A Wayne Gretzky rookie card has sold for US$465,000 – about $612,000 – smashing the previous record for the most expensive hockey card ever sold. A Wayne Gretzky rookie card has sold for US$465,000 – about $612,000 – smashing the previous record for the most expensive hockey card ever sold. The previous record was set by a copy of the same 1979 O-Pee-Chee card, which shows an 18-year-old #99 in an Edmonton Oilers jersey. That card sold for US$94,000 in 2011.