Wayne Gretzky rookie card first hockey card to break $1-million milestone
Wayne Gretzky’s name appears at No. 1 an astounding 60 times in the NHL’s record book.
More than two decades after retiring, The Great One set another high-water mark early Friday morning.
A mint condition 1979 O-Pee-Chee Gretzky rookie card became hockey’s first to cost more than US$1 million when it fetched $1.032 million at auction ($1.29 million including the buyer’s premium).
Dallas-based Heritage Auctions says the trading card is just one of two featuring No. 99 from O-Pee-Chee’s 1979 run to get a perfect “gem mint” score from the Professional Sports Authenticator grading service.