11-Card NHL Hockey Autograph Collection - Tavares

Updated September 18, 2026

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Lot number572
Estimate50.00 - 75.00 USD
CategoryMemorabilia & Autographs
AuctionOctober Art & Collectibles- 2-DAY Auction
DateOctober 4, 2026 at 11:00 PM EDT
Auction houseOakwood Auctions
LocationStouffville

A compelling 11-card NHL and international hockey autograph collection spanning approximately a quarter-century of the modern trading-card era, assembled around an unusually strong concentration of prominent NHL stars, highly collected premium autograph brands, rookie signatures, serial-numbered issues, international Team Canada imagery and a rookie jersey autograph. Headlined by John Tavares, Ilya Kovalchuk, Tyler Bertuzzi, Joe Sakic, Eric Lindros, Rick Nash and Jason Spezza, the group presents considerable crossover appeal to collectors of SP Authentic, Future Watch, Upper Deck, Topps Heritage, Black Diamond, Trilogy and SPx hockey.<br><br>The centerpiece is the visually striking 2015-16 SP Authentic Great White North John Tavares autograph GWN-TA, depicting Tavares in Team Canada colors. Great White North was a compact 12-card autograph set populated by major Canadian stars, and published checklist information places the Tavares GWN-TA at approximately 1:1,901 packs, making it a genuinely difficult SP Authentic autograph issue rather than a routine modern signature insert.<br><br>Of particular collector significance is the 2016-17 SP Authentic Future Watch Autograph Tyler Bertuzzi #187, serial numbered 633/999 and additionally inscribed "11/8/16." Upper Deck's official checklist confirms Bertuzzi #187 as a Future Watch rookie autograph numbered to 999 and, crucially, identifies the 11/8/16 inscribed version as a 50-copy parallel. The card offered here therefore belongs to the much scarcer inscribed subset of the celebrated Future Watch rookie-autograph program, one of the defining modern NHL rookie-card formats.<br><br>Also notable is the 2001-02 Topps Heritage Certified Autograph Issue Ilya Kovalchuk #A-IK, an autograph card from Kovalchuk's NHL rookie season. The combination of Kovalchuk's first-year status, Atlanta Thrashers imagery, vintage-inspired Heritage design and factory-issued autograph format gives this card particularly strong appeal among collectors of early-2000s NHL rookie autographs. The issue is catalogued as an autograph rookie card. <br><br>The collection comprises: <br><br>John Tavares - 2015-16 SP Authentic Great White North Autograph GWN-TA - Team Canada - manufacturer-issued SP Authentic autograph and one of the scarcer subjects in the Great White North checklist.<br>Jason Spezza - 2003-04 Upper Deck Black Diamond Signature Gems #SG27 - Ottawa Senators - certified autograph from Black Diamond's premium Signature Gems insert series. Beckett identifies SG27 specifically as the Jason Spezza autograph. <br>Ilya Kovalchuk - 2001-02 Topps Heritage Certified Autograph Issue #A-IK - Atlanta Thrashers - Rookie Autograph - an important rookie-season certified signature of the first overall selection in the 2001 NHL Draft. <br>Tyler Bertuzzi - 2016-17 SP Authentic Future Watch Autograph #187 - 633/999 - Detroit Red Wings - "11/8/16" Inscribed Rookie Autograph - one of only 50 examples designated by Upper Deck as the inscribed Futu

11-Card NHL Hockey Autograph Collection - Tavares

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