Henderson 1972 Summit Series game worn jersey up for auction

I'll repost this from The IceBox's blog with the particulars changed from the goal puck Pat Stapleton has to the jersey:

With Paul Henderson's jersey worn when he scored the famous 1972 Summit Series goal up on the block at Classic Auctions, people are now going nuts about what should be done with it -- donate it to the Hockey Hall of Fame, cut it up for cards, stick it in a private collection.

I made a similar suggestion to the following for the Barry Bonds home run ball and the Henderson goal puck, and I'll suggest it now for Labatt's, Molson, Research In Motion or some similar Canadian company:

1) Molson contacts Paul Henderson and other Summit Series players to get buy-in, but remains behind the scene.
2) Molson buys the jersey, then holds a press conference a few weeks later at the HHOF with SRapleton and team members. There, they write a cheque matching the amount they paid for the jersey in the name of every single player on the '72 team and give it to Stapleton's favourite charity.
3) Molson also announces a one-year tour of the jersey to Canadian cities in conjunction with the HHOF and Hockey Canada, giving fans across the country a chance to see the jersey and related memorabilia.
4) When that year is up, Molson's holds another press conference and ceremony and donates the jersey to the HHOF.

Whatever Molson (or whomever) pays for the jersey, the company will get 10 times the amount of positive publicity for the gesture, the sweater ends up in the Hall of Fame where it belongs and everyone goes home happy.

Oh, and I'll promote the card show/autograph signing surrounding the '72 players being in town. :D
 
Hmmm... great advertising... perhaps "The Insider's Edge" Magazine should put out a press release stating:

The Insider's Edge Magazine will be throwing its hat in the ring to try and secure the Paul Henderson Summit Series jersey currently being auctioned by Classic Auctions of Montreal. As a proponent of the hobby of sports cards and sports memorabilia, the magazine will ensure the jersey remains in Canada for years to come, and is documented through its articles within the periodical. The owner of The Insider's Edge, Bruce Findlay, is an avid Paul Henderson collector, maintaining one of the most complete collections of Henderson trading cards and autographs in the world. "This piece deserves to be returned back to Canada, for the benefit of Canadians. If we are successful in our attempt to purchase the jersey, we will loan it to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto for usage in a Summit Series display, for the long term. Canadians, and all other hockey enthusiasts, will then have the opportunity to view the jersey any time they wish."


Hmmm... I may just do that ;)
 
vegaspuck said:
I think a US buyer should purchase the jersey and hold it as a ransom for Canada until they can remove Celine Dion from the country, and assure us that Hayden Christensen will never act in another movie ever again. Well worth any final price that jersey brings in.
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We exported Celine Dion how many years ago? No refunds.

vegaspuck said:
Someone should tell Canadian Tire how to bid. You wait until the last day so you don't have to bid against more people. You definitely don't declare to the competition how much you're intending to bid. Now I can safely put in my bid of $199, 999.99 to shill them :p
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2 things:
1. No, they cannot pay in Canadian Tire Money.
2. Shilling isn't very nice... even if it is against the biggest maker of crappy tools not located in China.
 
Do it.
What's the worst that could happen?
A couple of million people seeing the site might up the subscription numbers of the mag....:beer:

meatmancgy said:
Hmmm... great advertising... perhaps "The Insider's Edge" Magazine should put out a press release stating:

The Insider's Edge Magazine will be throwing its hat in the ring to try and secure the Paul Henderson Summit Series jersey currently being auctioned by Classic Auctions of Montreal. As a proponent of the hobby of sports cards and sports memorabilia, the magazine will ensure the jersey remains in Canada for years to come, and is documented through its articles within the periodical. The owner of The Insider's Edge, Bruce Findlay, is an avid Paul Henderson collector, maintaining one of the most complete collections of Henderson trading cards and autographs in the world. "This piece deserves to be returned back to Canada, for the benefit of Canadians. If we are successful in our attempt to purchase the jersey, we will loan it to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto for usage in a Summit Series display, for the long term. Canadians, and all other hockey enthusiasts, will then have the opportunity to view the jersey any time they wish."


Hmmm... I may just do that ;)
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LOL Vegaspuck on your 2 posts.

Man, our society has completely gone to sh@t. First CTV self-servingly overpays for the rights to the HNIC song, now companies looking to generate as much publicity as they can, enter auctions to save a piece of Cdn heritage. Well done Crappy Tire. Maybe instead of putting money towards hockey memorabilia, you should put it towards training your staff, so when I go in looking for a whatchamacallit, your staff will know what that is or if it's in stock.
 
FS: Paul Henderson Jersey and Canadian Tire Wants it

Interesting read on the Jersey Paul Henderson wore while scoring the historical game winning goal.

IMO I think Canadian Tire winning the auction is a good thing. They will display the Jersey at all of their stores for all Canadians to see then loan it to say the sports hall of fame. What good does it do if the Sports Hall of Fame wins the Jersey then the only people that see it are locals or willing to travel. I think displaying nationwide then placing it in museum would be the way to go.

Also by the way it looks ITG and Upper Deck have 0 chance at winning it unless Dr. P wants it for his personal collection that is.

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog...derson-jersey-safe-from-hockey?urn=nhl,245183

Link to the Auction: http://www.classicauctions.net/Default.aspx?tabid=263&auctionid=56&lotid=569
 
Well, I feel better:

""Journalistic integrity be damned" is the main theme of this story. Perhaps if you had bothered to contact either In The Game or Upper Deck for a comment on the Henderson jersey before publishing this baseless screed, you would know that Brian Price of In The Game has publicly stated that he would not cut up the jersey for the purpose of making hockey cards. He has a large personal collection of jerseys and a successful bid would result in the Henderson jersey being added to that collection, and he would occasionally loan it to the Hockey Hall of Fame. For their part, Upper Deck is likely in no position to buy a jersey of this magnitude and would instead buy dime-a-dozen "event used" Oldtimers' Game Henderson jerseys for making memorabilia cards before they use this.

I would hope that a retraction and apology to both ITG and UD are forthcoming because this article has no basis in fact worth discussing."
 
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RGM81 said:
Well, I feel better:

""Journalistic integrity be damned" is the main theme of this story. Perhaps if you had bothered to contact either In The Game or Upper Deck for a comment on the Henderson jersey before publishing this baseless screed, you would know that Brian Price of In The Game has publicly stated that he would not cut up the jersey for the purpose of making hockey cards. He has a large personal collection of jerseys and a successful bid would result in the Henderson jersey being added to that collection, and he would occasionally loan it to the Hockey Hall of Fame. For their part, Upper Deck is likely in no position to buy a jersey of this magnitude and would instead buy dime-a-dozen "event used" Oldtimers' Game Henderson jerseys for making memorabilia cards before they use this.

I would hope that a retraction and apology to both ITG and UD are forthcoming because this article has no basis in fact worth discussing."
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haha I was annoyed by this as well. I put a quote from Dr. Price from the last thread in the comments.
 
vlad4040 said:
LOL Vegaspuck on your 2 posts.

Man, our society has completely gone to sh@t. First CTV self-servingly overpays for the rights to the HNIC song, now companies looking to generate as much publicity as they can, enter auctions to save a piece of Cdn heritage. Well done Crappy Tire. Maybe instead of putting money towards hockey memorabilia, you should put it towards training your staff, so when I go in looking for a whatchamacallit, your staff will know what that is or if it's in stock.
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Whatchamacallit's are right beside thingamajigs in Plumbing.
 
It's getting hot in the kitchen.

Now it seems like I am bidding against Canadian Tire and the Canadian government.

Surprised Tim Horton's or RIM aren't getting involved.

I guess having the jersey at the Fall Expo is looking like a dream and not a reality.

Brian Price
 
RGM81 said:
Well, I feel better:

""Journalistic integrity be damned" is the main theme of this story. Perhaps if you had bothered to contact either In The Game or Upper Deck for a comment on the Henderson jersey before publishing this baseless screed, you would know that Brian Price of In The Game has publicly stated that he would not cut up the jersey for the purpose of making hockey cards. He has a large personal collection of jerseys and a successful bid would result in the Henderson jersey being added to that collection, and he would occasionally loan it to the Hockey Hall of Fame. For their part, Upper Deck is likely in no position to buy a jersey of this magnitude and would instead buy dime-a-dozen "event used" Oldtimers' Game Henderson jerseys for making memorabilia cards before they use this.

I would hope that a retraction and apology to both ITG and UD are forthcoming because this article has no basis in fact worth discussing."
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Whoa take it easy.

You are giving way too much credit to the press (that they would actually research a story). I'm impressed that they even know about sports card companies let alone game used sports cards. ;-)
 
What is below is not commentary on anyone's opinions above - it's my personal feelings, and my opinion. If you disagree, I appreciate that, and hope that you can at least respect my position.

Personally, I don't see what the fuss is about. Yeah, it's Hendersons jersey from a big moment in time - so what? The moment is about so much more than just his jersey, and to put any extra significance on the jersey as the definition of the moment is, in my opinion, laughable. I'll take Foster Hewitts call and the video as a momento of the moment over an old piece of fabric any day. I'll take a video of Pauls personal recollection of the moment as a momento any day.

I don't need to see the jersey to put me into the frame of the moment. You want to save something physical from the moment, put the money into Pauls battle against his life threatening illness. To me, its not about the material; it's about the moment!


Cory
 
will-411 said:
What is below is not commentary on anyone's opinions above - it's my personal feelings, and my opinion. If you disagree, I appreciate that, and hope that you can at least respect my position.

Personally, I don't see what the fuss is about. Yeah, it's Hendersons jersey from a big moment in time - so what? The moment is about so much more than just his jersey, and to put any extra significance on the jersey as the definition of the moment is, in my opinion, laughable. I'll take Foster Hewitts call and the video as a momento of the moment over an old piece of fabric any day. I'll take a video of Pauls personal recollection of the moment as a momento any day.

I don't need to see the jersey to put me into the frame of the moment. You want to save something physical from the moment, put the money into Pauls battle against his life threatening illness. To me, its not about the material; it's about the moment!


Cory
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here here. what about his skates? hcokey socks? pants? gloves? helmet? stick? jock????? ok ok all but the last one ...

the moment will forever be stuck in our minds ... i for one oculdnt care less where the jersey ends up
 
will-411 said:
What is below is not commentary on anyone's opinions above - it's my personal feelings, and my opinion. If you disagree, I appreciate that, and hope that you can at least respect my position.

Personally, I don't see what the fuss is about. Yeah, it's Hendersons jersey from a big moment in time - so what? The moment is about so much more than just his jersey, and to put any extra significance on the jersey as the definition of the moment is, in my opinion, laughable. I'll take Foster Hewitts call and the video as a momento of the moment over an old piece of fabric any day. I'll take a video of Pauls personal recollection of the moment as a momento any day.

I don't need to see the jersey to put me into the frame of the moment. You want to save something physical from the moment, put the money into Pauls battle against his life threatening illness. To me, its not about the material; it's about the moment!


Cory
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Very well said.

I know this runs contrary to the collecting mindset, but as soon as something becomes commercialized, it's no longer about the moment/thought/experience, it's about greed and someone looking to fatten their wallet.

Now if it's Dr Price or a private collector looking to obtain it because they are a collector, I can appreciate that. I just unimpressed with companies looking to make a name for themselves by entering the bidding ... they are motivated simply by the desire to cash-in.

If Cdn tire thinks it will cost them $xxxx to win the auction, you can bet their marketing department and accountants are working hard at determining the benefit of what $xxxx will make them down the road.
 
vlad4040 said:
If Cdn tire thinks it will cost them $xxxx to win the auction, you can bet their marketing department and accountants are working hard at determining the benefit of what $xxxx will make them down the road.
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So you'd be happier with some rich guy buying the jersey and ratholing it at his house? So what if Canadian Tire makes a little money squiring it around before it goes to the HHOF? Does it make a difference if it's Tim Horton's or some individual?
 
vlad4040 said:
Whoa take it easy.

You are giving way too much credit to the press (that they would actually research a story). I'm impressed that they even know about sports card companies let alone game used sports cards. ;-)
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The political scientist in me still has some shred of hope that media--be it print, digital, or otherwise--will hold themselves to a high ethical standard instead of it becoming all an industry where everybody pretty much just needs the credentials of JoeSchmoe.blogspot.com to make a living bringing information to th emasses.
 

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