A case of old hockey cards possibly containing the game’s Great One has fetched more than $3.7 million after it was discovered in a Regina home.WATCH MELTED IN HIROSHIMA BLAST SELLS FOR OVER $30K AT AUCTIONHeritage Auctions says the winning bidder bought the case of 16 sealed boxes of O-Pee-Chee’s 1979 hockey card collection, amounting to more than 10,000 cards. The auctioneer says the case could include 25 or more highly coveted Wayne Gretzky rookie cards. 8 Oct 1996: Center Wayne Gretzky of the New York Rangers in action on the ice during a pre-game skate around before the start of the Rangers’ 1-1 tie with the Florida Panthers at Miami Arena in Miami, Florida. (Zoran Milich/Allsport)A man in Regina had kept the case in a packed storage room. The auctioneer says the longtime collector asked to remain anonymous.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPA company spokesperson has said he doesn’t expect the winning bidder will open the boxes, as they are rarer than the rookie cards.
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