SkiFreak Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Vancouver Olympic puck nets $13,000 at auction By: Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press Date: Monday Apr. 5, 2010 12:11 PM PT Athletes might not be able to put a price on the amount of blood, sweat and tears they give to compete in an Olympics. But collectors have. A jersey worn by hockey player Sidney Crosby during a Team Canada game against Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Games has now sold for $35,100. A puck from the overtime period of the gold medal hockey game is now in an Ohio resident's hands at the cost of $13,113.13 A tray that held the medals presented to the gold-medal winning women's hockey team sold for $5,000. "To see the amount of bids on there per item and then the closing bid prices, it's certainly surprising to see in a very positive way," said Dennis Kim, director of merchandising for the Vancouver Olympic organizing committee, known as VANOC... Full article: CTV: Vancouver Olympic puck nets $13,000 at auction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiFreak Posted April 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 Video clip on CTV BC: http://watch.ctv.ca/news/clip285259#clip285259 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4seasonscentre Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 That puck should be in a museum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiFreak Posted April 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 That puck should be in a museum! Sounds like a line from Indiana Jones. It should be in a museum. the BC Sport Hall of Fame at BC Place should get a puck, since the game was held right next door in GM Place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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