{"id":891239,"date":"2026-05-14T18:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/891239\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T18:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:51:16","slug":"rare-wayne-gretzky-rookie-auto-card-surging-during-nfl-stanley-cup-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/891239\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Wayne Gretzky Rookie Auto card surging during NFL Stanley Cup Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the Stanley Cup Playoffs skating toward a dramatic conclusion, the name of one NHL legend is always top of mind.<\/p>\n<p>Wayne Gretzky, the greatest player in NHL history, is adding his wisdom and experience to the playoffs as a studio analysists for TNT.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, cards and collectibles of \u201cThe Great One\u201d continue to hold strong value on the sports collectibles market.<\/p>\n<p>A 1979 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky Rookie card, graded PSA 9 with a 10 Auto, is surging in the May Premier Auction at Fanatics Collect. Widely considered one of the most iconic hockey cards ever produced, the Gretzky gem has a current bid of $264,000.<\/p>\n<p> Fanatics Collect <\/p>\n<p>The rare autographed card is a Pop 1. PSA has graded only 95 grade-9 1979 O-Pee-Chee Gretzky cards, but this is the only signed card and it has never been sold publicly, according to PSA. Only two PSA 10 examples have been graded.<\/p>\n<p>Other top cards in the auction include the #1\/1 2025 Topps Chrome Josh Allen Gold Shield Auto card. One of the most coveted chase cards from 2025 Topps Chrome Football, the redemption for the card was pulled by a grandmother at Hot Corner Sports Cards in Mesa, Ariz.<\/p>\n<p>Other highlights include: \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 2024-25 Finest UCC Lionel Messi Auto Black Foil 1\/1.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 2010 Playoff National Treasures Kobe Bryant Colossal Materials card.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 2025 Topps Chrome LeBron James Superfractor Auto 1\/1.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 2015 Panini Flawless Finishes Cristiano Ronaldo Black 1\/1 Auto 10.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 2025 Topps Chrome Tom Brady Superfractor Auto 1\/1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the Stanley Cup Playoffs skating toward a dramatic conclusion, the name of one NHL legend is always&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":891240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[120021,7,872,21599,10317,6,84,120022,1369,120023],"class_list":["post-891239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl-playoffs","tag-fanatics-collect","tag-football","tag-josh-allen","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-lebron-james","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-playoffs","tag-nhl-cards","tag-tom-brady","tag-wayne-gretzky-cards"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116574439580950272","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}