Wayne Gretzky hasn’t played a professional game this century but he’s still finding ways to set new records. A 1979 O-Pee-Chee Gretzky rookie card ... mind that these OPC cards were made ...

A 1979 rookie card can go for thousands ... A Gem Mint 10 rated 1979 O-Pee-Chee Gretzky card sold at auction last year for $3.75 million, the highest price ever paid for a hockey card.

£2.4 million) at auction this past week. The case, which likely includes multiple Wayne Gretzky rookie cards became a hot auction item. Whether it will ever be opened remains to be seen.

What you could make out instantly, however, is that it’s a photograph of a very young Wayne ... of $1.29 million, set in December 2020 by… a 1979 O-Pee-Chee Gretzky rookie card.