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Apr 14 2024

Record Sale In Jeopardy? 1980 O-Pee-Chee Sealed Case

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Well this is an interesting turn of events…
The man who bought a highly sought-after multimillion-dollar case of hockey cards now says he doesn't want them anymore.
CBC confirmed that Ontario-based real estate agent Jack Arshawsky won the auction for a case containing thousands of unopened 1979-1980 O-Pee-Chee brand hockey cards — the set that contains Wayne Gretzky's rookie card — for $3.72 million US.
However, Arshawsky says he has not paid the full amount for the cards yet, so they remain in the auction house's "vault."

Read the full article here:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/gretzky-hockey-card-auction-winner-wants-to-find-better-home-for-cards-1.7172349

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'I'm not so passionate about it': Winner of multimillion-dollar Gretzky card case says he's changed his mind | CBC News

The winner of the multimillion-dollar case of 1979-1980 O-Pee-Chee hockey cards — the set that contains Wayne Gretzky's rookie card — says he no longer wants them and is trying to find them a "better home."

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