One Saskatchewan household is a complete lot richer this week after a case of unopened, 1979 O-Pee-Chee hockey playing cards was auctioned off for greater than $3.7 million.
The motive the field is so precious? It may include greater than 20 Wayne Gretzky rookie playing cards — some of the prized possessions in card gathering.
Heritage Auctions mentioned the 16 containers include roughly 10,000 playing cards.
The field was initially discovered when a household in Regina was cleansing out a storage room.
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“To think that this was sitting out there since 1980, especially in the condition that they’re in, completely shocked me,” Brad Hartlin, director of market improvement for PSA Canada, a third-party authentication and grading firm for buying and selling playing cards and memorabilia, instructed Global News. “It’s the find of a lifetime and it’s incredible for a hobbyist.”
A near-mint Gretzky rookie card can promote for $7,000 to $8,000, and a mint-condition card can fetch tens of millions.
In reality, the final mint-condition Gretzky rookie card, offered by Heritage Auctions in 2021, fetched an eye-watering US$3.75 million (greater than C$5 million.)
Tanner Piper, a card collector at Nut Man Regina, mentioned he has by no means seen a field like this earlier than.
“This is not just a Regina thing, but this is probably the most incredible find ever,” Piper mentioned.
Heritage Auctions mentioned the longtime collector has requested to stay nameless.
Heritage Auctions has mentioned it doesn’t count on the profitable bidder to open the containers, as they’re rarer than the rookie playing cards.
— with recordsdata from Global News’ Michelle Butterfield
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Extremely rare hockey card packs containing Wayne Gretzky rookie cards sell for $3.7 million
