A Saskatchewan family is selling a case full of unopened 1979 hockey card boxes, and bidding has topped $1-million. The boxes contain an unknown number of Wayne Gretzky rookie cards like this one.
The bidding on a box of rare hockey cards recently discovered by a Saskatchewan family has topped $2 million.A Saskatchewan family is selling a case full of unopened 1979 hockey card boxes, and bidding has topped $2 million. The boxes contain an unknown number of Wayne Gretzky rookie cards like this one. The bidding on a box of unopened hockey cards recently discovered by a Regina family has topped $2 million.
Last month, they unearthed a crate of 1979 O-Pee-Chee brand hockey cards. The company selling the box, Heritage Auctions, estimates there could be more than two dozen Wayne Gretzky rookie cards inside.The back side of the 1979 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky rookie card. A Gretzky rookie card in poor shape is worth only a few hundred dollars, but one in mint condition recently sold for $3.75 million.
With the 20 per cent "buyer's premium" added by the auctioneer, the winning bidder's total payment would be $2,010,000 US . According to Heritage officials, the Regina family has asked to remain anonymous. They said the box was discovered by a man helping his father clean the attic.
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