Two Wayne Gretzky Pucks?

[gnishiyama]

Wow this really sucks as it kills the value of an item of such historical
magnitude regardless of who has the real thing. I guess the only
way to own the real thing is to own both so you can say "one of these is the real thing."

"When Wayne Gretzky broke Gordie Howe's National Hockey League
record of 1,850 career points on Oct. 15, 1989, he knew it would be a
huge moment in his career. However, he couldn’t have possibly foreseen
that almost 22 years later, there would still be uncertainty regarding the
location of the record-breaking puck.Classic Auctions in Quebec recently
sold at auction a puck it claims is the one Gretzky broke the record with.
The puck was purchased for over $50,000 by an unnamed collector in
Canada. However, the Hockey Hall of Fame claims the purchased puck is
not the record-setter and insists the puck that marked Gretzky's record
1,851st point has been displayed in their museum for years.

The uncertainty centers around who laid hands on the puck immediately
after the record was broken. Classic Auctions contends Don Whidden, the
timekeeper at the Edmonton Oilers’ Northlands Coliseum who presided over
the game, was given the puck for safekeeping. Whidden placed the puck in
a briefcase that contained three other unused pucks. Whidden applied
strips of tape on the edges of each puck and included the details of the
goal on each. He then wrote, "This one is the real one," on the puck that
set the record. One of the unused pucks was supplied to the Oilers upon
request after the game, but the other three pucks have been in Whidden’s
possession since then.
The Hockey Hall of Fame, confident it possesses the true puck, claim a
linesman, Swede Knox, was tasked with retrieving the record-breaking
puckand bringing it to the scorekeeper's box. Gretzky was photographed
holding the puck after the game and then it was shipped to the Hockey
Museum. The puck in the photo had a strip of tape around the edge.The
question is likely to remain unanswered as both sides are adamant they
have the true puck."
http://www.cardboardconnection.com/a...-into-question


Goh Nishiyama

[kudu]

Here's a discussion from another forum regarding the two Gretzky pucks:

http://www.gameworn.net/cgi-bin/GW/u...c;f=2;t=009401

[Birdbats]

Along the same lines, has anyone noticed that two bases have been auctioned recently claiming to be Lou Brock's record 893rd stolen base? Here's the listing from Legendary's 11/18/09 auction with one base (comes with an LOA from Brock himself; Legendary auctioned many items from Brock's personal collection):

http://www.legendaryauctions.com/Lot...x?lotid=103682

And here's a completely different #893, auctioned 5/1/11 by SCP. No Brock LOA, but a convincing photo:

http://www.scpauctions.com/LotDetail...&seo=LOU-BROCK

I know the Cardinals HOF/Museum also has a base marked #893, but they are not confident in its provenance.

So, who has the real base... the person who paid Legendary $13,035, or the person who paid SCP $14,700?