Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction - March 2007
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/27/2007
Another beauty from our consignor’s Hall of Fame collection, this World Hockey Association treasure was worn by Dave Keon after he left Toronto and the NHL for the renegade league prior to the ‘75-76 season. Heavy durene jersey by Rawlings with size “46” on the company tag in the neck, which has a Steichens tag partly sewn over it, includes a cool tackle twill and chain-stitched Fighting Saints crest and “Keon” on a short white tackle twill nameplate. With two- tone tackle twill numbers and a loop-style fight strap, the jersey shows decent game use with black stick and puck marks on the front where an apparent blood stain is also visible. A few stick marks and red paint transfer are on the right sleeve, blue board paint is on the back in the gold stripe and near the left seam, with sweat- staining throughout. Not a ton of Hall-of-Famers skated in the WHA, increasing this one’s attractiveness. A LOA will be included. Classic Collectibles is pleased, as part of our winter 2007 auction, to offer the formidable game worn jersey collection of Mr. Andy Leff, a young man from Pennsylvania who in recent years went about acquiring some of the creme de la creme, if you will, of gamers put on the auction block. You have to admire Andy's pursuit of the best, donned by Hall-of-Famers and future Hall-of-Famers. Paying close attention to authenticity, he assembled a remarkable collection indeed. Over two dozen tempting offerings are thus available to serious jersey collectors, with Mr. Leff's investments subject, in some cases, to silent reserves. Good luck with these superior pieces.
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