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Perhaps due to a craving for the comforts of nostalgia, the inexplicable demand for vintage trading cards continues to rise as the sun sets on 2020. Heritage Auctions is now vying to match the high water mark left by Goldin Auctions’ shocking $369,000 USD Pokémon Trading Card Game Charizard with covetable cards that include three first edition Charizards, one of which has been granted the PSA GEM MT 10 rating, denoting it utterly flawless.
Heritage Auctions expects the card to bring in at least $350,000 USD by the time its auction ends on January 14, coming close to the record-setting card sold earlier this month. Arguably the Pokémon TCG’s most desirable collectible at the moment, this “Charizard #4 First-Edition Base Set Rare Hologram” card is one of only 2,627 copies certified by the card grading authorities at the PSA. Its GEM-MT 10 (Gem Mint) rating ensures that it’s a visually perfect card, freed from creasing and staining. Furthermore, its orig
Posted: Dec 11, 2020 5:04 PM ET | Last Updated: December 11, 2020
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Wayne Gretzky rookie card sells for record-breaking $1 29M nydailynews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nydailynews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Wayne Gretzky scores big as Heritage Auctions sells his 1979 rookie card for a record $1.29 million
1979 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky #18 Rookie PSA Gem Mint 10.
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.- Wayne Gretzky has always been The Great One. But early Friday morning he became The Greatest One when the Canadian version of his Edmonton Oilers rookie card became the first hockey card ever to break the million-dollar mark.
One of only two known 1979 O-Pee-Chee Gretzkys graded Gem Mint 10 by Professional Sports Authenticator sold for $1.29 million during the first session of Heritage Auctions four-day Fall Sports Collectibles Catalog event. That s almost three times the previous record of $465,000 set four years ago, when there was but one known PSA Gem Mint 10 known to exist. The Gretzky O-Pee-Chee that sold Friday belonged to entrepreneur Patrick Bet-David.
Gretzky rookie card sells for record $1 29 million at auction nhl.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nhl.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.