Yesterday I found an obscure local auction website, on this website there was a Wayne Gretzky hockey stick. An Easton Silver Tip to be exact. (pictured above) This stick was frequently used by Wayne while he was a New York Ranger, my least favorite Gretzky. They also sold reproductions of the stick in local sporting good stores in the mid to late 90's. I searched ebay to find a comparable price, nothing popped up I couldn't find a similar stick for sell anywhere on the internet. I did find past auctions of game used sticks that sold from $799-$1500. That lead me to believe that this stick was rare even if it was just a reproduction. This stick was a 105-stiff, which is the same flexibility as Gretzky's game used sticks. The auction ended at 8 so my intentions were to bid on it at the last minute seeing as how I was willing to pay $20 more than the current bid. ($37.88) Around 7:30 I was out to dinner and remembered about the auction, I was too far from home to make it in time to register for the website and submit my bid. I called my friend that lived a little closer sparing me a few minutes, rushed into his house, started entering my info to register for the site. My registration confirmation was competed at 7:55 leaving me just enough time to bid. As I went to submit my bid the auction ending time said 7:30. (not sure if it was changed or if I just saw the wrong time) NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I thought in utter depression. In a perfect world that auction didn't end at 7:30 it ended at 8, I won that auction, and when it showed up to my house it showed up with a "Jack Gripper" grip at the butt of the stick signifying it was an authentic game used Gretzky stick (I would've been happy if it was just a reproduction also). But that didn't happen. If only we could live in a perfect world...
Posted by: Nick
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