Wayne Gretzky rookie card sells for US$3.75 million, smashing record
Posted May 27, 2021 5:41 pm.
DALLAS – An American auction company says it has shattered its own record on the sale of a Wayne Gretzky rookie card.
Heritage Auctions says it has sold a 1979 O-Pee-Chee Gretzky rookie card to an anonymous buyer for US$3.75 million.
The previous record for a hockey card was set on Dec. 11, 2020, when Heritage sold the only other one of two Gretzky rookie cards to receive a perfect “gem mint” score from Professional Sports Authenticator for $1.29 million.
That marked the first hockey card to go for more than $1 million.
The online auction house has said the “gem mint” cards were the only two to achieve that score out of 5,711 PSA evaluated. By comparison, there are more than 300 rookie cards of NBA great Michael Jordan by Fleer with the same “gem mint” rating.
The known record for a sports card sale came earlier this year when a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball rookie card sold for $5.2 million through PWCC Marketplace.
