In honor of the 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky Rookie Card (you know the one that NHL.com identified as a
1978-79 collectible because of the photo origination date and stats on the back? Who am I to argue semantics, right?) that was graded a PSA 10 and recently sold at Heritage Auctions for $1.29 Million, I thought I would share my "million dollar" Gretzky card. Is it worth a million dollars? Absolutely not. But it's by far the best Gretzky card I own and is far and away the best Gretzky card I have ever pulled from a pack.
Well, let me clarify a second. I didn't pull it out of the pack. It is true that it was pack pulled, but it was my wife that freed this card from its wrapper tomb. We had found a couple boxes of 2014-15 Upper Deck Masterpieces back a few years ago at one of the Chicago Sports Spectacular shows, most likely the fall show that year since our MO seems to be bust boxes in the fall and chase singles in the spring. Once we got it home, we went about our normal process of trading back and forth with opening packs. Not necessarily Pack Wars style but sharing (because sharing is caring).
It was probably the fourth or fifth pack in the box and once I saw it my jaw hit the floor. I've pulled autographs before, many in fact. But other than the Mario Lemieux that I pulled from a pack/box of 2010-11 In The Game Enshrined years ago, we had never hit a card like this. Some of you may have seen this before but without further adieu, here it is in all it's glory.
It's not the rarest in the set. It's not even serial numbered. The Black Framed and the Red Framed versions showing him in Rangers and Blues uniforms might be more desirable. I think the ones signed with a red pen might even sell for more. But, it's an autograph I've always wanted and it's one we pulled ourselves.
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