Anyone collect hockey gamers/sweaters/jerseys?

[Kevin]

Last time we talked , he said that the jersey deserved to be on display at Belmont (néw isles arena 2 miles from my house). I said , “Barry that’s nice of you to donate it...” He scoffed and said something like “Donate? I paid $45k for that...these guys are multimillionaires!”

[camaro69]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Last time we talked , he said that the jersey deserved to be on display at Belmont (néw isles arena 2 miles from my house). I said , “Barry that’s nice of you to donate it...” He scoffed and said something like “Donate? I paid $45k for that...these guys are multimillionaires!”

yes I can understand his point there. They are expensive to buy and unless you have some connection to that player they go down in value pretty quickly. Unless of course you buy a player that is relevant or is historic to the league. The guy I collected was never even a star. Just an average player that has had a pretty long career. My problem with collecting him was that he moved from team to team so much. So I needed to keep buying jerseys.If he had stay with 1 or 2 teams over his career it would not have been so bad..Thanks.

[Kevin]

https://www.nysportsday.com/2020/08/...s-of-the-isle/

I didn’t realize my other buddy, Peter, wrote this up. I should have known! Peter, by the way, was impetus of my getting back into my T206 collection. I was having some serious FoMo watching him post all his 70s and 80s ticket stubs on Twitter.

[camaro69]

Very nice read, And man that lineup of game used jersey hanging there sure looks awesome.Thanks for sharing this information.take care.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by camaro69

Very nice read, And man that lineup of game used jersey hanging there sure looks awesome.Thanks for sharing this information.take care.

Barry is a great guy. Glad to call him a friend. He also wanted me to point out these were “game worn” - lol

[camaro69]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Barry is a great guy. Glad to call him a friend. He also wanted me to point out these were “game worn” - lol

Yes that is the great thing about that.Mine are all game used as well and all with COA from the team.

[Throttlesteer]

Yep, I do have a handful of autograph jerseys that were game "issued" or "retail authentic". But, the majority are game worn. I mainly collect a handful of players though. Joe Thornton and Erik Karlsson being two of them.

[irv]

This is a great thread guys. Thanks for the pics and stories. I was an Isle's fan in my youth and had a store bought Jersey that was given to me one year from Santa

No idea where that is now, other than the obvious, but I sure wish I still had it!