Rare Hockey Card Case Sells for Record $3.72M at Auction

The sale of a sealed case of 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee hockey cards, potentially containing multiple Wayne Gretzky rookie cards, sets a new auction record.

A sealed case of 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee hockey cards was sold for $3.72 million, making it the most valuable case of unopened trading cards ever sold at auction.
The case, found in a Canadian basement, contains over 10,000 cards and is believed to include up to 27 pristine Wayne Gretzky rookie cards.
The discovery has been hailed as 'the greatest unopened find of the 21st century' by Heritage Auctions.
The previous record for a case of unopened trading cards was set in 2020 with a $1.8 million sale of 1986-87 Fleer basketball cards.
The buyer and seller of the hockey card case have chosen to remain anonymous.