Bidding on rare Bobby Orr rookie card tops $160K
by Caitlyn Holroyd from on (#478YK)
A Bobby Orr Topps rookie test card up for auction is set to fetch a hefty amount.
Bidding on the card, which auction site Lelands.com describes as "quite likely the most sought-after hockey card in existence," has topped $160,000 with two weeks left in the auction, according to Darren Rovell of Action Network.
Bidding for a Bobby Orr Topps test card from 1966 has hit $168,612, including buyer's premium, on @Lelandsdotcom. Auction ends on Feb. 1. pic.twitter.com/J5FVtCwRgM
- Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) January 18, 2019
The record price for a hockey card is $465,000, which an anonymous buyer paid for Wayne Gretzky's 1979 O-Pee-Chee rookie card at an auction in 2016.
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