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
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1 of 2 PSA 10 Gretzky Rookie Cards Expected to Bring Seven-Figure Price
One of just two copies of Wayne Gretzky’s 1979-80 Topps rookie card to be awarded a PSA 10 grade will be on the market later this month. Heritage Auctions will offer one of them in its Summer Platinum Night Auction and it’s expected to sell for a record price. Overall, Gretzky’s rookie card isn’t rare. PSA alone has graded about 8,600 of them in the past 20 years. In … [Read more...] about 1 of 2 PSA 10 Gretzky Rookie Cards Expected to Bring Seven-Figure Price
Police Hunt Clues in Theft of Lifelong Gretzky Collection
It was only there temporarily. Aron Gratias, an avid fan and collector of Wayne Gretzky and other hockey memorabilia was moving, so he rented a storage unit in a rural area of north central Saskatchewan and locked up his jerseys, cards, photos, sticks and other items for the winter. At some point over the last couple of months, someone broke in and stole … [Read more...] about Police Hunt Clues in Theft of Lifelong Gretzky Collection
Wayne Gretzky Rookie Cards: A History
The year was 1979. Back when you bought wax packs of hockey cards along with a piece of really bad bubble gum. Back when most of the people who bought hockey cards were kids, and the cards were more likely to be played with than carefully preserved. Even those rare collectors who understood the potential value of collectible cards turned their collective eyes to baseball. Who … [Read more...] about Wayne Gretzky Rookie Cards: A History
Shop Talk: Flashy Helmets, Vintage Slabs and Robbery Hits Close to Home
As I've mentioned in past Shop Talk installments, we really continue to make a concerted effort to buy higher-end, iconic slabbed rookie cards to have in store. We are currently focused on vintage pieces with a sprinkling of some modern rookie cards in baseball, basketball and football. We have also (slowly) skated into the hockey rink and picked up a few 1979 Topps and … [Read more...] about Shop Talk: Flashy Helmets, Vintage Slabs and Robbery Hits Close to Home
Record Rookie: O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky Card Sold for $3.75 Million
On December 11, Heritage Auctions sold one of the two 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky rookie cards for what was then a record $1.29 million. On Thursday, the company announced the private sale of the other copy-- for nearly three times that amount. The $3.75 million sale sets a new high mark for the most expensive hockey card ever sold. December’s sale had … [Read more...] about Record Rookie: O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky Card Sold for $3.75 Million
Notes: $1 Million for Topps Gretzky RC; MLB TV’s New Card Show; Top NBA Jersey Auctions; Durant RC Giveaway
PWCC says it has brokered the sale of one of the two PSA 10 1979-80 Topps Wayne Gretzky rookie cards for $1,050,000. The other card, expected to be released soon on Rally’s fractional shares platform, sold through Heritage Auctions in December for $720,000. There are also two Gretzky O-Pee-Chee rookie cards graded 10. One of those also sold in the same auction … [Read more...] about Notes: $1 Million for Topps Gretzky RC; MLB TV’s New Card Show; Top NBA Jersey Auctions; Durant RC Giveaway
Record Price for Jordan Sticker in Goldin’s 1st Monthly Auction
One of 119 copies of Michael Jordan’s 1986-87 Fleer Stickers graded PSA 10 sold for over $234,000 as Goldin Auctions closed out its first Monthly Trading Card Auction. The price broke a record for the grade established just a week earlier when another sold for $200,100 through PWCC Marketplace Auctions. Fewer than one percent of the more than 13,000 Jordan rookie … [Read more...] about Record Price for Jordan Sticker in Goldin’s 1st Monthly Auction
Modern Era Cards Get Spotlight to Themselves in New Auction
2020 was a watershed moment for sports cards but it wasn’t just the decades-old icons making news as was once the case. This time, icons from the present day and not so distant past were selling for big bucks. Six and seven-figure hammers on early cards of Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Mike Trout, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Wayne Gretzky drew plenty of attention. The … [Read more...] about Modern Era Cards Get Spotlight to Themselves in New Auction
Notes: Hobby Shop Burglary; Fleer Box IPO Sellout; MJ Rookie Record; ESPN Podcast; OPC Worker Recalls Rough Cut Reasons
There was a burglary at a northern Indiana hobby shop last week. Police in Elkhart, IN, near South Bend, say someone entered F&G Sports Cards in the wee hours of Christmas Eve and stole about $11,000 worth of merchandise. The shop’s owner says two people pried open the back door and stole all of the hobby boxes that were inside along with a signed Michael Jordan … [Read more...] about Notes: Hobby Shop Burglary; Fleer Box IPO Sellout; MJ Rookie Record; ESPN Podcast; OPC Worker Recalls Rough Cut Reasons