Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction November 2023
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/28/2023
Drafted 12th overall by the Chicago Black Hawks at the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, Tony Tanti would play just three (3) games for the club over the course of two seasons before being traded to the Vancouver Canucks in January of 1983. Spending eight (8) of his eleven (11) NHL seasons on the west coast of Canada with Vancouver before stints with Pittsburgh and Buffalo to close out his National Hockey League career, offered here is this photo-matched Buffalo Sabres jersey worn by Tanti in 1990-91 after being acquired by the club near the tail end of the season. Made by CCM, a partially washed out Maska Ultrafil label displaying a handwritten size "52" designation in blue ballpoint pen is affixed to the inner collar while the logos of both CCM and the NHL shield have been embroidered into the reverse hem. Decorated over the front with a Sabres team crest in layered tackle twill that also features embroidered details, matching crests of a smaller size have been added over both shoulders. Having had the sleeves and body shortened to Tanti's liking, his number "19" has been sewn to the aforementioned sleeves and verso in dual layer blue-over-yellow tackle twill numerals while "Tanti" is spelt out in single layer blue twill letters across the affixed matching nameplate across the top of the reverse. Exhibiting good game-wear, stick marks are present throughout the body and sleeves with the latter of the two also sporting numerous board burns and coloured board paint transfers as well as some spot stains. Additional wear is observed through more coloured transfer marks over the front and some light pilling behind the fight strap on the interior. Regarding the previously mentioned photo-match, the jersey is matching to Tanti's 1991-92 Topps Stadium Club card that shows a small stick mark under the the blue stripe near the left cuff, the loose yellow thread in the "9" of the right sleeve and the loose yellow thread in the Sabres crest over the right shoulder.
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