Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2020
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/26/2020
Seeing considerable action on the back of one of the greatest players of the modern era, this highly desirable Pittsburgh Penguins captain’s third jersey was worn by superstar Sidney Crosby for eight games, from October 22nd 2014 to January 21st 2015, with each contest photo-matched, including the Nov 26, 2014 match vs Toronto where the future HOFer secured his milestone 800th career point! Joining just Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr as Penguins who have breached the 800-point plateau, the jersey has “56” sizing along the collar, with NHL and Reebok crests over the front and reverse necklines respectively. Styled with the Pens team crest in use since 2016, “87” appears over the sleeves and verso in layered tackle twill, with “Crosby” across the affixed nameplate in single gold twill. The team patch denoting the garment as a “Set 1 Throwback Jersey” resides on the inside hem, while a JerseyTRAK chip has been affixed to the fight strap, with the accompanying JerseyTRAK document listing the eight photo-matched games the jersey was worn, including Oct 22, 2014 vs Philadelphia, Nov 15, 2014 vs the Rangers, Nov 26, 2014 vs Toronto, Dec 8, 2014 vs the Rangers, Dec 18, 2014 vs Colorado, Dec 31, 2014 vs Carolina, Jan 13, 2015 vs Minnesota and Jan 21, 2015 vs Chicago. A COA from the Penguins will also accompany.
A faint stick mark across the chest is present, with a few additional dark marks visible including over the front band and near the right sleeve’s number. There is also a team repair over the left cuff, and we should note that each sleeve has been custom-lengthened and “brought-in” at the cuffs (the circumference of each cuff opening has been decreased). Getty Images #459051584 (November 15th 2014), #460163704 and #460761100 (December 18th 2014) have all been matched to the long loose white thread on the #8 on the right sleeve, to the loose white thread on the top right edge of the team crest and to the long loose black thread on the right shoulder, while Getty Images #461028976 (December 31st 2014) and #461640408 (January 13th 2015) have both been matched to the long big mark through the team crest. Next, Getty Image #457968100 (October 22nd 2014) has been matched to the long loose white thread on the #8 on the right sleeve and to the loose white thread on the top right edge of the team crest, while Getty Image #459626912 (November 26th 2014) has been matched to the long loose white thread on the #8 on the right sleeve and to the long loose black thread on the right shoulder. Rounding out the photo-matches, Getty Image #460163704 (December 8th 2014) has been matched to the loose white thread on the top right edge of the team crest, and Getty Image #461923746 (January 21st 2015) has been matched to the black mark through the bottom of the team crest, and to the long loose white thread on the #8 on the right sleeve. Lastly, Getty Image #462500438 (January 21st 2015) has been matched to the long big mark through the team crest, to the loose white thread on the top right edge of the team crest and to the big black mark at the left of the #8 on the left sleeve.
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