The Elmer Lach Auction - October 2006
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/24/2006
Vibrantly stunning jersey of the one-year wonder New York Raiders is a World Hockey Association treasure to feast your eyes on. Looking as if produced yesterday, the tie-neck style durene jersey has a big beautiful embroidered Raiders crest sewn on the front and “Wilkie” stitched to the back in individual two-tone tackle twill letters (no nameplate). Goaltender Ian Wilkie’s number “1” appears below his name while Gerry Cosby and size 50 tags are in the neck. Wilkie, a Montreal Canadiens draft pick in 1969, played but five of his career 33 WHA games for the Raiders in ’72-73. There is no apparent game use here and the tagging is different than on other Raiders jerseys in the hobby, so this is likely some type of “extra” jersey and not being sold as game worn. There is however interior pilling, most notably behind the crest and on the reverse of the back. A cool piece recalling a short-lived team.
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