Oilersnation, if ever there was a time to come together and pool all our collective monies into one giant pot, today is that day. One of Wayne Gretzky’s rookie season (1979-80) jerseys is up for auction on a sports memorabilia auction site with the expected sale price is $400,000 US dollars.
Just think of the history that jersey saw: the skinny young Wayne Gretzky body that that jersey hugged, the blood, sweat and tears that jersey soaked up. If that alone is not enough of a sell job to mortgage your house and get in on the action, then you should also know that the jersey is signed by the great one himself.
Think “there’s no way that jersey just didn’t disintegrate into thin air as soon as Wayne pulled it off his body because of the magic involved in moving a young Wayne around the ice”? Think again! The folks over at Goldin Auctions have painstakingly gone through and verified this particular jersey against photo and video evidence for each rip, tear and stain on these beautiful threads.
In my own painstaking studying of the price tag of $400,000, I found that our friends over at Pro-Am Sports have a signed Wayne Gretzky (not game-worn rookie jersey mind you) for the low low price of $2000. Admittedly the 200 times markup from that beautiful jersey to this does seem a little steep, but it was game worn by the best that ever was so we’re not going to squabble over the price. Remember, we’re talking about a player who in that first year alone, totalled 137 points in 79 games. Those numbers were good enough to lead the entire league AND win the MVP.
If you need a refresher of how good the rest of the guy’s career was:
Regular SeasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLgeGPGAPtsPIM+/-GPGAPtsPIM
1979-80
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
79
51
86
137
21
15
3
2
1
3
0
1980-81
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
80
55
109
164
28
41
9
7
14
21
4
1981-82
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
80
92
120
212
26
81
5
5
7
12
8
1982-83
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
80
71
125
196
59
60
16
12
26
38
4
1983-84
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
74
87
118
205
39
76
19
13
22
35
12
1984-85
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
80
73
135
208
52
98
18
17
30
47
4
1985-86
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
80
52
163
215
46
71
10
8
11
19
2
1986-87
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
79
62
121
183
28
70
21
5
29
34
6
1987-88
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
64
40
109
149
24
39
19
12
31
43
16
1988-89
Los Angeles Kings
NHL
78
54
114
168
26
15
11
5
17
22
0
1989-90
Los Angeles Kings
NHL
73
40
102
142
42
8
7
3
7
10
0
1990-91
Los Angeles Kings
NHL
78
41
122
163
16
30
12
4
11
15
2
1991-92
Los Angeles Kings
NHL
74
31
90
121
34
-12
6
2
5
7
2
1992-93
Los Angeles Kings
NHL
45
16
49
65
6
6
24
15
25
40
4
1993-94
Los Angeles Kings
NHL
81
38
92
130
20
-25
—
—
—
—
—
1994-95
Los Angeles Kings
NHL
48
11
37
48
6
-20
—
—
—
—
—
1995-96
Los Angeles Kings
NHL
62
15
66
81
32
-7
—
—
—
—
—
1995-96
St. Louis Blues
NHL
18
8
13
21
2
-6
13
2
14
16
0
1996-97
New York Rangers
NHL
82
25
72
97
28
12
15
10
10
20
2
1997-98
New York Rangers
NHL
82
23
67
90
28
-11
—
—
—
—
—
1998-99
New York Rangers
NHL
70
9
53
62
14
-23
—
—
—
—
—
NHL Totals
1487
894
1963
2857
577
208
122
260
382
66
I have at least 0.001% percent of the funds that we would need to win the auction and have this beauty added to the Oilersnation Museum of Cool and Amazing Stuff from the Past, Present and Future (title, location and actual existence pending), so if you would kindly just reply down in the comments* below with what percentage of the funds you can provide, I will be happy to add your name to the massive plaque that will be displayed below this monumental piece of Oilers memorabilia.
$400K for a game-worn Gretzky jersey? Marone.
*all comments are not at all legally binding

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