Fri Dec 22, 6:02 PM ET
The world's oldest ice hockey stick, a hickory shaft carved in the
1850s, sold for 1.9 million dollars US (2.2 million Canadian) here and will
be displayed at the Hockey Hall of Fame.
An anonymous Canadian man made the winning bid in an internet auction
purchase, according to 45-year-old seller Gord Sharpe, an Ontario man
who has owned the family heirloom since he was nine.
David Romeo, chief executive of selling agency Auction Wire, said the
stick is among the most important items in hockey.
"The buyer was a private individual, a Canadian, who wants to remain
anonymous. He told us that he plans to have the stick over at Hockey Hall
of Fame and to keep it there until he decides what he's going to do,"
Romeo said.
"For now he wants to keep it in Canada."
The world's oldest ice hockey stick, a hickory shaft carved in the
1850s, sold for 1.9 million dollars US (2.2 million Canadian) here and will
be displayed at the Hockey Hall of Fame.
An anonymous Canadian man made the winning bid in an internet auction
purchase, according to 45-year-old seller Gord Sharpe, an Ontario man
who has owned the family heirloom since he was nine.
David Romeo, chief executive of selling agency Auction Wire, said the
stick is among the most important items in hockey.
"The buyer was a private individual, a Canadian, who wants to remain
anonymous. He told us that he plans to have the stick over at Hockey Hall
of Fame and to keep it there until he decides what he's going to do,"
Romeo said.
"For now he wants to keep it in Canada."
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| The world's oldest ice hockey stick is seen in a December 13, 2006 handout photo from Auction Wire (AW). The hockey stick, a hickory shaft carved in the 1850s, sold for 1.9 million dollars US (2.2 million Canadian) and will be displayed at the Hockey Hall of Fame. |
Oldest hockey stick sells for 1.9 million dollars
