Lot # 3100: 1980 to 1988 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Complete Set Run Plus Eight Sticker Sets and Four Insert Sets (4,998 Cards)

Presented are nine complete O-Pee-Chee hockey base sets spanning the years 1980 to 1988, plus eight sticker sets and five oddball sets. The sets are loaded with numerous Hall of Famers and stars, including Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Mark Messier, and Steve Yzerman. This collection consists of the following: 1) 1980-1981 Complete Set (396) Plus Giants Set (24): Condition of the set is 31% Nr/Mt or better, 56% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 13% lesser (mostly due to centering). Keys: #3 Gretzky RB (1/99 L/R, otherwise Ex), 22 Craig RC (Nr/Mt-Mt), 87 Gretzky AS (Nr/Mt), 140 Bourque RC (90/10 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt), 195 Gartner RC (Nr/Mt+), 250 Gretzky (Ex-Mt due to centering), and 289 Messier RC (Nr/Mt). Condition of the Giants set ranges from Ex-Mt to Nr/Mt-Mt (averaging Nr/Mt), with a couple slightly lesser. Key: #7 Gretzky (Ex-Mt). 2) 1981-1982 Complete Set (396) Plus Sticker Set (269): Condition of the set is 38% Nr/Mt or better, 51% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 11% lesser (mostly due to centering). Condition of the stickers set is 50% Nr/Mt or better, 30% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 20% Vg to Vg-Ex (including a few lesser). Keys: #63 Savard RC (Vg-Ex), 106 Gretzky (Ex-Mt), 107 Kurri RC (Nr/Mt+), 111 Coffey RC (Nr/Mt-Mt), 118 Messier (Ex), 125 Gretzky Action (Nr/Mt due to centering), 148 Murphy RC (Nr/Mt-Mt), 161 Ciccarelli RC (Nr/Mt-Mt due to centering), 269 Stastny RC (Ex-Mt), and 392 Gretzky RB (Nr/Mt-Mt). 3) 1982-1983 Complete Set (396) Plus Sticker Set (263): Condition of the set is 50% Nr/Mt to Nr/Mt-Mt and 50% Ex to Ex-Mt (including a few lesser). Keys: #1 Gretzky RB (Ex), 106 Gretzky (Nr/Mt-Mt), 107 Gretzky IA (Nr/Mt due to centering), 117 Messier (Ex-Mt+ due to centering), and 123 Francis RC (Ex-Mt). 4) 1983-1984 Complete Set (396) Plus Sticker Set (330): Condition of the set is 37% Nr/Mt or better, 55% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 8% slightly lesser. Keys: #23 Messier/Gretzky HL (Ex), 29 Gretzky (5/95 L/R, otherwise Ex-Mt), 268 Lindbergh RC (Nr/Mt), and 376 Stevens RC (Nr/Mt). 5) 1984-1985 Complete Set (396) Plus Sticker Set (270): Condition of the set is 50% Nr/Mt to Nr/Mt-Mt (approximately two-thirds Nr/Mt) and 50% Ex to Ex-Mt (including 4% lesser due to creasing). Keys: #17 Andreychuk RC (Nr/Mt-Mt), 18 Barrasso RC (Nr/Mt due to centering), 67 Yzerman RC (Nr/Mt-Mt+), 129 LaFontaine RC (Nr/Mt), 185 D. Gilmour RC (Ex-Mt) 208 Gretzky AS (Nr/Mt), 243 Gretzky (Ex-Mt), 259 Chelios RC (Ex+), 327 Neely RC (Nr/Mt), and 385 Yzerman RB (Nr/Mt-Mt). 6) 1985-1986 Complete Set (264) Plus Sticker Set (163): Condition of the set is 62% Nr/Mt to Nr/Mt-Mt and 38% Ex to Ex-Mt (including a few lesser). Keys: #9 Lemieux RC (PSA NM-MT 8), 29 Yzerman (Ex+), 120 Gretzky (Vg-Ex+), 237 MacInnis RC (Nr/Mt-Mt), 262 Rookie Scoring Ldrs - Lemieux (Nr/Mt-Mt), and 97 Lemieux/sticker (Nr/Mt-Mt+). 7) 1986-1987 Complete Set (270) Plus Sticker Set (167) Box Bottoms Set (16): Condition of the set is 30% Nr/Mt or better, 58% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 12% lesser (mostly Vg-Ex). Condition of the hand-cut box bottoms is Nr/Mt-Mt overall, with three lesser. Keys: #3 Gretzky (Nr/Mt), 53 Roy RC (Ex), and 122 Lemieux (Ex), F Gretzky/box bottom (Nr/Mt-Mt), and I Lemieux/box bottom (Nr/Mt-Mt). 8) 1987-1988 Complete Set (264) Plus Sticker Set (168) Mini Leaders Set (42) and Box Bottoms Set (16): Condition of the set is 65% Nr/Mt to Nr/Mt-Mt (including some Mint) and 35% Ex to Ex-Mt (including a few lesser). Condition of the stickers ranges from Ex to Nr/Mt-Mt (averaging Ex-Mt+), with a few slightly lesser. Condition of the mini leaders set ranges from Nr/Mt to Mint (averaging Nr/Mt-Mt), with a few slightly lesser. Condition of the hand-cut box bottoms is Nr/Mt-Mt overall, with three lesser. Keys: #15 Lemieux (Nr/Mt), 42 Robitaille RC (Nr/Mt), 53 Gretzky (Nr/Mt-Mt), 123 Oates RC (Nr/Mt-Mt+), A Gretzky/box bottom (Ex-Mt), and 13 Gretzky/mini leader (Nr/Mt). 9) 1988-1989 Complete Set (264) Plus Sticker Set (182) and Minis Set (46): Condition of the set is 70% Nr/Mt to Nr/Mt-Mt (including some Mint) and 30% Ex to Ex-Mt (including a couple lesser). Condition of the stickers ranges from Ex to Nr/Mt-Mt (averaging Ex-Mt+), with a few slightly lesser. Condition of the minis set ranges from Ex to Mint (averaging Nr/Mt), with one Vg-Ex. Keys: #1 Lemieux (Ex+), 16 Nieuwendyk RC (Nr/Mt-Mt), 66 Hull RC (Nr/Mt-Mt), 120 Gretzky (Nr/Mt-Mt+), 122 Shanahan RC (Nr/Mt+), and 11 Gretzky/mini (Vg-Ex+). The condition of the 1982-1983 through 1986-1987 O-Pee-Chee stickers sets averages 70% Nr/Mt to Nr/Mt-Mt (including some Mint), 25% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 5% lesser. This is a tremendous complete set run of O-Pee-Chee hockey sets, highlighted by an extremely attractive PSA NM-MT 8 example of Mario Lemieux's rookie card. Total: 4,998 cards. The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot.