In less than 7 years, this 1979 Topps rookie grew 158% in value. Now, there have been three 1 million dollar hockey sales, cementing the hockey market within the hobby.īack in August 2016, the card sold for $465,000. At the time, it was the first hockey card to break $1 million and was the most expensive hockey card ever sold. In December 2020, Heritage Auctions sold a PSA 10 copy of Wayne Gretzky’s rookie O-Pee-Chee card for $1.29 million. Note: To keep the list fresh and unique, we are only allowing each individual card to appear once. During the hobby’s resurgence this decade, we’ve seen some big money spent on hockey cards in this list, we are going to look at the top 27 most expensive hockey cards ever sold. Yet, from 2008–2020, the Stanley Cup finals averaged 2.15 million viewers per game. In the United States, ice hockey isn’t as statistically popular as sports like soccer, basketball, baseball, and American football. Related: Most Valuable Trading Cards Ever Sold Today, we look to recap the best of the best within the hobby. When updating this list, we noticed that it looked almost entirely different, for there has been a new influx of high-end hockey collectors.

Some of them just so happen to have very valuable trading cards as well. Hockey has no shortage of iconic names that are globally recognized in the sporting world. Are you wondering what the most expensive hockey cards ever sold are? I have you covered!

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