Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction September 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/24/2024
The most marketable man in the history of hockey, during his 20-year National Hockey League career you would be more hard-pressed to find a product not endorsed by “The Great One” than you would be to find one that was. Offered here, is this collection of Wayne Gretzky based game programs and other memorabilia items. Paced by 1979-80 rookie season programs from Oilers games played on December 14th, 1979 against the Montreal Canadiens (NHL goal #12 and NHL game #27 - first career game against Montreal) and December 19th, 1979 against the Detroit Red Wings (NHL goal #14 and #15 plus NHL game #29), other notable items include a game day program, line-up insert and limited-edition pinback button from Gretzky's final NHL game on April 18th, 1999, the button is serial numbered "168/999" over the lower front. For the rest of the lot, included is a line-up sheet from the game Gretzky recorded his 2000th career point in (October 26th, 1990 vs Winnipeg), as well as a commemorative card from the 1991-92 Pro Set release, a commemorative line-up sheet and authentic ticket stub from when Gretzky scored career goal #801 to tie Gordie Howe on March 20th, 1994 against the San Jose Sharks, "Wayne Gretzky Jersey Retirement Night" programs from the Oilers (October 1st, 1999 vs New York) and Kings (October 9th, 1999 vs Phoenix), a program from the 1999 "Hockey Hall of Fame Game" between the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers (November 20th, 1999), a 1999 Hockey Hall of Fame yearbook, a program from the 1999 Hockey Hall of Fame induction gala and finally, a program from the only NHL game Gretzky ever played in Nashville against the Predators, occurring on February 15th, 1999. All in overall good condition with varying degrees of handling wear as well as corner/edge wear and some small tears observed throughout the entirety of the group, the rest of the lot includes various limited-edition Upper Deck, Highland Mint and NHL licensed collectables celebrating the career of Gretzky's and various moments in it that Gretzky experienced.
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