A mystery box found in a Saskatchewan family’s attic that possibly contains over two dozen rare Gretzky cards was sold at auction on Sunday for millions.
A mystery box found in a Saskatchewan family’s attic that possibly contains over two dozen rare Gretzky cards was sold at auction on Sunday for millions.
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A Saskatchewan family just turned a case of hockey cards into millions of dollars.
Around 1:00 a.m. EST on Sunday, bidding came to a close for a highly touted case filled with thousands of unopened 1979-1980 O-Pee-Chee brand hockey cards that a Saskatchewan family found in their attic.
Values vary, but mint condition Gretzky rookie cards have been sold for $3.75 million.
With a 20 per cent buyers premium on top of the purchase, the final amount the Canadian bidder paid was $3,720,000 US ($5,016,978 Cdn).
“I could imagine at some point the buyer will sell individual boxes of this case to collectors, and if that happens, then it’s very possible that some of these will be opened.”
Simonds reckons at least a few of the cases will be in the $300,000 US range, and the Saskatchewan family could see another seven-figure payday once everything is sold.
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