Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Spring 2020
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/16/2020
The premier selection at the 2016 draft and a successful product of the U.S. National Development Team, Auston Matthews has appeared in four NHL All-Star Games thus far, with the Calder Memorial Trophy earned as the NHL’s best rookie, in 2017. Acquired directly from the club, we have a pair of skates worn by the superstar in 2018-19, his third season with the Leafs. Bauer Vapor models with Tuuk Light Speed blade holders and LS3 blades, “34” appears handwritten over each skate blade holder, with “BC” handwritten on the left side of the left skate blade. Matching stickers with “44477.30t10” appear on the underside of each boot, with a bar code price label placed over the right skate’s blade holder by the Leafs’ team store. Usually wearing a pair for just a few weeks period, these examples show nice game-use with cuts visible over the toe sections along with some rubbing to the leather in spots, with a large cut present near the Bauer logo on the right side of the left skate. There is also additional wear, marks and cuts to the blade holders. Getty Image #1092779300 (Jan 10, 2019) has been matched to the specific placement of each of the stickers affixed to the bottom of each boot, and to the white area showing beneath the Vapor logo at the left reverse of the left skate, and to the mark visible near the front middle of the left side of the right skate’s blade holder, and specifically to it’s shape and placement. Getty Image #1081962492 (Jan 12, 2019) appears to show the sticker on the underside of the right boot as well as the beginning of the “34” handwritten in blue, including their correct placement, but the image is not high resolution enough to call a definitive photo-match. An LOA from the Maple Leafs will accompany.
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