 1979-80 OPC Pack Break Yields Greatness
Whale of a Tale: Program Confirms Date of Hockey Card Photos
Heading into the 1979-80 season, the game of hockey was undergoing tremendous change. Four clubs from the World Hockey Association (WHA) were being absorbed into the National Hockey League and as a result, hockey card manufacturer O-Pee-Chee had to call in some quick favors while making its set for that year. Joining the NHL at the time were the Edmonton Oilers, Quebec … [Read more...] about Whale of a Tale: Program Confirms Date of Hockey Card Photos