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National Post
4 days ago
- Business
- National Post
Here's what Darryl Sittler's historic Maple Leafs sweater fetched at auction
If you were hoping to get your hands on a significant piece of Maple Leafs history, you're out of luck. Article content An anonymous bidder has paid $143,030 for the sweater that Darryl Sittler wore when he recorded 10 points in a Leafs victory against the Boston Bruins on Feb. 7, 1976. Article content Article content The sale was made via Los Angeles-based Grey Flannel Auctions. The starting bid in the online auction, which opened on May 12 and closed on June 1, was $10,000. A total of 29 bids were made. Article content Nearly 50 years after the historic performance, Sittler's 10 points remain a National Hockey League record for one game. That night at Maple Leafs Gardens, the Leafs captain had six goals and four assists as the Leafs shelled Bruins goalie Dave Reece in an 11-4 Toronto win. Article content Reece, who faced 40 shots that night, didn't play in an NHL game again. All 14 of his career games came during the 1975-76 season with the Bruins. Article content The previous record for most points in an NHL game was eight, done by Maurice Richard of the Montreal Canadiens during the 1944-45 season. Article content Since Sittler's extraordinary performance, 12 players have recorded eight points in a game, but no one has had nine. Most recently, Sam Gagner, with the Edmonton Oilers at the time, had eight points (four goals and four assists) on Feb. 2, 2012, in an 8-4 win against the Chicago Blackhawks. Article content Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux both posted two eight-point games during their legendary careers. Article content A game-worn sweater belonging to Gretzky, meanwhile, during his tenure with the New York Rangers sold for $295,492 via Grey Flannel Auctions. The autographed sweater is rare: On April 7, 1998, in a game against the Montreal Canadiens, Gretzky wore the captain's 'C' as Rangers captain Brian Leetch was out of the lineup because he was sick. Article content
Toronto Sun
4 days ago
- Business
- Toronto Sun
Here's what Darryl Sittler's historic Maple Leafs sweater fetched at auction
Darryl Sittler's Toronto Maple Leafs jersey from 1976 was up for auction. Grey Flannel Auctions If you were hoping to get your hands on a significant piece of Maple Leafs history, you're out of luck. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account An anonymous bidder has paid $143,030 for the sweater that Darryl Sittler wore when he recorded 10 points in a Leafs victory against the Boston Bruins on Feb. 7, 1976. The sale was made via Los Angeles-based Grey Flannel Auctions. The starting bid in the online auction, which opened on May 12 and closed on June 1, was $10,000. A total of 29 bids were made. Nearly 50 years after the historic performance, Sittler's 10 points remain a National Hockey League record for one game. That night at Maple Leafs Gardens, the Leafs captain had six goals and four assists as the Leafs shelled Bruins goalie Dave Reece in an 11-4 Toronto win. Reece, who faced 40 shots that night, didn't play in an NHL game again. All 14 of his career games came during the 1975-76 season with the Bruins. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The previous record for most points in an NHL game was eight, done by Maurice Richard of the Montreal Canadiens during the 1944-45 season. Since Sittler's extraordinary performance, 12 players have recorded eight points in a game, but no one has had nine. Most recently, Sam Gagner, with the Edmonton Oilers at the time, had eight points (four goals and four assists) on Feb. 2, 2012, in an 8-4 win against the Chicago Blackhawks. Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux both posted two eight-point games during their legendary careers. A game-worn sweater belonging to Gretzky, meanwhile, during his tenure with the New York Rangers sold for $295,492 via Grey Flannel Auctions. The autographed sweater is rare: On April 7, 1998, in a game against the Montreal Canadiens, Gretzky wore the captain's 'C' as Rangers captain Brian Leetch was out of the lineup because he was sick. Gretzky, who retired following the next season, scored the 884th goal of his NHL career that night in a 3-2 Rangers loss. tkoshan@ X: @koshtorontosun Read More Toronto & GTA Crime Celebrity World Sunshine Girls
National Post
13-05-2025
- Sport
- National Post
Darryl Sittler's 10-point game Maple Leafs sweater from 1976 up for auction
Darryl Sittler's Toronto Maple Leafs jersey from 1976 is up for auction. Grey Flannel Auctions Ten points in one game might never be equalled by an NHLer, but anyone with deep pockets can own or wear the sweater of the one man who did it. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS Enjoy the latest local, national and international news. Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. Plus, special edition NP Platformed and First Reading newsletters and virtual events. Unlimited online access to National Post. National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE ARTICLES Enjoy the latest local, national and international news. Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. Plus, special edition NP Platformed and First Reading newsletters and virtual events. Unlimited online access to National Post. National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Los Angeles-based Grey Flannel Auctions has Darryl Sittler's milestone jersey up for public sale it was announced Tuesday. Next Feb. 7 will mark 50 years since Sittler had six goals and four assists against goalie Dave Reece and the Boston Bruins in an 11-4 win at Maple Leaf Gardens. The whereabouts of the sweater was a decades-old mystery, even to Sittler, until American sports sweater collector Barry Meisel obtained it unexpectedly in a bulk purchase in 2018. Taking it to the Hockey Hall of Fame resource centre in Toronto, matching the slightly crooked stem of the Harold Ballard-era Leafs logo and certain stains and loose shoulder threads from action photos of Sittler in the game, it was authenticated. Sittler told the Sun in 2018 he didn't ask to keep the white-base, blue-trim No. 27 jersey with the captain's 'C' that year, as such items weren't as desirable like today's memorabilia market. He said it was plausible Ballard had gifted or sold it to a friend and congratulated Meisel on his detective work, adding he wouldn't bid, with the price expected to get well into six figures. From a starting price of $10,000 US on Tuesday morning, the sweater was up to $50,549 by early afternoon with bidding on the company's web site open until June 2. Sittler told the Sun on Monday he hadn't known it was now up for auction.
Toronto Sun
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
Darryl Sittler's 10-point game Maple Leafs sweater from 1976 up for auction
Bidding for piece of Toronto sports history already has passed $50Gs Get the latest from Lance Hornby straight to your inbox Darryl Sittler's Toronto Maple Leafs jersey from 1976 is up for auction. Grey Flannel Auctions Ten points in one game might never be equalled by an NHLer, but anyone with deep pockets can own or wear the sweater of the one man who did it. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Los Angeles-based Grey Flannel Auctions has Darryl Sittler's milestone jersey up for public sale it was announced Tuesday. Next Feb. 7 will mark 50 years since Sittler had six goals and four assists against goalie Dave Reece and the Boston Bruins in an 11-4 win at Maple Leaf Gardens. The whereabouts of the sweater was a decades-old mystery, even to Sittler, until American sports sweater collector Barry Meisel obtained it unexpectedly in a bulk purchase in 2018. Taking it to the Hockey Hall of Fame resource centre in Toronto, matching the slightly crooked stem of the Harold Ballard-era Leafs logo and certain stains and loose shoulder threads from action photos of Sittler in the game, it was authenticated. Sittler told the Sun in 2018 he didn't ask to keep the white-base, blue-trim No. 27 jersey with the captain's 'C' that year, as such items weren't as desirable like today's memorabilia market. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Read More He said it was plausible Ballard had gifted or sold it to a friend and congratulated Meisel on his detective work, adding he wouldn't bid, with the price expected to get well into six figures. From a starting price of $10,000 US on Tuesday morning, the sweater was up to $50,549 by early afternoon with bidding on the company's web site open until June 2. Sittler told the Sun on Monday he hadn't known it was now up for auction. lhornby@ X: @sunhornby Toronto Maple Leafs Canada Editorials Toronto & GTA Toronto Maple Leafs
New York Times
14-04-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Roger Maris jersey worn in ‘asterisk game' of his 61 home run season going to auction
Roger Maris' chase of Babe Ruth's single-season home run record in 1961 is a seminal moment in baseball history. It captured the imagination of the sports public at the time and has since been dramatized in a hit movie, the title of which contained the most famous asterisk in history. The jersey Maris wore in one of the key moments of his historic 61 home run season is on display at Sotheby's starting today, at its York Avenue location in New York City. This is in advance of an auction that will begin on April 21 and conclude on May 2. This same jersey last sold in 2022 for $244,240 through Grey Flannel Auctions. In today's red-hot sports memorabilia market and with the worldwide audience commanded by Sotheby's, it's now expected to fetch upwards of $2 million. Advertisement Maris was wearing this road jersey when he blasted home run No. 59 off Milt Pappas on September 20 in Baltimore during the third inning. The jerseys that Maris wore for this 60th and 61st homer, both in his home pinstripes, are on display at the club's museum, according to Brahm Wachter, Sotheby's Head of Modern Collectibles. So they're unlikely to ever be available to the public. It turns out that this is also the asterisk jersey, as this 59th home run came in the 154th game played by the Yankees, the number of games teams played when Ruth established the then single-season record of 60 in 1927. In June of 1961, then MLB commissioner Ford Frick ruled that any AL record for a season would have to be established by game 154 or it would get an asterisk with the prior holder remaining in the record books. (The NL still played 154 games in 1961.) 'I tried and all I got was one,' Maris said after the game. 'I'm happy and lucky to get what I got. I'm relieved, too.' Of Frick's dictum that he could no longer replace Ruth in the record books now that he was stuck at 59 homers by the deadline, Maris said, 'He makes the rules.' As far as Maris was concerned, failing to hit No. 60 by game No. 154 ended the perilous journey, one that cost him hair and gained him ulcers. UPI reporter Oscar Fraley wrote of Maris' countenance after the game, 'You'd see more expression on the fish who stole your bait, the lady who won 20 cents on her two-buck ticket on the favorite to show, on the guy whose wife didn't pick his pocket of the poker winnings.' Maris was spent. And the jersey has the DNA, literally and figuratively, of the near crippling anxiety felt by Maris in the face of a very vocal pushback against his quest, first in competing neck-and-neck with the beloved Mickey Mantle for the record and then in favor of Ruth. According to Wachter, a jersey is 'the pinnacle of identifying an athlete with an event' or, in this case, an entire period of time. 'It's also closest to the immense pressure he was under.' Advertisement The jersey has been photo matched by multiple authenticators as having been worn by Maris as far back as Game 6 of the 1960 World Series, nearly a year earlier. 'The road flannel has contrasting stitching,' Wachter noted. 'Then you juxtapose it to New York and the bold No. 9 and you can perfectly line up the threading on the entire garment.' In addition, 'You can also see in photos the No. 9 starting to dethread and this jersey has it reinforced.' It also has a collar tag that reads 'Maris '60' and the Wilson tag with his size, 42. Though Sotheby's does on-site authentication, Wachter said this jersey was sent to multiple authenticators. He said jersey collectors know the authenticators similar to how baseball card collectors know graders and that certain authenticators command more value at auction. Back in the early '60s, people associated the ball with a baseball event more so than the jersey. In fact, the fan who caught Maris' home run that day refused to give it up and, according to Maris, was said to want $3,000 for it. 'As far as I know, he's still got it,' Maris said in 1984. 'Jerseys were viewed then as equipment,' Wachter noted. Maris' has evidence of repairs, in addition to the reattached number. According to Wachter, the jersey was owned by a private collector for nearly 50 years. Its current auction estimate is based on a more recent 1961 Maris jersey sale that exceeded seven figures. In February, a full Maris 1961 home uniform — jersey, pants, belt, and stirrups — photomatched to the games in which he hit home runs 29, 30, 46, 52, and 53 sold for $1.586 million through Heritage Auctions. This jersey has not only closer proximity but also is the historical artifact symbolizing the asterisk immortalized in the Billy Crystal-directed movie, '61*,' which starred Barry Pepper as Maris and which was released on the 40th anniversary of the epic quest. Advertisement Maris pushed back against the notion that he was a one-hit wonder by reminding people that he was the AL MVP the year earlier (1960). Other than Pete Rose, he's arguably the most collectable non-Hall of Famer in the expansion era. And if anything comes close to equalling the Hall of Fame as a testament to the historic relevance of a baseball player, it's Monument Park at Yankee Stadium, where Maris has been honored since 1984. Maris' plaque there contains no asterisk. The mythical mark was officially removed from the record books nearly 30 years after Maris hit No. 61, by an eight-person panel, the Committee for Statistical Accuracy. Maris didn't live to see that day, passing away from cancer in 1985 at age 51. 'This change allows Roger Maris to receive the recognition he deserves,' then commissioner Faye Vincent said. The Athletic maintains full editorial independence in all our coverage. When you click or make purchases through our links, we may earn a commission.
