Wayne Gretzky’s rookie trading card became the highest-selling hockey card of all time when a mint condition version of his 1979 card fetched US$1.29 million in an online auction on Friday.
The Canadian hockey icon, who retired more than two decades ago, is considered the greatest NHL player of all time and his O-Pee-Chee rookie card became the first hockey card to go for more than $1 million.
“Gretzky is the greatest of all time,” Chris Ivy of Heritage Auctions said. “This is his rookie card, and then add onto all that it’s O-Pee-Chee, which is the Canadian version, and is highly sought after.”
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