WATERFORD, ONT.

A hockey memorabilia collection worth $200,000 that took decades to accumulate was stolen from an Ontario home earlier this month.

Police aren’t sure if the collection, which featured primarily hockey cards of NHL legend Wayne Gretzky, were taken in a break and enter or simply “went missing.”

OPP Const. Ed Sanchuk told the Simcoe Reformer more than 500 cards went missing from a Waterford, Ont., home sometime between March 29 and April 18.

“We’d like to see if we can get these cards back to this gentleman. He’s quite upset,” Sanchuk said.

Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for anyone trying to sell Gretzky cards and to report it to police, he said.

“These cards will definitely stand out,” Sanchuk noted.