A Wayne Gretzky Rookie Card Just Sold For $1.29 MILLION At Auction
TMZ - You're looking at the most expensive hockey card that's EVER lived … 'cause this Wayne Gretzky rookie from 1979 just fetched $1.29 MILLION at auction!!!
FYI -- the price is WILD for a hockey piece … no hockey card had ever even surpassed the $1 million mark!!!
Holy Moly! 1.29 MILLION for this Wayne Gretzky 1979 O-Pee-Chee rookie card. The most expensive hockey card ever purchased!
Heritage Auctions says the card's perfect, Gem Mint 10 grade is so incredibly rare, there are only 2 with the rating in existence!!
Pretty crazy this card survived for 40+ years and graded as a Gem Mint 10. That is so rare that Heritage Auctions even said there are only 2 of these in existence. I'm so fascinated by the sports memorabilia industry, I have a ton of signed Bruins stuff hanging in my apartment but nothing compares to the card industry. Feels like it has really exploded. I might have to do some digging in my basement for my old hockey cards. Who knows I could just be sitting on a jackpot!!!
(h/t TMZ, Heritage Auctions)