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MONTREAL, April 3 (UPI) -- The hockey puck Wayne Gretzky used to score his record-breaking 1,851st NHL point sold for more than $50,000 in a Montreal-based online auction.
Classic Auctions said the puck from the October 1989 game, which put Gretzky over the 1,850-point record set by Gordie Howe, was sold to an anonymous Canadian collector with a high bid of $49,870, bringing the total price to more than $50,000 with a buyer's premium, Postmedia News reported Friday.
Classic Auctions President Marc Juteau said the puck was kept in storage for many years by a retired NHL timekeeper and recently sold to a private collector, who put it up for auction.
Gretzky scored the goal while playing for the Los Angeles Kings in a game against the Edmonton Oilers.
"The milestone moment marks, without a doubt, one of the most unobtainable accomplishments in the history of the game," the auction company stated prior to the sale. It said Gretzky "would go on to post an incredible total of 2,857 regular season points, a feat which will never be surpassed."
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