A box found in a Saskatchewan attic, potentially holding millions of dollars worth of hockey cards, is going back up for auction after the original winning bidder never paid up, according to the auction company.The box of unopened hockey cards was found in a Saskatchewan family's attic. Heritage Auctions estimated there could be as many as 25 to 27 Gretzky rookie cards in the case. A multimillion-dollar box of hockey cards is going back up for auction after a failed transaction.
In April, Arshawsky said he had not paid the full amount for the cards and wanted them to be safe at Heritage Auctions until he could find a good location for them. Man who stopped collecting after his Gretzky memorabilia was stolen says Connor Bedard brought him back"No," he said. "Any person that participates in an auction and doesn't pay, their account is permanently suspended."
"Maybe he realized that there was going to be a cost to receive this thing and to have it shipped to him or to store it somewhere here in the States," Mueller said.If you missed your chance last spring to bid on that rare multi-million dollar case of hockey cards found in Saskatchewan, you'll get another turn. The man who won the bid had a change of heart and now that unopened case - is going back to auction. We spoke to a sports collector on the hockey card debacle.
Back in April, CBC confirmed that Ontario-based real estate agent Jack Arshawsky won the first auction for a case containing thousands of unopened 1979-1980 O-Pee-Chee brand hockey cards — the set that contains Wayne Gretzky's rookie card — for $3.72 million US.