A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
This photo matched Bert Marshall green durene gamer from the California/Oakland Seals inaugural 1967-68 season comes with a few stories to tell. This original Seals jersey exhibits evidence of a logo crest switch on the front of the sweater that is consistent with the franchise's in-season name switch from the California Seals to the Oakland Seals. Distinctive stitching on the jersey's tie-down collar yielded a positive match to a team issued posed photo of Marshall wearing this jersey with a California Seals "C" crest on the front before it was removed and the Oakland Seals "O" crest was sewn in place on the original Seals gamer offered here. Marshall, who was acquired from Detroit in a mid-season trade for Kent Douglas, appears in the photo wearing the green, white and blue twill alternate captain's "A" sewn onto the left breast but his blue and white twill #19 has yet to be sewn onto the shoulders. White twill was added to the numbers on the back because fans and media had difficulty making out identifying players with the lack of contrast between the original blue and white against the green jersey. A washed-out General Athletic Products laundry tag remains sewn into the left rear tail and a fly tag in the neck reads "Size" with the rest lost to fraying. A three-inch vertical team repair on the front right hem is the most significant of the eight or so mending surgeries exhibited by this sensational Seals first-year gamer that comes along with a letter of authenticity.
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