Jean Beliveau Foundation Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/11/2008
Truly spectacular and special offering from the most special of hockey careers is this pair of Daoust skates laced up by hockey' all-time most prolific scorer and passer during one of his record-breaking seasons with the Edmonton Oilers. Wayne Gretzky's Daoust 301 model skates with the classic blue Perfecta blades can be matched to numerous games from the 1986-87 season, including to the game when he notched his 500th career regular season goal on November 22nd in Edmonton. The goal against the Canucks came in a 5-2 win, with the 25-year old phenom playing in only his 575th career game, thus shattering the previous quickest-to-500 mark. The skates have also been photo matched to both games at Rendez-Vous '87, played February 11th and 13th, with The Great One being voted MVP of the series. Another notable from the '86-87 season was Gretz breaking Mike Bossy's career hat trick record on December 10th. The earliest photo match that we have is from November 15th versus the Whalers in Hartford and the latest dates to a February 25th game against the Devils in New Jersey, Wayne switching to a new pair of Daoust in March. As for the provenance of the skates, it's fantastic. They originally were handed over by Wayne himself in exchange for a donation to the James Bell Foundation some 20 years ago. A signed letter from Michael Barnett, dated October 13, 1987, will accompany the skates, along with a DVD from the 500th goal game. Skates show great game use with, most notably, scrapes and slices in the nylon toes, wear to the black leather, reinforced stitching on the outer nylon sections and pilling on the tongues. It is a good black stick mark near the top of the left tongue that shows up in photo matches. Some scratches in the blue plastic blades are also to note, along with the fact that the tiny blade screws had been removed by the team and later replaced. Still tied up and having had but one owner the past two decades, the skates are being offering to the hobby for the first time and will become a museum-worthy highlight of your Wayne Gretzky shrine. Good luck with these marvelous tools of the trade, the most important Gretzky skates ever offered for public sale!
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