1979 O-Pee-Chee #18
Wayne Gretzky Rookie

What the (OC) on the label means. PSA applies a qualifier when a card meets all the criteria for a grade but fails the standard in one area. Here that area is centering: this card earned the NM–MT 8 standard on its corners, edges and surface, with centering outside the range the 8 normally allows. Because qualified copies trade well below unqualified 8s, an (OC) is the affordable route into a genuinely high-grade example of hockey’s defining card. Read the full explainer →