Historical Hockey Memorabilia Spring Winter 2000
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/1/2000
In 1980-81, young Wayne Gretzky was only 19 years old and starting to make his mark in the NHL, the previous season (his Rookie season) he had already registered 50 goals and 100 assists and the experts were already looking up to him as the next legend. In the season of 1980-81, the Edmonton Oilers wore Sandow Knits jerseys for the first half of the season before moving to the Sandow mesh. Therefor, after his 79-80 Knit jersey, the 1980-81 knit would be one of the most desirable ones due to the quality of the material. Classic Collectibles is extremely proud to offer for public auction, this extraordinary 1980-81 Wayne Gretzky game used Sandow knit blue road jersey. The jersey has the #99 sown on back and sleeves and the "Alberta 75th Anniversary" patch sown on shoulder and the Sandow Knit tag sown in neck which is inscribed size XL. The jersey shows light but definite game use with several pucks and stick marks and very good inside pilling. PROVENANCE: The jersey was obtained from a collector in Edmonton , Alberta who had been collecting game worn hockey jerseys since the 1970's. He personally obtained a considerable amount of game worn jerseys directly from the Edmonton Oilers back in 1981. Many of them had been traded to other collectors through the years. When we met him, this gentleman still had about half a dozen jerseys from the team set including this spectacular blue road Wayne Gretzky. The jersey had been in this collectors possession since 1981 and is being offered to the public for the first time. AUTHENTICITY: We at Classic Collectibles have made a point in getting this game worn jersey looked at, examined and authenticated by many game worn jersey experts before offering it for public auction. This jersey will come with rock solid letters of authenticity. Letters will come from: 1. Barry Meisel (President of the Meigray Group) who has had the privilege of authenticating and selling the entire Edmonton Oilers jersey collection that came from Peter Pocklington. He carefully examined the jersey, compared to other jerseys in his collection from the same year that came directly from the Oilers and authenticated it. 2. Brad Foote (Icehouse in Edmonton , Alberta) his known in the hobby as an expert in any early Wayne Gretzky and Edmonton Oilers game worn memorabilia. Brad as examined and authenticated this game worn hockey jersey. 3. Brad Moore (Fairmoore Sports in Ontario) who is a Canadian expert in game worn hockey jerseys and has sold and authenticated a considerable amount of game worn Gretzky jerseys through the years. He has examined and authenticated this Wayne Gretzky game worn jersey. 4. The jersey will also come with a letter of authenticity from Classic Collectibles explaining the provenance, history and details about the jersey. All letters will be made available to collectors before the auction ends.
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