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Winner of $3.7M hockey card auction having buyer’s remorse

Carton of 10,000 unopened packages could contain 25-30 Wayne Gretzky rookie cards
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A man who says he was the winning bidder for more than a dozen unopened boxes of classic hockey cards uncovered in a Regina home says he’s feeling remorse over his $3.7-million-dollar purchase after hearing how sad the runner-up was upon losing out. A case containing 16 sealed boxes of O-Pee-Chee 1979-80 hockey cards is seen in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Heritage Auctions

The winning bidder of more than a dozen unopened boxes of classic hockey cards uncovered in a Regina home says he’s feeling remorse over his $3.7-million-dollar purchase after hearing how sad the runner-up was upon losing out.

“When I heard the runner-up bidder was literally devastated by missing out on acquiring this, I felt real empathy for him,” Jack Arshawsky of Thornhill, Ont.

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