Wayne Gretzky

1979 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky #18 value & prices

Wayne Gretzky #18 from 1979 1979 O-Pee-Chee is a card collectors search for regularly. Current market value sits near $781.11 for an ungraded copy.

Grading has a major impact on value: an ungraded copy is worth around $781.11, a PSA 9 around $106,750.00, a PSA 10 (Gem Mint) around $2,047,229.94, a pristine BGS 10 around $2,661 and399.00. That's roughly a 2621× premium for a gem-mint copy over raw — one of the clearest signals that condition-sensitive buyers dominate this card's market.

Use the grade table above to compare values across PSA, BGS, CGC and SGC, and the eBay links to find live listings. Scan your copy with Ripbin to track it in your locker.

About this card's market

Vintage cards from this era were printed long before collectors thought about preservation, so well-centered, sharp-cornered copies are genuinely scarce. That scarcity is what drives the gap between raw and graded prices.

Hockey cards trade in a tighter but dedicated market — key rookies and vintage stars hold value well.

Is it worth grading?

With raw copies near $781.11 and top grades reaching $2,047,229.94, grading a sharp copy of this card can clearly pay for itself — the spread comfortably covers a typical ~$25.00 grading fee. The catch: only submit copies with strong centering, clean corners, and unmarked surfaces, because anything below a 9 usually erases the math.

When choosing a grader, PSA slabs typically resell fastest, BGS rewards truly pristine copies, and SGC/CGC offer faster turnarounds — compare each label's value in the grade table above.

How to buy this card

The fastest way to gauge the real market for this card is to scan the live eBay listings above: look at the spread between auction and Buy-It-Now prices, and check sold history before paying top dollar.

If you own this card, scan it with Ripbin to add it to your locker — you'll see its value tracked over time, and other collectors can discover it and send bids.